Low Fat Dessert
We have to have a dessert to finish the great
meal. Well bad news! Most
of them are bad for you if you plan to lose weight. Dessert are sweet
so they are packed with sugars and as much fats. You just ate a meal
and I do not think your body needs additional sugars for energy. We
know that it is not beneficial to us so why do we still have the
stomach for them? Well below is my explanation.
I think that when a group of people experience wealth,
their diets change. I know that this is simple and even a moron can
come up with something like this, but hear me out. When a group of
people have enough money that they have a choice of what they will eat,
they will choose to go along with the more fatty foods. I think this is
because we tend to store fat to keep us warm for the winter. In our
minds if there is a bunch of food to choose from, then we will go
towards the fatty foods. Like most animals, we prepare for the winter
time. We know that it will be cold so we want a layer of fat to keep us
warm.
Another aspect of
it is, we are greedy. All people are greedy. We want the best of
everything.
We want a nice new car, new house and all
the rich food that we can eat. In the past, a wealthy person ate
different foods than someone who is poor.
What to do?
You want that little bit of joy at the end of the meal, but you don't
want to become a lard ass. Well, you can have your cake and
eat it too. We will discuss some of the more healthy desserts
that you can eat. First I want to say, don't get fooled by
this low fat stuff. It isn't worth the time. You will eat
twice as much of it to fill your cravings. It is because it is missing
something, the fat. The one thing that you are craving the most. In the
end you aren't really doing yourself any favors. You are falling in the
trap that all fat people fall into. They think since it is low fat,
they can eat twice as much of it. That maybe true, but only if you
don't want to loose weight.
Fresh fruit is always a
good dessert. You can prepare it easily and it tastes great.
Nothing tastes better than fresh fruit that
is in season. Make sure that it is perfectly ripe and ready to
eat. If it is ripe, it will be sweet and juicy. If you eat fruit that
isn't ripe it will be hard and not have all the flavor that it can
yield. You don't have to stick with the ho hum fruit salad. You can
choose a ton of different ways to eat fresh fruit. You can bake apples
for example wrapped in tin foil with a little bit of brown sugar. This
is wonderful.
One of my favorite things is bananas sliced in orange juice. The sweet
tangy flavor of the orange juice is really different compared to the
banana. I could eat a truck load of this stuff. It is also a great
pick me up if you are feeling sluggish. We have all seen those
wand mixers advertised on television. Some people call these boat
motors. It is a hand held mixer/blender that you can use for a lot of
things. I love these things. If you have one of these, it is easy to
make a great low fat dessert.
Here is a simple dessert using your boat motor. Take skim milk. You
need to make sure that it is ice cold for this. Take your milk and put
it in a drinking glass. Use your boat motor to whip air into it. You
will notice after awhile it kind of looks like whipped cream. Add some
bananas and strawberries and a little pinch of sugar to make it sweet.
This is very low fat and it tastes great. You get that desire for fat
taken care of that you have been craving so much. The whipped milk
really almost feels like whipped cream. You won't believe how much it
feels like the real thing.
You can also use this to add some zing to all kinds of things. You can
use it to make your low fat milkshakes. You can add your protein mix to
this for a great meal with very little fat. You will be surprised at
how many things you can do with this whipped topping. People will think
that you have fallen off of your rocker when they think you are eating
a big serving of whipped cream. Before you know it, all your buddies at
the gym will want you to make them something to eat with your boat
motor. That is when you will have to tell them to get their own.
You can also eat gelatin. Make sure that you get the unflavored kind.
It will come in either envelopes or in sheets. There will be directions
on the package to tell you how to make it. You can add fruit juice or
you can add fresh fruit to your gelatin. If you have a boat motor, you
can use it and add some of that whipped topping you make from the skim
milk. You will love this. You can also eat some low fat cakes. Just
because it is cake, doesn't mean that it is bad for you. Just make sure
that there isn't a whole lot of eggs or dairy involved. Also sometimes
people sneak in mayo in their cake batters. Make sure you know what is
on the cake. Also jam or jelly is great instead of frosting.
I'm sure that you can come
up with your own ideas as well. Just think of what you already like to
eat and put a spin on it.
Please, stay away from the low fat stuff.
All that will do is make you crave more of that than you should be
eating. In the long run, you aren't saving any calories.
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