What do you do when you are craving sweets?! Besides fruit or peanut butter?
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I make a mug of rich hot chocolate. If I have time, from scratch on the stove, if I don’t I have some where I just add hot milk.4
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I usually wait a day, kind of like what you do to stop impulse buying. If I still want that sweet the next day, I go and get that sweet and eat it.1
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Hard candy... usually jawbreakers or tootsie pops.1
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I save 200-300 calories so I can have dessert at the end of every day. Usually chocolate or ice cream. If I'm craving during the day, I know I'll have to give up my dessert and I usually don't want to do that.7
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I eat sweets everyday. I try to budget in around 200-400 calories worth because without that I tend to go off the deep end and overindulge. Yesterday I had a piece of lemon meringue pie, some pizzelles, and one of those 100 calorie oreo packs. Had a few extra calories due to exercise so I was able to fit it all in and still come in under my calorie goal. If you want it, make it a priority so it's not a punishment every time.
If I have no calories left, my go-to is a hot cup of cinnamon tea (with a little 0 calorie sweetener if I need it) and I stay away from the kitchen.1 -
I used to work as a chocolatier, so I make dark chocolate covered bananas and add almonds/pistachios.2
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I go to the store and buy a single serving size of a sweet. It might be a candy bar, a doughnut, a cupcake, or whatever strikes my fancy. I enjoy it and I am done.
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I keep a couple bars of dark chocolate -85% or higher- on hand for when the mood strikes. I'll take one large rectangle (160 cals) and take small bites, usually taking a drink of coffee or a matcha latte with it and letting each bite melt slowly. Sounds weird, but it lingers that way and feels more decadent than just succumbing to an impulse cheat.0
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I chew sugar free gum. It helps at times.1
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Like others have said, within reason, let yourself have it. You should be working on creating you're lifelong eating habits. Unless you plan on never having sweets ever again, which I do not recommend, it's good to figure out how to for the treats in.
I usually have caramel rice cakes in the house as well as the Outshine frozen yogurt bars (90 calories each) and some Yasso or Enlightened frozen yogurt bars (usually around 100 calories and are my go to for non fruit flavored frozen yogurt). Sometimes I'll use the Fiber One honey clusters as my treat. It is sweet and crunchy. It lets me have a yummy treat while also getting 44% of my recommended fiber and 90% of my recommended iron. I have also been known to have some of the favereds starburst. 8 are 160 calories and I take my time chewing them. I really try and savor them. I also recently picked up some really good fudge. It was a little pricey so that helps me ration it haha.
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I've mentioned these a few times on here but they make mini drumsticks (ice cream cones) that are 110 calories. Also dark chocolate.1
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Right now since it's Halloween time, popcorn balls (110 calories) or Crackerjacks trick-or-treat bags (120 calories). Pretty soon it will be time for Ghirardelli dark chocolate peppermint bark minis2
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Sometimes the simplest snack is the best. And while I can't have much sodium, I am finding out that an occasional processed food is within the sodium and calorie range. SO, may I introduce:
You can buy a box of them at WalMart for $2.45 or so. The good thing about them is that, because they're small, you get several in a pack and if you suck on them or take small nibbles you get enough sweet, slow enough, that the little pack satisfies.
120 calories per pack and a mere 75 mg sodium.
I love baking shortbread cookies and while these aren't exactly the same (or even close to a Lorna Doone) they're actually quite good!
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Meringues! Only about 15-25 calories apiece, delicious, and satisfy the sweet cravings. You can make them or buy them at Trader Joes (and I'm sure other places).0
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amusedmonkey wrote: »I ask myself if I really really want something, or if it's just a passing craving. If I decide I really do want it and I'm sure I'm not doing it on impulse, I plan it into my day and see how I can fit it. If I can't fit it in today, I plan it for tomorrow.
ETA: since I'm prone to impulse eating, I make sure to plan these things for later. For example, if I want something in the afternoon, I plan it as an evening snack. This takes impulse out of it, and if I still want it by the time I have it planned, I have it. Sometimes I just don't want it anymore.
This is how I generally handle it:
That is a great method for being mindful! It is important to have a plan and not be impulsive, but if you can fit a sweet treat into your plan, then go ahead and do it!
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Just eat the sweets. I binge if I feel deprived. I just bought some skittles at Walmart on a hurricane booze run (don’t judge me lol). I measured out a serving on my scale since they fit into my calories.
"Hurricane booze run" cracked me up OP i have sweets every single day! It may not be the whole pack of cookies,candy,cake etc but its defo in my daily budget1 -
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Oh, and to the OP: Be aware that peanut butter is quite horrifically caloric for the small amount that you get per serving. For the 'cost' of a tablespoon of PB, there's a lot of other things you could have instead.2
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In October? Candy corns. So I eat them. They're dreadful. Straight up sugar. I might as well take an IV to my vein. But it's a childhood love.
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