SWEETS!!!!!!!! :(

slbobe

I need help handling my sweets....although I stay within budget I tend to ALWAYS have a dessert (usually a 100 calorie pack); I am not a veggie fan, so the idea of me shacking on a celery or raw carrots isn't inspiring AT ALL. I don't know if even when I stay in or even under my daily calories, eating dessert everyday is hurting my progress. I have included salads to all my meals just to make sure I am full and I am snacking in fruits; still I don't know how to deal with my sweet tooth...HELP!!

serindipte

As long as you are accurately logging, including weighing your food, and the sweets are within your calorie allowance with a deficit maintained, then eat them.

Apocalypz

*blech* Veg as sweets?! I don't understand those people either. I need sugar. Proper satisfy-my-cravings sugar. What works for me are bananas (110 cal), strawberries (10 for 100 cal) and dates (5 for 100 cal). I usually have a banana nigh on every hour. This keeps my sugar cravings down.

tiggerlgh

This is not a diet to me but a lifestyle change. I will never give up sweets (or wine) completely. if you meet your macros and have room in your daily calories i don't see why you can't have sweets everyday.

KatissimusDorsi

I eat some sort of dessert literally every day. It's often a McDonalds ice cream cone.

There is nothing wrong with sweets. Fit them into your macros and eat them!! What is a life without some desserts??

votkuhr

As long as it's within my calorie budget, I would gladly eat that triple chocolate fudge cake. But most of the time, I only have space for a bite - HAHA. But that's good enough for me!

Joebob8

I have a massive sweet tooth. I have to end my night with dessert, but I also have a terrible time keeping portions in check. One candy leads to another. Therefore I try to stick to sweets that won't spike my blood sugar so I can satisfy my craving and then walk away. The only foods that work for me are high quality dark chocolate, blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries. Even a banana will lead me down the path of temptation. I keep blackcurrent Jols by my bed as well.

Arranna1212

I keep a bag of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips in my cabinets so whenever my sweet tooth rears its ugly head i just grab a small small handful. If I eat em and wait a couple minutes, my sweet tooth is generally gone. But if you know that you are a sweet eater, make room for a sweet each day. It's better to eat a small sweet everyday than deprive yourself, binge and then cry about "screwing your diet". I also doesn't make you feel like you're on a diet IMO.

DarleneAlmost50

I just discovered luna bars. They have enough sweet chocolate to make you feel like your cheating. Great nutrients hidden away in that chewy goodness. Soy protein and calcium. Just satisfies!
I also heard people love VitaTops. I haven't been able to find them yet at our health food store or the local grocery store. Good luck, with your weight loss plan, you can do it!

J3nnyBeanz

This is not a diet to me but a lifestyle change. I will never give up sweets (or wine) completely. if you meet your macros and have room in your daily calories i don't see why you can't have sweets everyday.

Exactly what she said!!! Don't think of this as a diet or temp fix of weight loss. It's a lifestyle change that you can maintain. 100calorie packs are perfect if they are satisfying your craving. Plan on having a snack so you can plane accordingly

David_AUS

Sugar cravings are very common - I would warn against artificial sweetners (I use to be in the camp that they cannot be that bad for you - but they have a laxative effect on me and I am starting to believe they do little to reduce sugar cravings in the long term).

Whole fruit is your friend (not dried, not juice, not drinks) - cherries are the "super fruit" of them all! What you want is to reduce your dependence on simple sugars and choose items with more complex ones. Chocolate - sure just try darker chocolate (work you way up in Cocoa content).

Tea / coffee - for me I went "cold turkey" on this one and if I wanted it sweeter I just had it a little whiter ( milk is about 3.5 lactose - sugar so has a sweetening effect). Other than that I use Stevia or Monk Bean tablets - they do take a little getting use to but it is just breaking the familiarity really.

Get bread with substance - make sure if you going to eat bread get something enjoyable not the flavourless cardboard type white bleached sheets you get with "$1" loafs - that is what they are in Australia.

Taste your food and eat slower - even for sweets - let that chocolate melt and enjoy it not consume it

RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle

100 calories of sweets a day is fine! My advice is fit them into your budget and enjoy them every day !!!

Imagine how awesome you'll feel when you reach your goal and know that didn't deprive yourself in the process.

sokkache

dark chocolate goes a long way for me. I am addicted to sugar(mostly chocolate) like some people are addicted to coffee. Lately have been eating some 60% and 70% ghirardelli squares. I eat about two a day at most and that's enough to satisfy my hunger at least for half the day. I might need something else like a sweet fruit at another time of the day, but dark chocolate is amazing.

pichu_318

Fruits, Dark Chocolate, or even just chew on gum when you usually have dessert

I used to work at a bakery so I grew to become addicted to sugar P:.....I usually do the gum.

Sunshine2plus2

I eat dessert every night!

seltzermint555

I keep a bag of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips in my cabinets so whenever my sweet tooth rears its ugly head i just grab a small small handful. If I eat em and wait a couple minutes, my sweet tooth is generally gone. But if you know that you are a sweet eater, make room for a sweet each day. It's better to eat a small sweet everyday than deprive yourself, binge and then cry about "screwing your diet". I also doesn't make you feel like you're on a diet IMO.

Great advice. I do the same. Last summer I got on a kick of keeping semi-sweet chocolate chips, marshmallow crème, and raw almonds in the cupboard and almost every night I'd have 5-10 chips, TBSP of crème and 3-5 almonds. Like eating an Almond Joy.

eldamiano

Buy your dessert and then sprinkle broccoli over it and put on some gravy. All of a sudden it will seem less appealing.

JoanneC1216

*blech* Veg as sweets?! I don't understand those people either. I need sugar. Proper satisfy-my-cravings sugar. What works for me are bananas (110 cal), strawberries (10 for 100 cal) and dates (5 for 100 cal). I usually have a banana nigh on every hour. This keeps my sugar cravings down.

You have a banana every hour?

WBB55

I try to eat 50-100 calories of the darkest chocolate I can stand. I'm in the 85-90% dark range now. When I do this every day, I find I crave other sweets less, knowing I have that piece of dark chocolate to look forward to.

Red_Dwarf74

What is a life without some desserts??

Dessertless on a dessert Island?

Francl27

I have sweets pretty much every day.

cebreisch

Chocolite Protein Bars!!!! (www.healthsmartfoods.com)

They are FANTASTIC!! My all-time-favorite is the triple chocolate fudge, but I also like the cookies-n-cream. My husband likes the cashew caramel, peanut butter, and cookies-n-cream.

They're about 100 calories, have about 10 g protein, about 10g fiber, about 100 calories, and are gluten free/sugar free.

They do NOT taste like "diet food". They're actually really good. I'll use those as a dessert or as a snack. LOVE THEM!!!

They do sell the different flavors individually so you can try them out. Not a fan of the smores, and there's a chocolate brownie one that I tried that I wasn't enthralled with. But to try one, it's only about $1.75 a bar, I think - or somewhere around there.

You can also find coupons for shipping discounts or other discounts on Retailmenot.com (look for carbolite).

slbobe

Exactly!!! All I am trying to do is to learn how to eat portionwise and choose better. I am trying not to deprive myself because in the end I might just eat an entire ice cream bowl...not cool! Im just so very happy to see that I am not doing it wrong and that it isn't such a bad idea to fit it in my budget...after all, if there is a meal worth givig up the candy for, believe me I that I will. I feel happy so far...I have been loosing about 1.5 to 2 pnds a week, I guess that's not bad for a cookie monster like me!!!! Thanks all and keep doing what you're doing!!!!!

JoanneC1216

I need help handling my sweets....although I stay within budget I tend to ALWAYS have a dessert (usually a 100 calorie pack); I am not a veggie fan, so the idea of me shacking on a celery or raw carrots isn't inspiring AT ALL. I don't know if even when I stay in or even under my daily calories, eating dessert everyday is hurting my progress. I have included salads to all my meals just to make sure I am full and I am snacking in fruits; still I don't know how to deal with my sweet tooth...HELP!!

This thread may help you... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1208251-what-my-psychologist-told-me

amy1612

*blech* Veg as sweets?! I don't understand those people either. I need sugar. Proper satisfy-my-cravings sugar. What works for me are bananas (110 cal), strawberries (10 for 100 cal) and dates (5 for 100 cal). I usually have a banana nigh on every hour. This keeps my sugar cravings down.

You have a banana every hour?

Isnt eating in excess of like 9 bananas a day lethal?

neanderthin

Your having dessert everyday but within calorie goals and it's hurting your progress?

dapagu2004

When I crave sweets I pop a cinnamon flavor natural chewing gum into my mouth. it's sweet and it keeps my mouth occupied, it doesnt totally eliminate cravings for sweets but helps a lot.