Everyday Systems

Hi folks. I'm starting the No S diet today and I already know that my evening dessert craving is going to be the real challenge for me. It's 10:30 right now and I reeeeally want something sweet. At least some chocolate milk or something!

Does anyone have suggestions for beating this? Do the cravings lessen over time?

Thanks!

It does get easier! Be tough! Hang in there! Stubbornness is awesome!

I've to confess upfront that I don't have much of a sweet tooth, and dessert never, ever features on any of my menus. (My friends know to offer to bring dessert if they're invited for a meal - it's either that or go without! ) So, I'm probably not the best person for advise here. One suggestion I can make though, is to plate up some fruit with supper, and then eat the fruit later, instead of something sugary. I know that you won't get the same satisfaction, but it's one way of staying compliant. It does violate the no-snacking rule to an extent, but I feel that if a food was plated and then eaten later, it can't really be seen snacking.

Good luck!

If it feels too hard, give yourself permission to have something sweet, but in the evenings only, and only as a temporary measure. If you're cutting out all sweets before supper, your sweet tooth will start to diminish. Eventually you will be able to cut out the after dinner sweet without pain.

Thanks everyone. I managed to make it through last evening without sugar, so I know I can do it. I have a feeling I just have to tough it out for a week and it will be easier after that. I'm just going to do my best to go cold turkey and see how far I get.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Congratulations!

If it gets too bad you can try a caloric drink. Milk packs a wallop (and apparently helps you sleep). Even (100% fruit) fruit juice is permitted -- certainly sweet enough (perhaps even too sweet -- I tend to stick with fresh squeezed to make sure it's inconvenient to drink in quantity).

Reinhard

As a person who ate sweets pretty much non-stop from mid afternoon to night and sometimes even in the morning for DECADES, I'm here to say that yes, it does get a lot easier. I've been grappling with some failures over the last few months after going back to work at the end fo a short summer--when what I would really have liked is to retire, but I don't have the years in--, but it's not gone back to what it was, and I've been getting a second wind lately, too. I went months and months with happy compliance, and I still feel joyous and grateful that I do not fear the nights anymore.

I'm just trying to be strict with myself for now and stick 100% to the plan. Second night was already a bit easier. I'll see how it goes tonight.