When do you crave sweets? I crave it when i overeat.

avameva
avameva Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have recently noticed, the meals i overeat, i crave something sweet right away, leading to more overeating.
I overeat when i am not paying attention..so i eat quickly and my stomach doesn't get the message that i am full...

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    I'm all about the sweets, so I make room in my caloric allowance for a treat everyday. I don't know that I crave them, because I don't go without them.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    This is ME. I'm not saying anyone (much less everyone!) else is like this.

    If I have carbs (like a bowl of pasta) and do not do some exercise pretty damn quickly, I will crave more carbs and sweets. It will continue all day if I don't get some good, strong exercising done. When I get up the next day, the cravings are gone.

    When I drank Diet Pepsi, I wanted sweets more. I was on and off that stuff so many times that I saw the pattern.

    Also, just before my period. Like crazy. It's very difficult to resist.
  • sentaruu
    sentaruu Posts: 2,206 Member
    All of the time.
    I want it all of the time.
  • desidieter
    desidieter Posts: 195
    I typically crave sweets after a really spicy meal or when it's my time of the month.
  • FeelinTheLove
    FeelinTheLove Posts: 30
    I only crave sweets on days that end in "y."
  • MsHarryWinston
    MsHarryWinston Posts: 1,027 Member
    You know, I never really noticed. I have chocolate protein powder and drink a berry smoothie almost every day so my "sugar" cravings are pretty covered I guess. I havnt really craved actually "candy" for over a month now. Sometimes I crave icecream but not often and I now have 100 calorie icecream bars for that but I don't think there is an actual trigger, I just want it sometimes because I like it. I'm going to try to start paying closer attention to this.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    This is ME. I'm not saying anyone (much less everyone!) else is like this.

    If I have carbs (like a bowl of pasta) and do not do some exercise pretty damn quickly, I will crave more carbs and sweets. It will continue all day if I don't get some good, strong exercising done. When I get up the next day, the cravings are gone.

    When I drank Diet Pepsi, I wanted sweets more. I was on and off that stuff so many times that I saw the pattern.

    Also, just before my period. Like crazy. It's very difficult to resist.
    Ditto. Starchy or refined carbs beget starchy or refined carbs for me.
  • mrsmcmo
    mrsmcmo Posts: 109 Member
    I crave sweets after I have them, generally. When I have refined sugar, I want more and more. If I can manage to starve off the craving for a day or so, it often will go away.
  • Baerhold
    Baerhold Posts: 3
    I used to crave sweets all the time. But about 5 months ago, I cut out all sugar, flour, rice, and grains of any kind. I also cut out fruit. the first week or two was tough, but after that, I felt great. Once in a while now, I will have some fruit. and that is sweet enough for me these days.
    I believe that the cravings I used to have for sweets were due to an addiction to sugar/flour/grains and the insulin spike that they caused.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I used to crave sweets all the time. But about 5 months ago, I cut out all sugar, flour, rice, and grains of any kind. I also cut out fruit. the first week or two was tough, but after that, I felt great. Once in a while now, I will have some fruit. and that is sweet enough for me these days.
    I believe that the cravings I used to have for sweets were due to an addiction to sugar/flour/grains and the insulin spike that they caused.
    You should try the fruit again and see how you do. I can eat all the berries I want and it results in no cravings of any kind.

    If you want. If you don't want to try it, of course you should not!

    All I am saaaaay-ing....is Give Fruit A Chance. ;)
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    This is ME. I'm not saying anyone (much less everyone!) else is like this.

    If I have carbs (like a bowl of pasta) and do not do some exercise pretty damn quickly, I will crave more carbs and sweets. It will continue all day if I don't get some good, strong exercising done. When I get up the next day, the cravings are gone.

    When I drank Diet Pepsi, I wanted sweets more. I was on and off that stuff so many times that I saw the pattern.

    Also, just before my period. Like crazy. It's very difficult to resist.

    If I eat a carb heavy snack late at night I turn into a food Hulk and eat everything in sight. I have to be careful about that.
  • nickalow11
    nickalow11 Posts: 99 Member
    I wish I knew the correlation! For me, It's always a craving for sugar/candy. I try to eat fruit, strawberries/apples to fend it off, but it rarely works. Suggestions welcome!
  • aprilh47
    aprilh47 Posts: 250 Member
    i would say the same as most, all the time. I do try to have plenty of natural sweetness with fruit of many varieties and have completely cut out fizzy drinks. but i also allow myself a taste and savor the flavour.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Happens if I have a large meal, or more than just a small amount of something processed and sugary.
    Only way I have got past it in the past, was by simply eliminating cake, milk chocolate etc, and getting in a very hard, sweaty workout when I did overload on the sweet stuff to get it out of my system. Just seems to set off a chain reaction in me when I eat rich, sweet foods, annoyingly.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    All of the time.
    I want it all of the time.
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    Me, I just have some of whatever I'm craving. I've learned that when I sub something "healthier", I end up eating whatever I was craving in addition to the "healthier" option. Having a Reese's peanut butter cup is less calories than a piece of fruit AND the PB cup.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I tend to have my worst sweets cravings when I'm feeling tired, sick, or rundown. It's like my body's looking for a pick-me-up.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    I only crave sweets on days that end in "y."

    LOL! This!

    I like salty things sometimes, but sweets I could eat them for every meal.
  • LazyCatPame
    LazyCatPame Posts: 112 Member
    All the time... I always manage to get a Kit Kat for breakfast and three dark chocolate squares during the day (plus sugar-free bubblegum). It gets kinda bad in that tom.
  • MamaNatalie13
    MamaNatalie13 Posts: 32
    Mostly at the end of the day or when I'm bored/a combination of the two.
  • WhoIsAmber
    WhoIsAmber Posts: 161 Member
    I crave pretty much everything at night. I try to save a chunk of my daily calories so I can have a big bowl of cereal at night and that usually satisfies the cravings... unless I stay up later than I intended to.
  • geneticsteacher
    geneticsteacher Posts: 623 Member
    I usually crave carbs such as cereal or crackers, but today I baked a cake. It is truly the BEST cake I have ever made - banana cake with cream cheese frosting. Ingredients include white flour, white sugar, full fat sour cream, butter, and full fat cream cheese and more butter in the frosting. 778 calories per serving. :sad: I had 1/5 of one piece and that will probably be it.
  • pepperpat64
    pepperpat64 Posts: 423 Member
    When I'm awake. :laugh:
  • Jesssamesssa
    Jesssamesssa Posts: 116 Member
    I am a sweet a holic.....but I have noticed that my CHOCOLATE protein shakes keep me from wanting sweets. Try that!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I tend to have my worst sweets cravings when I'm feeling tired, sick, or rundown. It's like my body's looking for a pick-me-up.

    This. Also sometimes still when I'm stressed (although this isn't as consistently an issue as it used to be now that I'm out of the habit of satisfying it), and off and on I get cravings before my period. Also, if I've been undereating for my activity level it will sometimes hit me.

    Carbs are fine for me so long as I eat them with other foods.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    Right before AF shows. The week before I'm usually trying to eat all the chocolate. I found the Fiber One 90 calorie brownies.. works for my sweet tooth, gives me more fiber, and doesn't derail me like my homemade brownies usually do.
  • ironsun
    ironsun Posts: 30
    In the afternoon when I'm ready for a break from work.
  • sallybaine
    sallybaine Posts: 15 Member
    I only crave sweets on days that end in "y."

    Bahaha. Sweets are the first thing I think about in the morning when I wake up, and the last thing I think above before bed.

    I would give up sex for the rest of my life if chocolate brownies had 0 calories.

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