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How To Survive the After-Halloween Candy Supply

What happens to all that after-Halloween candy? It usually winds up in the office. How to survive this waistline nightmare.

Q: How do you survive the after-Halloween candy that will come flowing into the office?

A: We are entering the diet destroyer season. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all bring some wonderful activities, but also unhealthy temptations.

Even after all those goblins, witches, superheroes and princesses come knocking at your door you’re bound to still have a pretty hefty supply of candy leftover. You don’t want it sitting around your house so what do you do? Many people take it to work. While it’s good to not have candy lying around at home, having it at the office is just as big a temptation.

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Indulging in too much sugar not only expands your waistline, it also decreases productivity. You’ve been there before. You eat a candy bar have a few minutes of a sugar high and then suddenly you come crashing off that high feeling more tired, hungry irritable and less alert than before you had the sweets.

Here are some tips to cope with the office Halloween candy overflow:

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  1. Talk to your co-workers and make a pact to keep the extra candy away from the office
  2. Eat a good breakfast before heading into work so you’re not hungry at the office
  3. Bring in healthy snacks such as low-fat yogurt, portable veggies or pretzels. Something that will take the edge off the hunger, but won’t add extra pounds to the scale.
  4. If the office pact doesn’t work, make sure the candy is placed in an out-of-the-way location so it’s not in everyone’s face. If it’s not convenient, you most likely won’t eat it.
  5. If you just can’t resist, be sure to limit the amount you eat. Go for one fun size.

Hope you are still able to have a fun and happy Halloween!

Each month a Loyola Center for Health at Wheaton primary care physician will answer a health question impacting the western suburbs. Sonika Anand, MD, is a board certified interest who has been seeing patients for six years at the Loyola Center for Health, located just behind Whole Foods. In addition, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine where she is actively involved with teaching medical students and residents.

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