Confess it, you are enticed. And who wouldn’t? The look of desserts is seductive enough, how much more if you taste them? But for some reasons, you keep yourself from sinking your teeth into one soft, lush dark chocolate cake. You know that a bite of that lush, decadent slice wouldn’t be adequate and would ruin your hard work at the gym. And you wonder, is there any way you can eat desserts without adding a pound or two on the weighing scale?
Well, you can and you cannot.
There isn’t a sure answer because what is effective for some may not be effective for others. Don’t be puzzled if a friend can eat a whole cake for dessert and not worry about his or her weight, but you can’t even finish a half of tart without feeling the result on the weighing scale the next day. So for us who constantly need to check our weight but still lust for desserts, let’s just try to make desserts a little healthier for us.
To begin with, have a healthy meal. If you are looking forward to a sinfully sweet dessert later on, start with something healthy to cut your guilt feelings. If you are going to have a fattening dessert, then cut down the calories on your meal.
Pile up your desserts with organic ingredients. Instead of all bad-for-your sweets, add some fruits to balance the healthy factors. But if you are buying instead of making, then read look for those with organic ingredients and search those with “low fat,” low calorie,” no calorie” etc. on the labels.
Have your dessert in tiny portions. Have you seen those stylish desserts served at restaurants and bakeshops? They are like the Mini-Me’s of a full cake but they are actually less than a normal piece. They look great, though, and still very appetizing. Try to eat yours in those petite sizes. They still taste the same, but you are just consuming an average share.
Lastly, eat those sinful sweets only during special occasions. I’m not saying that you should entirely banish sweets during ordinary days, but save those really unhealthy but chocolatey and calorific ones during special days. It would just make special functions more special. During common days, prefer desserts that doesn’t pose risks to your wellness, like fruits in parfait or yogurt and fruit salad. They still have the goodness and sweetness of desserts without the guilty conscience.
All great stories must have sweet endings, just like a complete meal. You may have the fullest meal ever or you just have had the blandest, but your experience will not be complete without desserts.
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