Sweet fix on no bread, pasta, rice, sugar

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  • emmamcgarity
    emmamcgarity Posts: 1,594 Member
    I completely understand what you are saying. I have trigger foods I need to avoid as well. It may sound odd, but at the beginning of my weight loss journey when I was struggling a lot with my sweet tooth, I followed the advice of a podcast I listen to by increasing my protein. It sounded counter-intuitive to me. But it helped me a lot with keeping me from binging on the same foods you mention. I was able to be satisfied with smaller servings of sweet things if my protein was increased. (I keep tuna snack packs in my desk at work to help with this)
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I completely understand what you are saying. I have trigger foods I need to avoid as well. It may sound odd, but at the beginning of my weight loss journey when I was struggling a lot with my sweet tooth, I followed the advice of a podcast I listen to by increasing my protein. It sounded counter-intuitive to me. But it helped me a lot with keeping me from binging on the same foods you mention. I was able to be satisfied with smaller servings of sweet things if my protein was increased. (I keep tuna snack packs in my desk at work to help with this)

    This is true for me as well - increasing protein (and fruit) decreased my cravings for foods like baked goods and ice cream.

    I think a lot of time when I had the munchies what I really wanted was protein, but my signals got crossed.

    Oh, regular exercise decreases cravings for me as well.
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    I like sweetener mixed into Philadelphia cheese and then sugar free jelly smooshed into it
  • MrsP55805
    MrsP55805 Posts: 2 Member
    This is a simple and boring answer but I have a few raisins with my breakfast in the morning and it helps. Or unsweetened vanilla flavored almond milk.
  • kkspears9
    kkspears9 Posts: 4 Member
    If you are doing keto at all.. nutbutter, 1 egg and plant based sugar substitute.. mix, make into small balls, cross hatch for pb cookies... bake at 350at 8-10 min
  • simmoner4
    simmoner4 Posts: 131 Member
    Apples baked with cinnamon 👍🏻