Teacher's suggestion is a good one. Then, put the candy away, someplace where it's hard to get to - the top of some cabinet that you need a stepladder to reach. If you live with someone else, perhaps ask them to hide the candy so you don't know where it is. (I have my partner do this even with every-day snacks such as nuts with which I have a hard time controlling myself. No shame in it!)
Then, tomorrow - well, if it were me, I would not even eat one piece of candy. It's a lot easier for me to eat no candy than to eat just a little bit. Today at a long, long meeting at work someone had brought left over kitkat bars. They smelled good. Each little bar was "only" 70 calories. I was tempted. But I reminded myself that once I started, it would be really, really hard for me to stop at just one. So, I used my favorite trick - I told myself, "not today - there will be other chances to eat candy, so you don't need to eat any today." And I didn't. That is what works for me.
Get that stuff as far away from you as possible. Take it to the car and lock it up. If you work, bring it there tomorrow and never give it a second thought. Give it to a neighbor. Give it to a family member to get rid of. Drink a lot of water to wash what you ate out of your system and to "top you off" and make believe that you are so full of the candy you did eat that one more piece sounds disgusting to you.
If all else fails, and you just can't get over the craving for the sugary stuff just dodge any of it that's easy to eat. Something really hard that you have to suck on for awhile or something extremely chewy can make you feel like you've had a lot more candy than you really have because it takes longer to eat.
Of course throwing it away...far, far away...is probably the best plan.
Thanks for the advice! Right after I posted this I did a 46 minute workout, so that helped me refocus a bit. I didn't eat too much, but it's amazing how many calories are packed in those not-so-fun-sized candy bars. I definitely think I am having my bf hide it from me tomorrow. Lol
i am trying to pschye myself up to throw it away or give it away before i eat the rest because def just had a big *** candy binge. ugh and i hadnt bought a peice until halloween.. 3 trick or treaters. 3!
Spaghetticat, I swear it was like that everywhere! I hardly saw anyone trick or treaters while we were out. It was sad. When I was young, ot seemed like the streets were flooded with kids. I wonder what happened.
One thing I found that kept me away was eating a piece of REALLY GOOD chocolate, and that's it. My mother and I always make a monthly trip to Godiva, and I got one piece of one of my favorite chocolates (Dark Chocolate Caramel Embrace) and I enjoyed the heck out of that thing.
I looked at the halloween candy sitting in my house and I thought, "Well it's never going to taste as good as that chocolate I had earlier, so why bother?"
i went on a big *** candy binge too. then did 2 extra workouts, and now that i know i've had my fill of candy for a while, i'm satisfied.
but i'm also a big bad cheater and i usually have 1 peice of candy a day, because i have a giant sweet tooth, and even when i am in maintenance i want to be able to have one tiny dessert almost every day.
also, weekly weigh in? still lost .2 of a lb. BOOOYA.
sontaikle, that's great!! Good for you! I don't have that kind of will power.
stimkovs, I have a huge sweet tooth as well. Weighed less today than yesterday, so I don't think I put myself out too much. I know that if I really dig deep, I can fight the urge to eat only a piece or two.
I agree that I should just get rid of it to really save me from myself, but there are 3 other people in the house who are eating the candy as well. I don't want to deprive my twinkies their first Halloween treats! (It was their second Halloween, but they were in the NICU last year so we wanted to make this one special for them.) Not to worried about their weight yet, seeing as they are both just under 17 lbs at 15 months.
I advise you to just give it away. Next kids you see in the neighborhood, give it all to them. Make their day.
Next year I am going to the dollar store or the party store and get bags of party favors.
They have little packages of coloring books with crayons you can hand out.
Little puzzles too. And crossword puzzles. And those little paper horns. Kids love to make noise!
I handed out money this year, so I have no candy in the house at all.
I count my calories and I am glad I don't have to be trying to work candy into my daily menu this week.
YUK! All those empty greasy calories in those chocolate bars. Candy is of no use to my body at all. Just a lot of empty calories and excess fat.
Halloween Candy Binge...HELP!
No one wants to eat with a minty clean mouth
