I can't stop eating Chocolate!!! Or sweets!! :(

bairborne

Hang in there! it's difficult, you have to be strong lol

annams76

I eat the healthy stuff. If I have to have a piece it is a piece of dark chocolate but I tend to go to the special K bars that are chocolate flavor or fiber bars that have chocolate on them. That helps. I have lucked out though. My glucosamine chew is from Triflex and tastes like a tootsie roll. Good luck

annams76

The other thing that has helped me is www.skinnytaste.com. They have the most amazing recipes to include snacks...everything is lower in calories and fat. You all should check it out. I personally find it real nice to eat healthy food that taste unhealthy.

jessmars

Im a Chocoholic....I keep these Trader Joe's 100 calorie Dark Chocolate bars in the house. These are the only sweets I have in my house. When I have a sugar craving I try and drink a glass of water first, wait it out and then see if the craving is still there. I try apple with peanut butter for sweet cravings. BUT During TOM I crave the chocolate and nothing else will do, so these are my solution. They are pretty decent in size, do the job and I know Im only eating 100 calories of good, solid, dark chocolate (they also come in milk chocolate). Im making a lifestyle change, not a diet...so everything is OK in moderation.

erinkeely4

I ate 645 calories of Easter candy today. I just don't do it every day... and I work out, make sure I weight train, eat organic food, eat protein...

Nothing wrong with having treats. Nothing wrong with splurging on holidays! It's all about your over-all habits... your day to day totals. And the quality of your food!

jande6

i could be wrong about this but i was told that drinking tea does not count towards your water consumption for the day. that tea filters differently into the body....have you ever heard that? because i love tea and it would really change a few things for me.

dazedfairy8v8

Are you deficient in either magnesium or vitamin B? I am a chocolate addict. I will eat an entire cake in one sitting if given the opportunity. That's not an exaggeration. I have however found that if I eat raw nuts and legumes in its place the severity significantly lowers. I might have a small piece of dark chocolate or none at all! It might do you good to discover wether this is an emotional or dietary craving. Chocolate can be used to self medicate a vitamin deficiency due to it's high level of magnesium and it's mood enhancement properties. Good luck!!!

BeLightYear

Of course you can stop eating chocolate and sweets! Simply don't put them in your mouth. If you feel they are too much temptation, then why have them in your house?

But even if they are in the house, you can not eat them if you really don't want to eat them. Sweets are not going to stalk you and jump in your mouth. You have to make the decision to eat them ... or not.

Exactly!

RachelSteeners

I let myself have a few pieces of Trade Joe's dark chocolate lovers. It's really yummy and doesn't blow the calories! My weakness is savory foods... cheese and crackers mmmmm... Good luck

ninja8tofu

If you can't control yourself, then don't buy it. Don't put it in your mouth.

I eat it everyday, I just fit it into my calories.

lisaabenjamin

i could be wrong about this but i was told that drinking tea does not count towards your water consumption for the day. that tea filters differently into the body....have you ever heard that? because i love tea and it would really change a few things for me.

You need to get around 8 glasses of fluid every day in order to stay properly hydrated - that doesn't have to be plain water, but water is best! The reason MFP gives you a separate place to log water is because plain water doesn't have any calories in it - everything else does, even if it's only a tiny tiny amount and you'd have to drink a gallon of it to log one calorie. So, log water as water, and put everything else in your food diary.

The only exception is caffeinated drinks - generally people agree that these *don't* count* towards your fluid intake because caffeine actually has the effect of dehydrating you.

ETA: Not all tea is caffeinated so to count your tea as fluid it would need to be something like a herbal or fruit infusion, not English breakfast tea, green tea etc as they have caffeine in.

melimomTARDIS

I like Hershey kisses, because one feels like a serving. I also buy sugar free snack pack puddings, diet hot chocolate and chocolate cereal.

I like chocolate, so I fit it into my calories.