How can I stop eating sweets??

You could eat lower calorie throughout the day to allow room in your calories for the sweets, so having them will not put you over your calorie limit (if you don't go over your calories you won't gain weight, even if you do eat the sweets).

Or you could force yourself to stop, or find alternatives that are lower in calories... fruit, protein shake, halo top ice cream, sugar free candy, etc.

If this is a new behavior maybe try to figure out what caused it to start happening. Are you restricting too much throughout the day? Was there Halloween candy around as a temptation (easy fix- get rid of it), are you more stressed recently?

Drinking Kuding Cha everyday curbed my sweet tooth@chocolates during menses. It's a bitter tasting Chinese tea. Got rather addicted to its bitter aftertaste. Then again, I just love Chinese tea blends.

If at all possible, try not to have the foods that facilitate weight gain for you in the house. If not possible, seal them in single servings and hide them somewhere where it would be a chore to get them out every time. This cuts down on mindless eating because to overeat you will need to perform physical intentional actions to get your sweets out, fully aware of what you are doing, intentionally grabbing more than one serving.

cbryant1000 wrote: »

Try to wean yourself off of sugar and carbohydrates. Eat more protein, instead. Meat, eggs, cheese (4 oz.). And vegetables. For something sweet, try berries (any kind), but not other fruits. You might also ask your doctor to prescribe Metformin. Have you had your glucose level checked recently?

Yes! How is your protein intake? And do you get enough fiber? Carbs & sweets just make you crave more carbs & sweets- getting 100 grams of protein a day has been a game changer for me to reduce carb & sugar cravings. I still crave chocolate for some reason but not so much sugar & high carb foods anymore, and luckily there's low calorie and low/no sugar ways to get my chocolate fix.

We have two large bowls of candy in the house. I decided take it one day at a time. Also, I am starting a strict 1200 calorie diet, and make a plan for 200 cal breakfast, 2 100 cal snacks, and 400 cal lunch and dinner. I think the plan has really helped me to not break open the kit kats. . .:D Also. I am tired of being fat. .

i eat special k chocolatey delights cereal with unsweetened almond milk if i'm craving something sweet.

I wish I could give you a good answer for this, its all mental though you have to decide that you are no longer going to over indulge in "sweets". Plus try not to keep goodies at home I avoid buying sweet treats.

tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »

Stop buying them.

this. gummy bears are my doom, and i know perfectly well that when i'm in the grocery store i have a bit of a reptile-brain thing going on. 'need to stock up' just like i do with the coffee and toilet paper.

late night: when i don't have them, i'm usually much too lazy to go out and get any so i just endure. sometiimes i discover that what i actually am is thirsty, actually. or i might end up eating something else to compensate, but it's not likely to be as empty as pure candy is.

at work: i eat without thinking while i'm thinking really intensely, and that's a hard one to break. but my mechanical-habit circuits don't really know the difference between good-for-me and pure crap. oranges are my big go-to. it stuns me how sweet they are, and it can take me a whole afternoon to get through a bowl of those if i break the segments into small chunks.

plus, i'm a little superstitious about oranges. for some reason my body seems to react to a few days of orange eating by bumping the scale back into motion when it's been stalled. that's even when i'm not swapping them out for a pile of candy.

I eat some fruit at night and it helps to quench the sweet craving in a natural way.

I have the same issues about sweets. Find a new sweet that you don't crave but still satisfies. If you are like me, you have your 'go to' faves that once you start, you cannot stop. Don't keep those around. I like to sip on sweet protein shakes that fill me up and satisfy that craving.

Diet soda, Mio, malitol sweetened hard candy, stevia drops for your water.

See how long you can take to finish a single hard candy. Check out the calories. It's not so bad if you hold yourself back from eating them by a handful.

I have a serious sugar addiction. My meals are all super healthy but I've gained weight from eating 500g bars of chocolate before work at least twice a week for a lonnnnggg time. I really struggle, but I find fitting a small chocolate biscuit bar (those that are around 99cals) into my calories (and my sugar goal) as supper with a cup of tea most nights has helped a lot. I also have fruit snacks in the day if I'm craving too much. I intend to cut the biscuit bar before bed out eventually but right now it's helping.

I have this issue too! But I made myself a rule that I can only eat desserts with pure stevia. This helps because it cuts out a lot of things that are offered to me and I have to make stuff myself. That being said, I will just sit there with my stevia and mix it with pure cocoa powder at night. Or mixing confectioners Swerve with butter and cocoa powder =frosting!! Idk if this is a good development or bad... Haha baby steps...