As you dust off the "Naughty Nurse" costume or get the kids ready to hit the trick-or-treat scene, there is temptation 'round every corner on Halloween. It's scary how you can sabotage your diet on one day!
Those seemingly harmless little mini candies can be pretty harmful. The sweet witches brew cocktail that goes down so smooth is packing too many calories and more sugar than the mini!
Let me give you some tips for maintaining your diet while still enjoying the merriment of the holiday.
Indulge a little
Here's a list of some tasty treats that are between 50-80 calories.
- One mini candy bar
- Four Hershey's Kisses
- Two Dum-Dum lollipops
- Three Mini-Tootsie Rolls
- One Nerds mini-box
- Ten pieces of candy corn
- Two small Laffy Taffys
- Two Jolly Ranchers
- One Junior Mints mini-box
- One Mike-n-Ike mini-box
- Two small York Peppermint Patties
Play it Smart with Alcohol
I love going out on Halloween. There are so many great, creative costumes to see and it's always fun to be someone or something else for an evening. But, too much alcohol can not only ruin a great week of healthy habits, it can make you feel pretty crummy the next day. I recommend white wine over any sugary liquor choices or punch. I like to make white wine spritzers when I'm out for an evening. Just add diet sprite or 7up to 2 or 3 ounces of wine. It dilutes the alcohol so that you don't drink as much. I bring a bottle of the soda in my purse so that I don't have to pay extra at a bar.
You should also balance each alcoholic drink with the 2-1 theory. Two glasses of water per one drink.
Hit The Gym Before the Party
"Many studies have been done that conclude we tend to eat less, and absorb less of the bad stuff when we do, after a good workout. Also, the rush of endorphins tends to make us a bit happier, which means we don't seek joy in the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup." Make sure to get in a good one today. You will be less prone to candy overload if you do!
Hide the evidence. Better yet, get rid of it!
Tomorrow morning (after your extra hour of sleep), throw away or give away all the extra candy. Do not leave it sitting around for you to snack on for the next two weeks! If it's there, you WILL eat it. Don't kid yourself. This "housecleaning" includes all extra trick-or-treat candy, brownies, cookies, etc. that found their way into your home after today. If you have kids and they would be a little less than happy if you ditched their stash, hide it under the sink or on a high shelf in the pantry. Get it out of sight. Give the kids 1-2 pieces a day in their lunch or after dinner and then after a month, throw it away. Candy does not need to hang around until next Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Source: Beachbody.com
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