Low-Cal Desserts?
 

unfortunately for my diet, i have a BIG sweet tooth... i am trying to keep it to one something sweet a day either after lunch or dinner, but it seems i have been eating the same things over and over.... like 100 cal snack packs or SF chocolate pudding (i do not like the jello). i was just wondering if anyone has any low-cal dessert ideas? i am afraid if i keep eating the same things i will get bored and start wanting the really bad stuff... please help if u can. thanks!

ashlee

Like you, I have a sweet tooth! I think mine mostly stems from scouring ways to provide energy before I started this journey. And sweets are addictive! I also do the SF pudding a lot.

One thing I like to do is a Mocha Frappuccino every now and then. Not as low in calories as the pudding, but about the same as the 100 calorie packs and still very good. It consists of 1/3 cup of coffee, 1 cup of skim milk (90 cals), one teapsoon of ovaltine (10 cals) and I sometimes use regular sugar, but you can cut the cals with some 0 calorie sweetener of your choice, and then some ice. Blend it until you get the consistency you like.

I have found I am pretty much adding ovaltine to anything I can, lol. Even strawberries (if you mix it with just a LITTLE skim milk like a few drops to each tbsp, it becomes fudgy-like).

It might be worth it to look into ways to curb your sweet tooth a bit :). I'm doing the first phase of the South Beach Diet right now and sugar holds zero appeal to me right now. I did it because I was craving carbs all day and it was driving me nuts!

It's true. It took me a few days of no sweets to stop my cravings. The less you have the less you crave. Good luck.

I really like the WW ice cream bars! My favorite is the chocolate one covered in oreo cookie crumbs. They also make it in cookies in cream ice cream with the same cookie topping. They're both 140cal each and a great occasional treat!

They also make alot of ice cream cups for 130cal.

The usual way I handle my sweet tooth is a bowl of cereal, usually Fiber One. It handles the craving & gives you lots of fiber.

Niecy - Im going to try that mocha frap idea this weekend! THANKS, Im a coffee addict & it will be a nice treat :)

I love the smart ones desserts, they are fantastic, I can usually split one over two desserts.

wow those are all great and very helpful ideas thank you everyone!

If you love lemon meringue pie like I do... Then a low calorie desert would be hunt's snack pudding lemon meringue. For 120 calories you get a DELICIOUS lemon pie, -crust. It's my absolute favorite thing to have when I just NEED a treat.

I love Stonyfield Farm's FF vanilla frozen yogurt, 200 calories for half the pint! I usually have a 100 calorie serving with 140 calories of my husband's special mail-order granola. :) So tasty.

OMG Stoneyfield Farm makes FROZEN yogurt too? I am in LOVE with their vanilla regular yogurt. Im buying this on Monday's grocery trip.

(I get excited for healthy food, HA!)

jajabee- where do you get that brand of frozen yogurt? it sounds amazing, we usually just grocery shop at wal mart for convenience, do you know if they have it there or would i need to go to a health food store for it...? thanks!

Skinny cow ice cream sandwiches
Nonfat whipped cream on slightly thawed frozen berries
no pudge fudge brownies for chocolate emergencies
fruit, lots and lots of fruit
sugar free jello (I have to make my own with gelatin, kool aide and splenda due to nutrasweet allergy)

In the summer, I LOVE to make fruit cobbers with a light biscuit topping or oatmeal crisp.

fresh fruit smoothies are good with a bitof honey added in, warm up some berries (black, blue raspberries) and add on a dolup of low cal/fat cool whip, I just pulled some delicious banana bread out of the oven that is 100 cal per slice, dark chocolate. Shall I go on? ;)

popsicles
frozen raspberries
fruit