Chocolate is a hard one for me. I can easily eat a whole slab of dark chocolate in one sitting...... easy! I had to cut back and limit myself to 2 cubes that comes to 4 carbs every second day or ones a week.
Often I'm tempted to go for diet drinks, diet bars, shakes or artificial sugar. I notice that when I have these products my cravings for sugar just crabs me by the throat and demands more and more. Its like a shark smelling blood and all goes haywire!
I had to learn to cut these out all together and just eat plain and normal. Go for the basic food groups and make the best of them. Often I found that lots of sugar and carbs creep in when I try to twig some things so I can eat it too.
Off course when I make pizza for supper I try to come up with an alternative so I can also enjoy the pizza toppings on some base that is low carb, or when my family have sandwiches I will make the "bread in a mug" so I have something to load my toppings on.
When the sugar cravings grab me I:
-eat 2 cubes of dark chocolate or one of these others
-I make myself a strong espresso with a shot of cream
-I eat a handful of macadamia nuts or almonds
-I eat a few olives
-I eat a tablespoon of coconut oil from the fridge
-cut myself a sliver of cheese and heat it in the microwave
-have a few frozen grapes
Cutting out the carbs stay hard for me. As the time went on I must say it is becoming more easy. I do crave less and have much more energy.
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