Here's what I've been doing. After teaching 10 year olds all day, I crave ice cream after I'm home--after chores--even in winter. So, although I'm not a soda drinker--I'll pour a large glass of diet root beer and put in half a cup of 2-3 pt ice cream to soften the bubbles and make it taste like a float. Yes--it's calories, but not nearly as many as a huge bowl of ice cream.