Evening Sweet Tooth

Brookside - Dark Chocolate Goji With Raspberry, 8 pieces (1/4 cup - 40 g) = 85 calories. Chew slowly. That works for me.

I have an evening sweet tooth as well. I've found if I try to deny it all together I end up going fine (and rather frustrated) for a few days and then binging one night on a stressful day. I've found giving in and saving daily calories for an evening snack is what makes it work. I love dark chocolate chips, savoring one at a time or a good quality ice cream with a small spoon.

I am a major night time snacker. So I just make sure I have enough calories at the end of the day that I don't have to worry about it. Dark chocolate is good because it doesn't make me want to eat as much as milk or sweeter chocolates.

I've finally realized that I like some kind of treat after dinner, so I always leave enough calories at the end of the day for a piece of fruit. I stopped doing dark chocolate because it always triggers an avalanche of eating after that. Fruit doesn't have the same effect on me.

FitMelody4Life wrote: »

Every evening I end my night with a casein protein cake topped with natural peanut butter. I also make a chai latte with unsweetened almond milk and white chocolate protein powder. The combination of the slow digesting casein protein paired with the healthy satiating fats from the peanut butter really shut down my urge to just keep snacking, the tea also helps because its sweet, warm, and takes awhile to finish.

Do you have a recipe for the casein cake? I've tried to make one with whey and is just turns out spongey/rubbery and not good at all!

Jmorici529 wrote: »

Hey guys,

So I am just getting started back up with this and identifying triggers and difficult times during the day for me. I realized that 7-10 really is my witching hour(s). I just want to eat chocolate and I'm usually not satisfied after one piece. Tips? Tricks?

There where and still are those sweet,sweet Armenian cookies ( with no dairy or animal products) on the table and I so,so much wanted to eat them but I weight it and ate an apple instead. It still has sugar, but it is also no processed and has a lot of fibre and doesn't make me feel sick like eating junk food.I used to LOVE peanuts and chips but as long as I don't eat them, I don't feel the need to eat them if that makes sence. It is some kind of addiction to me.

Raynne413 wrote: »

FitMelody4Life wrote: »

Every evening I end my night with a casein protein cake topped with natural peanut butter. I also make a chai latte with unsweetened almond milk and white chocolate protein powder. The combination of the slow digesting casein protein paired with the healthy satiating fats from the peanut butter really shut down my urge to just keep snacking, the tea also helps because its sweet, warm, and takes awhile to finish.

Do you have a recipe for the casein cake? I've tried to make one with whey and is just turns out spongey/rubbery and not good at all!

34 g Optimum Nutrition peanut butter chocolate casein
8 g Nutivia coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
(Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl)

32 g liquid egg whites
60 ml unsweetened vanilla almond milk
60 g canned pumpkin
(Mix into the dry ingredients; it will seem dry and a little hard to combine but that is fine, if it’s too wet it won’t ever set while cooking)

Microwave for 2:40 (at least that is what works best on my microwave, you may have to experiment as you know over cooking makes it rubbery)

Take out of microwave and flip upside down into another bowl; microwave for an additional 20 seconds

Top with nut butter of your choice, I also sprinkle cinnamon on top and use some Walden Farms pancake syrup.

I took a three week break from sweets completely, and it really helped me reorient my palette. Now I don't get those cravings so strongly. It's really hard the first few days/week but you get used to it. It helped me gain control over my cravings. Now I'll often just go for some fruit! And treats are now treats, not an everyday thing. Might work for you too

trixieloo wrote: »

I really like the 60 calorie sugar free jell-o pudding cups. I usually hate anything with artificial sweeteners but those are yummy and satisfy my sweet tooth at night.

^^this

The other thing I love is a bowl of cereal for desert. Special K flavors or Cheerios flavors with unsweetened vanilla almond milk. A little sweet, a little creamy, a little nutty, and very filling.