Question:
What can help me lose my addiction to sweets?
It seems as if I cant go a day without having something sweet. I need help! I don;t want my bad habits to be a down fall of my family. My husband told me today that I am killing my family and it hurt. It has to stop now. I need help! — j209j (posted on January 20, 2006)
January 20, 2006
I tried to check out your profile to see when you had Surgery
I had mine in july 2003 I was 266 and I am down to my goal ++ the best
thing I have found is to get some surgar free Hard Candies and suck on them
I had this problem as well and the Dr told me to try that.. it works for me
if I can help with anything let me know...
Hugs and Good Luck
Dionna
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— Dionna_Dupuis
January 20, 2006
HI, I too checked your profile, and wasnt sure if you were pre-op or
post-op, but there are lots of good sugar free or low sugar items
available, one that I like alot is the Q-Smart Peanut Butter Granola Bar by
Quaker.. it has 10 gm of Protein and only 1 gm of sugar, plus it tastes
pretty good.. hard to tell it hardly has sugar.. it has chocolate on the
bottom for that sweet tooth.. and trust me before surgery I had it too..
now after surgery, not so much.. which is a good thing.. best wishes to
you!! Make good choices!!
— April
January 20, 2006
It's been my expeerieince and the teachings of many experts that to eat a
sweet to replace the appitite for a sweet does not always work. It simply
makes you want more sweets. If you try protein instead I think you'll find
it "curbs" that need most of the time, not all, but most. Peanut
butter or nuts work for me.
Hope this helps.
— THINISIN2004
January 20, 2006
The advice Cynthia gave has been what has worked for me since having my RNY
a little over 3 years ago. I've found that having that bite of sugar-free
brownie, or that "healthy" portion of low-carb icecream, simply
prompted my old addictive behavior to consume more and more. To keep
myself busy, I tend to chew a lot of gum (which you can't do early on),
save my chewable calcium for night (when I have tended to want to return to
my old sweet nibbling habit) and drinks a highly-concentrated Crystal Lite
(the tartness seems to take the edge off of the sweet craving).
Good luck.
— SteveColarossi
January 20, 2006
Don't beat yourself up over this, there
are so many different sugar-free chocolates and treats out there that
taste
just as good, Go to your local drugstore or Walmart/Russell Stover has a
whole sugar-free chocolate line, that includes
sugar-free m&M's..So treat yourself once in awhile..
— Racegirl1
January 20, 2006
We need to know if you are pre surgery or pro surgery... Try the cinnimon
raisen by south beach they are the best for us and taste wonderful.. there
are other kinds like peanut butter and chocolate.... Also I can send you a
recipe for Apple turnovers if ya want... write me [email protected] and good
luck..
Flo
— Flo
January 20, 2006
I use several things to keep my sugar cravings under control. Not perfect,
but I feel like I have more control than I did in the past. I do several
protein drinks per day, none made with fruit, juice or milk,only water. I
HAVE to do them for my type of surgery, but I also use them as a tool. If I
find myself pondering heading to the 7-11 for a Twinkie (I know, what am I
thinking after 11 yrs?!), I make a deal with myself that I an h ave the
Twinkie, but I need to finish this protein drink first, wait 20 min AND
drive myself there (not con someone else). Since most cravings last 3
minutes, if I can get past that, I'm usually ok. And find that a handful
of nuts will take care of the chew thing if I still need something. I also
use Relora, which helps cut cravings. I get labs often so I know that I am
nutritionally ok, so my body won't ask me for sugar when it wants iron or
something else.
— vitalady
January 20, 2006
— Kasey
January 20, 2006
You can't get rid of the cravings until you get rid of the sweets. Years
of doing Atkins and other low-sugar diets taught me that the cravings would
go away if I did away with the sugars. But you have to get through the
initial rough time of doing without. I found that FOR ME, I could have
sugar free jello and diet soda without compromising that ability to lose my
sweet tooth, but if I ventured out to sugar free candies, it was all over.
I too have a horrible sweet tooth and have not done anything to curb it
really, but I will say that protein does help cut the cravings. In fact,
when I am having that urge to eat sugar, a lot of times if I eat some
protein I will find that my body was probably just craving that but
translated it into a goodie instead. A chunk of cheese or a few slices of
pepperoni can make a huge difference in the sweet cravings.
Try doing this: When you are feeling the urge for sweets, have something
like cheese or meat first. Then if the urge doesn't go away, go ahead and
have a little bit of what you were craving. At least the protein will
displace some room for the sweets and possibly get rid of the urge at all.
I have found I don't want sweets after I've gone ahead and eaten some
protein, so maybe that will help...Good luck! Dina
— Dinka Doo
January 21, 2006
I agree with everything that has already been said. When I am craving
something sweet I usually will eat a sugar free hard candy, but sometimes,
I eat cheese such as swiss cheese. Sometimes though, I opt for fruit, such
as watermelon, grapes or strawberries. I am a little past one year and
down 102 lbs, BMI 24.1. Another option is sugar free hot cocoa, sugar free
cinnamon vanilla hot tea or coffee with a sugar free flavoring. These seem
to be most helpful at night before you go to bed. good luck.
— pammatria
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