Sweets

zbmb30

Does anyone have a suggestion when you have major sweet cravings? I had sipped on water, tried eating other things, but it has made me all crazy because it never went away. Thanks!

SweetMelisa85

I chew gum! Or how about some jello?? Banana on a stick dip in chocolate then frozen....that sounds tasty!

10KEyes

I personally dropped sugars from my diet aside from the occasional raw fruit and now I don't have cravings anymore.

Tropical_Turtle

If the craving is that bad I allow it in my calories for the day and have a small portion of whatever I am craving. I refuse to deny myself.

Serah87

I usually eat fruit, that usually helps.

hatrammell

When I am craving sweets and just have to have them, I try to look up lower sugar or lower calorie recipies online. I found a website called eatingbetteramerica.com or something like that (you can probably google it) and found some dessert recipies. Maybe you could eat a low-fat, low-calorie dessert and cut down on something else for the day? I wouldn't recommend it all of the time, but for days when you can't stop thinking about sweets, it may help. Good luck!

leanby2013

Banana and pnbutter?

or maybe fat free jelly (jello for you fellow americans)

comet_wow

I freeze Rowantrees jelly tablets and have a square. Freezing them toughens them up a bit which makes it last longer. Around 30 cals per square and so sweet you only need one

ishallnotwant

If the craving is that bad I allow it in my calories for the day and have a small portion of whatever I am craving. I refuse to deny myself.

Me too. I want to note, though, that the less I eat sweets, the less I find myself craving them.

katismiles

Eat a portioned ammount of sweets. I crave chocolate but if I don't eat it then I end up eating more to compensate. Get icecream bars from skinny cow or buy a chocolate bar and eat 1/2 serving of it. If you'll eat the entire thing, then find somebody to share it with (I give things to my brother)
Make sure to count it!

kbmnurse

Why not have a sweet within reason. 28 M&M's=100 calories skinny cow ice cream cup 150cal popsicle fudge bar 60 calories. If you deprive you will binge.

Gr8mudassir

well! Many sweets are you caught for a support raising scheme for your approaching event? Yah, how about this. A packet full of sweets must available.

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

If the craving is that bad I allow it in my calories for the day and have a small portion of whatever I am craving. I refuse to deny myself.

THIS..i save myself MANY MANY MANY calories just eating whatever it is I truly want because i wind up caving anyway...usually AFTER consuming 100-200 cals of "healthy" foods.

happinessisthis

I have horrible sugar cravings, and yes they do get better when I don't have as much. The longer I don't eat them the better it is. Hormones seem to be a real trigger - I make an ice cream out of:

1 cup greek 0% fat yogurt
1 cup 1% part skim milk
1\4 cup broken up walnuts
1 tbsp ground flax seed
1 tbsp pure vanilla (not artificial)
2 small pkgs of stevia (natural plant sugar)
1 scoop whey protein powder

Let it freeze, partially thaw and eat With the protein powder I can only eat half at a sitting because it is so filling. Rich, creamy and satisfying.

I also buy diabetic candy - no sugar, no fat, very low carbs

If you like chocolate (who doesn't) make a low fat brownie with applesauce to replace the butter\oil and use good dark cocoa and whole wheat flour. I have a this as well if you are interested - they are amazing and very fudgy.