Just One Bite.....

If you have come to my support group then you have heard me say that carbs and sweets are the crack of the diet world! This Healthy Lifestyle Tip proves my thought:

Healthy Lifestyle Tip: Just One Bite
Just one heavenly chocolate truffle won't wreck your diet, right? Wrong. A joint study from the University of Miami and the University of Florida found that a single bite of a sweet can trigger a desire for more sweet or fattening foods like ice cream, pizza, chips or doughnuts. "A small indulgence may prime a pleasure trigger and lead to more indulgence," the authors concluded. Your best bet is to not indulge on a whim but to make an advance plan and stick to it. Tell yourself, "I'll have one sweet a day and today it will be ......"

Once you start, you want more and more. For me personally and like many others, my drug of choice is sweets. Mexican Bread, anything chocolaty and crunchy oh yes then there is my longtime love, cheesecake!

There are may great cookbooks out there designed for Bariatric cooking or just simply sugar free baking. Try these books available at www.BarnesandNoble.com

Recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery: Delicious Dishes for Nourishing the New You by Margaret Furtado, Lynette Schultz

Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
by Patt Levine M.D., Michele Bontmpo-Saray, Meredith Urban
(I have this book and there is a greatrecipe for Tofu Cheesecake!

Ditch Your Diet in 30 Days: 90 Easy, Healthy Meal and Snack Recipes for Effective Weight Loss
by Dave Fouts

Check out www.chefdave.org for this and other great recipe books!

I would love to hear from you with different recipes!

Stevie