5 TIPS TO PREVENT MINDLESS BINGE EATING THIS HALLOWEEN

When it comes to weight loss – Halloween candy is the devil in disguise.

In theory, the tiny snacks appear great for portion control – they’re only 60 calories for two bites of delicious, mouth-watering, chocolate goodness, but let me ask you this - how many times have you been able to stop at just one when there’s a giant bowl of them sitting next you?

That’s what I thought.
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Your will power is simply no match for the temptation you will feel by having them in your house so I recommend employing one of the following strategies to keep yourself from binge eating this Halloween.

​1. Buy Candy you don't like

​Many of us use Halloween as an excuse to eat WAY too many sweets.

We buy our favourite treats (in ridiculous quantities I might add) and feel the need to eat the ones left over at the end of the night.  

I think it’s fair to say that most of us feel bad about “wasting food”, but believe me when I say this – chips, chocolate and candy are not “food” and your body is much better off without them.

The good news is that when you buy candy you DON'T like, you’re much more willing to part with it.  So, if you’re a chocolate fiend, go with chips. If you are a salt-a-holic, buy candy.
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Personally, I think Tootsie Rolls and Rockets taste like chalk, so they’re always a safe bet for me

​2. Be Creative!

​You don’t HAVE to give out candy.

Yes, people might think your weird handing out Halloween pencils and colouring books, but so what? If someone comes to my door looking for a “trick or treat” then I get to decide what that treat is going to be.  

Now I don’t recommend handing out apples (that might get your house egged), but the dollar store has all sorts of Halloween inspired “treats”. You can hand out erasers, pencils, stickers, colouring books……. really anything with a Halloween inspired theme will do.

In the past, I’ve made little treat bags with pencils, erasers and mini notepads and no one knew what was inside them until they got home.
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Who knows, maybe the kids enjoyed having something “different” in their bags and if they didn’t…. well let’s just say I didn’t lose any sleep over it.
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​3. donate your extra candy

The chances of you buying the perfect amount of candy is slim to none so you need to know what you’re going to do with all that candy once the night is over.

My suggestion? Bring it to work and leave it in the lunch room with a sign that says “Happy Halloween. Help Yourself.”
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Not everyone is trying to lose weight or banish their sugar cravings so you get double the benefit. You keep your waist line in check AND you earn the love and affection of all your coworkers.

​It’s a win-win for everyone.

​4. buy less than you need (a lot less)

Always buy less candy than you think you'll need. There’s no shame in turning off your lights because you ran out of candy – in fact, that would be the ideal situation (who doesn’t want to go to bed early, right?)

If you only get a handful of kids each year, don’t buy a box of 50 chocolate bars, OK?

​Go to the bulk barn and pick out treats individually instead. On the flip side, if you tend to get a lot of kids, only buy one box of candy and turn out the lights when the candy runs out.
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You’re be saving pounds and dollars! 

​Your welcome friend.

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5. halloween? ba humbug!
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Again. You don’t HAVE to give out candy. If you don’t think you can handle having bowls of chips and candy in your house this Halloween, don’t buy it at all.

Halloween is not a national holiday, in fact, it’s one of the least celebrated in the world. Yes, in North America we LOVE our junk food, but most countries don’t partake in these festivities.

Turn off your lights, cozy up by the fire and read a good book instead.

I’ve done this many times, and again, I’ve never lost any sleep over the fact that I wasn’t giving children pre-diabetes (GASP! Yes, I just said that).

The final point?

Don’t let Halloween sabotage your weight loss efforts!

Do WHATEVER you need to do to keep yourself in check this Halloween and learn the art of “not giving a damn”. You know as well as I do that no one is going to “die” because you didn’t hand out candy this year. In fact, you might even SAVE someone’s life.  😊

​#sugaristhedevil
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So how are you going to avoid binge eating on candy this Halloween?