"Addicted" to desserts
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"Addicted" to desserts
Postby zill » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:16 am
It certainly doesn't help when there are cafes very close to where I work and live.
However, everything else I eat is healthy.
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Postby reefer » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:17 am
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby zill » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:24 am
I don't buy them when shopping but because there are so many cafes near me, I cannot help it on the day!reefer wrote:Don't buy them. I removed almost all temptation out of my cupboards, cannot eat what's not there.
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Postby WarbyD » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:34 am
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"Addicted" to desserts
Postby herzog » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:55 am
The desserts are impossible to resist
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Postby anttismo » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:54 am
So carry some weetbix in your pocket
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Postby zill » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:03 pm
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby zill » Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:43 pm
Actually, this is surely the ultimate advice!WarbyD wrote:No advice anyone can offer will help. It's down to your willpower and only your willpower.. You need to learn to say "no"
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I wish I can stop craving sweet things. I use to crave potato chips but now that is gone. I hope this dessert craving will go also (soon).
It could be this cafe culture that surrounds cycling which makes this love of desserts unstoppable!?
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby riverride » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:22 pm
A filling snack (more like a dessert) for me is cottage cheese and peanut butter with banana mixed through.
Peanut butter and banana pancakes are delicious - mashed banana, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons flour, peanut butter (tablespoon melted and mixed through). I'm a fan of peanut butter...
Greek yoghurt and dates also works well.. Greek yoghurt and pretty much any fruit is a tasty snack, just as long as you don't buy the pre-made ones.
Carrot cake oatmeal is also fantastic. You can google recipes but essentially, oats and milk form the base. Greek yoghurt, allspice, ginger and vanilla essence constitute the frosting. Grated carrot and walnuts are mixed through.
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Postby MattyK » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:26 pm
High cocoa dark chocolate?zill wrote:Anybody know of something that tastes like chocolate (or has the effect) but without the fat nor sugar?
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"Addicted" to desserts
Postby Redbull » Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:00 pm
Will power is not the problem I have (of course I will have a bit ) whoa power is what I need to develop lol.WarbyD wrote:No advice anyone can offer will help. It's down to your willpower and only your willpower.. You need to learn to say "no"
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Postby zill » Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:40 pm
What is whoa power?Redbull wrote:Will power is not the problem I have (of course I will have a bit ) whoa power is what I need to develop lol.WarbyD wrote:No advice anyone can offer will help. It's down to your willpower and only your willpower.. You need to learn to say "no"
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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:43 pm
Knowing when to stop.zill wrote:What is whoa power?Redbull wrote:Will power is not the problem I have (of course I will have a bit ) whoa power is what I need to develop lol.WarbyD wrote:No advice anyone can offer will help. It's down to your willpower and only your willpower.. You need to learn to say "no"
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Best exercise to lose weight at dessert time is to place both hands firmly on the edge of the table then push.
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby zill » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:50 pm
Or apples and bananas. Apples for sweetness and bananas for the thick satisfying feel as well as some sweetness. Actually, I will try that.MattyK wrote:High cocoa dark chocolate?zill wrote:Anybody know of something that tastes like chocolate (or has the effect) but without the fat nor sugar?
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Postby Lizzy » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:47 pm
Sounds like "won't power", similar to but unlike willpower, works using the force of negativity (I stopped biting my fingernails this way after all else had failed).zill wrote:What is whoa power?Redbull wrote:whoa power is what I need to develop lol.
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Good luck zill, I have a similar problem with muffins and chocolate at work. Cycle commuting makes it worse because I feel like I earned it
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby casual_cyclist » Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:34 pm
I've done it. It's a process. First step is mental. I had to change my attitude. In some ways, this was the hardest part. I started to eat for nutrition, not because I felt tired, bored etc. My downfall was cakes, muffins, biscuits, chocolate etc. After dinner, I felt like I "had" to eat something sweet or I didn't feel satisfied. This was to the point where if I didn't have a dessert to eat after dinner then I made icing and ate that... so, pretty extreme. I prepared myself mentally and pre-prepared food and snacks in advance and then went cold turkey. For this to work, I increased the amount of fat and protein I was eating during the day. My diet before was extremely poor, consiting of mainly refined carbs. I am not against carbs and didn't stop eating them but I found if I ate too many refined carbs and not enough protein and fat that I felt hungry all day, which made my after dinner snacking worse. For snacks I ate half a handful of nuts or fruit and cheese (like apple and cheese or pear and cheese). I really upped my fruit intake from an average zero serves per day to 5 to 6 serves per day. I started in summer, so after dinner when I would usually snack on desserts, I ate a big bowl of watermelon or a big, juicy mango. After the seasonal fruits were gone, I switched to apples and cheese or pear and cheese. Something I found helped the cravings go away was a couple of spoons of full fat greek yoghurt in a glass of full fat milk. It sounds gross but if you are not eating a lot of refined sugar, it actually tastes quite sweet. Anyway, I found that it only took a couple of days for the cravings to go away and a bit longer to kick the habit. Even eating 5 to 6 serves of "fattening" fruit on most days, I still lost about 30kg in a year. That is without a lot of cycling too.zill wrote:I just seem to love desserts after a meal but trying to lose the extra 6kg of body fat in order to be more competitive at cycling. Do people here have any suggestions to curb this addiction?
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby Eleri » Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:59 pm
I've tried giving up sugar, or cutting back but I am truly am addicted. I only ever manage to lose weight by upping the exercise, usually by just doing more of it at more intensity - especially running. But more intense kms on the bike works as well. 300km a week and I can eat anything pretty much. Now I'm sure this isn't a great diet but I'm a vegetarian, otherwise eat pretty well.
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Re: "Addicted" to desserts
Postby Baalzamon » Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:40 am
I wanna make this one day. Pricey chocolate tho!MattyK wrote:High cocoa dark chocolate?zill wrote:Anybody know of something that tastes like chocolate (or has the effect) but without the fat nor sugar?
Basic Dark Chocolate
200g raw cacao butter (I use Loving Earth Cacao Butter)
50-60g raw cacao powder (or to taste)
100g raw honey or pure maple syrup or rice malt syrup
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or natural extract
1/8 tsp fine sea salt
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