Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Without Sabotaging Your Day
Those powerful sweet cravings can sneak right up on you. For me they often hit right after lunch, but many people say that late night is the hardest. Here are some tips to squash those cravings and some suggestions when you just can’t say NO.
Squash the Sweet Tooth
First, try these tricks to help beat that sweet tooth without actually eating anything sweet.
1) WAIT. When you really want something sweet, try to wait 15 minutes. Often, this is all it will take for the craving to pass.
2) Drink water – it will hydrate you and possibly buy you enough time for the craving to subside.
3) Drink a flavored herbal tea. Sometimes the different flavors like vanilla, cinnamon or mi
nt, can satisfy that need for sweetness.
Healthy Sweet Tooth Options
If you are still craving that sweet something, try the following healthy snack choices. It is better to enjoy a small sweet snack to satisfy your craving rather than eating your way around the kitchen just trying to avoid it.
1) Skim latte with one shot of mocha. Low in calories and just sweet enough to do the trick.
2) Frozen grapes. They are sweet and give you something to sink your teeth into.
3) Toss a teaspoon or two of sugar and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon into a zip lock bag. Add apple slices and toss.
4) Honey graham crackers with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter.
5) Combine nonfar Greek yogurt with honey, crushed graham crackers and any kind of fruit. Makes for a sweet, crunchy snack.
6) Toss popcorn tossed with 1 to 2 tablespoons of melted chocolate chips. Let in cool in the refrigerator so it is not too sticky. (We recommend popping your popcorn on the stove top or air popping it. Microwave popcorn has been found to contain dangerous levels of chemicals.)
7) Melt 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter and 1 tablespoon chocolate chips and use as a dip for pretzel sticks.
8) Melt 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips and dip a banana into it.
9) Toast one piece whole-wheat bread and spread a very thin layer of butter,than sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar (you only need a tiny bit)
10) Apple slices with a tablespoon of peanut butter
Notes on calories and fat:
One Tbsp. of semi-sweet chocolate chips has just 70 calories and 4 grams of fat.
One Tbsp. of peanut butter has 80 calories and 8 grams of fat.
One full graham cracker has 65 calories and under 2 grams of fat. Try to buy the brands without hydrogenated oils.
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