struggle with sweets

I have a HUGE sweet tooth too, but I've found that if I allow myself have a bit of sweets (for example 40 grams of chocolate or so) my craving is satisfied and I haven't undone my day. That is, the chocolate is around 200 calories so I can enjoy it while still having a lot of room for my main meals. Maybe this would help? Being on a diet doesn't mean we have to rid ourselves of all sweets...just moderation

I have a HUGE sweet tooth too, but I've found that if I allow myself have a bit of sweets (for example 40 grams of chocolate or so) my craving is satisfied and I haven't undone my day. That is, the chocolate is around 200 calories so I can enjoy it while still having a lot of room for my main meals. Maybe this would help? Being on a diet doesn't mean we have to rid ourselves of all sweets...just moderation

Agreed. My calorie allotment for the day is 1390. And, today, I allowed myself a nice sweet cinnamon roll! Super sweet and delicious, under 200 calories, and I felt like I got a treat! Definitely don't want to restrict yourself too heavily, because it's really hard to maintain and not binge.

Try werthers originals sugar free. They are 40cals per 5 sweets. They keep my sweet tooth under control as l tend to suck on them. Take them to the office with you for when your tempted x

I go over my sugar every day even after I have completely cut off soda. I am working on it but it is hard. I am a serious chocolate addict, haven't had any today, and STILL have already gone over.

Every day is a learning experience.

If you have to have chocolate, try those "fun sized" ones. Buy a bag of them and put the bag high up somewhere and only take down one or two a day.

i have always referred to myself as a junk food junkie.

Well, there's your problem... you need to stop identifying yourself as that person. Humans have an innate urge to behave in a way that is consistent with their own identities. If your identity is of someone eating unhealthy food, it will be excruciatingly hard to change your habits just by trying to resist temptation.

Work on yourself on a deeper level and start telling yourself that you are a person who eats healthy. Repetition is the mother of learning, and soon you'll catch yourself doing things you'd never have done before. And keep in mind that every little thing that you do counts. The problem with unhealthy food is that it gives us long-term reward (for a few seconds), and long-term negative consequences, but we often care more about the short term than the long term.

To keep the long-term in mind, try this: if you feel like eating junk, try to visualize yourself eating that kind of food for the next three months, and imagine you're looking at yourself in the mirror then. What will you look feel like? What about your energy, vitality, and general mood? Try to project that further into the future and do the same thing for 6 months, a year, five years, 20 years.

Then, do the same thing, imagining how your life will be like in 3 months, 6 months, all the way up to 20 years into the future, if you adopt a healthy lifestyle. See the difference?

That technique helps me a lot with making small decisions... they ALL matter, and they compound, with time.

As long as you can account for the sweet things in your calorie count don't stop them. I tend to buy a large block of chocolate and limit myself to what I can eat re calories. The more you exercise the easier it is to account for the little treats. Been on site since Jan and lost 42lb and that includes chocolate, cakes and wine :-)

what do you want more? Junk food/ sweets?
Or would you rather be someone who doesn't just give in because it's there?

I'm not saying it's easy but you really need to think long and hard about what it is that you really want in the long run. You are never going to lose weight and become a healthy and fit person by wishing and hoping and giving in to everything that is available all of the time.

Find something else to do if you are bored. I don't always manage it but I will literally walk away from the situation if I feel like I'm going to give in. At work I sometimes walk up and down the stairs instead of having sweets that are brought in.

Only you can decide. You can find excuses to eat junk or you can just not be that person.

I have the same problem. But I realized that I am not good at moderation and I can always rationalize it as a special something. Six months ago I realized that the reason I've had so many health issues is because I am dairy intolerant. For me, I have to go extreme and I basically went vegan - for my health, not the animals (but don't worry, while I love it, I certainly don't think it is for everyone). I'm not really sure how far my intolerance goes (if I can eat baked goods/eggs), but I was able to convince myself that I will get sick if I eat that cake or pie, what have you. I will sometimes allow myself a bite or two and then remind myself that any more I could get sick. Maybe I won't get sick, but it helps me. Tremendously. And when I do find vegan/dairy free desserts I allow myself to eat it without guilt since that happens very rarely.

I love sweets too!! her are a couple of foods that help with the sweet cravings without feeling guilty:

Plain or vanilla yogurt with fresh cut fruit

a skinny cow ice cram sandwich or low sugar fudge bar

a piece of wheat toast with jam (if you have enough calories left, you can do a teaspoon of nutella instead)

a cup of natural hot cocoa with a tablesppon or two of light cool whip

home made juice pops blend berries and a diet 7 up, fruit juice (you can also make frozen yogurt bars with the blended berries as well)

frozen pineapple slices or rings served over cooled cottage cheese, or yogurt

A baked apple or peach with vanilla yogurt (simple cut apple in half, core apple, bake at 350 for ten mins, sprinkle with cinamon or pumpkin pie spice, and serve with yogurt,or one serving of light ice cream)

Cream cheese bars topped with 100% fruit jam. (basically lowfat cram cheese, organic graham crackers, and 100% fruit jam)You can look up a recipie online, I have one, so if you are desperate, messgae me.

Juanna - I haven't heard of this before. Do you just take it plain or do you mix it in stuff? How does it taste? Do you have to get it from specialty health stories or will most well stocked pharmacies have it? And last question - have you noticed any change to bellyfat since you started to take it?