The only thing I can say is that I can’t eat sweets that were as rich or sugary as when I was little. I will say, my taste-buds are somewhat stronger nowadays
Other than that-not a bit. Sweets are totally my weakness.
I was always more of a salt fiend, but I have become much more choosy about sweet foods. I still like pie, ice cream and chocolate, but I’ve decided I actively dislike most types of cake.
I almost never want dessert, either. If I’m going to eat candy or something, it has too be between meals.
I don’t think I lost my taste for sweets so much as a) gained more willpower and b) internalized the concept of eating what I like with respect to desserts. In other words, if I don’t really love the way it tastes, why eat it if all it does is make me fat and leave me unsatisfied?
I used to eat sweets like a fiend but as I’ve got older the only things I’d have that are sweet would be fizzy pop or a cup of tea with a bit of sugar in it. The odd time I would take dessert but I’d much prefer something savoury after dinner rather than sweet.
I find that cold water goes very well with chocolate, although I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s the contrast?
I loved sweets as a child, and I still do. The sweet tooth may have faded a bit–or just become more selective–but it’s definitely still there.
I wish. Sweets are my big problem. I can’t tolerate as much as I could in high school, but if it weren’t for things like nutrition and getting too fat, I’d probably eat two desserts a day, no problem. I have to tell myself no sugar all the time.
My taste for sweets has intensified, unfortunately. I’d skip the meal and go straight to dessert if I could. I try so hard to eat healthy foods, but sweets are always the weakest link for me. But, I don’t drink sugary drinks or load up on candy bars; it is baked goods and ice cream that lure me in now.
Perhaps. I like this combination very much myself. A good dark chocolate bar (which I only learned to appreciate recently) and a glass of cold water are excellent.
No. Sadly, I have not lost the craving for sweets. Although part of me is not sad about it at all.
I have to have a large glass of ice water after any kind of ice cream.
I agree re the selectivity–when I was a kid, it was enough that something was sweet. Now, I choose my sweets indulgence carefully.
I definitely don’t eat the completely empty, completely-sugar candy I did as a kid (what were those straws filled with sugar powder, and lik-m-aid, Spree, even skittles). Just thinking about them makes my teeth hurt. But I still enjoy a rich dessert with a sweet component to it.
I also prefer water with sweets. Probably because I don’t drink coffee, but I want something to cleanse the palate.
I was a hardcore sugar junkie from very small until my early twenties… one year I ate half a pound of Christmas candy in one sitting… I bought candy bars every day in college… Something changed. I just don’t want sugar any more. I’ll enjoy a few bites of something gourmet and desserty, but I don’t look for it.
I’m definitely a sweet over salty girl. I don’t even keep a salt shaker on the dinner table; I always reach for the pepper if I want to add anything.
Susan
Cravings for sweets got replaced by cravings for salty/crunchy at right about the time I started gaining weight, which was at age 35. Now I’m 39, have lost most of the weight I gained (with hard work), and seem to have more balanced cravings these days. Which can be a good or bad thing… 