sugar cravings ?
IronChick770
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Hey guys, lately I've been getting night time sugar cravings, any advice??
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Eat something with sugar, eat something artificially sweet, or deal with it.0
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I'm on a very strict macro count, as I'm putting on muscle. Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving0
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Many people complain of "sugar cravings", but usually it seems they crave hyperpalatable foods - foods that taste really good to them. Typically these are foods that have a lot of sugar but also a lot of fat. As previously mentioned, you can try and appease the craving by setting aside some calories for nighttime snacking. Depending on how much you set aside and what satisfies you, have a small serving of something you enjoy or try something that is lower calorie but still tastes sweet (whether artifical sweeteners or something naturally sweet like fruit).0
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Just fit in within your caloric limit.0
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I quit almost all added sugars and went low carb, and my craving went away. It isn't for everyone though.0
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If it fit in your calories, you could eat cake right before bed and it wouldn't guarantee any more fat gain that if you had not. Assuming you lift, your body is actively repairing during off times, so anything you give it (within reason) won't be wasted.0
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having a spoonful of honey nips it in the bud.0
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IronChick770 wrote: »I'm on a very strict macro count, as I'm putting on muscle. Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving
It doesnt store as fat at all
Calories in vs calories out
and if you eat Surplus!!!! calories you gain weight.
And time doesnt matter either
I eat all my sugar and carbs in the evening and lost almost 110lbs in 11 months.
Nothing is stored as fat at all!
btw when you are in a deficit you dont build ( much) muscle, except for newbie gains.
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IronChick770 wrote: »Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat.
Not true -- timing doesn't really matter. You'll burn it if in a deficit and in theory it could help build muscle if post workout.
That said, you want to suppress the craving, so what I've done when I didn't want to include anything sweet in the evening was either eat something that tended to feel like an indulgence but was the opposite of sweet (a bit of cheese or a pickle or some cottage cheese with pepperoncinis -- I fully realize this last might seem weird) or simply distracted myself or had some unsweetened tea until I got out of the habit of expecting something sweet in the evening.
I actually do better with including something sweet after dinner rather than earlier in the day -- I'm less likely to want more than I should have. However, maybe try incorporating it at a different time (like right after a workout?) and then if you want it you can tell yourself to just wait until tomorrow.0 -
IronChick770 wrote: »I'm on a very strict macro count, as I'm putting on muscle. Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving
That's incorrect. Sugar doesn't store as fat. Excess calories do.
I do better with cravings when I work a little bit something sweet into my day. The Hershey's minis or the ghirardelli squares tend to work well for my goals.0 -
I am on a ice cream trip the last 2 weeks lol
So next to my huge bow of popcorn every evening ( fro 11 months now) my bowl of frozen fruit i eat ice creammmm
so yummie and totally keeps my gravings out of the door. Totally 0 -
I like sugar free jello. It soothes my sweet tooth pretty well.0
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No one knows that. Some ill-informed people believe that.IronChick770 wrote: »Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving
You can eat what you crave. You can eat a substitute in an attempt to satiate the craving. You can just cope.
There's no magic answer.
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How about fruits such as grapes and chobani 100 cal pineapple taste really good0
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A little bit of super duper dark bittersweet chocolate does it for me!0
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A few pieces of fresh pineapple does it for me.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
No one knows that. Some ill-informed people believe that.IronChick770 wrote: »Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving
You can eat what you crave. You can eat a substitute in an attempt to satiate the craving. You can just cope.
There's no magic answer.
Yep. Also OP, if you're trying to put on muscle then you are eating at a surplus anyway, right?0 -
I was going to suggest fitting something sweet at night into your calorie goal, but since you believe eating things at night will make you fat, just nevermind.0
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Egg white protein. mmmmm.....0
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I like grapes or apple slices, greek yogurt in the freezer for about 30 minutes comes out nicely, and banana smoothies.0
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I used to get sugar cravings, and the only thing that stopped them for me was to stop eating added sugar. When I cut the sugar, the cravings disappeared.0
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Are you actually doing a bulk, where you will gain new muscle but also fat or are you trying to "tone up" by lifting where you get muscle efficiency?
If you are bulking you will gain muscle and fat, regardless of what you eating. As a women you would probably see 75% fat gains and 25% muscle assuming you are not eating a huge surplus.
If you are bulking, sugar (especially detrose post workout) may be beneficial to growth as, the sugar will replish glycogen quickly allowing protein to rebuild your muscles.
Either way my sugary snack is either a klondike or fruits with cool whip..0 -
I have to read my blood glucose several times a day (and I don't take insulin). If you have a small bit of something without many carbs, it would take no time to get that rise in BG down, probably. Like a few rounds of jumping jacks, seriously. Maybe have a couple of mini peanut butter cups and then dance to a song or two if you are concerned about the sugar sticking around
I'm not saying you should be, but if you are concerned about timing, a glucose monitor tells all. I can get mine down really quickly with much less exercise right then than I expected! 0 -
Instead of chocolate or cheesecake or whatever.... I make up a mix of chocolate protein powder, 12g of pb2 and 250ml of full fat milk, whack it in the freezer for a few hours and I have a sweet almost ice creamy treat with less calories than the other sweet stuff I would usually eat, and it's much more satisfying and filling, plus it takes me at least 15 minutes to eat it as opposed to popping squares of chocolate in my gob in record time
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I quit almost all added sugars and went low carb, and my craving went away. It isn't for everyone though.
^this.
I also take a Chromium supplement which is supposed to help with cravings. But eating low carb means you can increase fat which really hammers those cravings.
For me, sweet things are an addiction - once I start on the chocolate croissants or Haagen Dazs I really cannot stop. But after two years eating LCHF I get a nasty little headache after eating such items. And that's a great deterrent.
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In the nicest way possible - eat something and log it or deal with the cravings :]
If I gave in to every single craving I had, I wouldn't be anywhere near my goal right now! I crave regularly (sometimes really WEIRD foods) because I have an enourmous appetite! I don't deprive myself of something I genuinely want and I tend to listen to my body but most of my cravings are just trolling me! I find something to distract me and read a book or something!0 -
Who said I was in a deflict? I said I was watching my macros.BurnWithBarn2015 wrote: »IronChick770 wrote: »I'm on a very strict macro count, as I'm putting on muscle. Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving
It doesnt store as fat at all
Calories in vs calories out
and if you eat Surplus!!!! calories you gain weight.
And time doesnt matter either
I eat all my sugar and carbs in the evening and lost almost 110lbs in 11 months.
Nothing is stored as fat at all!
btw when you are in a deficit you dont build ( much) muscle, except for newbie gains.
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IronChick770 wrote: »
Who said I was in a deflict? I said I was watching my macros.BurnWithBarn2015 wrote: »IronChick770 wrote: »I'm on a very strict macro count, as I'm putting on muscle. Everybody knows sugar is a no go at night time as your body doesn't have time to burn it, and it stores as fat. I'm looking for a way to surpress the craving
It doesnt store as fat at all
Calories in vs calories out
and if you eat Surplus!!!! calories you gain weight.
And time doesnt matter either
I eat all my sugar and carbs in the evening and lost almost 110lbs in 11 months.
Nothing is stored as fat at all!
btw when you are in a deficit you dont build ( much) muscle, except for newbie gains.
Well you're in the weight loss section...
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