People with sweet toothe. Please help me survive.

tim_w13

I do whole day good on food front as far as nothing sweet comes but as i taste anything sweet, I just kep on eating. I have two other people and a 17 month old so avoiding sweet in home is not an option. Please suggest how you curb your eating habits. I hope there is a solution to this issue.

Yieya

Why is avoiding sweets at home not an option? Do you do the grocery shopping? I would limit what type and how many sweets come into my home. Honestly I was ADDICTED to carbs and I had to break the addiction. I went carb free for a month and 1/2 then slowly re-introduced healthy carbs back like sweet potato and whole wheat bread. I no longer have these "uncontrolable" cravings for carbs. I understand your frustration, I use to open a family size bag of chips and I couldn't stop at a few! I had to finish the bag. As much as I avoided the idea of cutting all carbs out it wasn't untill I did that, that I finally stopped having cravings for it. Now I don't even want chips and if I want something sweet I can have 2 small peices of dark chocolate and put the rest away and not have it call my name...LOL. I hope you find something that works for you. Good luck!

Iron_Duchess

Cutting sweets is one of the hardest things to do. What Is working for me is adding fruit during the day; small apple and string cheese or fresh mixed berries and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese for a snack, jell-o or Crunchies (Cinnamon dry freeze apples) (BTW they taste like apple pie!) for desert. Try the Crunches they are only 35 cal. for ½ a cup. I try to do it during the day when I am most active so I don't attack the cookies and crackers for my kid’s lunches when I get home from work.

karebrr23

Extra gum has really delicious flavors at 5 calories each, my favorite is Sherbert and Orange Creme. For me, I chew it when I'm craving something sweet and it works.

draco706

Going cold turkey is hard, so I didn't. Instead I bought a bag of Godiva dark chocolate caramels (they have them at Boston Store and a lot of grocery stores) 5 pieces 200cal, 11g fat, 23g carbs, 2g protein calcium 4% iron 6%. I have one with lunch, one with my mid afternoon snack and one after dinner. Don't feel deprived and I can fit the 120cal/day into my food plan. with 20 per bag they are a delicious indulgence. If chocolate is not your sweet craving find what is and get the good stuff so a little will go a long way.

dosmundos

Sugar free jello and fat free whip cream. Eat it almost every day.

JenKillough

Focusing on protein, fat & quality carbs (veggies & whole grains) really does help me not consume so much sugar... and it helps with cravings as well. I think sugar is one of the hardest things to cut back on if you tend to crave it. Just make sure you are getting adequate nutrition, water & sleep... and that you aren't getting too much caffeine. All those things have really helped me. When I pay more attention to the bigger picture, the sugar does seem to take care of itself.

Mathguy1

I pop a few tic tacs.

jerbear1962

I like sugar-free kool-aid...sweet without killing me

erinkeely4

I have a big time sweet tooth! It's better if I make sure I have some highly satiating meals, which for me means protein! But I still have to let myself have some sweets every day... I go for low calorie frozen yogurt. A local yogurt shop within walking distance for me has carbolite and wow cow yogurts (8 and 10 calories per ounce), so I jog there, get yogurt, and take a long walk while enjoying it

vfnmoody

Start counting your days calories from supper time to supper time instead of breakfast to breakfast. Count the candy you eat and in the morning and at lunch you may have to cut back to keep within your daily calories. This won't help with your eating candy but it is a way to keep your cals. under control. It will also show you the calorie cost of candy.

bbmkr3

I eat fruit, Greek Yogurt, and Quaker rice snacks (Chocolate Chunk and Caramel Corn) help to satisfy my sweet tooth.

SusieGirlRN

Hersheys Bliss Dark Chocolate Squares ~ just two of them is satisfying enough ... let them melt on their own in your mouth, yummy!

beekuzz

How about harnassing that craving with a decent choice as a treat? We make 60 calorie cupcakes with diet dr. pepper. There are a few options, ones with egg whites and only mix with diet soda. Do a search here if you are interested; I think multiple people made different suggestions. I'm putting my cake mix in a canister so I can make only 4 or 6 at a time. These are my new favorites.

sherekiaj

I think that it helps to get the low calorie snacks. I like the 100 calorie cookies from Nabisco and the Fiber One 90 snacks. I love snacks and I have at least one each day and still manage to keep my calories low. Also Special K has some great snack choices as well. :happy:

manda1978

Strawberries and fat free yoghurt helps me.

Birdie

I've been eating popsicles. They are sweet. Chewing the ice makes me feel like I ate something. And it's only 50 calories for both sides of a twin pop. Zero nutritional value for sure, but better than a snickers.

atxdee

I think an occassional sweet is all right.. but if you can't handle the first bite, try not to have them in your home at all and avoid being around it..

tim_w13

thx all.really was feeling kind of lost. I will try your tips. I am indian and sweets are big part of all festive seasons any wedding or occasion people give and take alot. so you end up with almost five boxes at one time. or one big box from one family. since i have bigger sweet tooth. I end up cleaning this all up.

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VanessaHeartsMasr

I swear by watermelon. I have a horrible sweet tooth. Two entire cups of it only has 100 calories. When I'm craving cakes and things, I eat that and it completely takes the craving away.

TheFunBun

thx all.really was feeling kind of lost. I will try your tips. I am indian and sweets are big part of all festive seasons any wedding or occasion people give and take alot. so you end up with almost five boxes at one time. or one big box from one family. since i have bigger sweet tooth. I end up cleaning this all up.

I think if I had a ready source of that.. sweet indian bread pudding stuff with the crispy toast points I would never ever ever ever ever be able to diet. Ever.

Personally, I like the sugar detox method - where you cut all the added sugars out for a week or two - and then EVERYTHING starts to seem really sweet, fruits and milk.. so you don't want the candy, 'cause it's waaay too sweet. Good luck!

rahonda28

try dark chocolate covered peanuts or pb and cocoa spread on toast or with plain yogurt or milk you get your chocolate fix protien and calcium at the same time./ cocoa and cottage cheese or a small amount of sugar free jello and cottage cheese are some options my dietition recomended for me they do help peanut butter milk and ice blended together as a smoothie or shake add a little cocoa and these are cheaper too but taste good freeze sugar free pudding into pops eat instead of icecream flavor your water with mio or crysle light packets chew sugar free gum mint chocolate chip strawberry shortcake or plain old fresh or frozen friut is a favorite of mine and oatmeal you can have many different ways special k has many different snacks for on the go protien bars are also good because they help you feel full yogurt has all kinds of flavors and you can have sugar free cake and iceing now too pillsbury makes a good one just remember portions google ideas also and dietitions have the newest finds good luck on you journey hope this helped

Aviflora

Y'know, with the way I eat now, no one would *ever* guess that I have a sweet tooth. :O My secret is freezing super-sweet fruits, mainly berries, and eating them as desert all by themselves.

Today, for desert, I had 15 frozen grapes. It doesn't seem like a lot, but they're nice and cold, and hard to get through. Eating 15 takes away any sweet craving you have. I swear by it!

Edit- Also, I forgot to mention! For chocolate fixes, I use a packet of Carnation Breakfast Essentials Rich Chocolate mix, and add a cup of milk. Altogether, it equals about 220 calories, and it fills you up with a whole lot of vitamins and minerals! Another thing I swear by.

ashlbubba

I make sure to buy snacks and sweets that my husband enjoys but I don't like (like coconut cookies ::ew::).. I do not have the perfect diet like a lot of people- I cannot at this point make that big of a lifestyle change and be successful. With that being said I keep things that I like out of eyesight, like at the very bottom shelf of the pantry or the bottom door of the refigerator.

My best defense at not devouring the 280 calorie Little Debbies my husband loves so much is to put them in his container of snacks in the pantry and throw away the box they came in (besides they pay people to make them look even more appetizing on the box right) His container of snacks is full of stuff I mostly don't like so I don't go digging through it looking for those brownies!

I also keep Hershey Kisses in the refrigerator. When I want something sweet and chocolate-y I go get 1-2, at 22 calories each they're almost guiltless (to me). We're talking about a maximum of 44 calories plus I had to walk to the kitchen and do a squat to get them! When I eat them I try not to chew them and since they're nice and cold they take a little while to melt in my mouth so I really get my 22 calories worth!

Good luck fighting off the cravings!

sheclimbsrocks

How about some fresh cherries or pineapple? I am with you on the sweet tooth. If you can fill the urge with fruit rather than processed foods, you will be on the right track.

justal313

I eat fruit, every day and typically yogurt with fruit in it too. As a result I can limit myself to one cookie at night or a small amount of dark chocolate.

I don't go crazy because I don't deny myself and I've already been to the gym so I know how much I can have and if I feel like may want more than my normal before going to the gym I may put in extra cardio so I can.

It keeps me from going crazy on sweets. But really the thing that keeps me from going crazy is having some (and not ALL)

meowkapow

I was a complete sugar addict when I first started. What worked for me:

- Transitioning from soft drinks (Coke etc) -> sparkling water + juice -> just sparkling water -> water
- Baking my own muffins etc and using Stevia instead of sugar (not often, maybe once a month)
- Eating fruit and sometimes dried fruit if I really need something sweet
- Ditto for dark chocolate with little to no added sugar, it's too strong a taste for me to go to town on

I still eat things with sugar but now it's 20% of the time instead of all the time. Over time your body stops wanting it as much when you've reduced how much you have.. stay strong lol! I feel your pain!

taylor5877

I grab a pound of strawberries and go to town with 0 guilt.

rnb1127

Any fruit should take care of your sweet tooth.
When you want chocolate, I LOVE Skinny Cow's dreamy clusters <- OMG!
Also some ice cream bars are really not that bad if you have left over calories.

tim_w13

I will definitely give fruit a bigger chance now on. Dark choclate too. Thanks guys.i will try allof the tips you suggested.hopefully these will curb my cravings.