Halloween is upon us and some neighborhoods are already trick-or-treating. Even if the kids haven't filled up their bags around the neighborhood you probably already have the candy ready to go and maybe even one of those bags happened to pop open.
How bad can a tiny piece of candy be?
If you eat one, probably not that bad, but seriously... Who eats only one?!
A little info to keep in mind: the following are all Fun Size servings.
Candy Calories
Snicker 72
Reese's cup 80
Almond Joy 91
Butterfinger 100
M&Ms 90
Kit Kat 73
Hershey Bar 67
Nerds 50
Sweet Tarts. 10
Mike & Ike 50
Whoppers 100
Milky Way 76
The above 12 pieces of fun size Candy = 859 calories!!
I think it's very easy to eat 12 pieces of small candy; a few while walking with the kids, a few more later at home.... And if you are like the families I know you're also cocktailing while trick-or-treating so just keep adding those calories up.
How easy is it to burn the candy off? Here's a sample:
Based on a 145lb. woman, obviously you will burn more or less based on your size, body make up and effort:
Exercising at a 5.5 pace (think of running on a treadmill at 5.5, decent jogging pace), with no breaks and not slowing down, this woman will burn about 300 calories in 30 minutes.
To burn off the above candy she will have to keep the constant pace for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
That quite a bit of time for some tiny candy. Think of this in daily life; if you're trying to lose weight and keep falling off the wagon with your eating habits it will take that much longer to see the results you want. While you are losing you need to keep it in check, it's much easier to maintain once you are there but lots of effort and focus to get there!
Happy Halloween! Keep up your workouts before, during and after the holidays :)
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