Can't stop eating sweets :\

Strong willpower is it.

You can cut out all sweets completely. Low carbers will tell you the craving goes away. But if that is a temporary change it may help you lose weight. But, when you get to goal you are stuck with the same issue. How to keep the weight off......while including sweets.

I'm not low carb, I don't eliminate anything. Instead I "allow" myself a sweet treat everyday (while losing weight). I try to save that treat for after dinner. That way I have something to look forward to AND I am much more selective. This is me managing sweets before I get to maintenance. This is practice if you will.

I'd agree with the good fats advice but I eat dried fruit like dates when I have a sweet craving and that helps.

It doesn't reduce the calories necessarily but it improves the nutrients from those calories.

I also allow myself some sweets in my diet because I like them, I just try to keep them minimal.

Dusan98 wrote: »

100df wrote: »

Don't keep whatever makes you crazy around. Sometimes it's just easier instead of having to white knuckle through it.

If you can't control what food is around, you have to just commit to your calorie goal. Whether you are hungry or not. Logging it all helps me stop myself from eating something with high calories because I know I will be hungry later.

I try to keep low calorie treats around like Skinny Cow ice cream. Sometime I get crazy over them and can't keep them in the house because I won't moderate.

I think it takes practice. Especially if you are used to eating a lot sweet foods that have high calories but don't satisfy your hunger. It takes time to figure out what tasty foods will keep you filled up and within your calorie budget.

I can control some of my food, but most i can't because im still young.
I'm trying not to eat sweets, and i succeed, but then i feel hungry, like i didnt eat any other serious food.
My calorie intake is still good without sweets, but i dont know if it's healthy to suffer that hunger.

I don't know your calorie needs. For myself I know how many calories my body needs. My mind wants many more! You to figure out the difference. Takes time. Be patient. I know that sounds trite. I have to tell myself that every day. Sometimes a few times a day.

I'm fairly certain I don't crave sweets, but there are some sweet things I have in my diet every day, and some available. One I first tasted last Saturday is jicama, a root, which is sweet and has no sodium, some fiber, and some carbs. 100 g of that is less than 50 calories, but it is sweet with a little fructose in the root. I found that consuming 100 g of it filled my tummy and kept hunger away for several hours. This was a Saturday at home where the Nutella and ice cream were. No hunger. Imagine that? On Monday I experimented with dressing the jicama in butter and cinnamon, then baking for a few minutes. The result was a delightfully crunchy sweet buttery cinnamon desert, and still under 100 calories. The other sweets I have are prunes. Fiber good. Sweet fiber kills 2 birds.

I don't buy them (often), then I don't have the temptation right there.
I think part of this is just a habit, and it can be harder if you are cutting out lots of other stuff too.
My strategy is to set my goal with a small deficit so that I can eat a pretty good amount of food with actual nutrition and leave room for some treats as well.
If you are still hungry after you've eaten all your calories - have you set a deficit that is unrealistically large?

For me, it's definitely upping my intake of fats (avocado, nuts, coconut oil) and protein.