What do you do when you fancy a biscuit / cake / chocolate

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I'm trying to loose weight, and whilst I know an occasional treat is fine, I had some Easter egg yesterday and now I want some more 🙃 arghhhhj

Well it's the weather in part, had a day out planned which has rained off and didn't do my usual walk as had toddler DD and she isn't keen on rainy walks as won't walk in it and hates the rain cover as can't see out.

Having a cup of tea but meh, it's not the same. Salad for lunch and honestly its not the same as chocolate.

Have a sainsburys rocket lolly or a blueberry kallo ricecake

Slimming world will need your sugar addiction worse.

Give it a miss, get on my fitness pal or Noom

Make real life changes, join a strength gym with small classes and trainers

I have an after eight for 35 cals 😁

Chocolate biscuits, well, one just leads to half a dozen.

Why, though? As far as I know they don't leap from the packet yelling "pick me!" so they actually don't have to lead to a miniature binge.

Eat one!!

I have funsize chocolate so I can eat a pack and then not feel the need to "finish off" the rest. I would find it hard to eat a bit of easter egg and leave the rest.

You do not understand 😂😂😂😂

Never having the things in the house helps. I have coeliac. I never buy gluten free treats or bread and everything I bake has gluten in it, so I can't even taste it! If I really fancied a biscuit or cake I would have to go to a shop and purchase them. The effort involved would put me off, but if I wanted it that badly, I would definitely eat it.

Restricting leads to binging.fact.
allowing.unreservbly leads your body to trusting it's always available,therefore you stop craving it like a school child.and your body learns to trust you and not react in that scarcity dieting mindset.
It becomes less special when it's had and allowed.you make better choices.
Eat.repeat.lwtbyour mind and body no it's ok and you will stop craving it.
95% diets fail.we are led to believe in shame,lack of willpower.but healthy can be all foods.and shame leads to unhealthy food mindset and decisions.
Did someone mention brushing teeth.distraction against eating! My god is this an eating disorder tips page.and no?would this be acceptable tips if we new the person had an ed and was starving.
We are giving people tips to stay away from food.this is not health.

Placemarking!

I have a cup of Yorkshire tea with a sweetener in. It tastes like malted milk.

Don;t have cake. The calories in even a small slice of cake are insane. But a biscuit is way more manageable. Those packs of mini jaffa cakes are around 100-125 calories iirc.

The 10 calorie jellies are good too, if you want dessert.

In summer have a fruit lolly or mini milk which are about 30-50 calories.

Those 100 calorie bars
You get from b and m. I can't think what they are called? Skinny whips? Is that right? The mint ones are lovely.

I've ate four in one go though

I eat it! But I won’t usually have a massive slice or more than 1 or 2 biscuits, or a couple of squares of chocolate.

M&S cherry cake or Victoria sponge. One slice is enough to satisfy any cravings. If you believe that you'll believe anything!

I serve myself the serving size that is acceptable, on a cute little plate, I make myself a cup of tea or sparkling water, put the chocolate away in a tin at the very back of the cupboard, then bring my tea and chocolate upstairs.

I have the chocolate first, then the tea. I enjoy it. I usually don’t crave any more. If I do, I debate whether it’s worth the effort of going back downstairs and taking everything out of the cupboard again. If it is, then fine, but usually I find it isn’t!

Another thing I do is have a low cal raspberry yoghurt but stir lots of frozen raspberries into it. It becomes lovely and chewy and bulks out the yoghurt. Takes time to eat.

Sometimes, though, I think you need to eat what you are actually craving otherwise you can eat a banana, a bunch of grapes, a handful of cheerios etc and still want what you want. Keep some calorie controlled sweet stuff for those moments. Fibre One brownies are good. Mini jaffa cakes are good. That sort of thing.

Yes. Well, if you don't understand, then I'm happy for you. I can't afford the amount of mental energy it takes to have just one chocolate biscuit. I've spent literally years beating myself up about, alternately resisting the pull or saying sod it. It's exhausting and ultimately unhelpful.

I'm more or less happy with my current way of eating, having lost 77lbs.
It didn't involve simply deciding to have 'just the one' chocolate biscuit.

How have you lost the weight? Well done!

I eat it 😳! No will power. Luckily have a decent metabolism and a reasonably good with portion size and balance in my diet.

Sugar free polos.

Or cleaning teeth.

Have a small bit, the thing is I end up having several small bits which end up being a big bit

I used to do this. It takes a lot of effort to stop, but once you figure out why one small bit isn't satisfying, or what you can pair a small bit with to make it feel satisfying, then it's easier to stop.

And if nothing can make a small bit actually satisfying, then it's not really worth eating!

I have the biscuit, cake or chocolate. In moderation and without guilt. I then adjust my calories fo the rest of the day to account for it.

@Namechangefornow Slimming World. It's not a perfect system, but it's not satanic either, despite what you read on here sometimes! Took a year, and have maintained for 7 months now, including Christmas and Easter. In an ideal world I'd lose another 28lb, but don't want to over reach! Better to consolidate my wins than try for perfection and fail 🤣