How did we all do on Halloween

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I ate two tootsie roll midgets. So not bad, taking rest of candy to the guys at work to get it out of the house since we don't have kids.

I might take the rest of the candy out of the house cause my kid is two and he doesn't remember it exists anyway. Last year I'll be able to get away with that...... what to do about the hubby is another matter

Lol love it. I have a 3 year old and he got exactly 5 pieces of candy and the rest are in the trash!

You know, you could donate that leftover candy to a school. We often get donations, which are given to the counselors and classroom teachers to keep on their desks, pass out during games, and give to kids who are having a hard day and just need a little extra something. I hate to see food, even candy, thrown away.

I am not the person who did this but too many kids have allergies that many schools wear I live will not hand out candy or treats of any kind in fear of a lawsuit.

That's true too, but there are plenty of things that could be done with the candy. What an absolute waste of time and money. That candy could have went to other kids or the people handing it out could have saved it for something else. What's the point of trick or treating if you're just going to toss most of it away?

We didn't toss it. There's all of like 15 pieces here though, a bit little to balance out a drive to the closest school. I think I'll send it to work with hubby if it gets bad, but I'm doing alright resisting.

I'm not sure what happened in the comments, but my post was actually to the person who gave their kid five pieces of candy and tossed the rest in the trash. At least you're doing something with your spare candy.

OH! I see, my bad. Yeah, I mean one the one hand, I want to congratulate anyone with the willpower to trash the haul, like as opposed to binging on it. But yeah, I would rather somebody eat it than just trash I guess. I think I'll send it to work with hubby. I don't really want to give my two year old any, because he's already insane he doesn't need assistance in the lunaticking dept. And we don't, either of us, especially enjoy candy, but his co construction workers will!

Of course! My three year old niece is already going candy crazy from yesterday and keeps asking for more lollipops. We're limiting her daily candy consumption, but the first thing we did was sort the candy into what she can/can't eat, then we ate some, gave some away, and still have some leftover. Chocolate has a quicker expiration date, but most of the fruity stuff is good for at least two years. Regardless, like you said, it can be shared with coworkers, brought to schools that allow it, handed out to other kids, or saved for another time. I know kids shouldn't have an abundance of candy, but it seems like such a waste to bring a kid trick or treating then just throw all the candy in the garbage except for a few pieces. If I knew I bought Halloween candy just for people to throw it out I'd be annoyed. Why bother if that's the plan? That could have went to other kids. Is it really that hard not to binge on it?

I had 2 snack size Kit Kat bars

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delicious.

Two hour bike ride in the AM, then spent the whole rest of the day binge watching college football while pretending like no one was home.

It's a day. Doesn't matter.

Terrible, I haven't eaten a piece of candy, yet. I'm, obviously, sick. Need to fix this oversite ASAP.

I indulged some at lunch today. Fortunately I worked today and have a martial arts class this evening, so I could afford a little over the top chocolate consumption. I will probably end the day in the red but I often do. Keeping the net under 2000 (my current goal) might be a bit more tricky. Oh well. It's one day. One delicious day....

CipherZero wrote: »

I killed something around seventeen zombies last night. Why the hell were they all carrying candy?

Hahahahahaha omg!!!! I laughed way too hard at this.

Went to my parents to avoid trick-or-treaters, and got fed banana pancakes with honey, and several slices of bacon for breakfast, then we made pizzas, and ate them for lunch and supper. I didn't even count my candy intake. Then we had some beers (Prairie Bomb!, New Republic Whipsaw, and Skylight, and Founder's Breakfast Stout). Once night fell, we went back home, and my buddy came over. We killed a barrel aged brown ale from Prairie, then finished off my Whipsaws, Founders, and some Stone IPAs, and another Bomb!, then we started on whiskey, with Balcones Baby Blue, and Rumble, an Edradour 8 year single cask, Tullamore Dew 10, Garrison Brothers Fall 2013, and Rio Brazos Whistlestop. I was a bit tipsy.

I stopped logging around noon. I remember everything I had (aside from the candy), I'm just not concerned about it. Just back to business as usual today.

Between Saturday and Sunday I ate chicken liver wrapped in pancetta with onions and balsamic reduction, braised rabbit with prosciutto and polenta crostini, probably a half loaf of bread, almost a bottle of wine, whiskey, tostito chips with queso sauce, a huge freshly made bagel with turkey bacon cream cheese, a chipotle chicken sandwich, about 2000 calories in slutty brownies (cookie dough, oreo, brownie with reese's pieces, covered in chocolate frosting), and more chips and queso. And some frosting off of a spoon.


I think I'm done now. There are more slutty brownies in the fridge though.

ETA: This was for my birthday though, not halloween. I don't really do halloween candy. I don't have kids and people don't trick or treat in my neighborhood because it's...not nice.

I LOVE candy!! It's a big weakness for me, that's for sure. But, 75 pounds down now and I'm not going to let my love of candy stop me. I had a few pieces last night but it fit into my calories for the day. I had a few pieces today as well. I got creative and chopped up a couple mini candy bars and mixed them into my greek yogurt... that was amazing and gave me some extra protein.

I admit, I bought 3 bags of clearance candy at Target today!! The best part though is knowing that those 3 bags of candy will last me a really long time, compared to in the past when I would have them all gone within days. I do pretty well with eating in moderation now so I'm not worried.

victoria_1024 wrote: »

I LOVE candy!! It's a big weakness for me, that's for sure. But, 75 pounds down now and I'm not going to let my love of candy stop me. I had a few pieces last night but it fit into my calories for the day. I had a few pieces today as well. I got creative and chopped up a couple mini candy bars and mixed them into my greek yogurt... that was amazing and gave me some extra protein.

I admit, I bought 3 bags of clearance candy at Target today!! The best part though is knowing that those 3 bags of candy will last me a really long time, compared to in the past when I would have them all gone within days. I do pretty well with eating in moderation now so I'm not worried.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who snagged some discounted candy today. Ended up spending $40 on candy that has been added to my pile of junk food that I barely even touch.

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MissElectricEyeliner wrote: »

I had a box of chocolate covered donuts, xl cookies n cream candy bar, and xl kit kat candy bar - over the last two days. Ate close to maintenance. I rarely buy candy so got some for Halloween, a special occasion. I don't regret anything.

OMG you reminded me I have had this saved for a while! Thank you for the opportunity to use it!!!!

Omg. That could be my kitty.

I managed to stay at maintenance today.

My Estelle looked just like you kitty.....she passed when she was about 16. She was sooooo sweet.

I did a 5K on Friday night - they encouraged costumes, so I went as a zombie hunter. It was on a golf course, at night, in the rain. My worst 5K time ever, and I did not survive the zombies. But it was still fun.



On Sat., I did a zombie trail run 5K... as a "chaser zombie." This event was done in a way such that runners were sent out in groups every 10-15 minutes and chasers were sent out after them after giving the runners a head start. There were also "stumbler zombies" hiding along the course. Here is a photo of that, without the zombie make-up. This was not timed... it was just for fun.

I definitely went a little overboard because first I had too much to drink on Friday... And then on Sat I went to my friend's party, where I did snack mindfully BUT I still went over my calories by a million. But I logged it to the best of my abilities and I'll try sticking to my calories better for the next 6-7 days.

Under my calories and not a bit of chocolate or sweets passed my lips - I don't celebrate Halloween, it's just 31st October to me.