Sweet Cravings

macmamma · February 22, 2006

Okay, I need some ideas - what do you guys do for sweet cravings? Some days I have none. Others I am just absolutely crazy! I will eat anything sweet. Any good ideas out there? I am really trying to be good! :mad: :car: :couch2:

Jessiebear · February 22, 2006

sugar free gum, sugar free pudding, sugar free popcicles

If all of that fails, I have a little of what I am craving. Since I can't eat much now, just a few bites are all I need & my craving is satisfied.

banded_for_life · February 22, 2006

Quacker Oats makes some chocolate chip carmel rice cakes that might do the trick. If you are carb sensitive though...have to watch these.

donali · February 22, 2006

Whole fruit! :welldone2:

If that doesn't sound good, you could bake it, with cinnamon... :scared:

mousecrazy · February 22, 2006

I sometimes have a little of what I'm craving, which works for me most of the time. Head hunger is a battle we all face. I do not win all of these battles, to be honest. Sometimes I stave off the hungries by drinking Water, and sometimes it even works! Sometimes I try to wait 15 minutes, then find out it's easier to say no.

I am a little sensitive to artifical sweeteners, and find they increase my sweet cravings...but I use SF products now and then.

I am trying to learn the Zone Perfect nutrition program...it makes sense, but it's not easy.

Good luck in your struggle with sweets, Cindy

Kathy473 · February 22, 2006

Well, seeing that I just ate a couple of Cookies from Subway I should not be someone to give advice right? :faint: Well, I am going to anyways!! :biggrin1: I am at a weak moment right now. I had a deflation done on my band because I am going out of town on Monday and then I got my period this morning....so my cravings are being fulfilled!!!! :angry Bad, bad...I know! But I could always just be a bitch for a couple of days but I don't think that would go over too well with my family! :omg: But when I am being good and focused I eat yogurt, bananas, S/F Jell-o, S/F pudding and S/F frozen yogurt with F/F Cool Whip!!! Yummy!!!! Or grab you a Special K Cereal bar...those are sweet too and not alot of calories. Popsicles are great and try some frozen grapes...those are really good...different but good! Hope this helps!!!

NJChick · February 22, 2006

Oh this is a hard one.

Some days I'm better off having 1 candy bar than to try to calm the beast with something fake... for some reason I wind up eating 10x more of the fake stuff trying to satisfy my craving.

Other days my cravings aren't so intense and a glass of sunrise crystal lite will help.

I know its not much help but its honest.

leighhoffman · February 22, 2006

I usually have a little of what I am craving to . I find that if I deprive myself I end up trying to eat to much of it eventually and we all know what a disaster over eating can be!

macmamma · February 23, 2006

Thanks guys!! I appreciate all the great suggestions. I have already tried a couple. This time of the month seems to be the worst :faint: . I think I was trying too hard to stay on track and I just ended up pigging out :hungry: . Thanks!

shellyj. · February 23, 2006

sf or no sugar added fudgecicles. they are 40 calories each and yum yum good!

La_madam · February 24, 2006

Grab yourself a Balance GOld bar, they are loaded with Protein taste great anddefinately curb the sweet tooth..ro me they are as good as a chocolate bar..especially the Peanut Butter chocolate or the triple chocolate one