What kills your daily calorie allowance and how did you overcome it??
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joshuakcaron wrote: »Also, maybe find some low calorie deserts with stevia instead of sugar. I can't tell the difference and it's a natural sugar supplement.
so is xylitol but I wouldn't put it in my body again...0 -
Wine- stopped drinking it. Chocolate- don't have it in the house, but when I do eat it, I log it. I ate 950 of my 1200 calorie allotment in candy on Halloween. Really?? That's why I never buy it.0
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I usually get a sweet tooth after my evening meal, I find brushing my teeth seems to get rid if the craving & stops you wanting to eat anything else. Good luck!
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Jilliankosto wrote: »I do the same with the except of it making me go over my limit.
I typically prelog my week which includes a full chocolate bar every night while still hitting my macros and staying in a deficit...
If you find they are putting you over perhaps your deficit is too large or you can earn calories with exercise.
But my last choice would be to stop eating them...esp since I love my chocolate at night with a diet coke...wind down time for me.
Thank you! Yes I should just plan on the fact that I will eat it and log it. I pre-log everything else but not the sweets. I think I have it in my mind that "maybe today I won't have any" but nonetheless I end up eating it at night and then it pushes me over. But if I plan ahead then I can accommodate for it which would be so much better.
This is what works for me. I log my day as if my goal was 150-250 cals less than it is. I find it easier to tweak my portions during the day than to skip the evening snack. There is still a day every once in awhile where I go over the cals I left myself, but every once in awhile is a lot better than every day Good luck! 0 -
for me it was bread....with butter, with peanut butter, with pimento cheese...I don't know why, but anything on bread and the more I ate the more I wanted....0
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I eat chocolate cookie and ice cream every single day. I limit myself however, by eating them literally on a food scale and straight out of the container rather than scooping anything out into another bowl -- so, basically an extreme form of portion control. 0
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madhatter2013 wrote: »The weekend does it for me. I do great all week while at work and then BOOM the weekend comes and I need a hobby...
Same here! I am already planning ways to make next weekend better. I always plan in a small treat in my day. I log it in the morning!0 -
Evening snacking was killing my daily calorie allowance. I've decided to stop fighting it and instead prelog meals leaving 500 calories available for the evening snacks. I'm also switching to intermittent fasting as I'm not a breakfast type person - really the later in the day I start eating the better I feel, so now I have my first meal after 3pm and am aiming for a 10-11pm cut off.0
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@ Sext stef -A human can be addicted to any number of things, (including sugar), shopping, gambling and any type of addiction will most likely make your life miserable. I live in a state that is ranked Number two for most deaths caused by overdoses (usually heroin, but we still have problems with opioid addiction as well).
We also have record numbers of smokers that are addicted to nicotine, and rank in the top five for lung cancer deaths. Many, many more are addicted to food which has created record number of deaths due to heart disease, diabetes and more.
If I maintain my healthy lifestyle free of “any” kind of addiction and live to age 60 I will have out lived several of my siblings, and other relatives.
I apologize for my tone and certainly do not want to be rude or preachy, but your comment struck a chord with me on a personal note.
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Unfortunately I really enjoy wine. I just can't have it period. Once I do, it ruins everything for me.
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Hi @lilyrunner I think some people around here are very precise in their definitions and distinctions between compulsion, habit, addiction and dependency. And some people are sensitive when other definitions/assumptions are made about people, since we like to be precise. @ Stef is probably closer to correct when she says it's unlikely someone is "addicted" to sugar.
My mother shows compulsion, lying, hoarding and puts other people and their feelings behind her desire for food and the associated endorphins, but even I would be hesitant to call her "addicted." We understand what you meant, it's just most people here wouldn't call it an addiction.0 -
Hi @lilyrunner I think some people around here are very precise in their definitions and distinctions between compulsion, habit, addiction and dependency. And some people are sensitive when other definitions/assumptions are made about people, since we like to be precise. @ Stef is probably closer to correct when she says it's unlikely someone is "addicted" to sugar.
My mother shows compulsion, lying, hoarding and puts other people and their feelings behind her desire for food and the associated endorphins, but even I would be hesitant to call her "addicted." We understand what you meant, it's just most people here wouldn't call it an addiction.
Thank you for responding to @lilyrunner so nicely and accurately. Unfortunately, it looks like she deleted. It's too bad we lose people this way. She was just expressing her opinion in her own way.0 -
For the chocolate craving, try having a low cal hot chocolate drink. Few calories but chocolate taste.. My treat most evenings..0
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Wine. I'm still working on it.0
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i found that pre logging my days was very beneficial early on.0
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A couple of things that have helped me as sweets are definitely my weak spot too.
(1) Make sure I only ate sweets after I'd really filled up on the good stuff, which for me is usually a good dose of protein and high fiber veggies. When I'm not actually hungry, the sweet craving is much more easily satisfied. If I look to sweets when I'm still hungry, I can eat waaaaay more than I intended or really want to eat.
(2) Try substitutes. I found that after dinner, I usually had a sweet craving and I'd often reach for rather calorie dense choices. But, often times, I find ripe fruit to be just as good. I had two oranges last night and they satisfied that desire for something sweet just as well as a few cookies, for far less calories/sugar (and a nice little dose of extra fiber).
(3) Reduce my added sugar overall. Until I tracked this, I was really surprised how much added sugar I was eating -- far more than I realized. When I took an active approach to cut down on my added sugar (which was mostly in the tasty, but often times nutritionally shallow highly processed foods), I found that my taste buds recalibrated after a few weeks. Sort of how you lose tolerance for alcohol if you stop drinking for a while. I think this is often the idea behind some of the "detox" plans like Whole 30 or strict Paleo. It took a lot less sugar to satisfy that sweet craving and often times natural sources were just as pleasing -- fresh, ripe fruit tasted amazing whereas before it was only so-so and I came to love sweet potatoes even more.
(4) Opted for the high end versions. I found that if I was going to go the traditional dessert route, I decided to use the calories on the high end ingredients. I found that my homemade cookies, cupcakes, desserts, etc. to be FAR more satisfying both in taste and calories than the store bought kind. So if I wanted chocolate chunk cookies, I was now only eating them when I made them myself (or occasionally bought them from the fancy stores where all the ingredients are natural or what like I'd make at home -- no HFCS, preservatives, etc). And with cookies, I could freeze them and take out just a few at a time to bake so I always had killer sea-salt, chocolate chunk cookies at my disposal and I knew exactly how many calories were in them. I found that the high end desserts (like flourless dark chocolate cake or my home made chocolate chunk cookies) were far more satisfying than the junk food desserts (cheap cookies, cheap candies, etc.) -- much more bang for your buck so I could eat a lot less to feel just as satisfied.0 -
Pre-logging your day solves it for me.0
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Tedebearduff wrote: »Stop eating them then ... boom problem solved... you can also stop buying them, helps with the not eating them thing.
Why stop eating them?? Life is too short. Losing weight and then maintaining it long term is about making sustainable changes. Otherwise you are destined to lose steam when you get sick of the deprivation and just gain all the weight back plus some.
I first figured out the treats that don't send me on binges. Individually packaged treats work better for me than a whole cake sitting in the kitchen.
Then I pre log it that morning when I'm having my coffee. It gives me something to look forward to ( no feeling of being deprived) and it tends to make me choose better foods all day because I know I have a "treat" waiting.
Anybody that tells you you have to give up entire food groups or give up wine or dessert just isn't getting it. Sustained weight loss isn't about torture, it's about balance and healthy choices OVERALL.1 -
I pretty much stopped eating them. I learned to like them. I decided I could learn to like something else. So I did. What helped the most was pre-logging, keto, and IF. Lots of different techniques work for different people. I hope you find your groove soon.0
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a Jello sugar free pudding snack (chocolate) is 60 calories. V helpful for me.0
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frankiesgirlie wrote: »Tedebearduff wrote: »Stop eating them then ... boom problem solved... you can also stop buying them, helps with the not eating them thing.
Why stop eating them?? Life is too short. Losing weight and then maintaining it long term is about making sustainable changes. Otherwise you are destined to lose steam when you get sick of the deprivation and just gain all the weight back plus some.
I first figured out the treats that don't send me on binges. Individually packaged treats work better for me than a whole cake sitting in the kitchen.
Then I pre log it that morning when I'm having my coffee. It gives me something to look forward to ( no feeling of being deprived) and it tends to make me choose better foods all day because I know I have a "treat" waiting.
Anybody that tells you you have to give up entire food groups or give up wine or dessert just isn't getting it. Sustained weight loss isn't about torture, it's about balance and healthy choices OVERALL.
For some people, it's just easier to cut things out. I don't feel restricted when I cut out chips. If I buy them, I have trouble not eating a whole bag at once. Cutting food out doesn't have to be "torture." I feel like looking at it that way is just as troubling as looking at certain foods as bad.
Eat what you like in moderation. If you can't eat something in moderation, don't eat it. I feel like that is a perfectly OK thing to say.
I'm not agreeing with Tedebearduff, btw. Cutting out your "problem" foods doesn't actually solve anything by itself. It can just help to maintain your deficit by reducing the temptation to go over.0 -
When I took medical advice to reduce my sugar intake to 12 and under teaspoons per day I had extreme cravings for several days. Afterwards the taste for sugar subsided. Insulin levels dropped and I was able to accept more veggies instead. Real food became tasty again. A glob of ice cream no longer became the focus of the evening.
I love sugar , but it's was for the best to reduce those type of foods so I can lose weight and obtain my goals.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »joshuakcaron wrote: »Also, maybe find some low calorie deserts with stevia instead of sugar. I can't tell the difference and it's a natural sugar supplement.
It's a substitute for sugar, but I wouldn't call it a "supplement."
Nor would I, but the food companies have to due to politics: http://www.stevia.com/Stevia_article/Questions_Answers_about_Stevia/22690 -
madhatter2013 wrote: »The weekend does it for me. I do great all week while at work and then BOOM the weekend comes and I need a hobby...
Same for me....something about the discipline of my work day helps me stay in control. Too much free time on the weekends.....hobby sounds like a good plan but it needs to be out of the house for me....0 -
Jilliankosto wrote: »Do you struggle with a particular food item or category and what did you do to control it? Thanks for sharing!
My solution for not being able to moderate Oreos, Girl Scout Cookies, M&Ms, and some flavors of pints of Ben & Jerry's is to not buy them.
I am able to moderate the mini cups of Ben & Jerry's, as they do not come in my favorite flavors. I am able to moderate chocolate chips.
So, I do not cut out the entire category of "treats," but learned which ones do not hinder my progress.
For high calorie foods, especially nuts and cheese, portion control via weighing out a portion has been very helpful.
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Pizza.......so I've had only 2 pizzas since starting the diet. It just had to become a very rare treat.0
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »For me it was olive oil and wine. I solved the problem by eating less of them.
Wine for me too.0 -
Wine and sweets. Had to cut them out completely. Except on special and rare occasions. The empty calories are just not worth it. I would much rather eat something with the amount of calories but fills me up. Like nuts or fruit.0
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Beer used to kill my limit. Now I drink liquor. Much more effective, in all senses.0
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MarcyKirkton wrote: »Pizza.......so I've had only 2 pizzas since starting the diet. It just had to become a very rare treat.
Oh, ya, that too. Yes, pizza has become rare plus we have a big salad with it and I eat three pieces and he gets five, rather than our previous 4:4 split, which was unnecessary as he is a foot taller than me.0
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