How To Eat Healthy This Halloween

Do you already have your Halloween candy bought by now? Now, for the trick question…is there any left? When I was growing up, it seems like my mom always bought Halloween candy at least two or three times before Halloween actually arrived because we’d always dip into the big plastic bowl of candy that sat on the TV by the front door.

Dr. Margaret Lewin, Medical Director of Cinergy Health (www.cinergyhealth.com) suggests the following ways to eat healthy this Halloween:

*Buy treats only a day or so before Halloween so they’re not around long to tempt you
*Keep the treats in an inconvenient, difficult-to-reach place till Halloween arrives
*Buy treats which you don’t particularly like, making it easier to resist
*Buy healthy mini-packs of Raisins or other dried fruit, 100% juice, sugar free hot chocolate mix, Trail mix, cheese and crackers, or sugar free gum.
*Buy non-edible treats such as Stick-on temporary tattoos, Mini bottles of bubble bath or blow bubbles, Costume accessories such as wax false teeth or a stick-on mustache, Sidewalk chalk.
*Take your children out after dinner – when you’re not hungry
*Go through the “goodie bag” when you arrive home – discarding any outrageously unhealthy treats or those with questionable packaging
*Put the remaining edible treats in that same difficult-to-reach place – to be dispensed one at a time on a scheduled basis (such as dessert time)
*When you yourself get that urge to indulge, take a look at your watch and wait ten minutes (if you’re lucky, you’ll get distracted and forget about the urge)
*Set a date – maybe two weeks after Halloween – when you’ll dump the leftovers