Halloween Doesn't Need To Be Scary

“Mom, did you get the candy yet?”

“Mom, where’s the candyyyy?”

Text message the next day,
"Moooommmmm, did you get it? Candy????"

Can you tell our kids are excited about candy? I wasn’t sure what door to door trick or treating would like this year, so I promised our kids to buy all their favorite candy so they could still enjoy part of the Halloween 🎃 fun. I’m glad I did as I look outside at our blanket of snow ❄️ today.
I’m not ready for snow. 

Some of you may not be ready for tomorrow. You might be dreading Halloween 👻. Too many temptations, too much food, too many worries about being “bad”.

You might be tempted to say to your kids:

“Keep that stuff away from me.”

“Tonight we’ll be bad, but tomorrow we’ll eat healthy.”

“We’re being so naughty.”

All of these thoughts come compliments of diet culture. Here's what you need to know. Eating any kind of food is never bad. All foods can be enjoyed without feeling guilty. Contrary to popular belief, sugar isn't the devil and won't kill you. And when you allow yourself to have what you want and stop restricting, food will magically lose it’s “power” over you. 

Whether you are going room to room in your house or hiding candy in your yard or braving the streets in your neighborhood, you have the power to make Halloween fun and not fearful.

Here’s my top 10 ghoulish goals for Halloween: 

1. Give your kids (and yourself) regular meals and snacks tomorrow.

2. Don’t restrict certain foods, like carbs. This will have the exact opposite affect by triggering your body to want more high carb, high sugar foods later. 

3 Get in on the fun with your kids. Dress up, tell spooky stories, play a fun game, carve a pumpkin, play some favorite songs like "monster mash". 

4. When your kids get their candy, allow them to sort, organize and ohh and ahh at their treasures. LET THEM EAT WHATEVER THEY WANT. You can remind them that if they eat too much, their tummy might hurt, but that's the only warning they need. 

5. Repeat the next day (Sunday). Let them eat whatever they want, whenever they want. 

6. On Monday and for the rest of the week, you can store the candy out of sight, but not hidden. Allow your kids to pick a piece of candy to have along with meals or snacks. 

7. The following week, go back to allowing the candy as their dessert and not during snack time. 

8. Tell your kids what your favorite candy is and ask them their favorite. 

9. Don't talk about calories or make judgements about yourself or your kids based on what they eat. 

10. Don't use COVID as an excuse to skip Halloween this year! 

In my new online course, Peace Out Diets, I teach you all the tips and tricks so you don't let diet culture steal the fun tomorrow or ever again. 

There's one more week to sign up! I can't wait to see you inside the class. 

xoxo, 



PS. All treats, no tricks....Peace Out Diets is here! 12 week online course that will help you finally ditch diets for good and stop obsessing about your body.