Halloween is right around the corner. While Halloween is supposed to be a day for children, many parents like to indulge on these Halloween treats as well. Have you ever caught yourself looking at your child’s bag filled with Halloween candy and waited for them to leave the room so you could steal a piece? Well, here are a few tips to help you avoid getting tricked by the treats:
The better you are at estimating, the less candy will be left over. There is nothing worse than having a large stack of candy bars left after Halloween night. After all, you can’t just let them go to waste!
One of the best things you can do for yourself this Halloween season is to buy candy that doesn’t trigger temptation. If you don’t like the candy you have, there is a much better chance you won’t choose to eat it, or at least as much of it.
As soon as the candy comes into the house, put the candy away! Keeping it out will only tempt you further! Put the candy somewhere that isn’t instantly visible and takes a bit of effort to get to.
It can be very difficult having candy in the house and avoiding the temptation to eat it. It is a much better choice to have one small piece a day. This is a reward for not giving in to these delicious treats. One small piece of candy per day is a much better choice than a two hour binge fest because you didn’t eat any candy for the past three days.
More often than not, when small pieces of candy are individually wrapped, we forget how many we’ve actually eaten. That’s why it’s important to leave the evidence in front of you. It’s pretty difficult to pretend you haven’t eaten tons of candy when the wrappers are filling up the top of the table
Halloween can be a difficult time of year for dieting, but I’m confident that if you follow these simple steps, you will make it through this Halloween looking and feeling better than years past.
-Tom