Eat Dessert First!

I believe you should eat desert first.

It may cause you to eat fewer "luxury calories."

A luxury calorie is a calorie eaten for pleasure and not just because we need the nutrients. In essence luxury calories are the source for most of the extra calories we eat that turn into extra fat. If we never ate any luxury calories we would never have to worry about gaining weight.

The issue with desert is that it's eaten at the end of a meal. So we sit down to a meal, we eat until we are either satisfied or full, and at that point anything beyond that satiety point is a luxury calorie. The sweet and savory taste of desert motivates us to keep eating, thus causing us to over eat.

Of course I could say to skip desert, but come on! Where is the fun in that? Now I'm not saying you can eat a pint of ice cream and then chow down on your usual dinner, but I am saying that if dessert is an inevitability that some of it should be eaten before to satisfy the desire for such foods.

So I propose you have a bit of desert first, while making dinner. Now those calories are not luxury calories because they are not being added on to a full meal. Then when you eat your real dinner you still stop at a satiety point which will be earlier in the meal since you already ate a bit before hand. Contrary to what your parents always told you, it's good to spoil your dinner a little bit.

In essence you are making an exchange for some of your dinner for some desert. The goal is to still enjoy some desert while keeping your caloric intake within a reasonable level thus limiting the chance for weight gain.

Also always remember that luxury calories can come from any source so don't feel the need to clean your plate.

Be fit and live free,

Matt Schifferle

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