how do you satisfy your sweet tooth?!

snowness

special k cereal bars have some chocolate flabored ones and they are amazing!

HIzara

I eat a lot of yogurt. I get the thick and creamy (love the texture) in a variety of flavors. Plus, they are only 100 calories per serving! Key lime pie is to die for. You should try it!

Yogurt doesn't fill me up (diary doesn't fill me up) and somehow makes me want to eat more food! :sad:

HIzara

I am new to this site. And the whole weight loss thing as well. I am on a major diet of 1200 cal and less a day. NO SUGARS, Low to no fat, NO bread, NO potatoes, NO red meat, NO pasta. I had recently had a Trigliceride level of 449 so it was way high. I have to really watch what I eat. It is going to be way hard to watch my sweet tooth. And the No support will be so hard. So I came to this site in hopes for some support, and I can track my food on my phone. If anyone has some help I could really use it. Cora.

You are starting off with all these "no"s? If so, that is really hard!!!

I would say no to some, or low to some, and then gradually decrease to less within a few weeks. Maybe after 3 or 4 weeks, then you can try go with "no"s....

It took me a while to be able to say NO... and I still don't say NO to everything. Just "LESS" and maybe only cheat days, which are 1x every two weeks for me.

NutritionDivaRD

When I just really need a taste of chocolate and I want something sweet, I eat the mini York peppermint patties. I keep a bag tucked away in my cabinet just for such cravings. They are 50 calories each! So on days when I know I will want them I work out a little extra so that I can have two peppermint patties! 100 calories!

I also love the skinny cow ice cream sandwiches but its been awhile since I've had one. My favorite ice cream treats are Klondike bars. Klondike makes a lower fat/lower calorie version called "Slim-A-Bear Bars" which take care of that craving for me. I think they are 100 calories but I'm not positive about that. Its been awhile since I've had one of those as well.

Tuplatano

Great Post! I love to see what everyone have to say on this subject, especially around this time. I luv Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, and Cider. If is not in the house I don’t go out of my way to buy that stuff, but it's very hard to fight the temptation of a chocolate chips cookie when you are at a social event and not everyone is perusing the same goal as you. I guess I just try to play a mental game with those tempting food like I tell myself "Good looking pie, I know you are delicious and can't help yourself to climb into my mouth but I’m stronger than you". lol. Is like a mental challenge game and most of the time its work for me. Not always because I’m not perfect. I guess as long as you keep it to a limit like a small piece once a month or every other month is ok. You can use it as a reward for yourself after you accomplish a certain goal. Example I will try to eat something I enjoy guilt free, or go to a certain restaurant every time I lose 20 LBS.

Also to fight the sweet tooth I have one or 2 spoon of lite whip cream or eat a pudding or yogurt.

brityn

i slice up 1/2 cup of strawberries and sprinkle them with a packet of slenda. I make six of these at the beginning of the week and keep two in the fridge and the rest in the freezer. I replenish the ones in the fridge with the ones in the freezer as I eat them....I mix the strawberries with 1/2 c. fat free cottage cheese. It's delicious and creamy and healthy and full of protein!

SharonSup

Fat free, light yogurt or the new Kashi protein bars, chocolate, carmel, peanut. Really good.

nbbaron

Brityn: what an excellent idea! I have written this down and will use it in the future. Sounds YUMMY!

Jellomania

i've heard eating a sweet potato at night before bed can help with cravings for sweets..

it's terrible, but my best solution for getting rid of a craving for sweets (usually ice cream, my HUGE weakness) is to just eat ice cream.. Problem is, that usually leads to more ice cream cravings.. ugh

sarajay

I too have a downfall with ice cream. My favorite thing to do is when I buy yogurts I will put some in the freezer. This is great because you can get so many different flavors I think some brands even offer chocolate ones and most are under 100 calories

Tuplatano

I like this idea, I'm going to try this.

provetome

It is a NO to all of that from my Doctor. I have gained 15 pounds since may and she wants me to get ride of all the junk and change my life now. I am on a 1200 Cal a day diet without eating those things I listed. I did fairly well yesterday at only intaking 1020 cal but then I starved myself of 200 cal. I am affraid to eat because everything that goes in my mouth makes me gain weight. I am just sick of this gaining and not really eating anything bad. I don't drink pop and I still have issues. I'm on thyroid medicine. Its like tonight I ate a 200 cal dinner and 20 min later threw it up because of the nerves that are in my stomach of the threat my DR. put into me. If this makes sence.

rokikio

Chewing gum for me has helped for the sweet tooth afternoon crave instead of grabbing that mini candy bar. My favorite flavor is Orbit Melon Mint, yum!!

And as far as the ice cream goes (cause I am an ice cream lover too) I buy the no sugar added Skinny Cow Ice Creams or the Eskimo Pie no sugar added dark chocolate and it tastes great. And if you stick with your calories you can treat yourself once in a while.

Also check out any frozen yogurt shops you have in your area. I have one here locally that does no sugar added frozen yogurts and it's only like 45 calories a serving and very delicious.

silly_whim

I don't purchase snacks. Although my hubby is known for bringing them home. But I find that if I am craving something sweet I have the ingredients to bake it. by the time I walk to my kitchen I realize I don't want the mess and can walk away satisfied knowing I was to lazy to actually do it. If I am actually motivated to make them I feel a bit better for eating my sweets knowing they have no preservitives and I can make them with honey rather then sugar lowering calorie count. sometimes I'll even get crazy and thru a veggie in them like carrots or squash in oatmeal cookies...you don't taste it and my hubby never knows he ate his veggies for the day...

as for ice cream I freeze yogurt cups. Its portioned and lol my hubby wont try to eat it all before I get to it...we are popcicle loves and I make them from fruit juice. always refreshing