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Sweet tooth help

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  • curwhibbles
    curwhibbles Posts: 138 Member
    I'd be interested in trying these if you're able to share the measurements of each ingredient. Or a link to the recipe? Thanks in advance!
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    I made it up. Just a 1:1 sub…faux sugar:real, applesauce:butter, prepared PB2:PB. The only other ingredients were the oats, cocoa, and vanilla.

    I also thought of a brownie recipe that I made before, with nonfat yogurt….I used coconut yogurt and skipped the egg for whites only. Super satisfying….
    https://bromabakery.com/37-calorie-brownies-and-no-im-not/
  • brittanystebbins95
    brittanystebbins95 Posts: 567 Member
    Frozen grapes.
    Get your favorite kind, I like the red seedless, but you can use whatever.
    Measure or weigh out your selected serving, and place in a zip loc bag and freeze them solid.
    I swear, they are like candy.

    Or, I often buy the 100 calorie bags of popcorn, and add a spritz or two of caramel spray for popcorn. They sell it by the liquid butter for popcorn. It's 2 calories per 1/5 second spray, so for me it would likely end up being an extra 20-40 calories. But, worth it in my opinion. Sometimes instead, I'll add a serving of mini chocolate chips to the popcorn and mix them around.
  • jlemoore
    jlemoore Posts: 702 Member
    last night I took a frozen banana put it in the microwave for about 15 seconds. Add PB2 powder and mashed it. Tasted like PB fudge.
  • Moonliteyes85
    Moonliteyes85 Posts: 1 Member
    Others have said similar but parfaits help me. Greek yogurt, granola, and fresh fruit. I’ve learned that I can precut a week worth of strawberries and a glass sauce jar keeps them fresh all week. Hard to eat out of though so I just use it for strawberries and add to the yogurt on the day I eat it
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    Frozen bananas sprinkled with cinnamon. Sometimes I top it with a little left over oatmeal. Yummy :)
  • factgirl67
    factgirl67 Posts: 3 Member
    If you eliminate refined sugar, after a week or so you will taste the sugar in just about everything. Fruits and berries can be your dessert...refined sugar...not so good anymore.
  • pixiedeathdust
    pixiedeathdust Posts: 11 Member
    Plain Greek yogurt, then add 1 packet of hot chocolate mix. It literally tastes like chocolate cheesecake 😋
  • KipDrordy
    KipDrordy Posts: 169 Member
    Xellercin wrote: »
    I personally develop an insane, consuming sweet tooth if I eat sugar every day, like I cannot get enough of it, and can't think of anything else when I want it.

    Instead, when that happens, I take a 6 week break from sugar, which makes me lose almost all interest in eating it. Most sugary stuff tastes gross after that. Then I strictly never eat anything sugary two days in a row, and never more than twice a week. As long as I stick to that, I have very little interest in sugar, but can still enjoy it now and then when something really good is worth eating, like a fresh baked pie, or high end ice cream.

    If I eat it for 3 days in a row, the obsessive sugar cravings return. So I just don't do that.

    By doing this, I have managed to not have sugar cravings for about 99% of the last 20 years. I fell back into it when I made an exception in 2020 when I quit alcohol, and ate sweets every night for a few months, but again, a 6 week break totally killed the cravings again.
    Unfortunately, I think this is the right answer. We’ve become addicted to sugar. It takes several weeks to break a habit. Six weeks sounds like a long enough time to change your habits and kick the cravings. I think that I’d also have to give up even diet sodas. The sweetness would still leave me craving.
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  • thewhipple12955
    thewhipple12955 Posts: 73 Member
    I have massive sweet cravings but joined this to keep me motivated to stay off sugary food. Do your best to try and wean off them.
  • Bluebirdday72
    Bluebirdday72 Posts: 11 Member
    Recently I have found a satisfying healthy dessert is a cup of defrosted pitted black cherries. I buy a big bag of frozen pitted cherries and scoop out a few cups into a container to keep in the fridge so they are ready when I something sweet.

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