It's Halloweekend!

Happy Halloweekend Everyone!

Well, it's that time of year...  The dress rehearsal for the "Holiday Season;" it's complete with costume and everything- a literal dress rehearsal!

How long ago did you buy your candy? (You know, they put it out in August!) Have you already eaten through that bag?  Need to buy more?  This is the time of year where candy companies make GIANT bags of the mini candy bars and label them "fun sized."  We all know they sell this size candy bar all year (for most major candies), but they are in little 10 packs and called "miniatures."  For Halloween they are re-titled, "FUN SIZE."   (At Easter, they are fun sized and packaged in pretty pastels!)  Really, wouldn't a truly fun candy bar be in fact so big that you need to tilt it back to fit it through the door?  That is exactly what Chris told us at the WW meeting about his idea of "fun sized", he would have to tilt it to fit through the door.  I thought about it.  Point well made, that would be fun!

I have previously thought of these "FUN SIZED" candies as eating 4 equals one whole regular sized candy bar.  For some that's true, but for others it's really eating 2 full candies!  Woops!  And while we are passing out candy or sitting by the leftovers on the counter OR sifting through our kids' candy, are we really just eating 1 or 2 or 3 or 4?  Nope, we're popping open packages of "FUN SIZED" skittles and M 'n M s and eating them like the candy companies are going to stop making them.  Or maybe we are the candy sneakers that sneak a piece here and there or maybe we don't sneak and we just re-visit the candy bowl a few times (or more than a few!) 

So, now that I'm actually really looking at everything I put in my mouth, I realize that each "FUN SIZED" candy bar is 2-3 points- now that is for one, when you eat more than one it really equals out to being a little more per additional candy each time in one sitting!  So that is about 100-150 calories per candy.  When you have only 1320 calories to paryt of your eating plan, that 1 candy really takes a big chunk out of them!

Have you planned what to do with leftover candy?  I have a few plans if I have any extra- we are in a very populated neighborhood, so I don't know what we will really have left over, but my plans are...

1.  I bought mostly candy that I don't like, but are still popular- no temptation there!
2.  Dillon is only 2 so this is his 1st year going trick-or-treating, so I will keep some M n M's and things like that for special treats for Dillon.
3.  As for the rest of the candies- well, Steve can take them to work or I will take them to the dorm for the girls! 

The plan is to get it out as soon as possible!

So, enjoy your Halloweekend, but don't over do it, every bite counts!