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what do you do whenyou crave for sweets

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edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have a bad craving, and i decided to post it here instead of eating something

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  • Posts: 190
    Chew gum
  • Posts: 171
    Eat them
  • Posts: 341
    A table spoon of honey on my porridge, one piece of a dairy milk chocolate bar, a 35 calorie yogurt, carrots.. Believe it or not they are sweet after you eliminate sugar from your diet, a half can of coconut juice/ water.
  • Posts: 100 Member
    Have a Cadbury's Highlights hot chocolate.......only 40 cals!

    http://www.cadbury.co.uk/ourproducts/today/Pages/productDetails.aspx?category=drinks&product=highlights
  • Posts: 8
    I keep a bottle of REAL maple syrup in the fridge. Since it's a natural (not processed) sugar, it digests mostly in your mouth. So, have a tablespoon full, swish it around, then swallow. It'll help break your craving for processed sugar. Or you could eat a piece of fruit. Or just not give in! The more you cheat, the longer the cravings will last. Of course, real sugar like maple syrup and fruit is not cheating, if you really need a fix!
  • Posts: 1
    Excellent you turned to posting.
    :wink:
  • Posts: 2,273 Member
    Eat them
    This.
  • Posts: 192 Member
    Eat whatever you are craving. Don't go eat a whole pint of ice cream or anything like that. Limit it. Believe me, it's best to give in to a small portion of your craving. If not, you'll crave it even more later on down the road, and when you do give in, you GIVE IN way too much!
  • Posts: 90 Member
    Yup, I'm in the "eat them" department.
  • Posts: 39 Member
    I plan a day of the month when I can have something! However if you really need to cheat have a piece of dark chocolate, it's not only good but good for you! ;)
  • Posts: 559 Member
    Eat whatever you are craving. Don't go eat a whole pint of ice cream or anything like that. Limit it. Believe me, it's best to give in to a small portion of your craving. If not, you'll crave it even more later on down the road, and when you do give in, you GIVE IN way too much!

    Exactly!!
  • Posts: 1
    hot chocolate! If you use the powdered stuff and just add hot water to it its usually not much more than 150 calories, and it fills you up pretty well! I usually have this or a cup of "bengal spice tea" after dinner to kill the craving.
  • Posts: 138
    I am obsessed with Nutella so when I get a sweet craving I eat a spoonful.
  • Posts: 103 Member
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    This.
    me too. in moderation. usually go for something like yogurt!
  • Posts: 3,280 Member
    I find sweets really hit the spot when I want something sweet.
  • Posts: 655 Member
    I first try seeing if it will pass, I read somewhere cravings last about 21 minutes .. so far it's been true 15 mins or so for me.
    If the cravings keep coming back frequently I try having a healthier version of whatever I'm craving.
    If that doesn't work, or if I know already that alternatives never hit the "spot" I eat it in moderation so I don't completely go crazy when I break down later!
    Besides this is supposed to be a lifestyle change and if it's something I can't do or live without for the rest of my life .. I try to balance it into my life.
  • Posts: 8,980 Member
    Have some actual food. Maybe you're hungry. If so, the food will satiate you and the craving may go away. Works for me often.
  • Posts: 8,329 Member
    i have a cup of homemade chai

    OR

    baked sweet potato with cinnamon and nutmeg and a little butter. if i close my eyes really tight i can pretend it's the a slice of sweet potato pie

    OR

    I just have some water and THINK about all the cool stuff I could be eating.

    but to make sure I dont get attacked by the sweet fairy in a dark alley, i will indulge in something treat wise once ever 2-3 weeks. last sunday it was reese's PB cups. I bought a pack on the thursday before and put it in the freezer to save for eating during the walking dead. i must have opened that freezer a million times between thursday and sunday!
  • Posts: 11,118 Member
    I find sweets really hit the spot when I want something sweet.

    Yup. If it fits in your calories, why not have some? If it doesn't, go do some exercise and earn it.
  • Posts: 34 Member
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    This.

    ^This. Letting it build and build just makes it so that when one does finally cave in, they over do it. Craving hits, satisfy it and squash it right then and there, most times I just want a taste and not gobs and gobs of it.
  • Posts: 116 Member
    So far what I read no one has said it, so maybe I am definitely doing something wrong, but I have a piece of fruit, I like them all. Sorry if I missed where someone else has said that, and please feel free to tell me my fruit is wrong, I won't stop eating it, but you can tell me. :bigsmile:
  • Posts: 146 Member
    Nestle make a diet chocolate mouse, its 59 calories for a tub, cures any sweet craving I have.
  • Posts: 661 Member
    Have a Cadbury's Highlights hot chocolate.......only 40 cals!

    http://www.cadbury.co.uk/ourproducts/today/Pages/productDetails.aspx?category=drinks&product=highlights

    Definately a 40 cal hot chocolate! Or occasionally I'll just have a couple of sweets or half a chocolate bar.
  • Posts: 3
    diet coke or pepsi max i know theres a debate about artifical sweeteners being bad for you but until theres proof this is how i crush the cravings.
  • Posts: 412 Member
    I've got a tube of little chunks of dairy milk chocolate (which I've had since christmas, and its only missing about 3 chunks!) so I tend to have one of them with a coffee, and just let it melt on my tongue, rather than snarfing it down in one go :)
  • Posts: 6,990 Member
    Diet A&W rootbeer

    Sugar free jello chocolate pudding.

    skinny cow strawberry ice cream sandwiches 150 calories

    or a couple Dove dark chocolate pieces. 35 calories each.

    I change them up depending on how bad the craving is.
  • Posts: 128 Member
    zico coconut water w/ dark chocolate flavor. its a somewhat realistic alternative :)
  • Posts: 14 Member
    Cup of tea with a half teaspoon of sugar. The water and sugar both help, and the heat makes me less hungry :)
  • Posts: 195 Member
    going to make some hot chocolate! thanks for the advises

    and i am also going to do some exercise later- make sure I earn them:)
  • Posts: 13
    Sugar free popsicles..15 calories
    Sugar free lifesavers 5 pieces 30 calories
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