About four months ago, I decided I would only eat dessert sweets one day a week, in the hopes that I’d lose a bit of weight. I otherwise eat way too many sweets, so I thought that was my downfall, as lack of exercise isn’t my problem (six hours a week including one hour of weightlifting).
Well, I haven’t lost anything, and although my cravings for sugar are down, I still have moments when they’re just overwhelming. Like right now. I’d give anything for a brownie right about now. Or a plate of them. Or ice cream. Or chocolate cake. Or all of the above. I have miraculously managed to resist every time this happens, and I’ve always been able to wait until Saturday, but I’m wandering around the house like a madwoman, envisioning plates full of gooey chocolate foods.
If your diet allows it, have a piece of fruit (not the same, I know, but the sugar craving will stop). Some of the non-sugar sweetened candies are actually pretty good, or check out the Weight Watchers snack bars.
My problem isn’t sugar, it’s bread, and I’m on the third day of Atkins. When I started, I thought “Great! I can eat all the bacon , cheese and steak I want!” Now I’m sick of it and I’d kill for a tomato sandwich on sourdough with mayonaisse.
Failing that, have a glass of juice, water, or do some exercise.
Guess I shouldn’t mention the Ben and Jerry’s Triple Caramel ice cream I just ate. And the 2 mini Hershey bars sitting on my desk. Make that 1 and soon the be no mini Hershey bars on my desk.
My mom made two boxes of cookies, one sugar, one gingerbread, and they just polished off a pan of brownies. I also have some tiramisu (sp?) I got at a restaurant the other night, in the fridge, because I ate only a couple of bites of it (it has some kind of rum butter sauce and tastes like alcohol.)