Halloween is not one of the holidays that people regard as a diet breaking holiday, but that is because most people do not anticipate eating as much candy as they end up doing by the time the season is over. There are ways to have a completely healthy Halloween holiday, and it does not mean throwing all the candy away or denying yourself a luscious caramel apple. What it does involve is making smarter, healthier decisions about yourself and what you put into your body, even when the traditions of the holiday dictate that you stuff yourself with fattening, sugar laden candies instead.
The words "Healthy" and "Halloween" may not traditionally go together, but this does not mean that we cannot be healthy, keeping our children healthy as well even during a holiday where candy is everywhere. Here are some simple strategies to use both before and after the trick or treating festivities.
- Make sure that everyone eats a snack or a meal before going out candy hunting.
This way no one will be tempted to sneak into the candy bags before the family gets home. It can be tempting to break into your candy stash before you get home, but this is bad both for your diet and your overall health because the candy needs to be fully checked out first.
- Rather than digging into the Halloween candy constantly for a few days before running out, consider rationing it out instead.
Try to stretch your candy out until the next holiday, eating only a few pieces a day as a dessert substitute or a special treat. You may even consider combining Halloween candy with a healthy snack like fruits or vegetables to undo some of the harm from the sugar laden, fattening candies.
- Break your candy collection into smaller bags and never eat more than one small bag of candy at a time.
Even candy can be delegated out through portion control to make sure that you do not eat enough.
- Much of your candy can be frozen for later, allowing it to last much longer than most Halloween candy.
Because frozen candy bars take a lot longer to eat, you can stretch them out into longer, more time consuming snacks to prevent overeating.
By exercising good portion control and taking steps to spread your Halloween candy stash out over a longer period of time, there is no reason why you cannot turn Halloween into a healthier and happier holiday. Sticking to a diet during Halloween may not be your favorite idea in the world, but spreading your candy out over a longer period of time and exercising portion control will allow you to get better use out of your Halloween candy stash rather than gobbling it all up within a couple of days.
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Once again, it’s all about moderation. We don’t tell our clients at Studio Element to not eat candy and enjoy the Halloween holiday. Just make sure to not eat candy in that quantity all of the time.
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