Sugar addict here.....

I eat anything I want and don't feel "bad" about it. BUT I watch the amount very carefully. For example, 6 MnMs, not the whole 12 oz bag. 1/2 cookie, not 2 dozen. 2 Tablespoons of icecream, not 1/2 the carton. When I do eat these sugary treats, I sit down and eat it very slowly, taking small bites, enjoying it, taking sips of water between bites. This makes it so that a small amount satisfies my desire for sweets.

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I am so trying this recipe....

On the average, I end up having one small treat per day, not 50. I don't feel deprived at all. I lost 5 pounds last month and am within 3 pounds of goal weight. I was just trying to share what works for me hoping it might help someone else. (Total weight loss is 30 pounds so far.)

My go to for healthy recipes whether for a meal or snack is hungrygirl.com. Lisa has several good cookbooks, too.

Why not just eat fruit?

When I HAVE to have chocolate, I have a Fiber One 90 calorie brownie.

Fudgy Cookies - 29 calories each:

500 grams of cooked butternut squash, processed until smooth.
Add 1/2 cup of cocoa.
1/2 cup of flour.
1 egg.
Half a bar of 70% chocolate bar.
Mix. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheets, making 35 cookies.
Bake on fairly low heat for up to 1/2 hour until set.

Why not just eat fruit?

Replace cake/cookies with fruit. No even once.

Fruit has sugar you know.

Yes, fruit does have sugar in the form of fructose. Sugar is the preferred fuel for the body. But if you eat processed sugar, you are getting no other nutrients. Fruit is packed full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and over 10,000 phytochemicals. It helps to maintain a steady blood sugar level, is low in fat, and the fiber helps to extract toxins in the body, and clean out the digestive track. There is nothing bad about fruit. Plus it can satisfy our sweet tooth.

Sugar free fudgsicles (40cals each) and giant fudge bars (weight watchers brand 100 cals) both do the trick for me

Why not just eat fruit?

Replace cake/cookies with fruit. No even once.

Fruit has sugar you know.

Yes, fruit does have sugar in the form of fructose. Sugar is the preferred fuel for the body. But if you eat processed sugar, you are getting no other nutrients. Fruit is packed full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and over 10,000 phytochemicals. It helps to maintain a steady blood sugar level, is low in fat, and the fiber helps to extract toxins in the body, and clean out the digestive track. There is nothing bad about fruit. Plus it can satisfy our sweet tooth.

Fructose and sucrose.

And by toxins. What toxins do you speak of?

The is nothing bad with cake. If my diet has enough vitamins, minerals and fiber, then what's the issue?

Metabolization of all food creates toxins. With processed foods like cake, the toxins are higher. Cake is not in anyway healthy for you. That is what is bad about it. Go ahead and eat it. I do occasionally. Just don't fool yourself into thinking it is healthy in anyway.

Have anything to counter my claims? Or just rhetoric?

My go to for healthy recipes whether for a meal or snack is hungrygirl.com. Lisa has several good cookbooks, too.

Another one I enjoy (even more than Hungry Girl) is skinnytaste.com. Gina has a recipe blog where she posts her recipe makeovers. Often times she will try a recipe multiple times with various substitutions until she finds the one that tastes the best and is still healthy.

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Metabolizing food produces waste. Waste, if not filtered by the body, can become "toxic" to the body. It is not toxic in and of itself if the body is doing its job.

The nitrogen compounds through which toxic nitrogen is eliminated from organisms are ammonia, urea and uric acid. All of these substances are produced from protein metabolism.

Ammonia(NH3) forms with the oxidation of amino groups (NH2), which are removed from the proteins when they convert into carbohydrates. It is a very toxic substance and only one nitrogen atom is removed with it. A lot of water is needed for the ammonia excretion. Thus, the marine organisms excrete ammonia directly in the water (aminothelic organisms), while the terrestrial (mainly amphibians and mammals) convert ammonia into urea, a process which occurs in the liver and kidney.

Urea is a less toxic compound than ammonia; two nitrogen atoms are eliminated through it and less water is needed for its excretion. Urea is a protein metabolism product at vertebrates and part of the invertebrates. These organisms are called ureothelic.

Uric acid is a protein metaporposis product of terrestrial invertebrates, birds and diapsids. Such animals are called uricothelic organisms. In humans and anthropoides, this acid is purine metabolism product. Uric acid is less toxic than ammonia or urea; it contains four nitrogen atoms and a small amount of water is needed for its excretion. Out of solute, it precipitates and forms crystals.