Help! Candy is Calling My Name!

I envy the person who can willfully walk by the candy aisle and not pick up a bag of those cute little Halloween candies. Surprisingly, my husband broke down and bought a bag of Kit Kats last night. He usually has a strong will. I think he felt bad that our daughter has been asking, "When, oh when are we going to get treats for our Halloween candy dishes displayed on our coffee table?" (Note to self: next year they stay in the box until October 31.) I had mixed emotions when I saw those come into my house. I LOVE chocolate, but how can I be a good supporter of others in my weight-loss group when I'm binging on chocolate??? Fortunately, our daughter ate most of them. Now there is a firm rule in our house. NO MORE HALLOWEEN CANDY until the morning of our daughter's Halloween party. I know the selection will be slim, but if it isn't in our house, I won't be tempted. I've also decided that we can make cute cookie pops or carmel apples as favors for the party rather than buying bags of candy for goody bags.

I was so excited to see an article on this very subject on Fitness Magazine  Look for the Candy Lovers' Calorie Blaster. In just three easy moves you cancel out the candy you treated yourself to. Under each excercise is a note about how many calories you burned and the type of candy you may have eaten that are that many calories. For example, under the Power Jump exercise, you find that you burned off 80 calories or 2 Snickers Minis.