Desert the Desserts

I tend to think that there´s a lot of country customs with it. In my country what we usually eat for desset are fresh fruits. Here they are unexpensive and we have different fruit the year around. Some desserts have been imported from the US especially. Fortunatly, we can eat those when we go out as noone is willing to go to the trouble of making them at home. I am speaking of pies and other desserts that might be part of the culture of colder countries. I confess to getting my extra pounds from the time I quit smoking. I ate several kilos of hard candy for anxiety. It wasn´t good for my teeth either. Then it is difficult to slim down.

There are good and bad desserts. Fresh fruits like oranges, mangoes and pineapples are good source of desserts and they contain a lot of fiber, vitamins and minerals. However, in some countries like mine, the price of the fruits are sometimes exaggeratedly high, such as the apples here. I remember eating an apple that costs around P20, around 50 cents! Instead of having around $1 for a kilo in Brunei (another country ) The bad desserts are usually either the inexpensive ones, chocolates and etc. or expensive but could be preserved in the fridge. One good example is ice cream.

Hi, megamatt. I hardly eat desserts after each meal. I have heard that it is best to eat desserts right after a meal, so that it won't add any weight gain to the body. So, now, I don't know what to really think anymore. I think that if a person chooses to eat dessert, it should be low in fat and low in calories too.

I am currently dieting and have lost 50 pounds but I eat a dessert after lunch and dinner. These desserts though are all healthy and low in fat and sugar. I have enclosed a picture of a healthy date and banana loaf that I make which is virtually fat free, low in sugar and calories but full of fibre and viramins. So you CAN have your cake and eat it!!!!

You can still eat your desserts and not be bothered of the extra pounds you will gain. Fruits are not only an excellent dessert but is very healthy for our body. You can create low-fat milk shakes, eat jellos or gelatin. You can even add fruit juice or fresh fruit to the gelatin.

Hi megamatt, I will fully agree with you on this. We can eat a decent size meal, but everyday we tend to always really have a dessert, we seem to crave that sweet thing and it does add to our weight and does make a difference over the week. I have been down this road, i always made sure that i ate a large meal but still later on i wanted and had a dessert, this has caused me to be overweight. Now i am different, yes i am still overweight but it is really rare that i now have a dessert after a meal, and i have also cut down on the size of my meals. I guess i am suffereing from my past, atleast i ghave started to make changes which are better late than never. Even though a dessert may look so delicious and so small, it can make a big difference to your weight in the long run.