Why Am I Still Eating Halloween Candy?

Why Am I Still Eating Halloween Candy??
There is no reasonable answer to this question. I consider myself pretty healthy and in good shape. I care about the health of my family. So when Halloween was over, I took their candy to my office so they wouldn't eat it.

Where I proceeded to participate in a gorge-fest with my co-workers that still hasn't ended.

Not like I'm shoveling candy in my face all day long, its more like a couple pieces a day. But that is definitely more than the norm.

To be honest, I didn't even bring all of my kids candy to work. I still have quite a bit at home. It's too much to just toss out, I don't want to be wasteful.

There Is A Solution To All The Madness!
Fortunately, Cool Mom Picks compiled this great list of places to donate the goods. While I'm deciding where to donate my candy I have several days of fitness ahead of me. Today I went on a run before work and it was 40*! I must admit the cold was invigorating but, brr, it sure does take a lot of motivation to take that first step out the door. Also, one of my Running Mama friends turned me on to something called the Venus Index work out, which I had never heard of before. It looks quite intense, but I need it. The holidays are coming and you know I like to eat!

Make good choices! Or shall I say, Make better choices than me! Have a great week. 

Boo! Halloween!

I wasn't as excited about Halloween this year because it was on a Monday. But, I did get to leave work at 3:45, so that I could beat some traffic. So immediately my night started off on a good note. My green zombie couldn't wait to get his costume on. Po, on the other hand kept saying, "I don't want Kung Fu Panda." I was starting to wonder if we would ever be able to get him dressed, since we finally just let him hang out and eat dinner in his pull up. Eventually, after some coaxing from Chip, he was dressed and happy.

We had an awesome Halloween this year. Being on a school night, I knew it would be more mellow since usually our neighborhood is off the chain. We did go through 2 Costco size bags of candy, but we were also very generous.

We got Costco Take n' Bake pizza (quite a good value, 2 very large pizzas for $16!), had wine, some chicken wings, and we were good to go! My parents and Mother-in-Law came over to join us. As soon as the sun went down we were off to hit the neighborhood. My cuties had full baskets of candy, and had a GREAT night.

Buddha outlasted Monkey. Monkey was done trick or treating, and Chip took him home. Buddha and I hit 2 more courts and another side street before going home 8:45 pm. Getting the kids to sleep was another story. They were so wound up, laughing, chasing each other around and having a good ol' time. I think they finally fell asleep at 10 pm, after my repeated threats of how miserable they were going to be getting up this morning.  Oddly enough, they were both fine and popped right out of bed and the usual time and made it to school with no problems. Success!

San Francisco Giants Win the World Series!

I have been MIA since I have been obsessed with the San Francisco Giants. Last night was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, as they took the World Series from the Texas Rangers. I have had a funny little crush on Tim Lincecum (aka "The Freak") who is this skinny 24-year old pitcher with long hair. There is just something cute about him. Anyway, that is not why I have been watching the play off games and the World Series. I am from the Bay Area and have been going to Giants games for as long as I can remember and am a FAN. They came here from New York in 1958 and for the first time in California have won the championship. I am proud.

I  found myself drinking a beer or two while watching the games. Definitely not good for my fitness plan. I set my alarm early so I could run before work , but I was too tired...not from the game last night as I did manage to crash out early...but a culmination of a number of nights in a row previously that I didn't get enough sleep due to unexplained insomnia. Possibly too much sugar/Halloween candy? I have a weekness for Reese's peanut butter cups, Kit Kat's, and M & M's. We also had a crew over for Halloween so there was a lot of food around. Again, not beneficial to my fitness plan. I am going to try to spend some time on the treadmill tonight and definitely  tomorrow morning. Looking forward to meeting up with my running buddy this weekend. We've both had things going on the last few weeks and have not managed to sync up and run together.  Need to get back on track!

Did you fall off the wagon around Halloween? How are you getting yourself back on track?

Happy Fitness! 22 Days til Turkey Day!