Do you have a pudding every night?

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Exactly my question. I'm so used to having a pudding, no matter how small, every night. If we don't have one it feels like the meal is not complete.
As I'm overweight it needs to stop. Need to save some money too. I have a wardrobe full of nice clothes that don't fit.
If you do have a pudding & still keep the calories down what do you have? Fruit salad is the obvious choice, but you get fed up of it after a while.

No I don’t. But then I don’t really have a Sweet tooth.

Honestly it’s a habit. It is possible to break it.

I only have a pudding on special occasions and that's the same with most people I know.
Fresh fruit salad sounds a great alternative, all the best with your weight loss journey

Very rarely - I have a salt tooth not a sweet tooth. DD always asks though.

I’m also overweight though! Too much cheese and crisps.

oh yes, even if just a penguin.
Having Nadiya Hussian lemon and basil shortbread with raspberry and white cholocalte filling tonight,

Full fat Greek yoghurt with fill you up. Tbh I have some chewing gum after my dinner sometimes if I feel like snacking (when I don’t need it) and it works pretty well!

Rarely, a few times a year perhaps although DD does always

I do keto and I have 5 or 6 frozen raspberries or strawberries after dinner with a cup of tea. It sounds a bit weird, but they are quite delicious to suck on and they satisfy that dessert craving for me.

I agree with this. I’d only have it as a treat. And also what PP said about habit. Try drinking water (or even a nice cordial - I’ve been doing dry Jan and really enjoying ‘Bottle Green’ elderflower and pomegranate cordial-so delicious, even if you have it really weak 😋) as a way of ‘filling up’ a bit more with your meal.
And yes, if you’re going to struggle with cutting out puds straight away, try having a bit of fruit afterwards, even a fruit salad which would last a few days and feel more special.
wish you all the best! I’m making some changes with my health at the moment and it feels really good once you get a bit of momentum 👍

I leave it an hour to see if I’m actually full. Frozen berries and a nice lemon yogurt or baked grapefruit sorinlkled with ginger is my go-to healthier option Sometimes just a chunk of chocolate or a handful of gums hits the spot.

I loveeee 0% fat Greek yoghurt, half a punnet of strawberries, and a brunch bar crumbled up over the top (or to be decadent, melting a few squares of Lindt and drizzling over....) 😋

To be fair it's what I have for breakfast, as I don't have dessert regularly. But if I'm craving something I have this!

I never used to until pregnant. Now I often do. I'm also overweight and it needs to stop. Kids are 6 & 4!

No but I wish I could, love puds but really don't need to add to my calorie intake 😭

Does it matter? If you really want a pudding then have a pudding, but see where you can cut out a sweet treat from other parts of your day. If you're eating well all day, then treat yourself with a low calorie chocolate moose what's the big whoop.

If you're on about having a full on treacle pudding or full size magnum then that may be excessive if you're not happy with your weight.

Yes because the kids always ask. But it differs every evening. Lemon and poppyseed sheet pancake with a drizzle of honey and dollop of greek yoghurt. Melon. Tinned fruit and greek yoghurt. Ordinary yoghurt. Baked apple. Banana and custard. Rice pudding (especially if the main course wasn't one they particularly ate much of). Banana 'nice cream'. Blueberry pancakes.

A proper pudding at the weekend though like apple crumble. A tunnocks teacake on a Sunday!

No, and I love pudding. I have two chocolate biscuits with a cup of coffee before 8pm though. Try not to eat after 8. Meringue and fresh fruit? Or tinned fruit. The syrup makes it sweeter.

Frozen or fresh berries here and sometimes a yoghurt

Always a square of chocolate, but that's it apart from very occasionally.

Meringue nests crumbled over a greek yogurt with some berries is always nice.

Absolutely, pudding after every meal.

Lunch pudding is normally a chocolate bar or a few biscuits.

Tea pudding is about 9pm when we're settling down to watch TV. We usually eat tea at about 6.30pm. Most nights it's a heated thing (sponge cake, strudel, crumble) with cream/ice cream. But if we can't be arsed it'll just be a couple of chocolate bars or biscuits again.

Pudding is always accompanied by a cup of tea. Always

I often have a Fab ice lolly as it takes a while to eat & is quite satisfying for only 80 calories. I have a sweet tooth & find it can stop me eating loads of chocolate.

I always have frozen berries with greek yoghurt.

Or if you go on tiktok, there are lots of low cal high protein dessert recipes. I'm yet to make the protein yogurt bark, but I never have room in the freezer

No, it's one of these things that's habit forming and I've gone through phases of it before, once you haven't done it for a few nights you lose the urge I find. I do like a snack later on though, things like nuts with dark chocolate scratch that itch without being too wildly I healthy!

I'm thin and have pudding once a week

No, the vast majority of days are without desserts.

What are you having for pudding, how many calories? It would seem an easy change to make. Switch to a piece of fruit or plain yogurt if you can't just stop.