Help Sweet Tooth Munchie Attack

[sarah1274]

Hi

I am in my third week of WW and had two good weeks and the odd slip up but it still worked.
Now I haven't had a sweet Tooth in years I always crave cheese, bread or Chinese,(although I have a little weakness for cake!)
However today I have felt like the cookie monster and want to shovel anything sweet down my throat, I am trying not to but so far have succumbed to 4 Jam and Cream rings 8pp and Peanut M&M's 6pp and yes I am over my daily allowance a lot!! This consumption is me being restrained, I want to eat everything!!

Has anyone else experienced this, and does this feeling go away??

Fingers crossed tomorrow this urge to binge will pass.:sigh:

 

[hannata]

I had it this evening and gorbed some rubbish.....so annoyed. i feel awful now and really exhausted. serves me right really!! We'll get over it one step at a time xx

 

[sarah1274]

Yeah I'm not sure if its the guilt or the sudden Sugar hit and come down that is leaving me feeling poop!!!
Am even contemplating going to bed so I'm not tempted!!
Like you say, one step at a time

 

[Kizzyann]

Hey,

I am a real savoury girl but since joining WW my Boyf now calls me "2pud" because if I have enough points ( & I mostly make sure I have!) I have 2 puddings

I have just succumbed to my change in taste and I now have cupboards full of low point things that satisfy my sweet cravings. It hasn't effected my weight loss (3stone off in 4 months) and I think it has actually kept me on the straight & narrow because I don't ever feel deprived as have "treats"

My face things are:

Curly Wurly 3pp
WW Rich Toffee Bar 2pp
Shape Delight Chocolate Yoghurt 3pp
Fibre Plus Bar 3pp
WW Honeycomb Sundae 3pp
Carte Dor light icecream 1 scoop = 1pp, 2 = 2pp with banana
WW wafer bar = 2pp
Whispa Icecream Bar = 2pp
WW Minipot choc or toffee = 2pp
Galaxy Ripple Snack Size = 2pp
Lu Mikado x 3 sticks = 1pp

Hope that helps x

 

[Mammacass24]

How about trying a sweet drink?

Diet coke/lemonade?

Or sugar free jelly?

 

[sarah1274]

Wow Kizzyann congrats on the weight loss and thank you for that list, (which I have now copied into word and stuck up above my pc!)
Mammacass unfortunatley diet coke is something I drink maybe a little too much off but sometimes it helps.
Normally I don't really crave sugar and if I do fruit or coke or like you said Jelly works, but today I wanted biscuits and carrot cake, chocolate éclairs and snickers and munchies and every other chocolate sugar based item out there lol

Oh well tomorrow is another day, and hopefully a healthier one, thanks again guys.

 

[Kizzyann]

oops just noticed a typo. Whispa Icecream Bar = 3pp

x

 

[sarah1274]

Still worth the 3pp's though

 

[carlyb1208]

Interesting as this happened on my 3rd week. Im in my 4th now and i regretted what the scales said lastweek that im determind to not let it happen this week.(gain of 1.5) I kept thinking 1 little mini egg wont b a point,2 little mini eggs wont b a point.....then the whole bag later and i worked it out at the end and it was 12points!!!
Ww choc eclair puddings are nice and only 2pp! I usually have one of them as a treat they dont last v long and usually i want another one. But curly wurlys r my fav and for only 3pp wen frozen i snap it into little peices then stuck all the choc off! It lasts longer haha.
Good luck one bad week = motivation to be good i think! X

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[Charlotte-Eve]

I know this is potentailly bad advice, but sometimes I think we have to give in to some of our cravings. The reason I do is because:

1 - If I don't satisfy the craving, I'll end up not enjoying anything I eat for days, resenting the "diet" and giving up

2 - My body is trying to tell me it wants something

3 - If I let the craving "win" then I -95% of the time- don't want the thing for quite a while after.

Obviously when I do have the craving I try not to gorge on it, or just ram it in my gob and barely taste it (aaah I used to do this all the time!!! So ashamed!) or have a snack size/reduced portion of the item, eat it slowly and if I still want more, have another after an hour or two. It works for me and doesn't make the food seem bad or banned.

I think changing eating plans is 80% mental anyway, so if you don't get to the root then nothing will change.

Just my 2pence

Oh and chocolate wise I tend to go for 2pp a bubbly bar 2pp (mini Wispa-style bar, Asda), WW chocolate digestive biscuit bar for 2pp, tesco wild and whippy bar 2pp (like a milky way).. mini twister lollies are 1pp and pineapple gets my sugar craving and it's FREEEEEE

 

[16-11]

Charlotte-Eve your advice has really helped me I had fell off the wagon there for 2 days and was being all negative- 2lbs on

Bur I agree if I hadn't of done it I would be miserable! Just gonna take this as part of the journey-

My favourite quote-
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary"

 

[Charlotte-Eve]

Well done LEB - getting back on track takes balls and determination so congrats. 2lb in the grand scheme will be gone in the blink of an eye Sometimes life just doesn't allow an easy route to weightloss - I think having some "awkward times" thrown in there only makes the weightloss feel more worthwhile, as you've had something extra you've overcome on the journey. You've lost pretty much 10% of your total weight loss goal so keep it up!

Love that quote, it's so true - definitely one I'll be referring back to when things get tough.

 

[16-11]

Thanks for your motivation and you know I've never even thought that about nearly losing 10%!

It's this forum and people like yourself who are really getting me through.

I love that quote- I'm a secondary school teacher and have it on my classroom wall lol

 

[hannata]

I would be inclined to agree with Charlotte-Eve. **** happens. We all have rotten days where we just eat around us. Getting back on it is how we stop a 1lb gain turning into a 1 stone gain or just giving up altogether.

I had a bit of a blowout last night, at a packet and a half of those fancy biscuits (at like 2pp each, 10 in a pack) ._. But I did throw out the other half that was left.... and i'm back on the wagon now. Yay.

 

[16-11]

Well the main thing is it's out of our system and we are back on x

 

[sarah1274]

Again thanks guys, a second bad day for me, I feel I would eat my own arm if it was made of chocolate and cake!
Stress also meant I hit the Vodka, so really bad day and almost doubled my daily allowance from my weeklies.
However I am still hoping this is a glich and will carry on and hope this passes or my will power gets stronger!!
Hosting my party tomorrow (or should I say today!) so gonna have to behave now, not got many points left lol