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.

I eat really dark chocolate - Green & Black's 85% cocoa bar. A small piece or two will be just enough because of how rich it is!

justshanta wrote: »

I've found the dark chocolate lindor truffles are my weakness. They're about 80 calories. I found if I leave them in the car trunk it really helps because it's not as convenient to get. But they're also individualy wrapped so it's easy to just grab one

I've never thought of keeping the chocolate in the trunk of the car....great idea! It's available, but only if you reeeeally want it!

Pre-log your day to include the chocolate.

I made some new chocolate muffins this week that were great. Using Hemp instead of whey and the texture was very good! I did use a banana in the mix and you can taste the banana. Not bad at all but I'd like a less powerful substitute if you have any ideas? Here is my recipe. Made 6 mini muffins. 50 cal 1fat, 5 carbs, 6 protein. (1fiber 2 sugar)
Mix together.
15 grams, Bob's Red Mill Low Carb Baking Mix,
2.00 Tbsp/15 gr Hemp Protein ,
dash of Baking Powder
dash of Salt,
2.00 tsp, Truvia Baking Blend,
3 TBSP, Liquid Egg Whites,
1/2 banana,
Bake at 350 10 mins (convection oven)
I used spray and silicone mini muffin tin.
Very rich chocolate flavor.
Topping w PB is the bomb!

One more for you because I KNOW a sweet tooth and these recipes have been a life saver for my diet. 1/2 cup Greek yogurt. 1 T Peanut Butter (taste much better but you can use PB2) 1 -32 g scoop chocolate protein powder. I like Isopure Dutch Chocolate for this recipe. 2 Tbsp Cocoa. Mix up when you prepare dinner and refrigerate. it will thicken to a frosting consistency and taste pretty much like a cheat to me. (husband disagrees so to each their own) If I have macros left I like to eat with a Quest Cravings PB Cup broken into it.
Also the new Quest Smores bars are divine! And you can bake them to cookies.
So If you can make it taste like dessert I've probably tried it. For me SUGAR IS LIKE METH I can NOT have it. As long as I use stevia products I don't CRAVE like I do with "just one small piece". The Skinny cow stuff is great and macro friendly but the more I have them the more I want them.