Topic: Sweet Tooth i just cant seem to kick it

[Austin"Yoshi"]

just cant seem to stay away from sweets i cant fight the craving evertime im in the vicinity of one i just have to eat something sweet i want to stop i eat healthy but this sweet tooth is knocking me down so if someone could please give me some tips or some ways to break this sugar addiction it would be much appreciated

[WoodlandGhillie]

Eat a strawberry.

That shit will keep you kicking it for GOOD! (Strawberries have WAAAY more sugar than they need. Really.)

[mark w]

Pending on your goals, fitness and general diet you might want to try an overload.

Basically take some food or drink that you enjoy but is not particularly healthy and eat that until you become physically sick of it. This is not an official technique just something
that I've tried out and I cannot gurantee it will work anyone else. I definitely didn't want the sweets in question but the major major disadvantage is what you end up putting into your body.

Very gimmicky overall.

[WoodlandGhillie]

Pending on your goals, fitness and general diet you might want to try an overload.

Basically take some food or drink that you enjoy but is not particularly healthy and eat that until you become physically sick of it. This is not an official technique just something
that I've tried out and I cannot gurantee it will work anyone else. I definitely didn't want the sweets in question but the major major disadvantage is what you end up putting into your body.

Very gimmicky overall.

Eh... if anything at ALL, that's a last resort.

Going back to strawberries, EAT A STRAWBERRY! DOOO ITTT

[Steven Low]

Never buy any candy/junk food.

That way you will never eat it.

If your parents are buying food then tell them to not buy it.

[WoodlandGhillie]

Never buy any candy/junk food.

That way you will never eat it.

If your parents are buying food then tell them to not buy it.

Steve, I don't think you can tell an adult to not buy a six pack of Coke these days. That just wont register with them.

[Alec Furtado]

In the end, you're just going to have to try a bunch of things. My suggestions:

1. Find something else... I found CARROTS. OMG I LOVE CARROTS. Haha
2. Make yourself busy. The best way of not thinking about food is forgetting to think about it. Before you know it, it'll be 5 days past when you decided to stop and not even notice it.
3. What Steve said, don't buy any.
4. Think about how much you are not only screwing your short term training but your long-term health as well. The short term feeling of false happiness is not worth that.
5. When you think about eating candy, do 5 pushups (or something similar)
6. Keep gum with you (though you can get stuck on that too)

All of these have contributed in helping me stop. Sometimes I forgot and had a donut that was offered in class or something like that though. Overall, I eat candy no more. Plus, I think that when you stop eating candy, other things like fruit and carrots actually start tasting sweeter and you have no problem staying away from candy.

[Andrew Mumu Trahum]

might work if you eat SOOOO much junk food you'll never want to see another dessert again...atleast for a while
This is probably an extremely stupid idea, it is not advised that you try it...then again, do it for science

[Grayson]

Pending on your goals, fitness and general diet you might want to try an overload.

Basically take some food or drink that you enjoy but is not particularly healthy and eat that until you become physically sick of it. This is not an official technique just something
that I've tried out and I cannot gurantee it will work anyone else. I definitely didn't want the sweets in question but the major major disadvantage is what you end up putting into your body.

Very gimmicky overall.

I did this with apple pie when I was over weight with out even knowing I was doing it 

Gum, grapes, and oranges are what keep me away from sweets, find something naturally sweet.

[Steven Low]

Steve, I don't think you can tell an adult to not buy a six pack of Coke these days. That just wont register with them.

Yep it's pretty sad.... but really it's not that hard just stay away from the aisle.

IN fact, stay AWAY from all of hte middle aisles.

All of the real food -- meat fish vege, fruits, is on the OUTSIDE part of the store. Only maybe nuts and stuff are in aisles.

[WoodlandGhillie]

Find your fruit-equivalent addiction.

I used to eat icecream like no tomorrow, but then I found out about black cherries, yogurt/chocolate covered raisins, and STRAWBERRIES! Also, try freezing banana pieces, and blending until it has the consistency of icecream. SUPER YUMMY AND HEALTHY! (Add strawberries!!! WOOHOO!)

[Steven Low]

Find your fruit-equivalent addiction.

I used to eat icecream like no tomorrow, but then I found out about black cherries, yogurt/chocolate covered raisins, and STRAWBERRIES! Also, try freezing banana pieces, and blending until it has the consistency of icecream. SUPER YUMMY AND HEALTHY! (Add strawberries!!! WOOHOO!)

Excessive fruit is still excessive sugar.

I would advise against this although it is still healthier than eating crap.

[WoodlandGhillie]

Excessive fruit is still excessive sugar.

I would advise against this although it is still healthier than eating crap.

Progression. Getting off fruits is easier.

[Austin"Yoshi"]

very true so far ive gotten a wide array of fruits i told my parents to make cake and nonsense for themselves and HIDE IT lol so there helping and all they buy for me is healthy stuff if i ever have a snack craving i ussualy eat either a nutri grain bar, granny smith apple, banana, orange, plumb, and one of those hidden valley granola bars :] its actually going away and to reward myself if i do something good i eat a couple vanilla wafers (wich i have a surprising love for :3)

[Chris Salvato]

very true so far ive gotten a wide array of fruits i told my parents to make cake and nonsense for themselves and HIDE IT lol so there helping and all they buy for me is healthy stuff if i ever have a snack craving i ussualy eat either a nutri grain bar, granny smith apple, banana, orange, plumb, and one of those hidden valley granola bars :] its actually going away and to reward myself if i do something good i eat a couple vanilla wafers (wich i have a surprising love for :3)

Don't eat nutrigrain bars or hidden valley granola bars.  If you are going to do that, you may as well just eat candy.

[Steven Low]

Yeah, granola bars sound good because of the advertisements.... but there's absolutely nothing healthy about them.

Think about what type of stuff in nature is used to make that... and how much processing it has to go through... and how much artificial sugar is added...

[FrostySTL]

Edit: Removed incorrect or misleading information.

[Chris Salvato]

Lesson here, read the ingredients/nutrition panel on everything you put into your body with a very critical eye. Ignore the "% Daily value". If it says Fat grams 20, and the serving size is 40 grams, then the thing you are eating is 1/2 FAT!

Also, to the guy eating carrots, they contain a high amount of sugar as well, FYI. That's why they brown so nicely when cooked with a roast! Nomnomnom

What is wrong with something being 1/2 fat?  I care more about the ingredients than the nutrition facts.  If you are eating something with 20 grams of fat from rapeseed oil then that is alarming...from coconuts or avocados, not so much.  Fat is not the devil.

Carrots are most certainly NOT high in sugar.  Jesus Christ, really?  The last thing this community needs is another myth:

Carrot Nutrition Facts

A carrot is 8g of carbs in a 100 gram serving, 3 grams of which is from fiber.  That means that of the 8 grams, only 5 grams is digestible.  In turn, 100g of carrot only has 5g of "sugar" in it which is 5% by volume.  How is that high in sugar, exactly?

The reason your carrots brown is not because of insanely high sugar contents.  The carrots brown because of chemical and mechanical changes within the carrot that both (a) release water from the vegetable and (b) change the sugar's structure such that it tastes sweeter.  The total amount of sugar is still remarkably low and the high amount of fiber still buffers the carb absorption very well. 

Another similar vegetable is the onion that is only 7% carb and caramelizes nicely when cooked.

In short, why the hell are you telling someone not to eat carrots?  If onions and carrots are high in sugars then what isn't by your definition?  Water?

[WoodlandGhillie]

(Mildly off topic,)

The total amount of sugar is still remarkably low and the high amount of fiber still buffers the carb absorption very well.

How does fiber "buffer" the carbohydrate adsorption?

[Chris Salvato]

Its basic digestion.  A matter of surface area of the food to which the intestines are exposed.

If you have the sugars all gobbed up in a wad of fiber then they aren't accessible to the intestinal walls.  They may be available later as the intestines churn through the bolus (gob of food) but, when compared to a gob of pure carb, the absorption will be a lot slower.