Ten Tips For a Healthy Halloween
Does Halloween signal the starting of a whole season of unhealthy eating for you? The Halloween candy is out and we buy early for the best selection. Then it's in the house calling our name, and we eat some of it (or all of it?) before the day arrives! After the trick-or-treat event, we have leftover candy in the house. And the next thing you know, it's Thanksgiving and that starts the whole holiday feeding frenzy until New Year's! Don't tear your hair out! Here are 10 tips to survive Halloween in a healthy way and head into the holiday season on a better note!If you'll be handing out candy to trick-or-treat visitors, consider buying candy that you don't even like. That way you'll be less likely to eat it.Get candy that isn't too high in fat and calories, such as lollipops or peppermint patties or hard candy.Buy your candy at the last minute. This serves three purposes: you won't eat a bunch of it ahead of time, you'll probably get a better price because it will be marked down, and you might not find the kind you really like to tempt you because they might be out of it already!Wear a costume while handing out candy.
It will be more fun, so maybe you won't think about the candy as much. Try to come up with a costume that discourages eating, like something with a mask or long fake fingernails.Rent a movie and pop some popcorn. Hit "pause" when the doorbell rings. The movie and healthy snacks will keep your mind off the candy.Keep the kids home (or invite your adult friends) and throw a costume party. Have a contest with several categories of winners (scariest, funniest, most original) and serve healthier treats like caramel apples or popcorn balls.
Order pizza, or make your own using turkey sausage and reduced fat pepperoni, reduced fat cheese and lots of veggies.Take any leftovers from the candy or party to the office, or (heaven forbid!) throw them out!If your kids do go out to collect treats, have them hide those treats where you won't find them. And suggest they ration the treats out over several days so the candy doesn't fill them up and prevent them from eating healthier fare.If you don't have children, consider leaving your lights off (the signal in most communities that you're not inviting trick-or-treaters) and go out for the evening. Go see a movie, or wear a costume to a zany restaurant where it would be appreciated!Rake leaves by hand to burn calories (be sure to wear work gloves to avoid blisters!) It will help undo some candy munching. You might also chop and stack firewood, trim back the shrubs, or do other yard work in the crisp autumn air.When Halloween is over, start planning your healthy Thanksgiving meal. Look at cookbooks, magazines, newspapers and web sites for lower fat, lower sugar versions of some of your holiday favorites and get ready to enjoy a day of relaxation, or at least a day with family and friends even if you're working hard in the kitchen (at least you're not working at the office!) Focus on the warmth of relationships and the fireside, and stuff the turkey only!.
Room Candy Inc. Announces the Launch of Poop Culture? Poop Tees, a Dog T-shirt Line With Funny Sayings Inspired By Doggy's Doo
San Marino, CA
February 28, 2005 -? Pet lovers who know the messy business of cleaning up after their pets can now have a little laugh at the things they do for their beloved pets.
Room Candy Inc. announced the formation of a new pet accessories label, poop culture?, a funny and light-hearted pet accessories line that is inspired by all things related to dog poop.
After all, you can't spell "pooch" without "poo"!The launch collection from poop culture? features a line of Poop Tees ?a series of dog t-shirts with sayings such as "Poopstar", "Poop, I did it again!", "Just doo it", "10% Dog; 90% Doo!", and "I Poop; U Scoop".
The sayings are available in pink, grey, red and black colored shirts.
The shirts have a suggested retail price of $18.
Room Candy president Linny Cendana got the idea for the poop culture line after spending one Sunday afternoon cleaning up after her three dogs.
"It was never ending!", exclaims Linny Cendana,...
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Spangler Candy Celebrates 100 Years with Sweet Contest
Bryan, OH (ContentDesk) June 23, 2006 -- Sometimes the little things make life sweeter, and can even change the world.
Perhaps no one believes this more than Spangler Candy Company, makers of more than 8 million Dum Dum Pops? each day -- and other candy favorites such as Saf-T-Pops and more candy canes than anyone in the world.
To celebrate Spangler Candys 100th anniversary in 2006, the company announces the Dum Dum Pops Make Life a Little Sweeter essay contest.
The goal is to recognize those who, like the little lollipops, brighten the lives of others through small gestures of kindness and generosity.
Often its the small things people do that can have a big impact in someones life, maybe changing them forever, said President and CEO Dean Spangler.
These are the people we want to find: the kind hearts who make a difference in the life of one person or impact an entire community, Spangler added.
Anyone can go to
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Give a Chocolate Box Gift with a Twist
Okay, so you've waited until the last minute. Or you'vetried really hard but have drawn a blank and can't seem tothink of any good anniversary gifts. It's time to pull out that bag of traditional romanticgift ideas. And this time you've decided to go withchocolate candy gifts, probably a box of chocolates. Butthat doesn't have to be the end of it.
You can still makean impression, big time. Spice up those chocolate candy gifts easily. You can getromantic gifts online that present a unique, creative spinto the old standby of chocolate. Or you could come up withyour own idea. For example, you could make a chocolate box of yoursweetie's favorite treats.
If they like milk chocolate morethan dark chocolate, give them milk chocolate pieces. Or ifthey like Twix and Almond Joy bars, then make a box fromthe mini-Twix and mini-Almond Joy bars you picked up fromthe local grocery store. Or, combining two traditional anniversary gifts (flowersand chocolate), you could even get them a...
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Thinking about earning your computer degree online?
Thinking about earning your computer degree online? Here's a few things that you should know.Online distance education is one of the fastest growing markets in the education field. Online computer degrees offer you unparalleled flexibility and convenience, usually at a great price. But before you sign that check for your tuition fees, you need to make sure that the programme- and the college- is right for you. Remember, just because a school or university has an .edu domain, does not mean that...
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Karel Furniture and Accessory Market Bets on Success in Atlantic City
(ContentDesk) September 28, 2005 -- Following a hiatus of 13 years, Karel Exposition Management (KEM) is returning to the burgeoning seaside locale of Atlantic City to produce the Atlantic City Furniture and Accessory Market. From Sunday, May 7 through Tuesday, May 9, 2006, retail buyers of furniture, lighting, bedding and accessories are expected to converge upon the Atlantic City Convention Center for KEM's highly successful Furniture and Accessory Market.The addition of Atlantic City to the...
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