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?

I hate running out so got 6 bags, 120 pieces.

Decided to just open a bag at a time.  So far 7:15 and still on first bag.  Something about keeping the sealed bags that feels ... safe.  Im luckily not tempted and Im talking chocolate candies (hershey bars and kitkiats).  I couldve simplified this with skittles and starbursts but so far so good.  Got a thanksgiving goal keeping me in check. 

BTW Congrats for all those hanging in there.  Ive got to wonder it the mental prep for tonight has helped because honestly, figured it'd be tougher but just being grateful and hoping not to jinx myself. 

I didn't open the bag till Halloween started, then I told the kids downstairs they could have all the leftover when they got back home... so then I had promised them that I couldn't say I changed my mind later!

Seriously, though, it is the first piece that does you in. Snickers minis are like Lay's potato chips - you can't eat just one. 

I did save a small M&Ms and a small Twix, one of each, for my husband (also dieting) and I. But we promised to save them and have them together on a day when we are both under our calorie counts. 

i havnt eaten one piece of candy........but, iv eaten alot of fast food and stuff at work =[

im in a middle of a move and dont have the money for groceries. my bfs been buying me dinner and i eat junk at work. no good excuse i know ....i could be eating healthier!....but, now that i moved, i will join the gym down the street, buy groceries with my next check, and start getting healthy =d

I'm creating a new holiday tradition.  November 1 (All Saints Day) has just become the day when I gather all the leftover candy (plus whatever I can snitch from my son's haul without him noticing) and take it to the local food bank.  I don't need that stuff in my house tempting me even after Halloween!

A women's/children's shelter would be another good dropoff point.  Or Freecycle.

There's something about factory-sealed bags that seems so . . . stand-offish.  If I'm the one that has to rip it open I feel like a pig.  If it's already open, the bag may as well have a welcome mat.

I like the idea of dropping off the candy at a shelter or food bank, especially if it's still wrapped. 

In college we used to reverse trick-or-treat, which was knock on everybody's door and offer them candy.  Worked pretty well.

Then there's the standard freeze it or bring it to the office.  Or buy the kind you don't like in the first place.

I bought a mixed bag so I'm keeping some of the ones I like for daily treats to last through November and I'm getting rid of the rest.

I can relate to everyone in this thread!

I only got about 20 kids and I had 50 pieces of gummi thingies and the leftovers are still sitting in the bowl. Yay for me! I had two pieces last night for dessert but it was only 70 calories and I had them in place of dessert. I always budget a dessert into my dinner so I don't feel deprived.

Now to battle the Halloween candy sales!

Well, the way I handled it was:

Had three fun size at work when the HR Manager handed out candy, she caught me at a weak moment and I succumbed. No problem, they fit right in anyway, just a little high for afternoon snack.

Got home, ate a healthy supper, was right on track, just going to forget about the late snack.

We get dressed and go to the church "Hallelujah Night" festivities, walk around twice, and the corn dogs start their siren song of temptation. Never having been able to pass temtation by, I ate one and only one corn dog, figuring I would work it off anyway with my evening cardio.

Ah, that was worth the 250 calories. Now where were we. Oh yeah, walking around socializing, Hark! What wondrous vision appears! It is a huge cooler full of RC Cola! and box 'pon wondrous box of MOON PIES. WHAT SADISTIC HATER OF FAT PEOPLE DID MY CHURCH LET LOOSE AMONGST US?

OK, one NON DIET RC cola and ONE 400 calorie DOUBLE DECKER moon pie later, I was at 2900 calories for the day! Ah well, I guess it was worth it.

The only thing that kills me is the 4700 mg of sodium I had yesterday. That is the only time over 4000 all month!

I think maybe I will avoid the scales until I have ran 2 or 3 gallons of water through the main thang.

Halloween has always been a BIG problem for me. Many a year my diet ran aground on halloween candy and threw in the towel for the rest of the holiday season!

This year I decided to only buy the kind of candy that I don't like or that doesn't trigger a frenzy in me - so no chocolate!

And it worked! We had plenty of candy(nerds, sweettarts, gumballs and laffy taffy) for the 35 trick or treaters last night, as well as balloons(the little ones LOVE these) and mini microwave popcorn bags.

I saved the Orange tootsie pops for treats for myself for the next month or so and brought the little sandwich bag sized leftovers to work this morning. They didn't even tempt me.

This is a first for me! Thanks for the discussion!

My roommates bought candy that I don't like! horray roommates!

I actually do like one of the candies they bought but after looking @ the nutritional info...the calories for that small volume of food! no thank you

I had one treat, at work I had a small lollipop, mostly because I'm sick and my throat was sore and I thought it would help...it didn't really help but tasted good