Can Indulging In Sweets Help You Lose Weight? Research Says Yes! (But There’s A Catch)

Can Indulging In Sweets Help You Lose Weight? Research Says Yes! (But There’s A Catch)

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Great news! Research shows that enjoying a bit of your favorite treat will help you to eat more healthfully and to lose weight.

If you’re denying yourself even a small taste of your happy food, you are setting yourself up for failure. Deprivation isn’t motivating, and it always backfires. 

Dieting needn’t be painful. If you approach altering your eating habits as a lifestyle change rather than short-term torture, you can customize your meals and snacks. That way, you don’t feel like you’re missing out on what makes you and your taste buds shriek with delight.

Modern diet research recommends that people enjoy a little indulgence because forbidden treats become obsessions.

You’ll think about what you want but can’t have... Until you want it so badly that you run to the store, buy some, and eat it in the car!

It’s important to eat healthy foods, and when you take care of your body, you have the leeway to satisfy your cravings. It’s okay to feast on a few squares of chocolate (especially dark!) or whatever you love if you need a fix!

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The latest theories on weight loss and healthy eating encourage people to fill up on fruits and vegetables. They recommend eating healthy fats like nuts, lean meats, fish, and low-fat yogurt.

Nutrition-packed grains like brown rice, quinoa, barley, bulgur, millet, and others are perfect side dishes. Also, soup can be a low-calorie, diet-friendly meal because of its high water content.

Can Indulgence Boost Weight Loss?

Here’s the best part: the newest eating research commands us to have a little of our favorite treat each day. This way, our lives aren’t void of the indulgence that we look forward to most!

Have a taste rather than expend all of your emotional energy on avoiding the food that makes your day.

No one can live on a restrictive diet forever. It’s all about moderation.

The key to eliminating obsessive cravings is to allow yourself what you think you’re not allowed to have. When we allow ourselves to have our favorite food, the food loses its allure and is just something we eat.  

One dietary expert stresses the importance of avoiding deprivation. Food shouldn’t be “good” or “bad.”

Willpower depletes us of our energy. We have other stressors in our lives and shouldn’t make depriving ourselves of our favorite food another stress.

People tend to want what they can’t have, so keep in mind that food isn’t bad for us and doesn’t define us. We shouldn’t feel restricted or shamed about eating.

Just nourish and appreciate your body.

You can make changes in your daily eating gradually. The transition to healthier eating doesn’t have to be immediate.

Explore new foods. There are so many healthy and delicious foods out there that you might be missing out on.

Keep those taste buds entertained. Your life doesn’t have to be a series of meals consisting of cottage cheese on wheat toast, day in and day out.

Restrictive diets are unnatural in that it’s silly to conform to a specific diet and live your life around it. You should create your own realistic eating plan that fits into your lifestyle.

Of course, your favorite foods will be part of that new and improved eating plan.

7 Tips for Healthy Eating

1) Eat Slowly and Savor Your Food

According to another expert, it’s important to really take your time to enjoy and savor your favorite foods. Pay attention to what your body wants.

First, are you really hungry? Maybe you’re just thirsty or bored.

Second, what do you actually want to have? Choose the right food and you’ll be satisfied and won’t overeat.

Third, eat slowly so you can focus on and enjoy the taste of each bite to truly maximize your gastronomic experience.

2. Be On the Lookout for Excessive Sugar, Sodium & Fat

Another tip for not squandering away empty calories is to watch out for hidden refined sugar and all of its sneaky pseudonyms: brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, rice syrup, dextrose, maltose, barley malt, fructose sweetener...

The list goes on and on!

If any of those names is toward the beginning of the list of ingredients, there’s a lot of sugar in the food. Canned fruit, snack foods, some juices, soda (obviously), and so many other foods and drinks are saturated with sugar.

If you check labels, you can make healthier choices.

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Also, scan the label for high sodium and fat content. Reading labels will save you from wasting calories and eating nutritionally bereft food. 

Buy fresh or frozen and unprocessed foods. Canned foods are usually high in sodium, so rinse the food (such as beans) in water before eating. Try to avoid ultra-processed foods.

Frozen fruits and vegetables don’t lose their nutritional integrity (for the most part). Frozen meals, on the other hand, can be full of all sorts of hidden calories.

3. Special Orders Don’t Upset Us

If you go out to dinner, you can make some small changes to eat healthier while still enjoying your meal. For example, ask for sauces and salad dressings on the side, so you can control how much you add to your food.

Again, try to get a lot of vegetables. Substitute veggies for French fries (or eat the fries if you’re due for your indulgence).

Drinking water can help fill you up, too. When it’s dessert time, you can share or bring some home. 

4. Make a Healthier Version at Home

Another way of dealing with foods we love that are unhealthy is making our own, healthier versions of them.

For example, I love muffins. I purchased them at my local grocery store for years but noticed they had many unpronounceable and scary ingredients. So, I started making my own muffins to eliminate the artificial coloring, preservatives, and other stuff my body doesn’t need. 

5. Drink Lots of Water

Our bodies need hydration, and water makes us feel full. Keep drinking!

6. Choose Fun and Convenient Exercise

Find an exercise that you know you will want to do each day.

If you like to dance, sign up for a dance class. If you find that going to a fitness center is difficult, do something at home. Walk or invest in a stationary bike.

The success of eating right and exercising depends on how convenient you make it for yourself.

7. Commit to Subtle and Simple Changes

It’s pretty easy to add more vegetables and fruit (smoothies!) to your day... To change ingredients in the dishes you enjoy if they are fat- or sugar-laden... And to make your favorite restaurant meals at home, where you can control what’s in your food.

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Design your eating style so that it’s workable for you and simple to stick to long term. Satisfy your taste buds. Make changes slowly if you feel an all-inclusive overhaul of your daily foods is too dramatic.  

Eating right is more palatable if we don’t have to say goodbye to every snack and meal we love. It’s so much easier and more bearable knowing you can have a little chocolate, a few jelly beans, a handful of potato chips, a bowl of pasta, or whatever food you crave!

The trick is to enjoy everything in moderation.

How To Eat Your Cake & Lose Weight Too

Like I said, the “catch” is NOT to avoid your favorite desserts, and to simply appreciate them when you do have them. 

And in my experience, one of the best ways to truly appreciate your food... and to make sure it is as healthy as possible... is to make it yourself!

Just like making a healthier version of your favorite restaurant meal…

You can also make your favorite desserts at home – in a healthier way!

That way, you will know exactly what is in your dessert, and you won’t have to rely on processed, packaged desserts or boxed mixes that have all sorts of bad things in them.

So, we developed 7 no-guilt, “slimming” dessert recipes…

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(Plus they're SO easy to make! Most of the time, I'd rather just stay at home and have one of these desserts than run out for ice cream anyway!)

Which one will you try first?

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