If you are not taking all day weight loss, I recommend it. Since I started, I am never hungry and have to force down the food i am supposed to eat at meals. I also do not have cravings. Just a thought!

I'm not on MRC, but I think you're not losing your cravings because you're still eating sweets.

I know exactly what you are saying. I've been on this since April 3 and my sweet tooth is still there. However, I've been really good about not cheating. I've had two days since I started where I ate off plan (and boy did I eat off plan!) but other than that I just power through and avoid the yummy looking dark chocolate peices of candy sitting on the edge of my desk. But I agree, when I did go off plan those two days, everything I ate tasted a million times better than I remembered it did.

One thing that I think has really helped me are the creamy HNS puddings. I have one of those a day after dinner and it really helps with my sweet tooth cravings. The double chocolate is my favorite!

Also, I look forward to being able to eat my favorite foods again once I'm finished with stabilization. It's all about moderation...not deprivation!

I second trying the All Day Weight Loss (ADWL). It's expensive...$75 for a month supply, but it has really worked for me. I'm a sweet lover, too, and I've been shocked that I haven't wanted sweets and, when they're available, it's not like I'm holding myself back with all the willpower I can muster. Over Memorial Day weekend, I watched everyone else in my family eat a delicious chocolate cake (after watching them eat lasagna with garlic bread I love) without batting an eye.

I know there are other suppplements besides ADWL, so ask about those, too. I think they're less expensive but don't include everything ADWL has. Good luck to you!

I would also try the Guggul (sp?) it totally helped me with the carbs and sweets.

I'm on every friggin pill/supplement they have and nothing has helped me. Though I know they help for 99.999% of the people that use them. Maybe they are helping me but since I've been to afraid to go off of them, I don't really know how bad it could be if I wasn't on them. Ugh...if my cravings were worse I think I'd really go crazy. So maybe they are working but not cutting my cravings out completely.

Original Poster, don't get discourage. We all have terribly hard moments. And when you are reintroducing the sweets to your body (by giving into your craving) you have to go through withdrawal again and again. A small bite of a little dark chocolate is all it takes for my body to be ravenish for more and more and more. The only thing that will get rid of the cravings is time...sugar free time...but I also find that the sugar free, caffenine free, sodium free diet soda we're allocated on the program keeps my sugar tooth alive so try kicking that if you are drinking any diet soda.

So next time you can't get sweets off your mind go for a 5 minute walk and if you're having trouble getting your mind off the sweets when walking count your steps...keep your mind active and keep in control of your mind. I think you'll find that it won't take you long to start having more control over your thoughts. Every time you can't control your craving thoughts count...you'll find it amazing how much you'll be in control in no time. Sometimes just walking doesn't cut it for me to get my mind off from sweets because I know I'm walking because I want something yummy...so counting is a big help...and you can count in your head anytime...

Good luck ladies!! This may be a hard journey but just keep your eye on the prize. There is a reason why you took this important step by starting the Metabolic Journey. Remember how you felt before you started the program and keep these thoughts in mind...Every hurdle is worth the end result. And this ISN'T FOREVER!!! You will have time in the future to eat those foods you love (in moderation). So don't give up until you get to your goal. A lifetime of being who you want to be is worth a few months or a year or however long it takes to meet your goal. You ARE worth it!!

To cure my sweet tooth I normally will have the HNS creamy hot chocolate, it is very good and kept me going in the beginning...now I will indulge with a meal replacement bar - love the caramel nut and chocolate mint - when I feel the urge to grab a candy bar or cookie, of course this IS my meal and it is enough to get me through the next meal except for the days I run. I refused to eat any of the bars for the first 3 months...thinking it would cause me to crave the "real" thing...but in fact it has had the opposite effect...my cravings are satisfied.