Ideas for a no carb snack to ease sugar cravings

[C~Q]

I have just started the 12 week challenge at the gym and i'm under a strict meal plan. I'm finding it...ok! It's hard to deal with mentally more than anything. I haven't dieted or been strict with what I eat in a looong time and it's kinda messing with my head!

The food is fine and the i'm always full which is good but in the evenings I am craving SUGAR!!!! After dinner i'm not allowed any carbs, I am allowed yoghurt but i'm already over it! I used to have an ice block in the evening but now i'm not allowed

Does anyone have any good ideas for any low-sugar snacks I can eat?

TIA

[Astrid]

I found when I was cutting out carb that the sugarfree lollies helped alot (Double D were pretty good), they helped with that want for something sweet. Downside is that too many can have laxative effect and of course there are the additives/artificial sweetners to deal with. Can you eat strawberries? Berries are pretty good on the carb scale so long as you aren't eating huge amounts. Cut out caffiene if you can, it makes you crave sweet things more, downside it that you then go through both carb and caffiene withdrawal at the same time.

Took me 3 days of grouchiness, headaches etc and then I finally felt great with no craving for sweet things.

[Curly]

I used to have a cup of tea when I wanted something sweet.

[Pretty Butterfly]

Herbal teas, the sugar free lollies, and the low carb ice cream are all good! There is also sugar free chocolate, but I didn't like it much!

[Lisa]

The best ever thing I have found to help with carb/sugar cravings is taking Chromium tablets.
They've worked wonders for me, because at AF time, I used to always crave sugar, but it has eased since taking Chromium.

[ellasmummy]

I am doing the no carbs in the pm thing at the moment and find weight watchers jelly is good as a sweet treat, or peters have an ice cream that has practically no carbs says 'no added sugar' in big letters on the front. best of luck!

[C~Q]

Oh great, I didn't think there would be so much! I'm not on a no or low carb diet, but after dinner if I want something else it can't be carbs only 1/2 serve of protein and to be honest I really don't fancy tuna as an after dinner snack!

I really think it's more pcycological than anything else, because I know I can't have it I want it. And i'm finding myself really restless and figity in the evening because I keep thinking of all the things I can't have! Oh roll on Nov 15th lol! I am gonna eat chocolate and get drunk!

[PamyK]

[The food is fine and the i'm always full which is good but in the evenings I am craving SUGAR!!!! After dinner i'm not allowed any carbs, I am allowed yoghurt but i'm already over it! I used to have an ice block in the evening but now i'm not allowed

Does anyone have any good ideas for any low-sugar snacks I can eat?

TIA [/QUOTE]

Hi

I'm currently doing atkins and cannot have any sugar at all. my biggest problem with a diet was always beating those sugar cravings. I have found that chromium tablets help to ease out your blood sugar levels which means you don't have the sugar cravings.

Appart from that there is a really good sugar free dark chocolate bar with mint crisps. It's by "....Well,naturally" and I buy it a Woolworths. And the good thing about this bar is it taste like real chocolate and it doesn't make you "go" if you have to much.

Hope this helps

[C~Q]

Ooh, that sounds good, i'll have to look out for that, thanks. I think with the sugar cravings its more psychological than anything else so I don't think the tablets would work!

Keep the suggestions coming

[Meluchja]

I'm currently doing the Tony Ferguson diet and they sell a whole range of suger free chocolates, wafers (savoury and sweet), lollies and jellies. The lollies and jellies I find much cheaper in the supermarket, but DH and I absolutely love the wafers and the chocolate. He loves the praline one and me the white chocolate one. But they have dark, chilli, hazelnut, white, praline, mint, choc waffer(timeout kind of thing) and more. They aren't that cheap, I think $4.95 for a large block, but we looovvveeee them.

[C~Q]

Are they high in fat though? Do you have any at home you can look at for me? So you can get them in the supermarket, hmm....

[Meluchja]

Not the choc. I don't think, not that brand but I'm sure there would others you can, I just know these are really yummy

O.K Waffers - per 100g (serving size 2.3g) Fat-23g, Carb-1g So a little high in fat
Chocolate - per 100g (serving size 8g) Fat 32g, Carb-8g. Again a little high.

I think you would be safest with the diet jelly that is 0g fat and 0.07g carb per 100g. So many flavours to choose from too. And with a little of low-fat low-carb (IGA make a great one) vanilla ice-cream, tastes like a Splice ice-cream, ummmmm.......