A Scarsdale Personal Trainers Take on Halloween and Candy

Most Scarsdale Personal Trainers may say something unrealistic like “don’t eat candy this weekend” or have fruit instead. Come ON! Let’s be serious – everyone is gonna have some candy this Halloween weekend but there is a difference between being smart and allowing yourself to cheat a little and legally losing your damn mind!

First, know the goal:

The goal THIS weekend is to MAINTAIN your current weight, not to lose weight – that’s too much pressure.

It’s like the stock market, when it’s bad, all ya want to do is break even right?

So on holiday weekends the goal is to just not go backwards away from goals.

You do that – and you’re a champ!

Second, choose your vice:

Whatever it is you like the MOST, stick with that. If it’s Lolly-pops, have those…if it’s Starburst or gummy bears, stick with that. Try to have no more than 500 calories worth of crapola. Our Scarsdale personal trainers can wipe that out in 1 boot camp workout so no biggie!

Third, move a little more:

Since you know you’re gonna be a little bad, just make a decision to walk it off or jog it off by adding 1 “extra” workout this weekend. For example, take a 20-30 minute power-walk with a friend before breakfast or after lunch, or add another Scarsdale boot camp workout in this upcoming week to make-up for the sweets.

This is the kinda stuff ya gotta do to be successful not only with weight loss but with everything. Maximize your efforts and minimize damage! That’s what it takes

Fourth, throw out all the junk when it’s over:

This is real simple. Throw out all the remaining candy and crap or give it to a neighbor that you can’t stand. Be a mean girl LOL!

Finally, don’t feel guilty that you cheated the next day:

I’m not gonna get into why cheating a little (NOT going nuts) is ACTUALLY a good thing for the dieter but it is.

Physically it’s good because after dieting and cutting calories for a while, the body starts to recognize the deprivation and it tries to hold onto calories (in the form of stored body fat) in fear of famine.

Now every now and again when you cheat, you are sending  signal to the body that says “Hey body, don’t worry…I am not starving you so enjoy this little cheat my friend”.

The hormone Leptin (when released) helps the body to burn fat and when we diet for too long, we decrease our Leptin levels, so give your body a little food jolt every now and again. It will HELP you burn more fat – sounds contradictory but it’s true.

Mentally we also need a break from dieting don’t we? I mean, if you knew every week you could have your favorite cheat meal or your favorite dessert, you would be able to eat good the rest of the week wouldn’t you?

It’s when we say something like, “I’m never eating (fill in the blank) again”, is when we get into trouble.

Human nature tells us we automatically want what we can’t have sometimes so don’t say “NEVER” cuz then that’s all you will want. It’s negative to say never and it’s negative to say D.I.E.T. (I mean who can like a word that has the word die in it)

I’m not about punishing…I’m about REWARDING…it’s more positive and it leads to a happier lifestyle and a pleasant journey on you way to weight loss, fitness and health!

So go have a safe Halloween and ENJOY yourself – you deserve it!

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Bonus Tip:

My favorite cheat choice for Halloween is…………………Junior Mints in the little box!

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