October 31st is here and it is definitely a day that will test
your will power! If weight is something you struggle with,
TheFittChick has 5 simple tips that may help you get through
today feeling proud and inspired.
1. Buy candy you personally don’t like.
2. Don’t over buy candy, to avoid leftovers.
3. Look up the calories for your favorite candy, it may make
you think twice before indulging.
4. Trick or Treat with a few snacks in your pocket. That way
you have something healthy to put in your mouth instead of candy.
5. Do a little extra cardio today, and plan to be active tomorrow!
***Before you reach for a piece of candy, consider how much exercise
it will take to burn off those calories!!!***
Starburts
8 pieces
160 calories or 50 minutes of pilates
Peppermint Patty
3 miniatures
150 calories or 17 minutes of biking
Butterfinger
2 fun-size bars
170 calories or 20 minutes of step aerobics
Kit Kat
2 miniature bars
84 calories or run for about 9 minutes
M&M’s, milk chocolate
fun-size packet (13 g)
60 calories or 20 minutes of light weight lifting
M&M’s, peanut
fun-size packet (13 g)
70 calories or 20 minutes of moderate walking at 3 mph
Milky Way or Mounds
one fun-size bar
80 calories or 11 minutes of vigorous Vinyasa yoga
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
miniature (7 g)
36 calories or tread water for 8 minutes
Skittles
fun-size packet (15 g)
60 calories or 6 minutes of jump rope
Snickers
fun-size bar (15 g)
71 calories or 7 minutes of kettle bell swings
3 Musketeers
fun-size bar (15 g)
63 calories or 12 minutes of walking
Twix
2 fun-size bar
160 calories or 30 minutes of jogging
Twizzlers, strawberry
3 twists (29 g)
100 calories or 16 minutes of yoga
What is your strategy today to not totally blow your progress and
stay on track? Share your tips to inspire others!
~Eat Yourself Skinny~