Are you waking up this morning with a candy hangover? Did you overindulge at a Halloween party, or stay up late going through your kid’s Halloween candy like my husband?!
In any case, if you feel like you over did it with the sweats and treats yesterday here are some quick and simple tips to get you back on track this week.
My advice is to get back on your regular and consistent eating schedule ASAP. Don’t try and compensate via restriction, over exercise, etc. No need for these extreme measures.
I’m sharing my tips below will have you focusing on the basics. These small tweaks will help stabilize your blood sugars and get you “back on track” this week and decrease the sugar cravings.
- Consistent meals and snacks…eating every 3-4 hours
- Increase your water intake! Limit booze (gasp!) and caffeine
- Aim for half to all of your body weight in ounces. (ex. if you weighed 130lbs your goal is a minimum of 65 ounces to 130 ounces/day)
- Significantly increase vegetables intake (all the green veggies)
- Extra handful of spinach in your smoothie, add a side salad with dinner, roast a big batch of veggies, etc.
- Load up on protein and fiber with each meal
- decrease processed foods and focus on lean protein and fiber (whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies) at each meal
- Engage in enjoyable physical activity
- exercise is not punishment for what you ate
- Adequate sleep (8-9 hours)
- lack of sleep significantly impacts food choices and messes with hunger hormones and cues
- Do avoid setting rules about what you can’t have (ex. the leftover candy bowl) and shift the focus onto what can include more of in your diet and routine. More sleep, more water, more movement, more fiber, more protein!
I’ve also written a few Halloween posts in the past that might be helpful in navaigating the candy these next few week. 5 Reasons to Ditch the Switch Witch / How I Handle Halloween Candy Kids
xx, A
umm cutest pic of the girls