Sweets

sorry cant help except to say its about will power hun. I have bags of lollies sitting here that my family will get stuck into. I have eaten maybe 3 lollies total in the last month.

If you cant trust yourself dont buy them.

It is all about control, and you need to find the balance between your healthier lifestyle, and denying yourself so much that you feel punished/cheated and end up rebelling.

If I were you, I'd go to Tesco/Asda confectionery aisle. They do little bags of own brand sweets. I know they do 3 for £1, but you're not really worried about getting value for money, if you were, you'd be buying massive wholesale buckets. Give your willpower a helping hand and just choose one and take it for purchase/finish your shopping.

Baby steps. It's all about fitting treats into your new plan.

Be aware, choosing a treat can sometimes be a painstaking task, but hopefully with your preference for fizzy, and the limited choices that come in <100g, it shouldn't be too hard.

There are sugar sugar free sweets you can get online, although they taste good, be careful as if you eat too much, they give you CRAZY cramps and you'll be running to the toilet every 5 minutes.

What do I do now? I'll load up on veggies and dip and have some diabetics truffles from Thorntons, they are yummy!! and although they are still 45 cals each, they don't contain the sugar that is 1) addictive and 2) will make your blood sugar soar then crash making you store the calories as fat then get you craving more.

Have a go with sugar free, but bajeezuz, while you're still craving...stay away from processed sugar!! It could only be a matter of a few days before you've broken the habit and you will never crave in the same way again!

Good luck!

Definitely buy the mini bags of treats, then make sure you only eat ONE bag and stop there - hide the others or put them somewhere you can't get at if temptation overrides your willpower. If they're not easily accessible you're less likely to eat them without planning first. Plan the treat into your food diary so that the cals are counted. A better/healthier treat from chewy sweets would be dark chocolate - I like the Divine and Green & Blacks range of 70-85% cocoa - I have a few squares every so often as a treat I also have a weakness for Jelly Babies, they're evil little things that tempt me and we always had them in the house because my daughter has type 1 diabetes and needs them to treat hypos - when a large bag is open it's just soooo tempting to scoff one here and there. I've now started buying the mini bags of haribro sweets, if the bag is not open I'm less likely to be tempted and they're now hidden away in the medical cabinet rather than in the food draw.

Ok, I admit it, im a sweet fiend! I love any sweets regardless of what they are the fizzier the better - i know these are terrible for me: before starting my diet i would munch my way through a 600kcal bag of sugar dummies, some nights whilst gaming a whole bag of jelly babies.

Now making this life style change i have gone cold turkey, and this seems to be working fine, however I am now craving sweets, i know i wont control myself if i buy a bag, and open them they will all be gone.

Are there any sweets that I could eat (I do plan on control) for example the natural sweet company?

Any ideas guys?

Here are some of my sweets, quaker popped cakes there are all different flavors, Herseys minis, I take only 3 in my lunch so I can't over do it. Sugar-free jello mixed with fat free cool whip.

Oh, and frozen mixed berries are great too.

Oh...I'll also drink chocolate milk or make a healthier shake at home.

Be aware that sweets do make blood glucose yoyo. Too high then too low because your body over reacts as it is designed to cope with fruit and not the intense influx of candy. The low blood sugar will trigger new cravings a few hours later. Holding off until late in the day is a strategy that helps.