Time for Exercise

Yes, the dreaded Halloween candy season is here. Worse yet, tomorrow if you have kids they will be bringing home bags full of the stuff after trick or treating. You may even have a lot left over if you don’t get as many kids as you expected trick or treating in your area.

It can make avoiding temptation more difficult than usual. And the holiday season is just beginning.

Different families have different ways of coping with this influx of sugary treats. Some avoid having candy leftovers by handing out something healthier than candy. This can be challenging since few things are quite as popular as candy with all ages, but it’s not impossible.

Some parents only allow the candy to stay a short time, then dispose of the rest one way or another. I’ve always thought this wasn’t fair to kids, especially those who aren’t currently facing weight problems. Better is if you can teach them how to enjoy it in moderation, in my opinion.

But it may be your own self control that is the real issue.

If it works for you, try having a favorite, yet much healthier snack available and try to stick to it when the candy comes calling. This won’t work for everyone, but if it does the job for you, it’s a fairly easy solution.

Limiting how much you can have works for adults as well as kids. If you tell yourself one piece a day and stick to that rule, the Halloween candy can only do so much to your weight loss efforts.

Think of the Halloween candy as practice for the challenges of the holiday season. Keeping control of your dieting and eating habits only gets harder as we go through Thanksgiving and Christmas.