craving thoughs sweets!
boydljodi
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Trying to resist eating anything sweet! Anyone know a good substitute to kick this craving?!
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Sweet foods are not bad, per se... unless you are regularly overindulging on high calorie cookies and brownies at the expense of more nutritious foods like broccoli and carrots.
Maybe try developing your palate and learning to appreciate bitter (the opposite of sweet). It might be difficult at first, but once you crave bitterness, you will dislike sweet foods more and more. Another tactic is Babysteps... i.e. instead of 4 sugars in your coffee, try 2 sugars and 1 splenda... then move to 1 splenda... then to black with nothing added.0 -
Satisfy your craving by eating the thing you are craving within the confines of your calorie and macronutritional limits/goals.0
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Usually eating sweets results in eating more sweets and big trouble, so for me it's best if I just don't get started. I usually eat some fruit with every meal to help. If I absolutely must have sweets, I get the smallest portion I can find, like a mini size candy bar. Good luck!0
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Stephen Colbert feels your pain.0 -
I have found it helpful to curb my sweet cravings by drinking lemon water. Something about the lemon stops the craving for me.
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I'll have a small portion that fits in my calories or I'll have some fruit. Try to understand why you're craving it. Last time I craved something sweet I was away on business and had had a bad night sleep. A walk, some water and a small pot of fruit helped.0
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Switching to a low carb high fat diet worked for me.0
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Usually eating sweets results in eating more sweets and big trouble, so for me it's best if I just don't get started. I usually eat some fruit with every meal to help. If I absolutely must have sweets, I get the smallest portion I can find, like a mini size candy bar. Good luck!
This is my problem. I was told once if im craving something just eat it or else il completely crap out on the entire diet eventually if i dont. Not sure how true that is.0 -
If I have a craving that I can't get past I get what I want and subdue it. If you don't once you do get it you have a tendency to over indulge in it. If I am just craving sweets in general a spoonful of peanut butter will usually do the trick.0
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strangesoul79 wrote: »If I have a craving that I can't get past I get what I want and subdue it. If you don't once you do get it you have a tendency to over indulge in it. If I am just craving sweets in general a spoonful of peanut butter will usually do the trick.
Peanut butter! Great idea thanks!
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strangesoul79 wrote: »If I have a craving that I can't get past I get what I want and subdue it. If you don't once you do get it you have a tendency to over indulge in it. If I am just craving sweets in general a spoonful of peanut butter will usually do the trick.
Peanut butter! Great idea thanks!
When I have a sweet craving I have a teaspoon of almond butter. Works wonders for me
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If it's just a sugar craving, honestly, I love a good crisp apple.
Otherwise, if it's something specific, for me nothing else will do... so I have some of it.0 -
if it fits, eat it!0
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Usually eating sweets results in eating more sweets and big trouble, so for me it's best if I just don't get started. I usually eat some fruit with every meal to help. If I absolutely must have sweets, I get the smallest portion I can find, like a mini size candy bar. Good luck!
This is my problem. I was told once if im craving something just eat it or else il completely crap out on the entire diet eventually if i dont. Not sure how true that is.
If you are able to moderate your intake, there's nothing wrong with that approach. But if you are unable to do it, not eating it is fine as well. There is nothing wrong with not eating something that you do not find benefits your or your goals.
I find getting more fat in my diet helps, but I also keep an eye on carbs. If I'm low (as in lower than normal for me) for a few days, I find I have a lot of cravings and that could be disastrous, so I try to keep my numbers on target. It works for me.0 -
Okay, so I'm wondering if you legit used "thoughs" instead of "those"....
I eat ice cream for my sweet tooth!0 -
Listen. Not everyone is master of the spelling bee. Before you are quick to judge and snap at someone for there spelling think there maybe a reason they struggle with it and possibly have come a long way by working hard and doing the best. This is an app for weight lose help and motivation and going around pointing out flaws in people isnt very help for to anybody. Its just rude.0
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I find if I don't eat sweet stuff my craving goes away and if I do eat sweet stuff my cravings intensify. Just my experience. Other people do better with a "eat a little bit of it" strategy, but this doesn't work for me. I think you have to try and see what works best for you to stay in your calorie range for losing weight (if that is what you want to do). What also helps me is to eat higher protein/fat and eat every few hours (3 hours or so). Getting hungry makes it harder for me to stick to my calorie macro. You have to see what works best for you. There is a lot of variety in approaches and different things work for different people, which isn't surprising given the age/genetic/environment/emotional differences between all of us. Another thing that works for me is exercise -- tends to reduce my sweet stuff craving. And once I figured out a strategy that works for me, it got easier over time. First few days the hardest.0
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Listen. Not everyone is master of the spelling bee. Before you are quick to judge and snap at someone for there spelling think there maybe a reason they struggle with it and possibly have come a long way by working hard and doing the best. This is an app for weight lose help and motivation and going around pointing out flaws in people isnt very help for to anybody. Its just rude.
I assume you were meaning to respond to me. I didn't "snap" at anyone. But you are right, I never really thought that you could be struggling.
Additionally, I'm not really diggin' the accusation that I "go around pointing out flaws in people". I admit that I was being a little insensitive.0 -
Switching to a low carb high fat diet worked for me.
Ya, I reduced carbs by reducing baked goods and added sugar. (I believe my fat was already sufficiently high.) The less carbs I ate, the less I craved. I do eat more fruit now - fruit gives a much higher sweet bang for the calorie buck and the fruit I've been eating isn't especially high carb.
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Well i appreciate tListen. Not everyone is master of the spelling bee. Before you are quick to judge and snap at someone for there spelling think there maybe a reason they struggle with it and possibly have come a long way by working hard and doing the best. This is an app for weight lose help and motivation and going around pointing out flaws in people isnt very help for to anybody. Its just rude.
I assume you were meaning to respond to me. I didn't "snap" at anyone. But you are right, I never really thought that you could be struggling.
Additionally, I'm not really diggin' the accusation that I "go around pointing out flaws in people". I admit that I was being a little insensitive.
Well i appreciate that and apologies if i was being harsh. Its a sensitive subject.0 -
Satisfy your craving by eating the thing you are craving within the confines of your calorie and macronutritional limits/goals.
This^
You can quite sugar "cold turkey." It will reduce the craving (no evidence of addiction). But, giving up sugar until you lose the weight doesn't give you any tools you need to manage sugar for the future.
Sugar is my nemesis too. I "allow" myself a sugary snack each day. I look forward to that sugary snack, then I savor every bite, and I log it. I need to know how many calories are in that piece of chocolate, that ice cream bar, or that snack cake.
I won't be sugar free forever (no medical issues)....so I will need to manage sugar in the future too.0 -
Usually eating sweets results in eating more sweets and big trouble, so for me it's best if I just don't get started. I usually eat some fruit with every meal to help. If I absolutely must have sweets, I get the smallest portion I can find, like a mini size candy bar. Good luck!
This is my problem. I was told once if im craving something just eat it or else il completely crap out on the entire diet eventually if i dont. Not sure how true that is.
If you are able to moderate your intake, there's nothing wrong with that approach. But if you are unable to do it, not eating it is fine as well. There is nothing wrong with not eating something that you do not find benefits your or your goals.
I find getting more fat in my diet helps, but I also keep an eye on carbs. If I'm low (as in lower than normal for me) for a few days, I find I have a lot of cravings and that could be disastrous, so I try to keep my numbers on target. It works for me.
Totally agree with this. Personally I am unable to eat sweets in moderation, so they have no place in my diet outside of a very rare occasion. I've found many foods that aren't triggers for me that I love and look forward to, so I don't feel deprived...but none of them are sweets.
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I have a very sweet tooth but some how I'm keeping it under control but I do like to eat fiber one bars those chocolate mint ones are the best and they are sweet but only have 90 calories and you get 5g of fiber0
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If you're diabetic this isn't workable, but for me, the craving for high-added-sugar sweets dropped away when I started making it a point to eat whole fruit regularly - on the order of 3 servings a day. Yes, this is sugar, but in whole fruit it's packaged up with all sorts of good fiber, vitamins, anti-oxidants, etc., and there's less sugar than in cookies, brownies, candy, etc. After doing this for a while, the high-added-sugar things aren't very pleasing to me anymore (but I know this part doesn't happen for everyone).0
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If you're diabetic this isn't workable, but for me, the craving for high-added-sugar sweets dropped away when I started making it a point to eat whole fruit regularly - on the order of 3 servings a day. Yes, this is sugar, but in whole fruit it's packaged up with all sorts of good fiber, vitamins, anti-oxidants, etc., and there's less sugar than in cookies, brownies, candy, etc. After doing this for a while, the high-added-sugar things aren't very pleasing to me anymore (but I know this part doesn't happen for everyone).
This did happen to me - Snickers bars and peppermint patties make me feel sick now.
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I struggle with chocolate- so i eat it. but i have small amounts and exercise it off- I also have a cheat day where i go MENTAL and eat whatever i want- i have lost 2.5 kgs in the last 15 days 0
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I'm not as good at moderating my intake of gelato and ice cream as some others on here, so I do research and find new things I can eat in high volume. I love everything I eat though. I do keep chocolate around. I bought a bag of chocolate chips and the first thing I did when I got home (actually the second thing, after I started throwing them down my gullet without logging), was to weigh out 14 gram portions. Now I just grab and go. And if I get two-gotta log that shiznit.0
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I only keep sweets in my apt in the form of fiber one bars. You can only eat 1 or else you'll pay for over indulging later:-(. So that's how I have a sweet treat and portion control all in one! Good luck!0
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