Sweet tooth

Daily calories allotted for ice cream, which it's just about time for tonight

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I’ve recently tried a new healthy French toast recipe which is absolutely delicious!
40cal bread
1 whole egg
2 egg whites
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 scoop protein of your choosing (optional)
And use 0 cal syrup it’s super yummy and tastes just like regular French toast!

apullum wrote: »

Chocolate every day.

Chocolate every day while I was losing, chocolate every day now that I'm in maintenance.

Sometimes it's a little chocolate, sometimes it's a lot of chocolate, depending on what fits my calorie budget for the day. It might be chocolate protein powder and chocolate PB2 (which I put in my yogurt every morning), or it might be a protein bar, or it might just be a real dessert.

But yeah, chocolate.

Same really, I have tried to incorporate more protein based (trying to bring my protein intake up a bit) sweet stuff and fruit than I used to, but overall I try to fit some sweet stuff in most days.

At the moment it's a lot of Chocolate protein bars, or sweet omelettes with fruit and dark chocolate chips. I've also started adding fruit to my weetabix in the mornings. But I still have a bit of normal chocolate now and again.

I eat something sweet just about every day. Usually it's something like a Clif bar (I love the nut butter filled ones), dark chocolate, or peanut butter crackers. Sometimes it's fruit, a sweetened coffee drink, non-dairy ice cream, a homemade baked good like cupcakes or cookies, or a cocktail with juice or simple syrup. Whatever it is, it's hard to think of a day where I don't have something sweet.

My tips:

Figure out if there are times/conditions when eating something sweet may trigger cravings for you. For me, I can eat something sugary as part of lunch or in the mid-afternoon with no problems but if I have something sweet in the AM without sufficient protein, I feel hungrier and maybe shaky. So I either save it for the afternoon or eat it as part of a higher protein breakfast.

Figure out how portioning works for you. I pay a bit more to get individual servings of some foods because I know that a big open bag is harder for me to moderate. Other people have success with buying bigger bags and taking what they want to eat or even splitting big bags into individual servings right after buying it. There's no one way to approach this.

Log everything. Even if you go over. Logging the days where you don't do so well can help you spot trends and make adjustments later.

I unfortunately have no self control with sugary stuff, so having just a square of chocolate is unrealistic for me, I would totally eat the whole bar! To satisfy my sweet tooth, I'll add stevia drops to tea or munch on some cacao nibs if I'm craving chocolate. Even a really good protein bar can satisfy my cravings for something sweet (the thinkthin chocolate mint ones are my fave!). Or sometimes I'll mix unsweetened cocoa powder, stevia and a few almonds into some plain greek yogurt for a low-cal/high protein dessert.

teeenabeana wrote: »

I unfortunately have no self control with sugary stuff, so having just a square of chocolate is unrealistic for me, I would totally eat the whole bar! To satisfy my sweet tooth, I'll add stevia drops to tea or munch on some cacao nibs if I'm craving chocolate. Even a really good protein bar can satisfy my cravings for something sweet (the thinkthin chocolate mint ones are my fave!). Or sometimes I'll mix unsweetened cocoa powder, stevia and a few almonds into some plain greek yogurt for a low-cal/high protein dessert.

I can't just break one square off either, but the individually wrapped squares work for me. I take one out, and eat it as slow as possible with the tiniest little bites letting it melt in my mouth. My nightly treat and very low in calories and sugar. Definitely works for me.

simi915 wrote: »

How do most users handle their sweet tooth? Do you rarely indulge or often? Or daily calories allotted to sweets ? Please share

I rarely indulge. I love sweets and found that the only way for me to control my sugar cravings was to seriously limit sweets to one treat per week. I wish I had the control to have more, but that's a slippery slope for me!

I try to eat a chocolate granola bar daily for a snack if I have the calories. It's only 130.

I like sweet and salty combinations. For example, I eat cottage cheese and berries for breakfast all the time. I think my fruit consumption helps my sweet tooth.

I also like to have a little something sweet after my dinner. Dinner is my biggest meal, so I can usually get by with a small something sweet rather than eating a whole sleeve of Oreos since I just ate a large meal. I'm pretty good now about just eating two cookies or eating one small ice cream bar, or one or two pieces of chocolate.

The area that I cut back was baking cookies and other treats. I used to bake all the time, but now I do not bake much at home unless I have a place to take the extras. I have trouble not tasting the dough and sampling cookies fresh out of the oven when I bake at home. I still make pumpkin bread and my favorite treats, but I make sure that I get it out of the house to share with others so I can't eat it all.

I eat sweets just about every day, and make sure they work within my calories. A piece of Dove dark chocolate with almonds or Trader Joe's has some really good dark chocolate covered almonds. For me just a little goes a long way.

simi915 wrote: »

sjd421 wrote: »

I eat sweets just about every day, and make sure they work within my calories. A piece of Dove dark chocolate with almonds or Trader Joe's has some really good dark chocolate covered almonds. For me just a little goes a long way.

That's how I am too. I just wanted to be sure that using some calories for sweets isn't hindering weight loss...

For me personally, I've noticed a huge difference if I eat sugar alone versus sugar with protein/fats/fiber. I try to make sure any sweets are eaten immediately after a meal rather than on their own.