How will you handle Halloween and the candy?

Halloween is tomorrow and I've been dreading getting the candy ahead of time. I want to give treats to the neighbourhood kids but I don't want to eat the bag before the times comes or eat what's leftover. I don't have kids so I don't have to worry about what is brought into the house.

At Walmart, I found a whole aisle of different treats. My personal favourite are mini Mars bars so I didn't buy those! I ended up buying something called Deli Jellies. They are gummi candies shaped like hotdogs, hamburgers, french fries and donuts. Nothing could be more disgusting to me! If I don't hand them all out, I'm planning of giving them to next door neighbour's kid. Problem solved!

How are you going to handle the Halloween goodie crisis this year?

Not buying ANY! I have kids at home...5 of them ...a nd I am taking them out to get their candy. But at a certain limit I tell them we are done. and we head to play land.;) than when we get home. I check it all. they get to have a piece or two for the next week. and I throw the rest OUT!

Bug

i enjoy a treat or two and than run an extra mile or so the next day or i will not eat much in the day and eat some candy. i have a 22 month old so i will go out trick or treating for 1/2 hour.

Happy Halloween!!

I'm on a 1.5 week clean eating challenge which includes the self-imposed ruel of no candy.

The only candy I have to dodge is the stuff at work at the reception where I only walk by 5 times a day and they only have crappy little gummy bear thingies anyway.

Living in an apartment I don't have to worry about trick or treating.

Why not just not eating any?  Just don't start or you won't be able to stop.

If I could 'just not eat any', I wouldn't be 50lbs overweight! :)

haha abby!

your strategy sounds pretty good. i think just knowing the calorie counts for those little candies is pretty good incentive to avoid them. Most are 70-100 calories each! I would think it'd be less, since they're so freakin small, and somehow can get away without printing nutrition facts. That knowledge has made me conclude that they're not worth it, especially since once I have one, I inevitably have to have like 5. 

woww, halloween is such a big deal in america?

Im just not gona eat any :P

Halloween is almost over here in Australia. It's not really celebrated here but earlier some trick-or-treaters came here looking for candy but the closest thing we had to offer were cabury brunch bars. How sad!

The gummy things I bought are 35 calories each. The nutritional value is listed but it's all zero's!! LOL!

Halloween is a big deal here (in Canada) and in the U.S. Grownups get to dress up and be kids again and kids get to dress up and have everyone tell them how cute they are.

I'm new to the neighbourhood so I'm looking forward to seeing all the little ones dressed up.

WELL , I didn't handle it very well at all , I ate it

I have not had any issues with the candy.  but at the same time if i feel like eating chocolate i will have a piece of dark chocolate and move on.  I have learned that if i am craving something to have just a little bit and it is usually enough to allow the craving to pass.   there is a difference between indulging on a mini snickers and indulging on a whole bag of mini snickers.  

Give yourself a break! 

Or try:

Taking  one or two small Dove squares [about 35 cals a piece] -  candy bars are too tempting - cutting them into four or so pieces each & placing ONE in your mouth @ a time & letting it melt. Good chocolate is not for chewing.

Look @ weekly totals. If you are trying to eat 1350 cals/day, multiply that by seven - 9450 - & give yourself some wiggle room by creating a goal range, ie 9200-9800 cals/week.

If you go over one day, make it up over the next few days OR plan for it by banking cals for a few days before.  I don't advocate starving yourself the next day - make it up over a little @ a time:

EXAMPLE 

Mon - 1350   Tues - 1325   Wed (Halloween) - 1500   Thursday - 1300

Friday - 1300   Saturday - 1325   Sunday - 1350.

BTW - I have never suffered a gain by going over 150 cals in a week.

 

 

Halloween traditions are so great!

1. Provide pillow case in order for kids to collect more.
2. Train children to go for candy that has chocolate.
3. Have children separate chocolate candy from undesirable candy.
4. Double check to make certain children are asleep.
5. Hide empty candy wrappers that might be found in wastebasket.
   

Feed it to my husband. He's 5'8 weighs 130 and can eat a twinkie truck and never gain weight.

I was doing so well, i knew i was going to have no candy but i get to work, teaching kindergarden, and not only is it our halloween party...i survived but it was a kids birthday with the most massive richest cake i have ever seen it took up a whole shelf in the fridge and was about 5 inches high with three layers of butter frosting.....i did not survive that,  whats worse it my one small piece became three,  when if i could have just had some normal piece i would have not had as much....so much for self control.  teachers have it rough we are always around treats. 

I thought I was in the clear by not buying any candy until yesterday. Then the cabinet where I hid the goodies screamed "eat me" all day long. I finally gave in and ate frigg'n 6 of those mini peanut butter cups putting me over my limit. I don't understand it, I haven't broken down in over 4 months. I'm so glad that Halloween is tonight. I'm going to give out giant hadfulls of the stuff so I don't have any left over.

Wish me luck!

Next year, I'm buying the candy I don't like. You're smart abbynormal. :-)

I bought candy, just in case I get trick-r-treaters.
My solution to not eating it -- I don't like Twix. So that's what I bought.

If I don't give it all out tmrw, I'll bring it to work, and let my coworkers take care of it.

I have been staring at a big ass bowl of Halloween candy for a week now and haven't touched one piece. Want to know why? Because feeling thin and healthy is a lot better then feeling guilty about eating a fun sized snickers. I think of how much food i could eat, food that i feel good about putting into my body, for that small piece of candy. Have you read how much fat can be in one of those fun sized candy bar.

Went and bought candy today, stuff like M&Ms, Tootsie rolls, Hershey kisses ... and I'm STUNNED but none of it is remotely tempting to me.  I never thought I'd see this day, I'm SO happy!!

I'll eat some.  I eat candy almost every day and lose weight doing it.  I fit treats into my plan and halloween is great for small portions!!  Guilt is for somebody else...