OK, so is it ever possible to combine a love of sweet things without piling on the pounds?

[bunjies]

I'm nearing the light at the end of the tunnel wrt to weight loss and have about a stone to go. I've lost a total of 4 stone over the last 3 years through a mainly low carb plan but due to a major stall have been following a vlcd to get to my goal. I am really happy with eating low carb/low GL but do like to eat sweet things too and don't miss pasta/potatoes/bread. However, ideally I would like to be able to have something sweet every day but is this ever possible whilst maintaining a weight loss? Basically can I have my cake and eat it too ?

yes if it is part of the total overall calorie intake you need to lose weight - I know it is not good nutrition but no reason why you could not use 20% of daily allowance to have a piece of cake if it then means you are good with the other 80% .. am always amazed how few calories are in a chocolate eclair!

Yes, it's absolutely possibly but you have to be the kind of person who is able to keep these things in moderation.

I find that the more chocolate/cake/etc I eat, the more I want. In fact I've just gone cold turkey on chocolate because it had escalated so badly and I'm putting weight on.

Thanks for the replies. Yes I suppose that's the answer. Calorie control - ugh!

I'm doing Slimming World which is basically a very low fat and kind of low carb- no bread, but you can have pasta/potatoes/rice. Every day you can have between 5 and 15 syns- I often save them and have a Galaxy in the evening (12.5). I've lost 1.5st so far, in 7 weeks, having cake and eating it ATM...

That's a great weight loss debka.