Your Halloween Diet Plan: Indulge Without The Guilt

Your Halloween Diet Plan: Indulge Without The Guilt

With Halloween right around the corner, you may already be dreaming up about which treats you’re going to indulge in with all the goodies around.

While it’s definitely possible to treat yourself on this day, it’s also a very good idea to plan ahead and know what to do the rest of the day with your diet so that you are going to be doing as little damage as possible on Halloween evening.

If you tailor your diet in a certain manner so as to build-up a bit of a calorie deficit, this leaves you more overall ‘wiggle room’ to have those treats you crave without risking weight gain.

Let’s go over a few key things to remember.

Don’t Skip Breakfast

The very first thing that you must make sure you aren’t doing is skipping breakfast. Some people will do this thinking that it’s a great way to bank calories for the evening, but this is just going to end up backfiring on them.

If you skip breakfast, you’ll be battling hunger all morning and the chances that you eat something you shouldn’t come lunch are going to be that much higher.

Do this and then you’ll really be setting yourself up for diet disaster as you indulge in the evening as well.

Focus On Protein And Vegetables

Moving along, another thing that you should keep in mind as you go about the day-time period on Halloween is that ideally you want to focus on protein and vegetable based meals only.

This cuts out the carb and/or fat calories that you would normally be having throughout the day, which then allows you to bank those extra calories for later on instead.

Since protein is the one nutrient that you absolutely cannot do without on your diet plan, it’s a must to be taking in. 

Vegetables provide the fiber and bulk that you need to keep hunger pains lower and also add more food to your meals as well so you don’t feel quite so deprived.

Consider Doing This Two To Three Days Beforehand Depending On How Aggressively You Want To Indulge

Finally, the last thing to take note of is that you may want to consider following this protocol for a few days before Halloween if you know that you do typically indulge quite extensively on the holiday and will be taking in more calories overall.

This will help you build-up that greater calorie deficit so that when the day comes, you’re all ready to treat yourself without guilt.

If you do this for two or three days, you should easily be able to build up around a 1500 calorie or so deficit, which would be the equivalent of around 15 mini chocolate bars or candy packs. Most people won’t eat that many come Halloween, so you should be able to get through the holiday weight-gain free.

So keep this daily eating schedule in mind as you approach Halloween and you won’t be seeking weight loss advice once it’s over.  

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Halloween Done Healthy: Try These Alternate Options

Halloween Done Healthy: Try These Alternate Options

Excited about Halloween but feeling slightly anxious about the high calorie treats that are going to be everywhere you turn?

For someone who is trying to sustain a fat loss diet plan, Halloween can be just about as hard to make it through as Christmas since goodies are everywhere in the days leading up to it – and in some cases, you’ll find them even more frequently after Halloween as everyone is trying to clear away their left-over candy.

If you’re not careful, all those little treats will add up quickly. While they may seem harmless – after all, they’re pint sized, they aren’t.  In fact, these can even do more harm because since you think they aren’t all that high in calories, you may eat more throughout the day, totally far more calories than if you had just eaten a regular sized candy bar.

That’s why it’s very essential that you really limit yourself to just one a day if you are going to indulge, or better yet, turn to one of the following smarter ideas.

Halloween Jell-O

The very first Halloween treat that you should consider adding to your diet plan is Halloween Jell-O.  To prepare this, simply prepare sugar-free orange Jell-O powder according to the package directions, and then add in blueberries or black grapes either before placing it in the fridge, or partway through the setting period if you want them to appear to be floating.

This dish will only contain around 50 calories or so per serving and is a great way to kill that craving for something sweet quickly.

Halloween Chocolate Pudding Cups

Moving along, the next Halloween dessert that you should be considering adding to your diet plan is chocolate pudding cups. If you prepare this for yourself, it’s a great Halloween treat that will calm any craving for chocolate in a hurry and help you stick with your diet plan. 

To prepare these Halloween chocolate pudding cups, whip up a package of low-sugar, low-fat chocolate pudding powder according to the package directions with skim milk.

Then crumble some lower fat chocolate Oreo cookies up and layer these between the chocolate pudding in a parfait cup. Top with some low fat whipped topping and then serve when ready. If not serving immediately, place in the fridge to chill.

Frozen Grapes

Finally, the last good choice to have on Halloween this year to help keep your calorie count down but your nutrition high is frozen grapes.  Frozen grapes are great since they’re full of good nutrition and polyphenols and will also take longer to eat as well.

Rather than eating hard candies or jelly beans, frozen grapes will be the perfect substitute.

So there you have some of the top Halloween treat choices to have this coming holiday. Choose these and you can indulge without setting your diet off track all too much.  

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