🎃 How to Enjoy Halloween Without Wrecking Your Nutrition

PLUS: You’re Not Restricting—You’re Choosing

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Ryan Engel & Michael Pender
October 30, 2025

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TODAY’S LEVEL UP:

  • Coach’s Corner: How to enjoy Halloween without wrecking your nutrition

  • Mindset Shift: You’re not restricting—you’re choosing

  • Question from Our Readers: Should I just skip Halloween treats altogether?

  • Fit Trivia: Which Halloween action hero was also a martial artist, stuntman, and legit athlete behind the mask?

How to Enjoy Halloween Without Wrecking Your Nutrition

Halloween doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing event. You can enjoy the season without spiraling—if you stay intentional.

Here’s the 3-part Halloween strategy:

  1. Eat protein before the candy: A high-protein meal curbs sugar cravings and keeps your blood sugar stable. Don't go in hungry.

  2. Pick your treat and set your limit: Want two Reese’s cups? Great. Eat them slowly. Enjoy it. Then move on.

  3. Get back to normal right after: One night isn’t the problem—quitting your plan the next morning is.

You’re not weak for wanting something sweet. You’re strong when you handle it with intention.

FROM RYAN’S DESK

You can’t fake effort. It shows in your body, your mindset, and your results. When you give everything you’ve got, you build more than muscle—you build character. Show up. Push harder. Be proud of the work no one sees.

Mindset Shift: You’re Not Restricting—You’re Choosing

Restriction feels like punishment. Choice feels like power.

You don’t have to skip the candy, the drinks, or the party.

But you can choose to:

  • Hit your workout that morning

  • Eat protein first

  • Drink water in between beverages

  • Say no to the third drink or fifth cookie

You’re not a slave to the season.

You’re in control of your choices.

And control leads to confidence.

Question from Our Readers:

"Should I just skip Halloween treats altogether?"

– Dominic, 51, from Chicago, IL

Not unless you want to.

Trying to white-knuckle your way through the holiday usually backfires. You feel restricted, overthink it, and eventually go way off plan.

Instead:

  • Pre-plan your indulgence

  • Keep it small, satisfying, and portion-controlled

  • Get right back to your usual routine the next meal

If you treat it like just another day with a small treat built in, you win.

Fit Trivia: Which Halloween action hero was also a martial artist, stuntman, and legit athlete behind the mask?

Answer: Ray Park! Best known for playing Darth Maul (Star Wars) and Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe), Park is a trained martial artist and gymnast who performed his own stunts—even in full costume. Proof that real fitness sometimes hides behind the mask.

Ryan Engel, Intl. Fat Loss Coach

Ryan is a leading fitness coach and one of the most known professionals in the space.

He specializes in Body Recomposition and visual body aesthetics and has reached millions worldwide with his powerful messaging. He brings a unique, non-nonsense, yet sophisticated approach to body change.

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