My worst diet enemy!! need help!

The no sugar added fudgesicles have been my absolute life saver!! seriously!! They're 40 calories each (but 1 serving is 2 Popsicles) and they totally satisfy my sweet tooth. Otherwise, try alternatives like Halo top ice cream that has protein or a bowl of fresh fruit with a dollop of whipped cream. When there is more to your sweets than sugar, it is always better for you and still satisfying!

I love sugar I love cake, cookies, ice cream treats, CANDY!! I have always loved a sweet after lunch and/or dinner. One thing I did was to pick my favorite treat (in this case, Jr. Mints) and put them in a jar in my desk. 16 mints are a serving. I allowed myself that, mostly because it sounded like so many! Pretty quickly, I realized that I didn't need all 16 every day, so just out of curiosity, I cut it in half and told myself to just have 8. Eventually, I got down to 4. Now, I don't even think to buy them. I had days when I finished off the jar, for sure. So I logged that as a dietary disaster and moved on. And learned from it.

If you have to cut it out entirely, that's fine. I know that if I do that, eventually (god help me on Halloween...) I will overdo it, which leads to negative thinking and lack of success. For the record, I DO NOT bake an entire cake, batch of cookies, pan of cupcakes, etc, because portion control for me is much harder with those things around. ("I'm going to eat the entire thing over the course of the week, why not eat it all right now???")

Good luck

Fruits and berries and nuts are great, especially if you dress them up with a bit of whipped cream or sugar free chocolate syrup. Or add them to sugar free pudding or jello. Some people like the Fiber One brownies & cakes. They don't do much for me. I prefer quality over quantity. One thing I did was keep single servings around. There are quite a few mini cups of ice cream out there now. Even Ben & Jerry's! Try a few things to see if you can find some treats that satisfy you in smaller amounts. Reeses Peanut butter cups used to be my downfall. I could eat a whole bag of the mini ones in one sitting. But now I keep a big jar of Sanders dark chocolate sea salt caramels from Costco around. I enjoy them just as much as PB cups but can stop at a single one for only 70 cals.

I feel you, I always crave sugar and want it more than anything else, and find it hardest to say no to. I've been working things into my calories which works well for me. I eat 500 calories some days in order to eat 1900 another day that week. Strangely enough, I usually don't spend those extra 700 calories on sweets just because 2 cupcakes just wouldn't be as filling as a burger from five guys would be, but you definitely could! If you don't want to do that or find it hard, diet soda helps me with sugar cravings. Sugar free jello is only 20-40 calories per box, and that helps too (too bad I can't eat it more often because jello gives me headaches for some reason). Yasso frozen Greek yogurt bars are so good for 100 calories, my favorite is chocolate chip cookie dough. Halo Top ice cream in a 10 calorie ice cream cone and light cool whip is low calorie too. Or even an entire pint of Halo Top/Arctic Zero. I made a waffle this morning with PB2, chocolate chips, strawberries and Halo Top chocolate ice cream on top and it only came out to around 140 calories per waffle. Those cinnamon buns that come in cans that you bake (the smaller ones, with icing by pillsbury) are only 145 calories for one and I feel like that could help with sugar cravings because it's really sweet. That's all that comes to mind right now :smile

I keep a large container of fruit flavored Tic Tacs next to me. It's 1.9 calories a piece. Sometimes when I'm craving something with more flavor, I just pop a couple in my mouth. Of course at the end of the day I calculate them. I find it easier to just not eat junk altogether, but I see many people on here who allow themselves treats, so long as it fits into their daily calorie allotment. Eventually, you will find a happy medium. Best wishes!

When I want a sweet ( which is rarely) , I will buy just 1 of the item. Likes chocolate chip muffin. I can make them and get more but I don't like them after they had been frozen. So I go to a place that sells them that I like and buy just 1. That way I get it and enjoy it without extras in the house. My hubby don't like them and it's just the two of us.

If you neglect yourself from having a sweet that you are craving for too long you will binge and eat more than intended. It's better to buy just 1 and eat it than to allow the treat cravings ruin everything you worked hard for. I doubt one treat from time to time will ruin your daily calorie goal. Just allow it in the login. If you have a candy bar split in in half and have 1/2 on day and 1/2 later in the week. If you are worried about it. It's all about portion control anyways.

Yep. Sounds like u might be miserable if u cut it out totally. So. Buy stuff with portions like fun size things. Or bake muffins. Freeze them so u can only defrost 1 at a time. I have mnms because u can have quite a few for under 100 cals. I log it in diary for next day so I know I've got them logged in and fit the rest of my food around it. Now I get to the point I don't even eat them so I delete it off diary at end of day@ I think it's psychological because when u know u can have it u end up not needing it.
You obviously gave to have some accountability and self control, but take shopping list to shops so u don't divert to packing trolley full of sugary snacks etc and don't buy the family blocks of choc etc if u can't control yet. Anything u can out in freezer so u can take out over night to defrost next day (even chocolates ) helps cause u can't dig in straight away without breaking a tooth!

I drink Shakeology! I used to crave Reese's Pieces and chocolate, buy it has almost stopped my cravings altogether

yum, sweets yes! If I want ice cream I don't buy the pint- I buy the wee tiny single serve or, if it's summer, go to a Tasty Treats and get ONE scoop- I always get a funny look when I ask for half a small. Candy wise- you just gotta determine if it's worth the calories. Or eat half the bar- that seems to fit in to my daily amount easier.

Couple of options that (largely) worked for me:
1) Check the calories on the sweet item you're about to buy and compare it to the calories you'd have to burn to counteract it - once I realised that (eg) a large Mars bar that I'd eat in about 30 seconds was pretty much exactly the same value as 45 hard minutes on the exercise bike, it became less attractive

2) Look for alternatives that satisfy the sweet craving, but which aren't so calorie loaded - fresh fruit, dried fruit, energy bars etc - just check the calorie values to make sure they're actually less calorie dense than the sweets!

3) Burn enough calories that you can fit the sweets into your calorie limit

ericacarter12 wrote: »

How do you guys keep yourself from that one pint of ice cream or that candy bar at the check out?

I'd rather spend my money on something else. I'd rather put it toward new shoes, jewellery, a trip somewhere.

I quit processed sugar 5 months ago because I crave it like a drug! I started doing the "Trim Healthy Mama" plan and havent looked back! No sugar, no unsprouted flours... It was hard at first but I feel amazing now!