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VIDEO: The Most Expensive Halloween Candy Ever

October 26, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus

This is a humorous take on why those half-price candy sales that are popping up about now are really not half price.

As a matter of fact, they are the most expensive treats you will ever buy. Watch the video and see why.

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Filed Under: Holidays, humor, Motivational Monday, Video, Weight Loss, willpower Tagged With: all hallows eve, halloween candy, Halloween dieting, halloween night, holiday season, humor, self control, video

Beware the After Halloween Candy Sales!

October 28, 2011 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Tread wearily fellow dieter; the dark forces have gathered.

Faster than a chocolate bat escaping the flames of Hades; quicker than a skeleton-costumed, sugar-crazed seven-year-old can consume a pile of gummi booty; we have arrived at the time of year when calories assail us from every direction.

One of the seemingly benign but more malevolent influences is the post-Halloween candy sale. Enter any store and be immediately accosted with an oversized display filled with foil covered peanut butter chocolate bats, black and orange jelly beans, and “fun size” candy bars. (Personally, I consider one-pound bars to be the “fun size” bars; miniatures are merely appetizers. But, who am I to quibble?) Attached to this colossal cache of calories is a sign proclaiming, “Half Off!”

Despite the activities of the previous evening, no amount of sugar crawling through my veins will cause me to pass up a 50% off sale; after all, I’m overweight, not stupid. Buy one, get one free, is a deal in which any rational person would partake. I therefore purchase four bags of high-fructose pleasure — saving five dollars — rationalizing it to the fact that I can freeze the treats for next year. I plan to use the five bucks for a low-calorie meal; truly, I have achieved a win-win scenario.

Despite noble intentions, too many marshmallow peanut bars have melted my willpower, and the treats do not survive until next October; actually they don’t even endure the trip home. As I debate whether or not to curtain the damage after 7,353 calories, the mantra of all disillusioned dieters haunts its way into my caramel-coated consciousness, “As long as I blew it, I might as well really blow it and start dieting tomorrow.” Whether ‘tis the dark side of candy corn talking or not, this idea makes sense at the moment and from then on, anything slow enough to get a fork into it becomes my prey. Before dawn, I have consumed more calories than there are zombies walking the streets on all Hallows’ eve.

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Filed Under: Diet, Holidays, humor Tagged With: all hallows eve, candy bars, candy corn, caramel, dieters, halloween candy, Halloween dieting, halloween night, holidays, humor, jelly beans, marshmallow, willpower

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