Enjoy Sweets on a Diet

Even if you are on a diet, you can still enjoy your favourite sweets and other empty calorie treats. Whether you love chocolate, cookies, chips or any other indulgence, with some basic knowledge, you can enjoy your favourite treats while still being successful at loosing weight and staying healthy!

Steps

 * 1) Figure out how many calories worth of sweets you will alow yourself a day. Around 200 or 300 calories on a regular day is reasonable.
 * 2) When eating sweets, use portion control. You can now buy Christies Thinsations cookies and snacks in 100 calorie packs. Not only are they all your favourite treats (Oreos, Chips Ahoy, graham crackers, bits and bites...) but they are packaged with one serving in each bag.  Also, Cadbury Thins as well as KitKat and Aero Singles are chocolate bars that have very few calories.
 * 3)  Buy sugar free sweets. Many health food stores sell these in bulk. I do not recommend eating large amounts of these (they contain aspartame and artificial sweeteners that make you crave real sugar, and may even cause cancer) but they do help satisfy small cravings.
 * 4)  Burn the extra calories. If you eat 200 calories worth of sweets or other empty calories,then you will need to burn the extra calories that you consumed. In order to lose weight, you will need to burn more calories then the sum of the calories of everything that you ate, each day.

Burn Calories

 * NOTE-the amount of calories burned is based on a 130 pound adult. The calories burned are higher if you weigh more.[[Image:127353733_7d3f389f39.jpg|250px|right|thumb| running one 10 minute mile will burn 100 calories]]
 * 15 min of running up stairs will burn 220 calories.
 * 1 hour of playing the drums will burn 235 calories.
 * 30 min of raking the lawn will burn 117 calories.
 * 1 hour of bowling burns 175 calories.
 * 1 hour of shooting baskets burns 265 calories
 * 1 hour of mini golf burn 175 calories
 * 15 min of jumping rope fast burns 177 calories
 * Running one 10 minute mile will burn 100 calories
 * Swimming laps for 15 minutes with a light effort will burn 100 calories.
 * Playing beach volleyball for an hour burns 470 calories

Tips

 * Try to stay away from places like Starbucks - replace those morning coffees with a fruity smoothie.
 * Put a little fridge underneath or beside your desk at work and fill it with fresh fruit, veggies with low fat ceasar dressing to dip, fruit juice (not punch!), smoothies and yogurts.
 * If you crave something sweet, chew a stick of gum. Not only does it satisfy your craving, but you won't be able to eat anything else while you are chewing it.

Recipes

 * To make a healthy breakfast smoothie, put 1 cup sweetened low-fat vanilla yogurt, 1/4 cup milk and 1/2 cup fruit of your choice (such as strawberries)into a blender and blend until smooth. This is sweet and thick like a milkshake, but a lot more healthy!


 * For a fun, personalized trail mix, pick 4 or 5 of the following ingredients, put them in a Ziploc baggie and mix. Keep this on hand as a quick, filling, and HEALTHY snack.
 * 1) **1/4 cup unsalted peanuts
 * 2) **1/4 cup banana chips
 * 3) **1/4 cup dried cranberries
 * 4) **1/4 cup raisins
 * 5) **1/4 cup apple chips
 * 6) **1/4 cup shredded, sweetened coconut
 * 7) **1/4 cup cashews
 * 8) **1/4 cup plain popped popcorn
 * 9) **1/4 cup Shreddies cereal
 * 10) **1/4 cup almonds
 * 11) **1/4 cup Cheereos cereal

Warnings!

 * Always listen to your doctor. Ask your doctor before you make any major diet plans; they'll steer you away from anything dangerous or drastic, and may even have medical tips to help you.
 * Stay consistent, even when you reach the weight you want to. Downing loads of junk food after several months of dieting messes with your metabolism.
 * Never overexercise or starve yourself. This is dangerous and may be fatal.

Related Tips and Steps

 * How to Lose 12 Pounds in 12 Weeks
 * How to Get the Most Effective Diet
 * How to Stick to Your Diet While Eating Out
 * How to Add Fruit to Your Diet
 * How to Convince Your Parents to Let You Diet
 * How to Choose the Right Chewing Gum