Halloween

Halloween is almost here and it’s hard to avoid the endless amounts of candy. Here are some tricks I use to enjoy Halloween treats without feeling guilty.

TRICKS:

1. If you are passing out candy, ONLY buy candy that you do not like (as much). I love chocolate so I always buy gummy bears, Twizzlers or Skittles so I am not as tempted.

2. Make sure you enjoy some of your favorite candy because if we tell ourselves we can’t eat any, it’s the ONLY thing we crave!

3. Choose the mini size candy. It’s hard to eat only half of a fun size candy. It’s the taste we want and by choosing 2 mini candy bars instead of 1 fun size, we can indulge twice as much!

4. Try to stick to less than 100 calories of candy per day and try to get in a little extra cardio or cut back on another food item to avoid weight gain.

TREATS:

Here is a list of portion sizes with less than 100 calories of your favorite candy:

Mini sizes

• 2 of any of the following: Snickers, Reese’s, Twix, Milky Way
• 4 Three Musketeers

Fun sizes

• 1 .5 bags of skittles
• 1 snickers, almond joy or Reese’s cups

Other

• 1 Tootsie pop or caramel apple pops
• 1 Junior Mint box
• 1 package of gummy bears
• 2 boxes of Milk Duds
• 3 small tubes of Whoppers
• 4 Tootsie Rolls

Remember to enjoy Halloween!