39/365 Fruit Finale

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

Admittedly, I have a sweet tooth. I enjoy a good cookie from time to time or a cupcake from Cargo Trike Cupcakes. Desserts like these are “sometimes foods.” If you can help it, try for one a day. For a greater challenge, maybe only 4 times a week. Desserts pack in a lot of calories. It’s especially hard when the portion is already selected for you. In our dining hall, I will often split the dessert being offered in half.

Something you can try that is a two-fold healthier way of satisfying that sweet tooth is by eating fruits as your dessert. A ripe peach is fantastically sweet with every bite of its juicy, nutritious goodness. The more you substitute naturally occurring sweets for baked or prepared desserts, the more you will crave them. You may find yourself as I do turned off to ultra sweet treats that I used to enjoy.

So try a peach or a handful of berries as your dessert instead of those tired packaged cookies. You will find yourself satisfied from tongue to tummy.

In health,

Lauren