Need friends with ideas to help calm that ridiculous sweet tooth of mine.

CannonWhale wrote: »

Great ideas ppl ! Fruits and veggie snacks are the best, but when all else fails, before you put that milky way in your mouth, I go and brush my teeth! NOTHING tastes good after toothpaste! lol

Too true! I once made the mistake of having some orange juice for breakfast right after having brushed my teeth. It tasted like azz. LOL.

I suggest fruit or baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon. Cravings usually mean that your body is either detoxing from chemical filled food or deficient in a specific nutrient

Eating a ketogenic level of carbs has strongly curbed my sugar and carb cravings. It is a high fat, moderate protein, very low carb way of eating. It is especially helpful to those who are insulin resistant/pre or full blown diabetic. The lower your carbs, you get out of the blood sugar swings. Lose those and it is a lot easier to drop sugar/sweets. But you have to lose your fear of fat. Eating fat makes you feel more satisfied. I don't mean trans fats. I mean animal fat or coconut oil primarily.

That is my tip. It is not government approved. :-P I know many will disagree, and I am not looking to debate it. But just research losing weight with ketosis. (NOT diabetic ketoacidosis...two very different things).

With the weight I've lost so far I've had ice cream, cake, brownies, cookies, etc... It's all about calories in and calories out so if you have enough wiggle room in your diet then eat it. If you don't? Work out and make that wiggle room. (Just be careful with MFP exercise calories, I only log about 1/2 of the calories it says I've burned). When you take things away you create this taboo item that makes you want it more.