Halloween horror?

lkw0311
lkw0311 Posts: 43 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone. Just wondering what your strategy is for Halloween, being as it's less than 2 weeks away and we're already being bombarded by candy in stores. I'm not usually a big candy eater and have been pretty good at staying away from sweets, but with literally bowls of it in the house that day, I was hoping to get some good advice on how to deal. Thanks all,. By the way, I was away for awhile and am back now and ready to do this! Looking for friends who want to help keep me on track and who I can help also - feel free to add me. :)
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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    edited October 2016
    I pick out one piece to have at whatever time works best for me, like after lunch or right before bed. That time is when I have the most willpower to walk away after one. I make sure to plan my food ahead and log the treat. I also remind myself that even if my kids eat all the good stuff I can buy more when I really want it.
  • kavin_ni
    kavin_ni Posts: 3 Member
    I hide most of them in a drawer and ration out some in an easy to reach place.
  • LaReinaDeCorazones
    LaReinaDeCorazones Posts: 274 Member
    I regularly have a piece of candy daily, although the last couple of days I haven't seen been in the mood for them. ...as long as it fits in my cals for the day I'm good
  • LAMCDylan
    LAMCDylan Posts: 1,218 Member
    Throw it in the trash. Why buy it in the first place??
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    I keep mine hidden in boxes in front closet until halloween.
    1 kind I can't eat. Some of the others I can. I just ration what I eat.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    I have 240 small bars sat on the coffee table. I had forgot they were there until this post. Yeah they have been there a week, long enough to not notice them anymore.

    Mmmm. Maybe a coffee crisp with my coffee- naw.

    Cheers, h.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited October 2016
    Whitezombiegirl wrote: »
    lissmayer wrote: »
    LAMCDylan wrote: »
    Throw it in the trash. Why buy it in the first place??

    Because you don't want to be the lame, curmudgeon dick who turns off his lights on the neighborhood children? It's called "fun."

    I dont find passing out candy to kids fun. I turn the lights off and watch a movie upstairs or go out for the evening.

    I'm okay with it, but I tend to leave my lights out as well. I don't know a lot of people on my street and am not thrilled by the idea of constantly opening my door at night for strangers..

    Anyway, if the candy is wrapped, keep it out of sight, out of mind. I have Dove dark chocolates that I keep in a closed dish in my living room as a general everyday offering for guests. I think I've reached for one exactly once in the past few months..it's not so bad if you don't give it power over you.
  • Chilli7777
    Chilli7777 Posts: 112 Member
    Ive had a huge costco bucket of candy in my wardrobe thats been in there for weeka and remains unopened. We bought it for halloween as the closer it gets they tend to run out of stock. My freezer is full of cinnamon donuts which the kids take to school and my husband has a snack stash cupboard. I never feel tempted and just don't eat it. My sugar cravings went away around week 2 as i eat really wholesome food now and am nourishing my body. If you still eat sugar, even if you stick to your calories, youll always struggle.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited October 2016
    Chilli7777 wrote: »
    Ive had a huge costco bucket of candy in my wardrobe thats been in there for weeka and remains unopened. We bought it for halloween as the closer it gets they tend to run out of stock. My freezer is full of cinnamon donuts which the kids take to school and my husband has a snack stash cupboard. I never feel tempted and just don't eat it. My sugar cravings went away around week 2 as i eat really wholesome food now and am nourishing my body. If you still eat sugar, even if you stick to your calories, youll always struggle.

    This might be you, but this certainly does not pertain to everyone. I might add "sugar is not evil" in the least, now it might be in the case of Halloween if you eat all the holiday candy before you can give it out to the little ones dressed in cute constumes..

    I buy candy all the time not just around Halloween, so there is always a sweet treat around my house. Right now there are M&M's just feet from me, they have been there for a while too.. Honestly I know what and how much I can have, my goals really are the determining factor if and when I get to eat candy.

    Up until the day of Halloween, if you can put all the candy out of site, perhaps way up in a closet that you do not walk by often, might help..
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I still have some Halloween candy from last year in my closet. I just have a piece or two when I really crave it. Not too worried about this year! Otherwise, just buy stuff you don't like to give away.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    I have 2 boxes of full-sized bars, a big Costco tin of pretzels and a huge bag of non-chocolate candy. I am not particularly a candy person so I can abstain, but my house is the go-to house for Halloween. Full sized bars FTW.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    We don't have trick or treaters. We buy a bit of candy for our family to enjoy. I eat it in small amounts and log it.

    You could give out non-food items like temporary tattoos, stickers, small toys, glow sticks, coins, pencils.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    I bought a candy that I'm not so likely to tear into--plain mini Hersheys bars. I have my own stash of dark chocolate that I eat daily. But I know if I had a big bag of mini Snickers, Twix, etc. I would be eating those, so I'm avoiding buying that this year. Also, another problem I've had in the past is when my kids come home with three huge buckets of candy. I will have to try not to put my hand in their bucket too often!
  • emjam99
    emjam99 Posts: 92 Member
    I faced the same thing but did pretty well last year. Save room for a few treats, last year I ate light all day and the one I looked forward to was frozen yogurt. Hide the candy or make sure it's given all away. I also decided to save money that would be spent on food for new clothes
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Put the candy away until that night. Chew gum for those few hours while you're entertaining trick or treaters. Give the last few kids the rest of the bowl at the end of the night.
  • CurlyCockney
    CurlyCockney Posts: 1,394 Member
    Halloween/trick or treat is a fairly recent thing here, in fact it's only my foreign neighbours that do it (we're more Penny For The Guy in the UK, and that's on the wane and not done door-to-door). I've bought chocs for the last two years but this year they're having tangerines so the leftovers aren't so tempting for me!
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I keep the big bags of candy closed until trick-or-treating, and will have maybe one small bag open in a bowl in the house. I have kids, and they aren't buying the "we don't have any candy" routine. They get to have a piece for dessert leading up to the holiday. I also sit outside to hand out candy so all the neighbors would see me if I were to just sit there shoving chocolate down my gullet, covered in empty wrappers.

    Once the kids come back with their trick-or-treating haul, we go through it and set a bunch aside for the Switch Witch, everything else goes into a labeled ziplock bag. Switch Witch candy and anything I have left over get taken to the dentist, they pay by the pound and donate the candy to service members overseas.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    This year, I'm buying candy the day of trick-or-treating (10/31) and the last kid gets whatever if left in the bucket at 8:30 -- then adult party time.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    lissmayer wrote: »
    LAMCDylan wrote: »
    Throw it in the trash. Why buy it in the first place??

    Because you don't want to be the lame, curmudgeon dick who turns off his lights on the neighborhood children? It's called "fun."

    Then buy it the day of Trick or Treating. If you don't give it all out, throw that *kitten* in the garbage.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    I'm just waiting until later this week to buy it and am going to buy less than we normally would in previous years to avoid leftovers. I'm not going to buy gross candy though just because I used to have a weight problem- self control and mindfulness are important things to practice afterall

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