It's getting cold outside, the leaves are falling, October is drawing to a close -- sounds like a good time to chow down on a heap o' Halloween candy! Not!

While Halloween can be a fun time of the year, it can wreak havoc if you're trying to lose weight. Just a few wrong choices or one too many of the good, old "But they're so tiny. One more won't hurt!" excuse will be enough to send you screaming off the bathroom scale on November 1st.

Here are 5 tips to help get you through Halloween with your waistline intact. (I did have "don't eat any candy at all" as a first tip, but figured I'd be run out of town by an angry mob with pitchforks!)