Struggling with my sweet tooth

Buy frozen strawberries, cut up and freeze bananas. Put them in a food processor with a little milk and some vanilla, and process until smooth. It is like soft serve ice cream except nutritious and something like 200-260 cals for two cups!

And stick the cheesecake inside a grocery bag so that when you open the fridge you don't see cheesecake, you just see a bag.

You have a few choices, actually.

Tell your roommate that she should forbid you from eating her cheesecake. If you're the kind of roommate who would not violate such a request, then you won't eat the cheesecake.

Find an alternative. There's plenty of recipes online for high-protein, low calorie cheesecake-like things of various sorts. Cheesecake muffins, shakes, puddings, whatever tickles your fancy. If you must have cheesecake, this is a pretty good option to have your cake and eat it too.

Lastly, you could exercise your self-control muscle by either deciding not to have the cheesecake, or by having a smaller portion and fitting it into your calories.

I know what you mean!!! I have that struggle as well. Glucerna, the brand for diabetics, make these tasty little 80 calorie snacks that are chocolate and peanut bars. The are small, but kinda filling. Also, weight watchers has a 100 calorie strawberry cheesecake frozen snack that's low fat. At worse, there are 100 calorie snack packs from Keebler that are dark chocolate cookies. Emerald makes 100 calorie packs of chocolate or cinnamon covered almonds. The trick is to keep moderation and not eat several packs at a time, lol. Good luck in your endeavors!!

You can always find a produce market to buy your fruit. You can also buy frozen fruit for smoothies. I find having one after my workout is quite refreshing.

Also you can just use self control and say no. Either way it will not hurt you to have a portion controlled slice and making it fit towards your daily calorie allowance. No harm there right?!

Cheesecake is my favorite of all desserts. Nothing beats that for me, but I can't tell you the last time I have had some. If I get a slice from the cheesecake factory, I break that slice up into several bites over a few days. I do not deprive myself of it, but I know that sometimes my self control goes out the window.

Option 1: Moderation (make it fit)
Option 2: Just say no
Option 3: Ask roomie to be kind enough to support your weight loss journey (even though its not their problem)

SnuggleSmacks wrote: »

You have a few choices, actually.

Tell your roommate that she should forbid you from eating her cheesecake. If you're the kind of roommate who would not violate such a request, then you won't eat the cheesecake.

This is actually what I was thinking. Back in the day when I used to live with a friend we didn't share food unless we specifically bought it to share, so I was never tempted by anything she bought--it just wasn't for me to eat.

More generally, if there are times that you find your will power is low (like right after a workout) maybe plan a scheduled snack at those times. Cheesecake has fat, so I can see why fruit might not be satisfying--maybe try yogurt (they have dessert-like flavors) or some nuts with the fruit or a protein shake if you like them right after the workout.

If it's not a will power issue but missing foods you've cut out, figure out a way to fit little treats into your calories. For whatever reason I'm great with moderation on ice cream (I think part of it is I have no built in excuse like "I better eat it before it goes bad" like with homemade baked goods), so I tend to fit in a serving of that quite frequently. Knowing that I will have my post-dinner ice cream makes it easier to ignore other treats unless they are truly special and worth it.

If it's specifically cheesecake.....DannonLight & Fit Greek has a good tasting strawberry cheesecake yogurt. Crumble a bit of graham cracker if you've got it. Grapenuts cereal is a nice crunchy add-in too.

Weight Watchers makes some frozen desserts. Not terribly low calorie, but having single serve portions are nice.

That said, I make room for chocolate everyday. Maintenance will be about portion control, not about giving the food up forever.

Consider treating yourself. Tell yourself if you hit your goals for the week then on Friday you can have a (small) slice.

I have a sweet tooth problem too and I have found that fruit (although sweet) are not the same as desserts. I buy bite size candy (Dove dark chocolate promise squares are my fav). You can work in one or two in your daily allowance (Dove is only 45 calories per square). Also, because they're individually wrapped, I don't eat more. This way I don't feel deprived and still don't end up eating 500 calories to satisfy my sweet tooth.

It's really grimy to eat your roommate's food.

Seriously, that's really tacky.

Be an adult and either eat some cheesecake or don't.

This isn't rocket science.

Drink water, chew gum, knit a sweater, learn to tap dance.

There are a myriad ways to deal with this situation.