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Diet A&w Root Beer, A Real Treat!

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When I'm looking for a treat, I have a Diet A&W Root beer and drink it slow, the flavor makes it a real treat @ 0 calories

- Submitted by A5KLADY 6/7/2010 in Weight Loss | 1 Comments

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Love Soda?

If you are having difficulty getting over regular soda and want to switch to diet soda but can't stomach the flavor try filling most of your glass with diet and topping it off with the real stuff. It gives it the flavor of regular but for a fraction of the calories.

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If you are at a fast food place and really really want the root beer ...fill up most of it with diet Coke (or Pepsi) and top it off with the root beer. It will taste exactly like root beer and again for a fraction of the calories.

- Submitted by GORIANA 6/7/2010 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Satisfying dessert

What I miss the most in low calorie diets is dessert. I cannot eat just one or two cookies. For 100 calories, I have a sixteen ounce root beer float. I use diet root beer and one-half cup (100 calories) of slow churned low fat vanilla ice cream. Mmmmmmm delicious and extremely satisfying!

- Submitted by CLEMENCE1116 6/7/2010 | 6 Comments | View Secret

My Sweet Secret

Ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper I've absolutely loved root beer floats. Eating is emotional to me, when I think of root beer floats, I think of being at my grandparent's house on a hot summer day when my grandma would make everyone an ice cold refreshing float. I still crave them today, but instead of having a full one I have a root beer shot. It's less than half the calories, with all the familiar taste.

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All you need is a shot glass, some diet root beer and a tablespoon or so of vanilla ice cream. You can also use frozen yogurt, but the consistency will be a bit different.

- Submitted by COURTNEYPAIGE1 6/7/2010 | 0 Comments | View Secret

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