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As a personal trainer and fitness bootcamp instructor in Singapore, very often I meet people who love their cookies. Even while being absolutely committed to healthy diets designed for weight loss, fat burning and muscle building, they still long for a little dietary indulgance once in a while.

What is the best step to take, when we are sincerely, absolutely, dying for a bite of sweet, warm cookie?

The answer simple: Just bake your own! That’s the BEST way to eat your cookies while on a healthy diet.

Making your own luxurious, sugary pastries and confectionaries beats buying them by far. Why?

1. VALUE – when you bake your own, you get more joy per calorie, because the fun of making them, especially if you are making them with your friends or family, the good smells that drift out of the hot oven, the feeling of warmth that comes from sharing handmade goodies, become part of your cookie experience. You don’t get to experience all these things when you just pick up pre-made or packaged cookies. Read the rest of this entry »