Sweet tooth help
Replies
-
Greek yoghurt with cinnamon, nuts and fruit helps me satisfy sugar cravings.
It sounds manky but it's actually delicious and filling 😊9 -
Not exactly quick but healthy and festive. Cambodian coconut custard cooked in a whole pumpkin or squash. You can replace sugar for splenda if you want to reduce calories. Most recipes call for baking or steaming but I do mine at 300 watts in the microwave.
I normally use a cooks knife to make vertical gashes to remove the stem leaving a square or pentagon shaped hole that is big enough for you to scrape out seeds and pulp with a metal spoon. Measure the amount of water that fits into the cavity to calculate how much custard to make. For each 100ml coconut milk I use one egg (40ml) and a tablespoon of sugar.
https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/pumpkin-custard-recipe0 -
I've been making tropical fruit sorbets out of tinned fruit. Strain two tins of lychee, saving the syrup in a saucepan. Boil down with flavourings such as bruised lemongrass or kaffir lime leaves until syrup is half the volume. Meanwhile blitz the fruit in the food processor, then blitz again with the strained syrup. Add a few tablespoons of lychee liqueur or vodka which helps prevent the mixture from freezing too solid. A tablespoon of rosewater will heighten the floral scent of lychee. Freeze several hours. Cut frozen granita mixture into cubes and blitz in the food processor with an egg white to soften the texture and re-freeze. You should get a scoopable sorbet. Make a float with some diet 7-up.
You can do this with any tinned fruit. For example for tinned pears, infused the syrup with cinnamon and replace lychee liqueur with poire williams eau de vie.1 -
I know a "few" but these get me in trouble.1
-
Any kind of fruit. Nature's candy.5
-
Stevia will be your friend. Also monk fruit is a good choice. Try recipes substituting with any of those or even coconut sugar is healthier. I do vanilla stevia drops every morning in my coffee along with a squirt of chocolate and caramel flavored stevia. It’s soo good. Sometimes I sprinkle a bit of stevia powder on fruit—like strawberries or blueberries with a squirt of the chocolate too and a bit of cinnamon. There’s a sodelicious brand of ice cream that’s sugar free. I am also crazy about Lily’s brand chocolate (which uses stevia vs sugar). I do the chocolate chips in pancakes, or the Peanut butter cups as a snack. It’s not the same taste as a Reese’s but it’s very good and scratches that itch for me and helps me to enjoy a treat and not feel restricted. One other thing I do— I really don’t like apple cider vinegar but if I do a TBS in hot water with some stevia, it tastes more like hot cider. It’s a nice nighttime drink if I want something.3
-
Oh… and I love to cook squash and sprinkle stevia and cinnamon. I sometimes just buy the little pre-cut cubes and roast or microwave.5
-
I think trying to focus on portion control is ideal...that way you can eat what you want/love. So I physically portion out the things that I like and want to eat:
1. Dark Chocolate - I buy the bars that I think sound good and then break them into servings (either each bar into 4 or 6 pieces depending on where they break naturally) and put those into a ziplock bag in the freezer. Grab one out when I make my dinner and enjoy it after dinner once it's thawed.
2. Same with different kinds of cookies I like. I will just get 1-2 out of the package and then take that with me (not the whole package) and eat that.
3. I make brigadiero (which is like a carmel/chocolate truffle made with sweetened condensed milk and chocolate) and portion those out too (like 2 or 3 depending on how big I make them, lol).
4. I also buy the individual cups of ice cream if I can (or the quarts so I can split it into 3-4 servings when I dole it out to myself).
5. I also like the Kodiak waffles and/or microwave brownie bowls. Good sweet snack but with a good bit of protein while you're at it.
I honestly find that since losing weight...I don't actually crave as sweet of things as I did before or as much of a sweet thing, although I still have something sweet most days.
I just think I've focused on having less of the thing I want. Like if before I might have gotten a small or medium Blizzard from Dairy Queen....now I know that really all I need/want is a kids size cone or mini-blizzard.9 -
Trail mix your candy. Add nuts, dried fruit, and/or popcorn to WHATEVER type of candy you like eating. Reeses (pieces or just chunks of the cups), cherry liccorice, milk duds, thin mints... they all taste great with nuts and popcorn (fruit tends to taste better with straight chocolate and nuts), and the healthy fats, fiber, and protein in the nuts will help to balance out the candy so that you'll feel full and satisfied. I tried to just cut out all snack foods, but then I'd finally cave in and get some sort of snack and just binge the entire bag. This is way more sustainable for me.5
-
I eat two medjool figs with a small cube of cheese or small piece of dark chocolate.7
-
1 or 2 dates, half a Rip Van Wafel stroopwafel, or chai tea made with unsweetened almond milk. Dark chocolate (85% or higher) with almond butter and sea salt is a treat, too. Chia pudding made with almond milk and fruit. Crustless pumpkin pie and baked fruit crumbles (top with rolled oats, spices, and nuts) can also work.3
-
Built Bars/Puffs really help me since they have chocolate but a lot of protein as well.
Otherwise I enjoy some sugar free pudding with some whipped cream. Can also add some frozen fruits or nuts to spruce it up a bit.
0 -
If you have a blow torch, brulee no fat yoghurt tastes like a decadent treat. Put some yoghurt in a small bowl. Sprinkle on a tablespoon of sugar. Take the blowtorch to it and caramelize the sugar.2
-
Double-post.0
-
-
My recipe for yoghurt brulee should be a teaspoon of sugar, not a tablespoon on 100g-150g yoghurt.
1 -
I love berries of all kinds. 🫐 ESP really ripe luscious blackberries or.. if my spouse will peel it.. lol a pomegranate. 😇2
-
Fake sweet snacks are not the answer. They're just letting you continue a bad habit. When you go off the diet, you'll just go back to REAL sweet snacks, and you'll put all the weight back on.
The only way is to break the habit. What works best is:
- Have NO sweet snacks at all during the day. Plan one or two really delicious sweet treats to have in the evening, after dinner.
- Every time you're tempted to have a sweet treat during the day, have a drink of water or diet soda and remind yourself that you've only got to survive another x hours and you can have an even better treat.
It won't be easy for the first week or so, but it is truly amazing how your taste buds adjust.7 -
One of my favorite desserts is cut up strawberries with a tiny bit of sugar and whipped cream. When I was pregnant I had to avoid sugar so I used monk fruit instead.1
-
Semi-sweet chocolate chips, a quarter cup measured out, then eaten one at a time. This slows you down, you get to savor it, and the semi- nature of the sweetness means by the time I get to the last chip I'm less inclined to serve more, since the last bite doesn't taste as sweet as the first.
Alternatively, I get the miniature Hershey's bars, each equivalent to about a quarter normal bar, and freeze them. Then I allow myself one or two bars, eaten while still frozen...slows my chewing down compared to room temperature.3 -
I personally develop an insane, consuming sweet tooth if I eat sugar every day, like I cannot get enough of it, and can't think of anything else when I want it.
Instead, when that happens, I take a 6 week break from sugar, which makes me lose almost all interest in eating it. Most sugary stuff tastes gross after that. Then I strictly never eat anything sugary two days in a row, and never more than twice a week. As long as I stick to that, I have very little interest in sugar, but can still enjoy it now and then when something really good is worth eating, like a fresh baked pie, or high end ice cream.
If I eat it for 3 days in a row, the obsessive sugar cravings return. So I just don't do that.
By doing this, I have managed to not have sugar cravings for about 99% of the last 20 years. I fell back into it when I made an exception in 2020 when I quit alcohol, and ate sweets every night for a few months, but again, a 6 week break totally killed the cravings again.10 -
I like ThinSlim brownies... with a little cool whip on top! 45 calories, 6 grams of protein, 20g of carbs and 0 sugar.
Wonderslim chocolate cake is good and I've tried a ton of "diet" ice cream, and hate them all, EXCEPT Nicks Karamell Icre cream found at grocery stores. It is soooo good!
0 -
These are my go to! At 45 cals a pop, they pack a tonne of flavour that kills the sweet-tooth. Organic too!
1 -
1. 90% dark chocolate bars. You could work your way up to these starting with like a 60%. I love eating them while drinking coffee
2. Coconut RX bars cubed into 1/2"x1/2" cubes and a side of walnuts or dried apricots
3. 1.5 Cup orange juice with 1/4 cup pomegranate juice
4. A small frosty, sugary coffee, or sweets from a place that has calories listed. If I happen to consume a treat, I just log it in within my calorie limit.
5. 1 frozen banana pureed with coconut milk and peanut butter and/or unsweetened coco powder....MMMMMM! This literally taste like real ice cream. I use to give it to my son but then my whole family started wanting it....1 -
I've been making tropical fruit sorbets out of tinned fruit. Strain two tins of lychee, saving the syrup in a saucepan. Boil down with flavourings such as bruised lemongrass or kaffir lime leaves until syrup is half the volume. Meanwhile blitz the fruit in the food processor, then blitz again with the strained syrup. Add a few tablespoons of lychee liqueur or vodka which helps prevent the mixture from freezing too solid. A tablespoon of rosewater will heighten the floral scent of lychee. Freeze several hours. Cut frozen granita mixture into cubes and blitz in the food processor with an egg white to soften the texture and re-freeze. You should get a scoopable sorbet. Make a float with some diet 7-up.
You can do this with any tinned fruit. For example for tinned pears, infused the syrup with cinnamon and replace lychee liqueur with poire williams eau de vie.
I like how people from other places (I live in the US) use ingredients I've never even heard of or have never thought to use. It's a good reminder to branch out if you feel like you always eat the same thing.4 -
I like apples with PB 2 and I also mix red grapes into vanilla yogurt.1
-
A smoothie with frozen unsweetened berries, a little spinach, 1/2 a banana, a little plain greek yogurt and almond milk. It gives you the sweetness, protein and vitamins. 0
-
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup no sugar added jiff peanut butter
1/2 cup monkfruit sweetener
1 lg egg
Combine all ingredients well. Use a tablespoon to drop on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes at 350 degrees, remove immediately and cool. Enjoy! Soft and crumbly..
Store in airtight container in fridge.
* makes 18 cookies at roughly 93 calories each1 -
This week, I made a no bake cookie using powdered PB, applesauce, and sub sugar alcohols for sugar.
Add some coconut with the oats and it really taste like Heaven. Good rare snack.
I regularly ate oat cookies, made with applesauce, banana and sprinkled with faux brown sugar. Bake at 350*. They are chewy and healthy enough for bfast.0 -
curwhibbles wrote: »This week, I made a no bake cookie using powdered PB, applesauce, and sub sugar alcohols for sugar.
Add some coconut with the oats and it really taste like Heaven. Good rare snack.
I regularly ate oat cookies, made with applesauce, banana and sprinkled with faux brown sugar. Bake at 350*. They are chewy and healthy enough for bfast.
I'd be interested in trying these if you're able to share the measurements of each ingredient. Or a link to the recipe? Thanks in advance!
2
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.3K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 423 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions