Halloween

[IrishSarahHB]

Halloween candy EVERYWHERE !!! Its EVERYWHERE ... oh man .. i usually dont have cravings for sweets anymore .. but geeeze .. LOL i cant help but laugh ..

I almost convinced myself to have 'Just One' .. but you know how that usually goes .. and i keep thinking of how good i will feel if i dont have any .. and tomorrow i can say .. " I didnt eat one pc of candy " Then i have to do it all over on Wednesday too ..

[mothette]

Re: Halloween

I understand. The cravings are rough for me when I see it but especially when I smell it. This weekend people all around me were eating things that were almost beyond what I could handle. I heard the "you can have one bite" and "one bite won't kill you" at least 4 times. Each time I wanted to cave in but didn't. Instead I drank a diet coke. It had caffeine in it which isn't good but it was the only diet selection there. I haven't had anything with caffeine in it since I started last month. I felt more luxurious drinking my "naughty-to-me" diet coke than they did eating all their stuff.

[Mickkey]

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Halloween.........baw humbug!

No, I love it! It's my favorite holiday, or almost. The candy is killing me too. Avoiding it thus far. Hang tough people, we can make it through this. You know you can't eat "just one".......so don't do it!!!

[apple]

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I 2nd that Bah-hum bug! Ugh...I can't stand the sight of the candy in the stores. I'd like to smack the candy makers and store distributers and managers who think they'll sale more candy if the line the isles with them. Ugh! Run away!!! Run away!!!

Let's keep in mind Dr A's "One Kiss of Death" to our way of eating with that "just one" thought. Okay?

[sincub]

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Don't you touch that candy!
Just imagine me poking you with my pitchfork every time you eat a piece. Menacing, eh?

[IrishSarahHB]

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Don't you touch that candy!
Just imagine me poking you with my pitchfork every time you eat a piece. Menacing, eh?

LOL !!! Ok i wont !! Thanks that made me laugh

[fatty mcfatison]

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we have it a bit easier at our house. We started when the oldest was just a baby having her only keep 10 pieces of candy after trick or treating. The rest the Great Pumpkin takes and gives to sick children that couldn't go out. The Great Pumpkin leaves a cool toy in place of the candy and we throw the candy away. Less temptation is always good.

[Grant]

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we have it a bit easier at our house. We started when the oldest was just a baby having her only keep 10 pieces of candy after trick or treating. The rest the Great Pumpkin takes and gives to sick children that couldn't go out. The Great Pumpkin leaves a cool toy in place of the candy and we throw the candy away. Less temptation is always good.

Wow that is really cool. I may just have to steal that though I would prefer to find someone to really give the candy to. That might be easier said then done though. hmmmm

[sadie147]

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Wow that is really cool. I may just have to steal that though I would prefer to find someone to really give the candy to. That might be easier said then done though. hmmmm

I agree with grant, i'd rather find someone to give the candy too if i had to deal with it (no kids here..), i just dropped $50 in chocolate and candy, i'd hate to think it was getting thrown out?

One thing i do on Halloween that makes it a bit easier is I buy the little plastic halloween lootbags from the dollar store and put a few candies in each...then i use the twist ties and seal them up. that way each kid gets the same amount, and it's much harder for me to put my hand in the bowl and help myself . Tonight I did 75 bags, with about 7 candies in each, mostly stuff i don't like: starburst, gummy fangs, popeye candy sticks etc (though there's dairy milk and caramilks in there yum!). only took 45 mins. When the weathers nice i sit out on the verandah with a witches hat on and hand them out when there's alot of kids. that also stops me from boredom and temptation.

When my stepdaughter was young..one year she got a toothbrush, and she would always get a few halloween pencils or erasers etc. with dollarstores now adays there are alot of other things you can hand out besides candy that aren't very expensive.

[FunnyActressInLA]

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I understand. The cravings are rough for me when I see it but especially when I smell it. This weekend people all around me were eating things that were almost beyond what I could handle. I heard the "you can have one bite" and "one bite won't kill you" at least 4 times. Each time I wanted to cave in but didn't. Instead I drank a diet coke. It had caffeine in it which isn't good but it was the only diet selection there. I haven't had anything with caffeine in it since I started last month. I felt more luxurious drinking my "naughty-to-me" diet coke than they did eating all their stuff.

Mothette,
When I was at work Sunday there were BAGS and I mean BAGS upon bags of every chocolate bar in the world. I'm a big chocoholic so it was hard for me so I just went to the vending machine and bought a diet dr. pepper. I hadn't had diet soda for almost two weeks so it tasted great!! Nice and cold and it helped curb my sweet tooth. There are some twix bars and butterfingers in the cupboard for Halloween tomorrow. I was thinking of getting some more diet soda (caffeine free with splenda) and maybe making some low carb fudge to help me stand my ground! LOL!

[TitianWasp]

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The low carb stuff, in cases like this, can help you get past the cravings for the full on sugar items. My girlfriend brought over home made baklava this weekend, which made me crazy because of the filo dough. I'd eat asphalt if it were wrapped in filo dough. Anyway, I pulled out the sugar-free cookies, which I had kept well out of sight in the cupboard, and had a few too many of those, but managed to resist the baklava. Was still in ketosis that night, made it past the craving, and didn't have the mental letdown of a real cheat. Whatever keeps you honest, you know?

[Miss Phode]

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When I walked into work this morning there was a big goodie bag of candy on my desk. I dumped the candy into the candy dish in the reception area, thanked the person that gave it to me, and got on with my day. I realize it's a different battle though if you have children and can't get away from it so easily.

[Momtofour]

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My battle plan always consists of buying candy I don't like to pass out.

I have a huge roast in the crock pot right now. I am making mashed cauliflower to go with it. We are having a big dinner early so that I am full and resist the urge to snack. All of the cream cheese in the cauliflower will help ward off any cravings.

When my kids come home with their loot we will bag it up in a Ziploc with their name on it and put it up after they have had a few pieces.

Every year I go back and forth...Is it better to let them eat all they want and get it gone or give them a few pieces every day. I don't know if the huge sugar blow out is worse than sugar every day for a month. What do you think?

[Duinai]

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Great Pumpkin taking care of sick children in the Hospital..... this sounds like A VERY GOOD idea. teaches kids to be caring and kind. Sorta like Halloween Santa, right?



No more kids here ( our DD is 28 ) and my DH normally is very busy and pretty often keeps working late at home, so we dont have candies at home anymore. But The Great Pumpkin is something I am definately sharing right now in my office, we have people with kids... I see the ladies across the hall at this very moment are calling Children's Hospital ( across the street) and arranging to bring candies tomorrow. From The Great Pumpkin. They just LOVE the idea, THANK YOU!!





Dui

[not2late]

Re: Halloween

I don't pass out candy: I buy those cheap bulk toys from mail order sources. So this year, the children stopping by my house will get sugar-free, calorie free, no preservatives added Halloween pencils.