People tend to worry about a lot about the Thanksgiving pounds or
the stress of the winter holidays but it often starts with the most evil
holidays of all, Halloween. Each year the Halloween seems to get longer and longer
and the shelves fill up with bags of sugar filled treats even before the day is
near. Here are some tips to help you bet the sugar crush and stay on track for your
health goals.
Buy Late
It may be tempting to buy bags of candy or treats ahead of time to
save money or to save time later but chances are if you bring it into your
house before Halloween you will be more tempted to eat it and then have to go
back out anyways. This year commit to not buying your trick or treat candy until
the day before or on Halloween.
Go Candy-Free
Be that house and commit your family to be candy free this year.
There are a lot of options out there for giveaways that are not candy related
that kids still love. Try glow sticks, erasers, pencils, stickers, pretzels or
gum this year.
Enjoy your Favorites
Don’t deprive yourself! Pick out one or 2 pieces you do want to
eat this year on Halloween, eat and savor them and enjoy the moment with your family.
Pass up other treats that may be passed around at work or earlier in the month.
Give Away the Bounty
After Halloween don’t think you have to keep all the candy. Look
for opportunities at local hospitals, dentist offices, schools or military mailing
services to donate your candy to good causes.
The key to avoiding the evil snacks of Halloween is to plan early
and stay committed. Challenge yourself to see how far you can go to avoid the
things you don’t need in your daily nutrition plan.
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