Bad sugar cravings

I have a sweet treat pretty much every day because I enjoy it. I save 100-250 cals most days so I can have an evening snack, usually Oreos, kids cereal, or ice cream. As long as it fits my calories and isnt crowding out other foods I need in my diet, I don't see a problem with it.

Do you think the sugary foods you are eating are holding you back? Or are you not getting something else in your diet because of these foods?

If you are really craving "sugar," eat some fruit. Easy to fit in your diet and provides lots of micros and some fiber without too many calories.

If what you mean is you miss some sweet treats you used to have but have now put off limits, or that you are in the habit of having certain kinds of sweet foods at specific times and miss them, then maybe try including them in your diet with limits/rules around them? For example, I found it easier not to snack in an unplanned way (which for me meant not at all, since I enjoy having 3 larger meals and am less inclined to overeat eating that way). At first I'd have the desire to grab whatever snacky thing was in the breakroom (if someone brought in something or the Kind bars that are available or someone's "everyone take some" peanut M&M stash), but as I got into the habit it was easier to think "no, I'll eat at meal time" and ignore it, and also to really evaluate whether the calories were worth it or if I just wanted an excuse to snack because it was there.

What made it easier is I didn't put sweet foods off limits. I allowed myself a dessert type food after dinner if I had the calories (but only within my calories). For me, my favorite option was ice cream, which I find easy to limit so long as I have these rules and don't do something silly like eating out of the contain -- I'd spoon out my measured 1/2 cup or whatever fit and put it away. Other foods that I'd use for dessert often were dark chocolate, and then good cheese or some fruit, or even nuts. I found it easier not to always go for sweet so as not to always expect a sweet dessert after dinner, but some others vary and what they do works fine for them.

Dilvish wrote: »

Sugar addiction is a real thing. The saying "Carbs beget carbs" is true. The more you consume the more the body craves.

I don't find I "crave" more "carbs" if I eat more. Carbs are such a broad category that I don't even get what craving just "carbs" would be -- I mean if you just want a carb, have a carrot.

I've been intentionally eating more carbs than I was (my natural tendency is around 40% and I've been trying out DASH and so eating 45%+, and more sugar than I was, mostly because I've upped my fruit, and it has not at all caused me to "crave more carbs"). I wish people wouldn't overgeneralize about these things. (I'm not eating much added sugar lately, but when eating it as described in my post above, it actually helped me not want sugary snacks or any other snacks at other times.)

Careful...sugar consumption can lead to way worse things than obesity...Type 2 Diabetes is the real concern. It doesn't matter if you are fat or thin...if you take in too much sugar (in all it's forms) your pancreas can stop producing insulin over time...that's why Type 2 Diabetes is at epidemic levels these days.

However often you repeat this it's still not true.

Dilvish wrote: »

Careful...sugar consumption can lead to way worse things than obesity...Type 2 Diabetes is the real concern. It doesn't matter if you are fat or thin...if you take in too much sugar (in all it's forms) your pancreas can stop producing insulin over time...that's why Type 2 Diabetes is at epidemic levels these days.

That isn't how Type 2 Diabetes even works. At least use the right buzzwords and start dropping terms like "insulin resistance" into your anti-sugar posts.