How to fix the sweet tooth?

[alwayslead8821]

My biggest problem when I'm on a diet is that I always want something sweet after a meal. I try not to but what eventually happens is that when I have gone for awhile without something sweet I cant help it I always go overboard then have a bunch of sweet stuff.

So what I was woundering do you guys know anything that is sweet and that would be a good snack that doesn't ruin the diet?

 

[synergy1]

substitute, don't eliminate. You'll binge if you eliminate. I buy things like dried mangoes to satisfy my sweet tooth.

 

[alwayslead8821]

Anyone else have any good ideas like dried mangoes?

 

[Thatfeel21]

yeh def try fruit like a green apple or grapes. those are simple sugars and they're healthy.

 

[WaterTiger]

Sugar free gum. It gives you the taste, the action of chewing and very few, if any calories.

PLUS! It encourages the flow of saliva which washes food particals off your teeth, preventing tooth decay.

There is just no down side!

 

[alwayslead8821]

Thanks everyone, good stuff!

 

[Ronaldo10]

hmmm sweet that would be a good snack eh? how bout yogurt? try different flavors, or what u can do is check some food recipe sites mate, im sure u will get yourself a good nice snack that is on a diet purpose!

 

[Cure]

I killed my sweet tooth by cutting out junk completely.

Im not religious at all, but a couple of years ago for lent, I gave up all chocolate/sweets/junk for an entire 40 days, stuck to it, and at the end, I found the craving was gone.
I used to eat sweet/junk foods almost everyday, since lent a few years ago Its more like twice a week at most, or on holidays. I just don't have the same desire for sweet things I used to, I eat loads of bananas!

Guess what, Lent started yesterday, so theres my challenge to you-
chocolate- eat a bannana
coke/fanta etc - drink skimmed milk or fruit squash
other sweet things- snack on dried fruit, nuts, bread etc.

stick to it for 40 days, at the end of that, binge as much as you like, but I suspect you wont want to.

Cure.