Enjoy a Happy, Safe, Healthy Halloween

If you are like most of us you are going to be stocking up on candy for the trick-or-treaters! It is a great Holiday - BUT - it is a ton of temptation when you are trying to lose weight and eat healthy! Here are a couple of things to remember; candy can be calorie dense which means the calories add up quickly. Chocolate tends to be higher in fat so that increases the calories as well. Better choices for low fat or fat free treats are candy corn, twizzlers or hard candies because not only are they lower in fat but typically the serving size is bigger. Fun Size candy bars are always a good option because they are portion controlled.
My favorite 'tricks' for keeping on track are:
* Wait until Halloween to buy the candy so you won't be tempted to open it early!
* Buy only what you think you can give away to the kids!
* Take the left over candy to work, school or simply give it away to get it out of the house!

Enjoy Halloween, it's OK to have a treat or 2 - you won't gain 10 pounds in 1 night! 


Halloween can be a healthy eater's nightmare! Candy everywhere you turn? Buckets of sweet treats at your disposal? That's enough to torture even the healthiest of eaters--and if you're trying to lose weight, Halloween is probably not your favorite holiday.


Here is the "Skinny" on Halloween Candy:

Candy can be ‘Calorie Dense’ which means the calories can add up quickly!  Check out the stats below on some favorite Halloween Treats!  Have a treat or 2 but remember to check the label so you know what you are eating!

Candy Corn (19 pieces) –
calories, 90  –  fat, 0g – sugar, 13g

Skittles (1 Fun Size Bag)
calories, 80  –  fat, .75g – sugar, 15g

Starburst (4 pieces)
calories, 80  –  fat, 1.75g – sugar, 11.5g

Gummi Bears (14 pieces)
calories, 140  –  fat, 0g – sugar, 22g

Milky Way (1 Fun Size Bar)
calories, 75  –  fat, 3g – sugar, 10g

3 Musketeers Bar (1 Fun Size Bar)
calories, 70  –  fat, 2g – sugar, 11g

M & M’s (1 Fun Size Bag)
calories, 110  –  fat, 5g – sugar, 13g

Snickers Bar (1 Fun Size Bar)
calories, 45  –  fat, 2g – sugar, 6g

Twix (1 Fun Size Bar)
calories, 80  –  fat, 4g – sugar, 8g

Almond Joy (1 Fun Size Bar)
calories, 100  –  fat, 5g – sugar, 19g

Have fun, be safe and be healthy this Halloween!