If cakes are the problem, find a healthier version of what you crave. Buy smaller packs. Saving a little and buying a big pack does nothing but add calories to your diet. Or treat yourself only once in a while. I have a rule of no candy/chocolate/desserts until the weekend. Then on saturday, i take moderately.

You are trying to make a life style change! Find choices that make you happy not guilty at the end of the week. Everyone slips up, it is how we decide to learn from those slip ups that decides our success :) It is about how quickly you can return to healthy habits that is a true sign of success when it comes to finding a healthier lifestyle.

hi. i slipped up last night or should i say binged big time. i had del taco with 2665 cal. for that one fast food trip... BUT ... today i'm back on the health wagon and won't do that today. i used money that i needed for gasoline so right there i will pay the price and the scale went up 4lbs. overnight, probably from all the sodium. i will go on a good brisk walk with my dog and stick to my calorie limit today. eekrss is right... when you slip up or binge... get right back to your goal... don't let the bad eating turn back into a regular habbit or occurance whatever you want to call it... this has helped me, hope it helps you.

If u don't buy/bake it, then u won't have it available. 1 cookie = into 4 bites, last me for 4 dys. let the bite of cookie desolve in your mouth.
Wal mart stores sale bags of bite size cookies/cakes/candy.
Today,Sun.,6/17/12,in US. I seen ad on tv for a non diary,non fat , sugar free, non ice cream that taste like ice cream. Uncertain but it seems like the brand name being: Sweet sensations.
Keep up the good work.

My sweet food items are sugarfree jello either on its own or with no fat fruit yoghurt ot low fat custard. Then for the hot days I like ice lollies which I think you call fruit bars at 20calories each and great for hot days. Then there is hot chocolate drink by Cadburys called Hi-Lites, fudge is my favourite and I mix it with a tablespoon or two of water water and then fill up the rest of the small glass with cold fat free milk and I have a chcolate milkshake, kind of, lol! Then in the winter I use the Cadburys Hilites with hot fat free milk and its hot sweet chocolate. Im sure there are many other things you could use or combine to satisfy that sweet tooth. A friend keeps a container of low fat/fat free yoghurt in the fridge and when she wants something sweet takes just a teaspoonful. I just cannot get rid of everything sweet so have done this. Hope your find something to satisfy that sweet tooth.

Why do you have the cakes? Is it emotional, stress, habit, a certain social group? What emotion are you feeling when you have them? I have discovered that I eat chocolate and crisps at lunch partly because of habit and especially when I have a stressful morning, so I am trying to change my habits.

Is there a way you can avoid them, like eekrss says, if they are supermarket bought simply don't get them or get a smaller pack or healthier brand. If they are bought when you go past a certain shop, change your route. If they are bought when out with friends, change your plans. Maybe get a takeout coffee at the cafe and so you can get away from the cakes, or go for a healthy lunch with friends instead.

If it is emotional is there some other way you can give yourself a little treat? A magazine or some bath bubbles? Or each time you don't buy a cake, put the cost of the cake either physically or mentally into a savings jar or account, or just make a note of it. Save the money up for something you like, a nice dress or perfume or jewellery. It really givs you a boost to see the money you are saving and get closer to your goal.