How to Eat Less Candy

Anecdotal? No - this is from a study of 40 women at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The candy bowls were placed in the women’s workplaces, and each day, the bowl was topped up, and various locations were tested.

When the women had to get up to get the candy, they generally ate less. Where the bowls were clear and on their desks, they ate more candy!

Here is the average daily consumption:

• Clear bowl on desk: Nearly 8 pieces
• Clear bowl farther away: Nearly 6 pieces
• Opaque bowl on desk: Nearly 5 pieces
• Opaque bowl farther away: 3 pieces

You have been warned…

from diet-blog.com

 Concentrating on a continued things I am doing right, I want to pass on to you the most helpful diet tips that I have ever heard for those of us that have a weakness with eating candy and not being able to stop. This tip came from one of our members, Angelic and it does work.

After semi-complaining that my dh buys me my favorite candies, chocolate covered cherries, I asked on our board what can I do to prevent bingeing on these delightful morsels. They come in a two layered box, 8 per layer. I have never opened a box yet that I haven’t eater an entire layer at a time. I promise myself one or two, but I can’t stop.

Angelic suggested I put the box in dh’s car glove compartment and go out there when I wanted one.  Why does this work? Number one is because this is a trigger binge food for me and I do it in secret. Having to walk out to his car is announcing my closet secret. The car is at least 100 yards from the house. I have time to reason with myself before reaching there. On top of that it is winter and it must be a pretty good reason for me to get outdoors. When we do go shopping, often I will sit and wait in the car if it is a store I did not need anything from. I have never been tempted to devour those candies in a public parking lot. The box has been in the car since October, and I have yet to touch them. It was a suggestion worth the try and it worked for me. Thanks, Angelic.