So, I said I wasn’t going to eat any Halloween candy…
Halloween is such a catch 22. Every kid loves to go Trick-or-Treating! And every kid should love it. I personally love watching the kids run, or walk, from house to house, laughing and having FUN all while getting some EXERCISE!! But then, there is the candy aftermath.
Of course kids want to eat the candy. They sort it. They trade it. They count it. But then what? I personally would love to throw it out. But then I feel guilty. People spent their money to buy it. Do I just throw out candy? Is that wasting? I have been told we can donate it. But is it fair to give the poor & the hungry the junk that I don’t want my kids to eat? That doesn’t seem right to me. Just because a person is poor or hungry, does that mean they should get stuck consuming candy? Chances are the poor and hungry probably already have some health battles, so who am I to contribute to them?
So as I debate what to do with all this candy, it is staring at me. BUT, I said I wasn’t going to eat it. Why? Because I know that I can’t have just one. I will rationalize that the piece I ate was bite size and therefore I should eat another. Then there is the voice that says, well you are letting your kids eat it, so you should eat some too. Ugh. I know that I choose to live a fit and healthy lifestyle AND I also know that it is ok to treat myself to “treats” and that I have the tools to get back on track.
So…I ate a Milky Way. And then another. And then I ate all 4, the only four that I found in one of my children’s candy buckets. But you know what? I did not enjoy it. I felt full. I felt like crap. I felt congested and my asthma felt like it was trying to haunt me. I regretted eating the candy. Bottom line is the candy is crap and I now felt like crap. SO, I threw the candy out. I am not going to feed it to the hungry because I don’t believe I should make other people feel like crap. I don’t think my kids need to eat it because I can make way healthier and tastier options for them that won’t leave them feeling like crap. (Have you tried MK’s Energy Balls?!)
So now that I feel like CRAP, I am even more excited to lead my Challenge Group and Challengers on a path of better health and fitness. We will share healthy & delicious recipes, we will do virtual workouts and we will support and motivate each other all while having fun! If you would like to “Give Thanks to Your Health”this month, join us!! Reach out to me at [email protected]
