Today is the official beginning of candy season. In my house, candy season lasts approximately 5 months - beginning with the bite-sized treats of Halloween and continuing to the heart-shaped deliciousness of Valentine's Day. In between, you have all manner of sugared goodness just waiting to wreck your diet.

While today may be only the first day of October, the Halloween candy has been filling the store aisles for weeks now. I've given those temptations a once-over, but will wait until the big day is a little closer before actually purchasing any treats to hand out. I have a low threshold for temptation and if I bring all that candy into the house now, there might not be any left by the 31st.

When I finally do fill my cart with candy, I'll try to minimize the temptation by buying treats that I don't particularly like. At the risk of being known as 'the house with yucky candy', I am going to stock up on bags of Bit-O-Honey, Dots and Licorice. Sorry kids, but I have to. Otherwise I will be buying bigger pants by Thanksgiving and at my age, it's just too hard to get the weight off again.

What about you? Does your own sweet tooth dictate what kind of candy you buy for Halloween? Have you already purchased your candy? Are you eating Milky Ways for lunch yet?