Halloween Candy Overload
Tonight, we face one of the biggest nutrition challenges of the year: candy overload. Liz’s 13-year old son Josh has been scheming all week to collect as much candy as is humanly possible. His goal: to amass 200 pieces. Janice faces the same scenario, though Leah (AKA Hannah Montana) has slightly lower candy aspirations. Clearly, we’ll both have to set some limits (because after all, a diet of sugary candy is more than most dietitians can cope with)!
While surfing the blogisphere today, we came across an uber-clever post on AlphaMom.com to create an advent calendar designed to portion out Halloween candy over a month or more. Check it out! We’d love to hear how you tame the candy beasts in your house!
It’s not too late to listen to our recent Healthier Halloween podcast or read our Halloween tip sheet. Have a ghoulishly fun-filled evening.
Liz & Janice
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In my house we portion out the Halloween candy into small zip-top bags and dole them out for dessert for the next several weeks. I love the advent calendar idea!
Sending a bunch of it to husband’s work! They don’t need all that candy and I’d rather not have it around here!
We allow our kids to choose about two dozen of their favorite candies and donate the rest to an elderly housing complex in town.
Okay folks. Josh far exceeded his goal of 200 pieces of candy for a grand total of 330. He collected so much candy that it filled two of my giant soup pots. I’ve been chasing Josh around the house with a toothbrush all weekend. My dentist is sure to make a lot of money this year. Josh agreed to two pieces of candy a day … as long as Tim and I promise not to invade his candy bucket.
Wish me luck!
Thank you for the link love!
Best,
Isabel Kallman
Chief, cook & bottle-washer
Alpha Mom, LLC
Sadly, I make sure my son doesn’t eat all his candy, by beating him to it myself!