This blog is written by my co-editor Cheryl Clemens:

Slender I am not.

I’m 5-foot-9 and fluctuate between a size 14 and a size 16.

After 40-plus years, I’ve finally accepted that I’m never going to be a girl who looks good in skinny jeans. I don’t love my body, but I don’t hate it anymore, either.

But I will tell you what scares me — Halloween. And no, not because of anything horror-related.

I just can’t resist all that candy in the house. It’s never just a nibble here and a nibble there. It’s a sugar fest. And it doesn’t stop there.

As soon as the candy starts to dwindle in the house, I find myself baking pumpkin pies and preparing for the year’s biggest food celebration — Thanksgiving. And what happens the day after Thanksgiving? Christmas cookie baking.

So to me, Halloween is the kickoff of a two-month-long food fest that doesn’t end until New Year’s Day with a resolution to lead a healthier lifestyle.

Anyone else feel the same way?

Any words of advice? I could really use them.