Halloween Candy
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enlightenme3 wrote: »My husband likes to buy the full-size candy bars to give out. The upside (for me at least) is that it discourages me from indulging in the leftovers since they aren't "just a nibble". It turns out that we had a whole case leftover from 2019 just sitting in our pantry the whole time which I didn't see until the trick-or-treaters were already finished for the evening.
BTW, yesterday I did allocate myself one of the Reese's peanut butter cups in my calorie budget. Ate it. Didn't care for it anymore. I have been eating a couple squares of dark chocolate as my evening dessert and the Reese's was just too sweet.
I would call shenanigans but butter cream frosting became too sweet for me for some reason. Kinda pissed me off because I buy this slice of cake I like every year for my birthday and now it's not worth the calories. I did move on to a tre leche with whipped cream frosting tho!
My boss just told me they bought all this candy and had only 8 trick or treaters. They're giving the leftovers to some non profit.0 -
Just don't buy any. We don't have trick or treaters coming to our flat thank god. My other half eats most of the chocolate that comes into our place from say Christmas or Easter. I just don't eat chocolate much so I just don't buy it, no kids either so no issue there.0
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if we had self control we would not be on here, get rid of it. People leave it at our gym of all places, but they always have food there, maybe someone will give it to their grandkids or something.
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brenn24179 wrote: »if we had self control we would not be on here, get rid of it. People leave it at our gym of all places, but they always have food there, maybe someone will give it to their grandkids or something.
I mean I for one was obese because of condiments and ignorance (really - could rack up 1K a day in butter, cream, salad dressing, and mayo). I learned a thing and fixed it. I am now 5'5" and 126-127 pounds. Do I get to eat candy sometimes now or is having ever been overweight a sentence to a lifetime of no candy in my house? Is there a point I get butter back?19 -
Wow, several POUNDS of candy left over...where was your house when I was a kid on Halloween? lol
I'm a firm believer in moderation, that allowing yourself small amounts of a treat lead to less overall consumption than strict denial followed by binging, but recognize that some people cannot follow the same advice. So beyond the suggestions above, a couple other thoughts:
One, buy less to begin with. If that means you run out and have to turn off your porch light, thereby turning away additional kids, sorry kids.
Had 50+ kids at our house, down a bit from usual.0 -
Fortunately, my neighborhood isn't really conducive to trick or treating so we don't have anyone coming to the house for candy. We do keep some of the small single candies in the house for my kids that we put in their school lunches for deserts. I'm not particularly tempted by them as I really only like Reece's and Snickers and my youngest is very allergic to peanuts so we don't have those laying around.
In general, I'm just not a big fan of milk chocolate candies. I do have some dark chocolate caramel and sea salt squares that I very much enjoy, but my limit is two after dinner for a little desert.1 -
brenn24179 wrote: »if we had self control we would not be on here, get rid of it. People leave it at our gym of all places, but they always have food there, maybe someone will give it to their grandkids or something.
People are here for a wide range of reasons. I've been in maintenance for years and haven't logged anything for about 8 years or so. I'm here largely for the community and to talk fitness and nutrition with like minded people as IRL not everyone is particularly interested.
Even when I was here to lose weight and count calories, my issue wasn't really a lack of self control. It took me the better part of 10 years to gain about 40 Lbs...so it really wasn't a matter of me just going crazy with food. I started gaining weight when I graduated college and went from being very, very active to working a desk job 12 hours per day and traveling 25 weeks out of the year for work. Prior to that, I have been lean and fit all of my life...my weight gain was really, really slow over years of sitting at a desk and not making the time to be more active outside of work.14 -
Even when I was fat and struggled with control over certain foods, I could have Halloween candy in my house for months without even thinking about it -- just not something that especially appeals to me.7
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »
I dont have any problem leaving it alone.
don't push your food issues on other people old man....12 -
Since they are full size, they are not in a Halloween theme right?
Just an idea... I LOVE crafting for others. (Like TY for Hosting gifts) for any event/holiday. Make some for that-Thanksgiving? Even Christmas Stocking Stuffers/Crafted Gift Bags?1 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »If you have leftover Halloween candy, get it out of the house. Give or throw it away. Better it be in a dump than as fat on your body.
Too late - I already ate too much of it.4 -
Ok, so second year in a row (I think) I'm asking this....
Where are all the after halloween candy sales? I haven't seen any on my usual websites. Do you have to physically go into a store for them now? Do they just repackage anything not sold into christmas themed candy bags? I'm *gasp* almost out of my chocolate inventory and I had QUITE the back up!2 -
Ok, so second year in a row (I think) I'm asking this....
Where are all the after halloween candy sales? I haven't seen any on my usual websites. Do you have to physically go into a store for them now? Do they just repackage anything not sold into christmas themed candy bags? I'm *gasp* almost out of my chocolate inventory and I had QUITE the back up!
I have seen a lot in physical stores, but not online, even in the 'click and collect' from a physical store type things.0 -
wunderkindking wrote: »Ok, so second year in a row (I think) I'm asking this....
Where are all the after halloween candy sales? I haven't seen any on my usual websites. Do you have to physically go into a store for them now? Do they just repackage anything not sold into christmas themed candy bags? I'm *gasp* almost out of my chocolate inventory and I had QUITE the back up!
I have seen a lot in physical stores, but not online, even in the 'click and collect' from a physical store type things.
I don't like physical stores. There are people. And lines. And waiting. And waiting in lines with people.
And also spending more money than I'd planned.
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wunderkindking wrote: »Ok, so second year in a row (I think) I'm asking this....
Where are all the after halloween candy sales? I haven't seen any on my usual websites. Do you have to physically go into a store for them now? Do they just repackage anything not sold into christmas themed candy bags? I'm *gasp* almost out of my chocolate inventory and I had QUITE the back up!
I have seen a lot in physical stores, but not online, even in the 'click and collect' from a physical store type things.
I don't like physical stores. There are people. And lines. And waiting. And waiting in lines with people.
And also spending more money than I'd planned.
Every time I go into a physical store I buy crap just because it's there, so same. Mostly. Goodwill and the pharmacy are exceptions and only one of those has candy :P1 -
An old trick for making friends where I work was to put out a candy bowl. I found them all! If I walked past an office with a candy bowl, I could feel it in my stomach. With half the people working from home, they're all gone, and I hope they never come back. (The bowls, not the people. )2
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Ok, so second year in a row (I think) I'm asking this....
Where are all the after halloween candy sales? I haven't seen any on my usual websites. Do you have to physically go into a store for them now? Do they just repackage anything not sold into christmas themed candy bags? I'm *gasp* almost out of my chocolate inventory and I had QUITE the back up!
I went to 2 stores yesterday: Walgreens and the grocery store. I looked in the clearance section mainly for Halloween decorations, but also just to see what candy was left. There was hardly anything besides candy corn and the Autumn mix.1 -
I buy Snickers.
I hate Snickers.
Problem solved.8 -
Thankfully we had over 150 trick-or-treaters and to make sure, the last kids who came to my door got the rest so I wouldn't be tempted1
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corinasue1143 wrote: »I buy Snickers.
I hate Snickers.
Problem solved.
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