DAYNA said:
Can anyone give me tips on how to avoid craving sweet food (especially chocolate) after dinner?
I eat very little carbs all day. My dinner fills me up to the point where i feel like im going to burst (this is ok cause its all steamed veges and a very small portion of protein). But no matter what, i will still crave sweets straight afterwards. Please help with some tips!
Why don't you make something out of fruit instead? If I eat processed sugar in the form of chocolate or candy then I get food cravings that I cant control, so I havent eaten sugar in any form since 2. januar this year. Instead I use fruits the same way as I would use candy for. I always eat 1-3 portions of fruit in the evenings, and I have been making them in the way that completely murders my sweet-tooth-syndrom. Here are some ideas on making fruit delicious:
- Put apple with cinnamon powder in the microwave or in the oven and cook it. That thing is so darn close to an actual apple cake, that you can't believe its actually healthy. You can do the same with a banana (with cacao powder). It is even greater if you throw in a sugar-free, fat-reduced vanilla icecream to eat with those yummie things.
- Cut down fruit (own choice) and eat them with dairy products like youghurt or sour-cream (no sugar added of course). This is very simple and it also tastes very good.
- Make a cake out of the fruit. I made an recipe for a cake that contains mainly zucchini and fruit. You can find it in the recipe sections of this board, under: 350 calories cake.
- Make a milkshake out of youghurt and/or milk (low-fat of course) and frozen berries or fruit by mixing them together in a blender. If you want more the taste to be very sweet, add a sweetener to the mix. This shake is very good to have when the weather is hot and you have cravings for icecream.
These are just ideas I could remember now, but I am certain that you can do many more things to make fruit delicious. I made fruits into my candy, and I have to say that when you have done that for a short time, you discover that the fruits taste much better then a regular candy plus its so much healthier.
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