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For those of you who don't know me- my pcp diagnosed me with obesity and referred me to a nutritionist as per my request. I have this huge sugar and high fat addiction and if I don't stop it it's going to kill me.
I need low fat low sugar snack ideas to crave my sweet tooth.
I can't beat my addictions alone.
I'm too far gone for self motivation.....I need some ideas to help beat my self defeating behaviors. When depression hit I would turn to sweets. I also gained more weight on meds that were supposed to stop the depression. Anyhow bottom line is I'm an addict and that's the first step to recovery.
The woman at the diabetes clinic told me I was allowed rice cakes
But if she knew I liked the caramel ones she would flip her rocker.
If I limit them and use my discretionary calories for something like
Caramel rice cakes would that be a bad thing? I mean the rice cakes
are healthy the only bad thing about them is they have sugar on them
I'm only allowed 195 calories of solid fats and sugars a day
So today all my veggies were raw.
I had three cheese ziti marinara smart ones which is weight watchers so the fat content is going to be low
I had two medium oranges
2 small cups grapefruit juice
1 serving dry roasted salted almonds
1 serving dry roasted sunflower seeds.
On days like these would it hurt to add some caramel rice cakes to satisfy my sweet tooth?
I was also bad and had one squirt of whipped cream because I was craving sugar.
If I add just a small amount to my diet I wouldn't crave it as much right?
And this is the healthiest I've eaten in all my life!
So I should get bonus points!
I need low fat low sugar snack ideas to crave my sweet tooth.
I can't beat my addictions alone.
I'm too far gone for self motivation.....I need some ideas to help beat my self defeating behaviors. When depression hit I would turn to sweets. I also gained more weight on meds that were supposed to stop the depression. Anyhow bottom line is I'm an addict and that's the first step to recovery.
The woman at the diabetes clinic told me I was allowed rice cakes
But if she knew I liked the caramel ones she would flip her rocker.
If I limit them and use my discretionary calories for something like
Caramel rice cakes would that be a bad thing? I mean the rice cakes
are healthy the only bad thing about them is they have sugar on them
I'm only allowed 195 calories of solid fats and sugars a day
So today all my veggies were raw.
I had three cheese ziti marinara smart ones which is weight watchers so the fat content is going to be low
I had two medium oranges
2 small cups grapefruit juice
1 serving dry roasted salted almonds
1 serving dry roasted sunflower seeds.
On days like these would it hurt to add some caramel rice cakes to satisfy my sweet tooth?
I was also bad and had one squirt of whipped cream because I was craving sugar.
If I add just a small amount to my diet I wouldn't crave it as much right?
And this is the healthiest I've eaten in all my life!
So I should get bonus points!
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
You have to be careful about carbs, too. White things -- rice, pasta, bread, potatoes. They turn to sugar, when you eat them. Hold a saltine cracker in your mouth until it melts. It will start to taste sweet, as it turns to sugar.
Here are some low sugar snacks:
graham crackers (I like the honey or the cinnamon)
herbal teas -- fruit chips in them make them sweet, but no sugar
angel food cake with fruit on top
sugarfree snacks (got to be careful of these because of carbs)
Splenda -- for my tea and for baking.
melons that are very ripe
Once you get used to it, you won't even miss the sugar. Another trick is to eat something sour to curb the craving.
I wish you luck.
You should get bonus points!!!!!
Fresh or canned fruit is great for when you want a sugar hit and will keep you going as well.
Herbal teas with honey.
You can make oat bars out of oats, egg whites, honey and dried fruits and they're a good source of natural sugars and fiber.
Be careful when eating the Weight Watchers meals cause they can contain a lot more sugar and sodium than you're aware of.
You're much better off eating an orange or a grapefruit than you are drinking the juice. My mother's Diabetic and the dietitian told her that drinking a glass of orange juice is like eating 6 oranges, sugar-wise.
I wouldn't even eat the rice cakes, much less the caramel ones!! I stay away from refined things and from simple starches. Your body breaks simple starches down into sugar very easily, which can spike your blood sugar.
Actually, if you keep eating small bits of sugar to your diet, you'll probably keep craving it. If you can cut sweets out of your diet, you'll eventually quit craving them. But you have to go through a few weeks of withdrawal Hell to get to that point.
Good luck! You seem like you're watching your diet pretty good!!! If you're having a caramel rice cake and a squirt of whipping cream and you see that you're losing weight, then it's probably fine for you to do!!
I think there's also sugar free icecream. I haven't found it at my grocery store but my daughter said there is such a thing.
Hope this helps.
My three year old niece and I dance a couple hours a day. Just when I think I am going to have a heart attack, she will say, "Come shake with me, Aunt Pam!!!"
Come shake with us, Princess. Adding movment to your diet, the pounds will come off like "magic".