Swapping sweets for something that satisfying ???

cut up strawberries with low/no cal sweetener, grapes, cantaloupe, oranges! any type of sweet fruit! or I like to do the Trail Mix fruit and nut bar! Atkins's protein bars have chocolate, caramel, things like that. hope it helps!: ]

I like to snack on fresh pomegranate seeds when I'm having a sweet craving. I pick them up one by one, so it takes a while, and the sweet-tart taste is pretty satisfying. Of course, sometimes you just need some chocolate! Dark chocolate is good for you in small doses! Could you get yourself a nice dark chocolate bar & limit yourself to one square a day?

I have found that the best way to quell the sweet tooth is to make sure I eat a healthy meal/mini meal every 3 hours or so. I've been told that works because it keeps the blood sugar stable to eat protein and carb every time. For me, if I have 1 sweet thing, then it leads to another and then quickly snowballs.

I'm new here. Yes, I have the same craving! I've fallen off the wagon with candies! I need HELP with that. I need ideas on how to swap them too!

I don't really enjoy fruits. Do you? If so, have you always liked fruits? Or did you learn to like them?

Always enjoyed, but maybe if you dress them up a bit you could like them made in that way... Like applesauce w/ cinnamon? Fruit sprinkled with sugar free jello?

Strawberries with a little bit of yogurt or dark chocolate?

For a non-fruit sweet craving, you have to try Fiber One 90 calorie brownies. SO GOOD! I also love Skinny Cow candy. GL!

Are you sure 1200 is the right number? You don't look overweight at all and you don't look extremely short --- if you have under 20 to lose, are your settings to lose 1/2 lb a week?

my favorite "Sweet" is buying Fage 0% plain yogurt (6oz containers) and adding pumpkin pie spice, agave, chia seeds and walnuts. Sometimes I mix in sugar-free pudding mix or flavored coffee creamers for extra taste. Can also mix in protein powder...frozen fruit... its the perfect high protein, low carb, low sugar snack you can make taste however you want if you're creative....

I love those Stoneyfield Farms yogurt "Chocolate Underground", think that's the name but it's expensive. I will have to try yogurt with cocoa powder and see! Thanks for sharing, Tara!FTMVA!

Mabug01, yes it does snowballs if I begin with just one! I totally agree with keeping a balanced meal all day long. I need to work on that!

Thanks!

If you like pumpkin pie, try combining 1/3 cup of pureed pumpkin, 1/3 cup fat free vanilla yogurt, one package of splenda and a dash of cinnamon. It's around 75 calories, quite filling and deelish!

Hungry Girl has lots of ideas and I have a stash of Skinny Cow for my sweet tooth. The only thing I have personally noticed is that sweet things need to be my end of the day treat because if I have one earlier in the day I crave MORE sweet stuff for the rest of the day. Good luck!!!

We have tootsie rolls around the office and I grab one of them per day. They're only 25 calories and if you take little bites and savor each little bite, it's more than enough.

jello makes 5 calorie jello cups, they are so sweet, totally satisfying!

I had that issue last night to the point that I had to walk myself over to Kings and purchase a container of strawberries and some fat free whipped cream. 2tbsp of whipped cream=5 calories--> Can't beat that!! Also, Special K makes a 90 calorie brownie. Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches, sugar free fudge pops, flavor-ice....

I have found that the best way to quell the sweet tooth is to make sure I eat a healthy meal/mini meal every 3 hours or so. I've been told that works because it keeps the blood sugar stable to eat protein and carb every time.

I agree with this.

If you're still craving, look into yummyearth lollipops. Sweet, low in cals and natural.

This might be the result of your diet altogether. If you have a massive sweet tooth, that's usually aggravated by a higher-carb diet. So, if you can't be satisfied by eating a portion of fruit, I would recommend looking into a lower-carb lifestyle which will completely eradicate the cravings for sweets.

Snackwells makes a chocolate protein bar. its amazing
130 calories, 19? carbs, 8 protein, 6 or 7 sugars. its very well balanced. If i'm having a sweet tooth I will have one of those for breakfast. they are full of good stuff so they fill me up until lunch time and are sooooo yummy

I got them at walmart in a box of 5 or 6?

I get their info confused with my chocolate almond Kashi bars. (snackwells are much tastier)

If I am craving a sweet, I either have the sweet as my meal or make a sweeter meal like a big bowl of oatmeal with splenda, cinnamon and almond milk and maybe a few frozen raspberries. I will use wholegrain toast and sugar free syrup and p.butter to make my version of french toast. I had to up my calories a few weeks ago from 1200 to 1700 because after a year or more it started making me sick. With more calories I have less cravings, almost like depriving myself was causing me to want to binge. I just made a yam with brown sugar splenda and butter, it was heavenly, and for a chocolate treat I make a chocolate protein shake with almond milk, sugar free chocolate syrup,splenda and lots of ice in a blender,yum!