Craving for sugar - Chocolate, snacks since weight loss.

HungryJoey · 04-10-2010 4:54pm #1

Hi, just to give a little background. 20 yo male, was around 100kg, now down to 88kg (12kg loss) in the last 4 months through healthier eating & 5-day week gym excercising.

Since the weight loss, I've found my self a massive craving once a day for something with sugar in it, be it a chocolate bar, a biscuit or 2 or a muffin. I've never eaten this stuff in my life before I've never really had an acquired taste for it. But since I've cut out all soft drinks and alot of other things I'm finding myself eating snacks now.

Whats going on? I dont want to end up living on snacks as its only going to reverse all my hard work loosing weight

FTGFOP · 04-10-2010 7:35pm

Try some dark chocolate (70% cocao solids). If you didn't have a massive sweet tooth before it'll probably be sweet enough to kill the craving but the strong flavour is more likely to stop you scoffing a whole bar.

Do you get the craving stronger after excercise?

Mr. Loverman · 04-10-2010 7:37pm

Do you get this craving shortly after having caffeine?

HungryJoey · 05-10-2010 8:45am

I don't really get it after caffine (I dont even think i take anything with caffine in it?). It just seems to come at some stage of the day. As I said before I never ate deserts, chocolate or anything. I use to be turned off by them, now its the opposite in the last month or so.

LeahK · 05-10-2010 1:07pm

Are you on a low carb diet? I am and find my sweet tooth has gone through the roof since I started, I literally dream about chocolate and sweet things.Apparantly its pretty common!

FTGFOP · 05-10-2010 1:33pm

What quantities soft drinks were you drinking before you gave them up? A can of coke has about 6 teaspoons of sugar in it.

Susie_Q · 05-10-2010 1:42pm

Are you eating enough during the day? Maybe you're actually just hungry.

Craving for sugar - Chocolate, snacks since weight loss.

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