how does everyone kick the cravings for sweets?

I like strawberries, melt a small amount of chocolate, drizzle, eat. Because the strawberrys have bulk, they take longer to eat and you still get your chocolate.

I am a sweet eater, but lately all I can think about is french fries. I just want to stuff my face with an extra large order from McDonald's. The weird thing is that I rarely eat them ever. I am fat because of ice cream, cake, whippy frappy drinks, and chocolate type eating.

I drink water with lemon and crochet, it keeps my mind and hands busy, if the craving just won't subside 2tlbs organic unsweetened cocoa powder with a teaspoon or two of organic local honey with cocoa nibs in it. seems to do the trick it is a small but quick and easy fix.

I buy Starlight Chocolate-Mint hard candies and have 2 per day. They're 20 cals each, but they do satisfy me as my "chocolate fix".

Chocolate flavored coffee (not frappaccinos)..I mean like regular coffee beans with a hint of chocolate flavor)

*Quality* dark chocolate with 70-80% cocoa is actually good for you (in moderation). I don't like dark chocolate, though.

Sugar-free/Fat-free Chocolate Fudge pudding tastes good (to me) and is low cal (but also full of ingredients I can't pronounce)

Mainly I just stick to the starlight chocolate-mints

In other words...I *don't* kick any of the cravings, I listen to them and I indulge them when I want to. I just don't indulge them by buying a whole bag of Hersheys Miniatures or bake a pan of brownies. I indulge without overindulging. I knew I had to do something that I would be able to do the rest of my life...and that includes having chocolate when I want it.

I get one of those 80 calorie yogurts and dump in 1/4 cup of granola that has some chocolate in it.

almond milk, stevia, a dash of 100%cacao cocoa (hersheys might work but just a teaspoon, make sure it doesnt have anything but cacao in it) and chia seeds!
on the fridgee for 15-20 minutes BOOM CHOCOLATE PUDDING!
sometimes is not about ditching 100% the craving but finding ways to make it work on a healthier way!

I was wondering the same thing. What is a boiled sweet?

I also couldn't do entirely without chocolate - other sweets I can take or leave now that I have more control over food (and it no longer controls me). I like sugar free chocolate pudding - cheap & satisfying. I also get my protein powder in chocolate flavour, so if I am craving chocolate, I hit the gym hard just so I can eat the calories back with a delicious smoothie afterwards - chocolate, frozen banana & milk is all I need. Hope this helps!

Options hot chocolate, 40kcal and creamy and delicious works for me!

my issue is i NEED chocolate lol

Chocolate craving is usually associated with magnesium deficiency (about 80% of adults are deficient). Athletes and anyone who sweats a great deal are usually even worse off. Oddly enough, significantly cutting back on grain may help with the deficiency. Grain has phytic acid which blocks the uptake of minerals (especially the "macro-minerals" of which magnesium is one). Try loading up on the vegetables that are richest in magnesium (any of the root vegetables) and see what happens.

By eating them.

yup...just eat whatever I want.. :-) moderation

I'm in the same boat as you, OP.

I've found that once I start eating chocolate or sweets, I literally cannot stop and I crave them all the time. I've decided to just stop eating them all together until I can control myself a little more. Maybe you should do the same? Or find some healthy substitutes... oven baked strawberries taste like candy! Or maybe melt some dark chocolate over strawberries, kiwi, or half a banana.

This is what I did, but only for a short time until I went through "sugar detox" that some of us need. I stopped eating sweets like chocolate for a little over a month. By then, my craving for them was almost completely gone as my tastes had changed and all the "bad" things I was eating had pretty much worked their way out of my system. Now I find smaller snacks like that satisfy me. Sometimes I will just ave one or two squares of dark chocolate, and that's all I need. Sometimes I even take a few dark chocolate chips and eat them with a spoon of natural peanut butter. It's only a couple bites, but it's enough. I know people say don't deny yourself anything, and I agree. But I think sometimes some of us need to go through a period where we don't have them just to readjust our systems. Just my opinion and experience.

for some reason my sweet tooth seems to have mostly gone, i used to eat whole packs of biscuits or huge choc bars and never put any weight on, but for some reason i'm not that bothered anymore, if i fancy something sweet usually porridge or cereals helps, its healthier and it usually satifies graving. i mean an small bowl of sugary cereal is surely better than a bar of chocolate, most cereals i've seen are about 360cals person 100g, but 100g of chocolate is about 500

I eat chocolate still, all the time, but you can try some Vanilla yogurt with a spoonful of unsweetened 100% cocoa powder mixed in. Tastes like chocolate pudding to me, plus the yogurt and cocoa themselves are both good for you.

I had the same issue. I stick to a good dark chocolate, around 81% cocoa, and supplement with fruit, oatmeal and Greek yoghurt with pb2, flax, stevia and berries/banana mixed in. I tried and failed many times to be able to keep things like cookies, chocolate, cake, ice cream, bread around and moderate my intake (due to being prone to self comfort with food due to a chemical imbalance, aka depression) so I just try to stick to only having them during a meal out or at christmas etc, and in amounts that will not trigger the endless craving for more. I also found that hard boiled eggs seem to help diminish cravings for sweet things.