Just when I was doing so good, I blew it last week. TOM is to blame. Sugar cravings were constant and I had something everyday. Mondays I weigh myself, no weight loss for last week. Monday morning I was back on tract, and by this morning down 1lb. Will these darn cravings ever go away? Monday was the beginning of my 8th week. I am trying not to be hard on myself, but am feeling like an idiot right now. This plan does work when you follow it. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the same problem! I could eat everything in sight!
Here are some helpful tips:

Cheese - supposedly cheese satisfies other cravings

Sugar Free Cinnamon Gum - I chew this daily and it satisfies my sweet tooth

Lifesavers Sugar Free Butter Toffee - I buy these a lot and they are sugar free and made with mostly legal ingredients but do have one ingredient I'm not sure about...It hasn't affected my loss though....You should try them!

If you want something sugary eat Fruit! Most fruits taste very sweet especially pineapple and watermelon and strawberries!

Ok, so you didn't go down, but you didn't go UP either, right? No ground lost anyway. And congrats on this week's pound.



Did you eat REAL sugar or just SF treats? It helps if you can at least stick to artificially sweetened stuff when you have cravings. I drink more SF sodas and eat fruit as KittyKat has suggested.

I went up 4 pounds in a sweet binge with SF treats, often eaten too late in the day. Some of it is muscle weight, but certainly not all of it. Back down to 121 now, but was at 120, so still haven't regained all the ground I lost, dangit! I'll get there though, and I'm not going to fret about when. Life has been stressful for me the last few weeks so I don't have the umph to crack down on myself too hard. I figure that in the long run I'll get where I'm going... and so will you!

You're right, we just need to keep on chugging and we'll be ok. This DOES work.

Hang in there. you can do it!

MB

Thank you for the suggestions. I can not tolerate artificial sweetners especially nutrasweet. I get terrible headaches, so I have not used them for 15 years. I have used stevia in my tea. Last week I had products with refined sugar, when I cheated. My big downfall was my husband & father wanted my chocolate walnut fudge for fathers day (normally, this is only made at Christmas). It was so good!!!!!!! I felt terrible after eating this confection, soooooooooo tired and run down.