Comments on Cranky Fitness: Snickers and Kit-Kats and Twix - Oh My!

We have a really easy way to avoid post Halloween ...

2009-10-17T16:08:22.111-04:00

We have a really easy way to avoid post Halloween candy bingefests: we volunteer at the local marathon, conveniently timed just after Halloween, and hand out all the baby Snickers to unbelievably grateful shufflers at mile 21! It's just the weeks BEFORE Halloween that are dangerous around here.

I'm with moonlight dancer! Halloween candy really...

2009-10-16T17:30:59.634-04:00

I'm with moonlight dancer! Halloween candy really isn't my weakness (candy corn? Blech!) but Easter now... Mmmmm... Wait - we're supposed to be talking about how NOT to eat candy right? My only "trick" is to not buy any until the day of. Not only is it usually marked down but also only the nasty stuff is left!

Halloween is always tough for us fitness crazies b...

2009-10-16T14:38:59.558-04:00

Halloween is always tough for us fitness crazies but like some said on my blog, they like the kids to enjoy a couple times a year as long as it is not every day. BUT, I agree, things like sugar free gum, little toys & stickers that they have big bags of now can be a great substitute.

I tend to be the type that buys candy I don't like OR for me, just ain't worth the extra calories & workouts & would keep me from the real treats I like to eat. It is planning & a mindset for me.... nothing too tempting & my thoughts of my beloved cookies that I love to treat myself with each weekend!

Our strategy is pretty easy. We live on a really s...

2009-10-16T12:52:18.931-04:00

Our strategy is pretty easy. We live on a really steep hill. And by Halloween, it is usually COLD OUT! Sometimes raining. Most kids just don't bother trekking up this way. So we keep our porch light off and no candy in the house.

Which sounds sort of Scrooge-like. I actually like Halloween and our first couple years here, did the whole candy bit. Only to find that we had maybe as many as five trick or treaters? Even though I gave out HUGE handfuls of candy (Talk about big eyed kids!) we were still left with a lot at the end of the evening. Which ended up down the hatch. Mostly my hatch, hubby is diabetic and knows better.

Just not worth the effort or the temptation. Christmas is my booby trap. I just love the look of candy canes hung on the tree. Unfortunately, I also love the taste of peppermint candy canes rather equally well.

Have never gotten the fascination with PEEPS. Most Easter candy is just gross. Except the PB egg. Give me the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg every damn time! I try to keep it to only one or two for Easter tho.

I never thought I would say this, but I think I'm ...

2009-10-16T12:18:11.450-04:00

I never thought I would say this, but I think I'm actually going to be thankful that I'm prediabetic over this Halloween -- I CAN'T eat any of the candy we'll be handing out. So no danger of that while it's sitting in the pantry before the trick-or-treaters arrive. And I'm sending the leftovers to my husband's office the next day. Plenty of folks there who will dispose of it for us.

Andra - I think we may have been separated at birt...

2009-10-16T11:02:09.479-04:00

Andra - I think we may have been separated at birth as I've been known to shout kids off my lawn too.

Cert.Fit - dealing with college kids every night? You have my undying admiration.

Loved this post! I thoroughly enjoy your writing s...

2009-10-16T10:48:59.999-04:00

Loved this post! I thoroughly enjoy your writing style.

For me I don't need to stock candy for trick or treaters cause I live on a college campus for work. I'm the one that regulates that New Years eve every night thing LOL.

Anyway good luck to you all in resisting the temptation of eating all that candy.

Great article! We don't have kids but our neighbo...

2009-10-16T10:39:51.412-04:00

Great article! We don't have kids but our neighborhood is crawling with them. I can't have Halloween candy in the house, so color me curmudgeonly, I'm not buying it. I'm going to stand in the doorway and shout "GET OFF MY LAWN!" I kid. We're making that Saturday a "date night" so we won't be here wishing for a bucket of mini-Mounds. I'd much rather save my calories for Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas cookies.

I am so glad it isn't such a big thing over here o...

2009-10-16T10:30:58.417-04:00

I am so glad it isn't such a big thing over here or I would be unable to get on my broomstick for all the sugar on my hips!

Awesome post! We're never home on Halloween, so I...

2009-10-16T09:56:19.207-04:00

Awesome post!

We're never home on Halloween, so I don't buy any candy to give out.

A good idea is to buy some cheap toys from a place like Oriental Trading - you can get dozens of goodies like mini slinkies, sunglasses, yo-yos, etc, for pretty cheap, and they're a lot healthier for the kids!

I love Halloween! It kicks off the uber-holiday s...

2009-10-16T09:54:35.406-04:00

I love Halloween! It kicks off the uber-holiday season. BUT!

We live out in the boonies. So no trick-or-treaters. We pack up the kiddo and head to a friends house in town. They buy all the candy. We take turns: one year the boys take the kids while the girls stay home and hand out candy, next year vice versa.

But damn. They buy the major good stuff. No fun size for these folks. So I make sure to eat light that day (and the whole next week) to make up for it. :)

(Alright, fine. I admit it. I always buy at least one package of those mini-pb cups. But I keep them in the freezer and dole them out so they last well past Christmas. *shrug*)

Messymimi - my suggestion for where to hide the ca...

2009-10-16T09:52:40.906-04:00

Messymimi - my suggestion for where to hide the candy from my teen is where he's least likely to look for it - in the shower.

Gina - when it's "for the children", how could anyone fault us?

W&W - we have a saying here, "Go big or go home" and must apply it to just about everything that touches our lives - no matter how insignificant.

Love halloween. All the costumes, and happy kids.....

2009-10-16T09:38:33.297-04:00

Love halloween. All the costumes, and happy kids...awesome! The candy always made me happy, but I'm not as bad around it as other foods (fried is a weekness). Then again, I'm a freak of nature that doesn't like chocolate much and realize it's everyone else's crack, so I get the candy I don't care much for.

baffles me why halloween is such a big deal across...

2009-10-16T09:22:16.264-04:00

baffles me why halloween is such a big deal across the pond - here, not so much!!!

You really do know what I'm going through! I've b...

2009-10-16T09:15:41.263-04:00

You really do know what I'm going through! I've been dreading Halloween. I don't want my children to eat all that candy...it's not good for them...so I eat it...for THEIR sakes. :0P

You had me laughing about the high school candy fund raiser. I too ate most of my stash...peanut butter cups.

Thanks for confronting this topic. It's a heads-up for me to prepare some sort of strategy.

I buy the stuff I like as I know there'll be lefto...

2009-10-16T09:10:35.780-04:00

I buy the stuff I like as I know there'll be leftovers. But this year I bought a smaller box of chocolate bars and will make the effort to give them all away.

Living out in the country has it's advantages. It ...

2009-10-16T08:50:20.474-04:00

Living out in the country has it's advantages. It means we rarely get more than one or two trick-or-treaters. (The ones who have parents willing to drive them all the way out here)
Unfortunately, that means leftover candy...... 'cause you have to buy some "just in case"..... sigh.
I try to buy stuff that only hubby likes....

You caught me. I'm SUCH a sucker for the hummus an...

2009-10-16T08:32:27.137-04:00

You caught me. I'm SUCH a sucker for the hummus and flax seed. *grins*

Our strategy is simple - we live in an apartment building with a locked external door. No trick or treaters = no candy.

Sure, some people may think this is going overboard in an attempt to avoid the candy holiday, but really, it's just good planning.

*winks*

If you don't mind being the crazy extremist in the...

2009-10-16T08:30:15.627-04:00

If you don't mind being the crazy extremist in the bunch (and obviously I don't), you could just become a raw vegan and give up all processed food so you are not tempted anyway.

Of course, I still have to hide the stuff from the rest of my family so that it doesn't disappear before the night in question. Any hidey hole suggestions? They have figured out all of my old ones.

I always like the "give out candy you don't like y...

2009-10-16T08:04:48.269-04:00

I always like the "give out candy you don't like yourself" advice... IN THEORY.

But when I get to the store I see those little mini milkyway's and snickers and peanut butter cups it's all over. I have to get the kind I like.

I do seem to be better than I used to be about keeping leftovers in the freezer for "must have treat" emergencies, rather than scarfing them all up at once. It's calorie calculations like the ones you mentioned that help me use a little restraint.

every year I think Im gonna be THAT MOM who gives ...

2009-10-16T07:43:34.468-04:00

every year I think Im gonna be THAT MOM who gives out rub on tattoos and not candy :)

every year I return to the candy.

In candycorn love,

Miz.

I think Easter candy is better...PEEPS!!! and I am...

2009-10-16T07:42:35.323-04:00

I think Easter candy is better...PEEPS!!! and I am quite aware they have taken the "peeps" and made ghosts out of them for halloween, I don't care what anyone says, yellow chick peeps are the only ones that taste good. But yeah I don't know if I want to do all that much more exercise to get rid of it.

Thanks for the tips to try and help me avoid falli...

2009-10-16T07:29:37.493-04:00

Thanks for the tips to try and help me avoid falling into that calorific candy trap of halloween!

Thanks a lot Gigi... now I'm thinking about candy ...

2009-10-16T07:25:39.324-04:00

Thanks a lot Gigi... now I'm thinking about candy and drooling all over my bathrobe! You do have good ideas, tho you didn't tell ME what to do with the extra.. i'm 29 and a semi-responsible mom of a 1yr old :) Maybe what I'll do this year is buy candy that the hubby likes, but I don't. well, maybe just one bag that i like! So far I've resisted temptation by not paying attention to the grocery store display until I've alraedy checked out, and I even have a couple candy coupons :)