Feed your body right: she's one smart cookie


        FEED YOUR BODY RIGHT: SHE'S ONE SMART COOKIE
Lesli Hicks used to think that a meal just wasn't complete unless it ended with a sweet—until she faced going to her 10-year high school reunion 35 pounds heavier.
A steady diet of chocolate, cakes, cookies, and pastries transformed Lesli, of San Antonio, from trim to tubby. Once a slim 105 pounds in high school, she was pushing 140 pounds a decade later when the invitation to her class reunion arrived. "I wasn't obese, but I definitely weighed a lot more than I should have," she says. "I didn't want my old classmates to see how much I had gained."
Determination set in. Out went the peanut butter cups, doughnuts, and other confections that had become part of Lesli's meal- time routine. "I knew that I couldn't eat just a little dessert," she says, "It was either all or nothing." To satisfy her sweet tooth, she con- | j? eluded her meals with natural sweets—primarily apples, pears, and other fruits.
Lesli's discipline paid off. Within a few weeks, she whittled 10 pounds from her-5-foot-2-inch frame. She went to her class reunion feeling fit and fantastic. "I looked better than ever—even better than when I was 105 pounds," she says.
After the reunion, Lesli lost even more weight. Within a few weeks, she was down to 122 pounds, where she has stayed ever since. Now age 37, she'd like to take off several more pounds to reach 115 or 116. She sticks with her weight-loss regimen by allowing herself one dessert splurge a week. "When I'm tempted for more, I ask myself, Am I going to feel better or worse after I eat that?'" she says. "Usually, I tell myself that I'll feel worse, and I pass up the food."
WINNING ACTION
Indulge in dessert—but only when you really need it.
Cheesecake, hot-fudge sundaes, and other high-fat goodies have their place in a healthy diet, as long as they're not everyday fare. At other times, you can satisfy your sweet tooth with low-fat treats. Besides fresh fruit, there's angel food cake (0.1 gram of fat per serving), fig bars (1 gram), fortune cookies (0 gram), lady fingers (2 grams), and rice pudding (4 grams).
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