Sweet Tooth

I keep the 90cal Fiber One brownies in my desk at work. In a pinch, they work well! Plus you get a punch of fiber.

At home, I'd go with angel food cake with some sliced berries and some FF cool whip topping or lowfat ice cream. Breyer's has a really low cal version but I can't think of the name.

If you need a really low cal dessert you could always go with SF jell-o.

If you want something warm and home-made, you can mix any flavor cake mix with a can of diet soda and bake as directed on the box. You only have to count the calories from the cake mix! You can also do a can of pureed pumpkin with spice cake mix or yellow cake mix with a can of crushed pineapple. One of my favorites is angel food cake mix with a can of SF cherry pie filling. Just mix the two items and bake as directed on the box.

Enjoy!

I have a sweet tooth, as well. That's why I usually try to hit the gym and create some room for a dessert in my meal plan. It's all about moderation. There's no way I could stay healthy my whole life if I denied myself what I love to eat; I just eat less of it.

Their are two things that I do when the sweet tooth hits me...

(1) I drink almond milk... unsweetened vanilla. If you add a tablespoon or so of Walden Farms chocolate syrup... IT IS AMAZING!! and here is the best part... 8 oz of the almond milk has 40 calories the chocolate syrup has 0 calories.

(2) There is a powered peanut butter called PB2... It is amazing and has only 45 calories in 2 tablespoons

Good Luck!!

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Biggest sugar addict EVER! I truly cannot give up dessert. I used to eat cupcakes...like almost every night. I have given those up entirely for berries and whipped cream, sometimes I add in ghiradelli semisweet choc chips or graham crackers or nilla wafers, or I'll make a parfait of the berries with sugar free skim milk jello. Or I've put organic freshly ground peanut butter on graham crackers with bananas or citrus salad or skinny cow makes AWESOME products...about 150 calories for a chocolate ice cream cone or an ice cream sandwich. They also make awesome peanut butter chocolate crisps. Its all about finding an alternative for you that works. I used to not be able to keep this stuff in the cupboards because I would eat it all, but I found that the healthier I eat the more I exercise the less I crave all that stuff. Also putting my food diary on view was very helpful for me. It either gave me accountability of having to admit that I ate a whole box of skinny cow ice cream (cause they completely lose the healthy alternative when you can't eat in moderation) or I would have to lie about it and not lose any weight. Hope any of this helps!!!!!! It does get easier! Really!

Oh I have to try that angel food cake and cherries. Thanks!

Oh I have to try that angel food cake and cherries. Thanks!

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I feel your pain! My sweet tooth can become a raging lunatic sometimes...

I use several things to help:

1) Skinny Cow products--they have ice cream bars (100-150 calories) and candy (110-120 calories)
2) Snackwell's products--100-150 calories for cookies, brownie bites, etc.
3) Dark chocolate squares (this is my new vice!)--I use the Ghirardelli, and today I bought some Dove and Hershey's dark chocolate. Dark chocolate has health benefits for your heart, but don't drink milk with it (studies showed benefits to dark chocolate, but something in milk prevents the body from properly using the plant phenols in the chocolate, which is why milk chocolate doesn't have the health benefits of dark chocolate).

The key with all of these is to make sure you log them and only eat what your calorie allowance will give you. In other words, you can't eat 25 dark chocolate squares; you have to limit it to what your calorie count allows. The Ghirardelli ones I use are 220 calories for 4 squares, which means I can eat just one for 55 calories if that's all I have left, or I can have 2 for 110 calories, which is about equal to one of the Skinny Cow or Snackwell's items. If I've eaten really low-cal all day, then I can have 4. It's just a matter of logging it all faithfully and disciplining yourself to only eat what will fit in your count for the day.

Good luck! I understand trying to fight the sweet tooth...it's hard! I'm having much more success this time because I'm not depriving myself.

As a chocoholic myself, I keep 100 calorie treats and Nutty Buddys are my current favorite.

I also bought a bag of Hershey bite size candies. No shell, no mess. You can have 15 pieces for 200 calories. I don't eat that many though....3 is just enough to satisfy my craving.

I have a big sweet tooth as well. It has decreased since being vegan (2 years). I find that one small square of a good quality dark chocolate hits the spot. Another indulgence would be a cup of dark chocolate almond milk, heated instead of regular hot cocoa with milk, satisfies my sweet tooth and is just 120 calories for a cup. Or a sliced apple with 2 tbsp of Peanut Butter & Co.'s Dark Chocolate Dreams.

I like Quaker Rice Snacks. They have them in a lot of flavors but the Carmel Corn ones are the best. You can have 13 pieces and they are only 110 calories. I drink a glass of water afterwards and I feel full.