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  Tamra Rosenfeld

October is a difficult time for most people to maintain or lose weight.  It is difficult to avoid the temptation to eat candy when it is placed at a co-workers desk, when it is in your home in preparation for trick-or-treaters, or when your children go trick-or-treating and bring home bags of goodies. 

Here are a few tips that may help:

·        When buying candy for Halloween, choose candy that you do not like.
·        Keep healthy foods easily accessible and put candy in hard to reach places where it is difficult to keep coming back for more.
·        If you know candy will be around make sure that you have a meal or healthful snack.  The more hungry you are the more candy you are likely to eat.
·        Keep your mouth busy by drinking water or chewing gum.
·        Every time you take a candy write down the time and quantity.  Before taking another one look at how much candy you had already that day.
·        Increase your exercise to compensate for the extra calories – 100 extra calories a day can cause you to gain about a pound a month.

If you do decide to snack on some Halloween treats, use this information below to choose the items lowest in calories and fat.