Let the onslaught begin!
Happy Halloween, everyone!!
Saturdays are usually our day for product reviews, but I’m thinking today’s post is more along the lines of customer service.
We all know that we should stay away from the Halloween candy as much as we can. It’s totally empty calories with absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever.
Here are a few tips Weight Watchers offers up to help fight the battle of the bulge this weekend. These tips are good for EVERYONE! You do not need to be following Weight Watchers to follow this great advice:
Go out on a full stomach
If you have to walk your kids around to trick-or-treat, make lunch your big meal of the day, so you’re not walking around hungry with bags full of candy. Carry a thermos of something hot to sip on, or, as Manhattan meetings Leader Liz Josefsberg says, chew mint gum throughout the night. It’ll help kill your urge to put candy in your mouth.
Come up with a candy strategy
When the candy’s at home, work with your kids to decide what to do with it. Have them pick their 10 favorite pieces: If they’re young, encourage them to leave the rest out for “The Great Pumpkin.” And if they’re too big to believe, encourage them to save the rest for lunches and parties.
Freeze!
Liz suggests putting left-over favorite candy in the freezer. If you get weak and find yourself digging into them, they will be rock solid and it will take time to get through even one.
Ditch the sense of occasion
Remind yourself that you can buy yourself candy any time of the year. There’s no need to load up on fun-size bars on October 31 when you can enjoy them whenever your heart desires.
Keep things in perspective
Eating a little bit of candy on Halloween doesn’t make a person overweight — it’s constant overeating that can pile on the pounds. So don’t assume you can’t enjoy even a single treat, especially since deprivation is a dieting tactic that often backfires.
With this last point in mind, here’s a list of candy and the number of points they each have.
You’re welcome.
(If you’re not on Weight Watchers, you can still use this list. The basic concept is, the lower the number of points, the “better” the candy is for you. You know, fewer calories and fat, etc.)
| 3 Musketeers, 2 fun size bars – 3.5 | Milky Way Lite, regular bar – 3.5 |
| 1000 Grand, 2 mini bars – 4.5 | Mounds, 2 snack size bars – 4 |
| Abazaba, mini – 1 | Necco Wafers, Each roll – 1 |
| ABC Fruit Chomps, 7 pieces – 3 | Nerds, Each box – 1 |
| ANDES Creme de Menth Thin Mint , 8 pieces – 5.5 | Nestles PB Mallow – 3.5 |
| Animal Crackers, 11 crackers – 3 | Nestles Baby Ruth – 4.5 |
| Almond Joy, 2 snack size bars – 4 | Nestle Crunch Fun Size, 4 bars – 5 |
| America1s Original Bubble Gum, 4 pieces – 1.5 | Now & Later, 3 mini bars – 3 |
| Atomic Fireballs – 1 | O’Henry, 2 fun size bars – 5 |
| Baby Ruth, 2 fun size bars – 4 | Peter Pan Peanut Butter Cups, 4 pieces – 6 |
| Big Hunk, mini – 1 | Pumpkin Pop – 1 |
| Bit-O-Honey, 6 pieces – 4 | Raisinettes, 3 snack size boxes – 4 |
| Blow Pops – 1.5 | Red Hots, Each box – 2 |
| Bubble Gum, super, 2 pieces – 1 | Reese’s Crunchy Cookie Cups, 2 snacks – 4 |
| Butterfinger, 2 fun size bars – 4 | Reese’s Miniature PB Cups, 5 pieces – 5 |
| Butternut Mini Bar, .75 oz – 2 | Reeses Peanut Butter Bites, 3 pkgs – 5.5 |
| Candy Corn, 22 pieces – 3 | Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, 2 snack size – 4 |
| Caramello, 2 snack size bars – 4 | Reesesticks, 2 snack size – 4 |
| Crispy Caramel Fudge Bar, snack size – 2 | Skittles, 3 small pkgs – 4 |
| Caramel & Peanut Butter Crispy Bars – 2 | Skittles (regular), 2 packs – 3 |
| Chocolate Toffee Crisp Bar, snack size – 2 | Smarties, 3 rolls – 1 |
| Crunchy Peanut Butter Bar, snack size – 2 | Smuckers Fruit Fillers, Each bag (5 pcs) – 2 |
| Double Bubble Gum, 2 pieces – 1 | Snackwells Nut Clusters, Each piece – 1 |
| Heath Bar, 5 snack size bars – 6 | Snickers, 2 fun size bars – 4 |
| Hershey’s Bar (plain), 2 snack size bars – 5 | Snickers, minis (4 pcs) or 2 fun size bars – 4 |
| Hershey’s (almonds), 2 snack size bars – 5 | Spree Candies, 8 pieces – 1 |
| Hershey Kisses, 8 pieces – 5 | Spree Twist, 2 rolls – 1.5 |
| Hershey Kisses or Hugs, 3 pieces – 2 | Starburst, 3 fun size pkgs – 4 |
| Hershey Miniatures, 5 pieces – 5 | Starburst Fruit Chews, 8 chews – 3.5 |
| Hershey Tastations (any flavor), 3 pieces – 1 | Sugar Babies, 2 snack size pouches – 4.5 |
| Hershey Sweet Escapes – 2 | Sugar Daddy Pops, 3 – 3.5 |
| Hi C Juice Fillers, bag (5 candies) – 2 | Sweethearts (Necco), 1 1/8 oz box – 2.5 |
| Hot Tamales, Each snack box – 1 | Sweet Tarts, 2 rolls – 1 |
| Jolly Rancher, 3 pieces – 1 | Tootsie Hot Chocolate Pops – 1.5 |
| Jolly Rancher Mini Stix – 1 | Three Muskateers, 2 fun size – 4 |
| Kit Kat, 3 (2 pc) snack bars – 6 | Tootsie Roll, 2 snack bars – 2 |
| Kit Kat, Each mini – 2 | Tootsie Roll Midgees, 6 pieces – 3.5 |
| Lemonheads, Each box – 2 | Tootsie Roll Midgees – small, 11 pieces – 2 |
| Life Saver Five Flavor Candy, 4 – 1.5 | Tootsie Roll Pop – 1 |
| Life Saver Gummi Savers, 2 rolls – 2.5 | Triple Chocolate Wafer Bar, snack size – 2 |
| Life Saver Pops – 1 | Twix, (mini size) – 1 |
| M & M (plain), fun size pack – 2 | Twix, snack size bar – 2 |
| M & M (peanut), fun size pack – 2 | Twix, Regular Size, Each (2) pack – 7 |
| M & M Crispy, Each pkg – 5 | Twizzlers Pull-n-Peel Cherry, 3 pieces – 2.5 |
| Mars, 2 fun size bars – 4 | Twizzlers Strawbery Twists, 4 twists – 2.5 |
| Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses, 6 pieces – 3.5 | Werther’s Original, 3 pieces – 1 |
| Maynards Wine Gums, 1 roll (44 g) – 3 | Whoppers, 2 snack size pouches – 5 |
| Mike & Ikes, snack pkg – 1 | Wonka Nerds Gumballs – 1 |
| Milk Duds, 4 fun size boxes – 4 | Wonka Shock Tarts Gumball – 1 |
| Milky Way, 2 fun size bars – 4 | Wrigleys Chewing Gum, 5 pieces – 1 |
| Milky Way Lite, minis, 5 pieces – 3 | York Peppermint Patties, 3 patties – 3 |
