What do you do when you crave sugar?

lulupizza

I reallllly want something sweet like maybe some ice cream from Baskin Robins but i'm afraid i'll go overboard any suggestions?

PeachyCarol

Order a small portion and leave with it. Enjoy it.

If you can't do that, sometimes a small piece of sharp cheese can combat a sweet craving.

AnarchoGen

I buy epsom salt and soak in the tub to absorb the magnesium. When you crave sweets it means your body needs magnesium.

arditarose

I eat ice cream and chocolate on a regular basis. I think sweet cravings are easier to fit into my daily goal than my salty/savory cravings. I actually eat more desserts and sweets now that I'm losing weight than I did before.

crazyjerseygirl

lulupizza wrote: »

I reallllly want something sweet like maybe some ice cream from Baskin Robins but i'm afraid i'll go overboard any suggestions?

I'd have the bit of ice cream (smallest amt) and eat slowly. Also look up banana ice cream. Basically smushed bananas. You can add cocoa too. So yummy!

allie_00p

If you really don't want to fit any sweets in to your day, you can always do sugar free gum like Extra has really fun yummy flavors. Gives you a sweet taste and keeps your jaw busy

fearlessleader104

Yogurtland?

kbeyer23

I get this, especially in the evenings! I combat it with some yummy hot tea, with a splash of flavored coffee creamer or a drizzle of honey (or if I have absolutely no calories left to use, some stevia). It's sweet, and the hot temperature makes for slow sipping. I super duper love Vanilla Caramel flavored tea from Bigelow or any type of chai.

Smallc10

I eat one piece of dark chocolate. It really crushes the craving

Sabine_Stroehm

I have a bit of dark chocolate.

lemurcat12

mamapeach910 wrote: »

Order a small portion and leave with it. Enjoy it.

If you can't do that, sometimes a small piece of sharp cheese can combat a sweet craving.

Exactly this, including the cheese alternative. Something sour like a pickle also sometimes works for me, but I'd just do a single serving of the thing I was craving, more likely. Often going for really high quality makes a small serving seem worthwhile, too. Dark chocolate often works well for a sweet craving if you like it, since it's less sweet but pretty decadent and intense.

Or try the banana-based desserts if you like banana.

ndj1979

eat the ice cream, enjoy it, and log it.

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abbeyjones1994

ndj1979 wrote: »

eat the ice cream, enjoy it, and log it.

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This. I got Peeps and Reese's Eggs in the mail today as an Easter present from my parents. 5 Peeps and one egg a day for the next few days will be my little treat. I'll log it and still be under.

malibu927

Have the sugar. Ice cream, chocolate, pudding, other sweets...they fit into my diet.

ana3067

I eat it within my calories

kbmnurse

28 M&M's =100 calories well worth it

cmcdonald525

I like mixing a bit of Greek yogurt with either a little bit of pudding mix or crushed up sweets and freezing it. Although usually by the time I'm done with my add ins I may as well just have eaten a small portion of ice cream lol

PS2CR

I eat fruit (esp grapes). I find that if I avoid refined sugar, and substitute just raw fruit, it eventually ends the cravings. Same with salty stuff (I've had some serious cravings for both salt and sugar). Everyone's different, but for me, avoidance is the only alternative to deal with sugar/salt cravings. They go away completely after 3 days abstinence.

Alluminati

Eating a warm s'mores poptart with a scoop of cookie dough gelato as I read this.

arditarose

OdesAngel wrote: »

Eating a warm s'mores poptart with a scoop of cookie dough gelato as I read this.

What brand is the cookie dough? What we talking here, 440 calories?

MuddyEquestrian

I eat a 100 calorie brownie in a mug!
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
Pinch of baking soda
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp Apple sauce.
Mix well and microwave for 1 min 15 seconds. Works very well for me!

Alluminati

arditarose wrote: »

OdesAngel wrote: »

Eating a warm s'mores poptart with a scoop of cookie dough gelato as I read this.

What brand is the cookie dough? What we talking here, 440 calories?

200 for the tart and 50g of Talenti cookie dough = 305 cals

999tigger

im baaad. I have some of the longer lasting sweets and eat then within reason. If I go a bit overboard I accept it might have slowed the weight loss or alternatively I will put in some more exercise.

Obviously you have the choice to moderate and have a small portion. Ice cream isnt bad on calories at all. Make it last.

Btw if you use search on sweet tooth then lots of people have alternative low calorie solutions which gives them most of the buzz without the calories.

lowcarber87

Strawberries are my go to for sugar cravings.

Or no sugar chocolate, nor sugar drinking chocolate or no sugar strawberry powder.

arditarose

OdesAngel wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

OdesAngel wrote: »

Eating a warm s'mores poptart with a scoop of cookie dough gelato as I read this.

What brand is the cookie dough? What we talking here, 440 calories?

200 for the tart and 50g of Talenti cookie dough = 305 cals

Nice

megtowne

I have good quality dark chocolate chips. One serving is 70 calories, but quite a few chips. Eating them one at a time lets me savor them longer. Some days I'll have a tablespoon of peanut butter with then. It feels really indulgent but doesn't put me over.

When I feel like putting in more effort, I make banana "ice cream" - frozen bananas blended with whatever flavor you want (chocolate, peanut butter, vanilla, strawberry, honey, etc). It's a little more calories and sugar, but the consistency is just like soft ice cream, so it makes a good fakeout.

Sweetiepiestef

I do not crave chocolate at all until it is that TOM so the last two days I just made a heath bar fit in to my daily cals. I only am eating a half tonight though. GOOD LUCK! I wanted ice cream too but was afraid to do exactly that lol

ndj1979

PS2CR wrote: »

I eat fruit (esp grapes). I find that if I avoid refined sugar, and substitute just raw fruit, it eventually ends the cravings. Same with salty stuff (I've had some serious cravings for both salt and sugar). Everyone's different, but for me, avoidance is the only alternative to deal with sugar/salt cravings. They go away completely after 3 days abstinence.

so you cure a sugar craving, with sugar? got ya….

runnrchic

I eat dates, raisins, or a banana with honey and cinnamon. I had a piece of cake today for someone's birthday and I've felt like crap all day. (Oh yeah and an added twist is I was the one who baked it! I have mad cake decorating skills ;-) But I don't usually eat that so it's more of a psychological thing and it's to the point where I just can't eat that stuff anymore and just enjoy it. Bring on the fruit please!

ndj1979

OdesAngel wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

OdesAngel wrote: »

Eating a warm s'mores poptart with a scoop of cookie dough gelato as I read this.

What brand is the cookie dough? What we talking here, 440 calories?

200 for the tart and 50g of Talenti cookie dough = 305 cals

how come I can't find this talenti cookie dough ?????????????

arditarose

ndj1979 wrote: »

OdesAngel wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

OdesAngel wrote: »

Eating a warm s'mores poptart with a scoop of cookie dough gelato as I read this.

What brand is the cookie dough? What we talking here, 440 calories?

200 for the tart and 50g of Talenti cookie dough = 305 cals

how come I can't find this talenti cookie dough ?????????????

I was thinking that too...I can't remember if I've had it or not now.