Re: Re: Sugar cravings.... (what I'm working on)

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I find that my sugar cravings are helped with the Myoplex " ice cream " and

" milkshakes " that I make. For meal 4, I have a myoplex lite chocolate peanut

butter w/ lots of ice and some splenda (and I mean lots of ice to make it like a

milkshake) For meal 6, I have a myoplex carbsense w/ frozen strawberries and a

TBSP of natural peanut butter. I also put in some calorie free chocolate syrup

w/ some splenda. I don't even crave ice cream anymore, even on free day! I also

use cottage cheese w/ an apple, cinnamon and splenda.

alysd38 <no_reply > wrote: One thing my roommate is doing to

stem the icecream beast is if she

feel she just MUST have some, she goes to Brames and gets the smallest

serving they have. That way she does not eat an entire pint (which

we all know is realy one serving!...lol)

Barbara

>

> My frozen treat caloric 'budget' is completely fitting in with my

> overall eating and nutrition goals, such that I stay within every

> day's allotment (I cycle my calories) and still get all my vitamins

> via my gigantic salads, veggie-based soups, etc.

>

> But the habit/compulsion itself is practically uncontrollable right

> now - I may have to cold turkey it for a few weeks to quelch those

> cravings. I'm eating a pint of something about 4 times a week at this

> point. No, it's not full-blown Haagen Dazs but rather something that

> comes in around 400-450 calories for the pint, so usually lowfat

> frozen yogurt, or one of my own homemade creations that are even

> approaching healthy, like pumpkin gelato, blackberry frozen yogurt,

> etc.

>

> But still, it is driving my sugar cravings into space, because I am

> sweetening the homemade ones with Splenda and whether its all in my

> head or its a real physical effect, artificial sugars seem to turn

> into a downward spiral of cravings. The lowfat frozen yogurts are

> nice from a caloric standpoint, but they have a ton of real sugar to

> offset the lack of fat, so that doesn't help either. Oh, and the

> continual bloating from the large amounts of artificial sugar is

> rather distressing.

>

> Anyone have a good trick to defeat this? No... nevermind. I know I

> just have to go cold turkey and be done with it. 10-14 days and I'll

> be " cured " , at least until the next time I get a mild hankering and

> then it will seem like a REAL treat if I indulge. I suppose I just

> needed to " vent " , as it were. I know what I need to do. :-)

>

> But first I must attend to the 3 remaining pints of frozen things in

> the pantry.... because I will not throw food out that has not gone

> bad. I won't be the guy on Starved who put the chocolate cakes in

> the trash and then dug them out later.

>

> *sigh*

>

> , in ABQ

>