BAD sweet tooth…tips, please
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Anonymous
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Eat sugar-free sweets.
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Anonymous
| The only thing that works for me is cold turkey. It's like I'm detoxing off drugs the first couple of weeks, but then it goes away. Also, by then, I tend to drop a couple of pounds, which serves as a motivator to continue. |
Anonymous
| What are you eating for breakfast? When I eat plain yogurt (protein, plus some added berries which sweetens it when I use frozen ones) I don’t crave sweets as much the rest of the day, and am able to lose weight in a healthy way. |
Anonymous
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I cut out sugary drinks. I used to drink a ton of Diet Coke. I switched to full sugar coke, then flavored seltzer. At the same time, I switched from flavored creamer in my coffee.
It took a while but I now drink coffee with a splash of milk and seltzer with lemon. I still eat sugar but at least I’m not drinking it. |
Anonymous
| Like others suggest, I would find a smaller dessert to have after dinner at first (WFs has really good mini $2 fruit tarts which I love and are fairly low in cals, sugar, and sat fat). Then substitute with a non-fat greek yogurt then maybe fruit etc. |
Anonymous
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I eat dry cereal - mini wheats, cheerios, honey bunches of oats.
8 have a huge sweet tooth and an emotional eater so after an exhausting or stressful day I plunk down on the couch, feet on the coffer table, and the box of cereal on my chest. I take pinches of cereal so it feels more satisfying, but I actually don't eat that much when I finally force myself to stop. |
Anonymous
| I have a terrible sweet tooth. I try to eat healthy for breakfast and lunch and then give in after dinner. Green tea throughout the day helps a lot. |
Anonymous
| Doesn’t sugar free drinks and food trigger more cravings?? |
Anonymous
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I had a terrible sweet tooth but giving up sugar cured it. I don’t care for it anymore at all. I permanently lost 10lbs because of it and I wasn’t big to begin with. (135lb down to 125lbs)
It is interesting to see people’s faces when sugary food comes out at parties, at work etc. I can see how addictive it is. |
Anonymous
| Make a homemade lemonade with monk fruit sweetener and drink it. It will help. |
Anonymous
No. |
Anonymous
That’s great, but I don’t think any weight loss is permanent unless you amputate a body part. |
Anonymous
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I added 5 min more of heavy duty/aerobic exercise to my workout. Gradually increasing it.
I doubt it burns all the calories /fat I indulge in with my sweet tooth, but it's something (better than nothing) and I feel more justified and less guilty. |
Anonymous
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I am the same way - I try to satisfy the sweet tooth with healthier things, that still satisfy the cravings. My favorite go-tos are:
- put a bit of nut butter in a couple of medjool dates, dip those in a bit of melted chocolate, then freeze for 10 minutes - extremely satisfying and delicious - eat a bowl of berries with a bit of whipped cream on top - nice cream - put frozen bananas in a food processor or powerful blender until a smooth ice cream consistency - can add a spoon of nut butter or some toppings to this also The thing that works best is not even keeping any other options in the house - if it's there, I will eat it :/ |
Anonymous
| IF and avoiding flour and sugar |