How to not be tempted by my kids Halloween candy ???

Include a little in your daily eating plan and log appropriately.

When you go to a party with an open bar, do you always get falling down drunk?

When you see a very attractive member of the opposite gender, do you always make inappropriate moves on that person?

When someone disagrees with you, do you violently oppose them, even if you want to?

Do you get up and go to work every day even though you really don't like your job?

When an office superior says something stupid, do you immediately and loudly correct that person?

OK. Will power ain't the problem. We can, and do, control many, many impulses. If you want to lose weight, you must control your caloric intake. ONLY EAT THE CANDY THAT YOU WILL FIT INTO YOUR CALORIC BUDGET!

Act like a responsible adult, you do on the rest of lifes decisions. This is one you have made.

I'll eat some. We're having a small party here for my kids and their friends and I have made lots of goodies. I did good and didn't eat but a tiny bit while making them (which I logged) but I plan to eat some of that, too, tomorrow. I'll be working hard next week but I don't worry about a day or even two.

Well, my first question is do you have a plan for THEIR candy? Cause most kids end up with just insane amounts and certainly isnt wise to just let them have at it. Will you keep it put away and allow them to chose one or two per day for a little while? Thats always been the plan for families I nanny for. They'll get a couple extra ON Halloween but theres no way they consume it all. Maybe for a week, they get one or two a day and then it just disappears. Decorations go away when the candy does because the holiday is over.

I suggest you pick a plan for THEM that could also work for YOU! Work the candy into your daily calories. I would pick out which pieces you absolutely need (whatever you decide is appropriate. Most days i have 100 extra cals or so for a treat). Just record them into your diary, by planning ahead and recording the info you can ensure that your choices are at least not being made too impulsively. Personally I really want to go to moonstruck and pick out a cute truffle to enjoy for the holiday, and to make a little extra "room" for it I will be having plain tea instead of my usual two cups of coffee with cream!

pondee629 wrote: »

When you go to a party with an open bar, do you always get falling down drunk?

When you see a very attractive member of the opposite gender, do you always make inappropriate moves on that person?

When someone disagrees with you, do you violently oppose them, even if you want to?

Do you get up and go to work every day even though you really don't like your job?

When an office superior says something stupid, do you immediately and loudly correct that person?

OK. Will power ain't the problem. We can, and do, control many, many impulses. If you want to lose weight, you must control your caloric intake. ONLY EAT THE CANDY THAT YOU WILL FIT INTO YOUR CALORIC BUDGET!

Act like a responsible adult, you do on the rest of lifes decisions. This is one you have made.

This is so very accurate--we so often act like we have no self-control when it comes to food but are able to use self-control in so many other life situations.

Reading this really helped me

You could offer to buy it from them for $10 (or some dollar value they'll accept) and then get rid of it. I know some parents that do that.

Good ideas and thoughts so far. Something else to address is realizing that we DON'T need to eat food simply because it is available. If this weekend weren't Halloween would you be eating a ton of candy? Probably not. So why this weekend? Sure, candy is one of the main ways Halloween is celebrated but we have the whole holiday season coming up. Set a bit out for family and guests and put the rest away to spread out over the next few months.

A lot of dentists have this thing where you can turn in your candy and they send it to troops overseas and pay you by the pound for it. http://www.halloweencandybuyback.com/ Now my kids are too little to understand and don't care about getting money. I plan to let them eat as much as they want on halloween and then I ration it. Their little tummies really can't hold that much

pondee629 wrote: »

When you go to a party with an open bar, do you always get falling down drunk?

When you see a very attractive member of the opposite gender, do you always make inappropriate moves on that person?

When someone disagrees with you, do you violently oppose them, even if you want to?

Do you get up and go to work every day even though you really don't like your job?

When an office superior says something stupid, do you immediately and loudly correct that person?

OK. Will power ain't the problem. We can, and do, control many, many impulses. If you want to lose weight, you must control your caloric intake. ONLY EAT THE CANDY THAT YOU WILL FIT INTO YOUR CALORIC BUDGET!

Act like a responsible adult, you do on the rest of lifes decisions. This is one you have made.

I LOVE this. What an excellent way of looking at things.

42firm03 wrote: »

concordancia wrote: »

I have good luck (sometimes) just telling myself that it belongs to someone else. It isn't mine to have.

I do have luck with this method. I don't steal stuff, even from my kids

I also do not take the candy away from
my kids. I can't stand this, it's mean IMO since my self-control issues aren't their fault. Mine make a big ziplock of their haul and eat a bit for a few days and then like someone says previously they forget about it and we find it months later and toss it. I'm not the bad guy. Yay!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I was kind of shocked to hear people steal Halloween candy from their kids!

amillenium wrote: »

Mouse_Potato wrote: »

42firm03 wrote: »

concordancia wrote: »

I have good luck (sometimes) just telling myself that it belongs to someone else. It isn't mine to have.

I do have luck with this method. I don't steal stuff, even from my kids

I also do not take the candy away from
my kids. I can't stand this, it's mean IMO since my self-control issues aren't their fault. Mine make a big ziplock of their haul and eat a bit for a few days and then like someone says previously they forget about it and we find it months later and toss it. I'm not the bad guy. Yay!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I was kind of shocked to hear people steal Halloween candy from their kids!

My problem is that my kids want to be generous with me...they keep on offering me their favorite candies. Last year my son made me a cute card that had tootsie rolls taped all over it :P Personally, I hate tootie rolls but know they are his favorite. I choked a few down to show gratitude.

That's very sweet. I was never that generous!

amillenium wrote: »

Mouse_Potato wrote: »

42firm03 wrote: »

concordancia wrote: »

I have good luck (sometimes) just telling myself that it belongs to someone else. It isn't mine to have.

I do have luck with this method. I don't steal stuff, even from my kids

I also do not take the candy away from
my kids. I can't stand this, it's mean IMO since my self-control issues aren't their fault. Mine make a big ziplock of their haul and eat a bit for a few days and then like someone says previously they forget about it and we find it months later and toss it. I'm not the bad guy. Yay!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I was kind of shocked to hear people steal Halloween candy from their kids!

My problem is that my kids want to be generous with me...they keep on offering me their favorite candies. Last year my son made me a cute card that had tootsie rolls taped all over it :P Personally, I hate tootie rolls but know they are his favorite. I choked a few down to show gratitude.

This is my son too. He loves going out to GET the candy, but he isn't big on actually eating it. I do let him eat as much as he wants on Halloween because I know the next day it will just be sitting. That is...until he starts passing it off on me. It's always the good stuff he doesn't like too!

brb2008 wrote: »

Well, my first question is do you have a plan for THEIR candy? Cause most kids end up with just insane amounts and certainly isnt wise to just let them have at it. Will you keep it put away and allow them to chose one or two per day for a little while? Thats always been the plan for families I nanny for. They'll get a couple extra ON Halloween but theres no way they consume it all. Maybe for a week, they get one or two a day and then it just disappears. Decorations go away when the candy does because the holiday is over.

I suggest you pick a plan for THEM that could also work for YOU! Work the candy into your daily calories. I would pick out which pieces you absolutely need (whatever you decide is appropriate. Most days i have 100 extra cals or so for a treat). Just record them into your diary, by planning ahead and recording the info you can ensure that your choices are at least not being made too impulsively. Personally I really want to go to moonstruck and pick out a cute truffle to enjoy for the holiday, and to make a little extra "room" for it I will be having plain tea instead of my usual two cups of coffee with cream!

ration out halloween candy?! It's HALLOWEEN! It only happens once a year, and they're only little kids trick or treating once! I can't imagine coming home after a fun night running around in costumes, them dumping their candy in a pile and then me saying "ok now just pick one or two and go to bed!" should I not let them open all their presents on xmas morning either?!

I don;'t have kinds but I was listening to a radio show on Sunday morning and the woman was suggesting things like.

Let them eat all they want on Halloween night just to get it out of their system. Then give each a ziplock bag (sandwich or quart) and tell them to pick out what they want just for themselves to eat at their discretion. Then put aside some for holiday baking if you want.

An even cooler idea she mentioned was that they could then send all of the extra candy to soldiers overseas through organizations like Operation Shoebox or Operation Gratitude.