I know i am not alone with a sweet tooth the size of a mammoth tusk!

This is my down fall and trying to beat it is like chasing the preverbal tail. Chewing gum helps and cinnamon in my tea does too, but sometimes it lifts its ugly head and it is a BATTLE!

I do not like fried-greasy food, fast food any of that BUT sweets YES!

How have you all killed the sweet tooth monster?
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Ha, I wish mine was dead! He is just tamed. I find my restricteds really help in this area. To me, they are light a treat every evening! I also enjoy the cereals (from Nashua) some mornings. They have a slight sweetness and a great crunch! I eat them dry on my way to work.

Good luck taming your monster!

Congrats! You're doing amazing!

Restricteds help me too, like the bars or the chocolate soy puffs. Even the chocolate drink is nice to feel like I am getting dessert - make it into cookies or the chocolate mug cake. I also find if I have eaten all my packets for the day and am still craving sweets or feeling hungry that brushing my teeth helps.

sarahbell you are going to do great in your second month you can do this! Most days all three of my packets would be sweet. Blueberry cran drink or chocolate EAS for breakfast, restricted bar for lunch and ready made chocolate pudding for snack, seemed to help more than if I had any savory packets. That way I always had something sweet to look forward to.

I have my smartphone programmed to remind me. Look for any medication app...

My daughter, who started me on this program, gave me a recipe where you take 3 egg whites, beat them til foamy, add 1/4t cream of tartar, beat till shiny and stiff. Fold in packet of berry yogurt smoothie mix (you can actually use any flavor and you could probably experiment with drink mixes).

Pipe it or form it into pretty mounds, put in 250-300 degree oven for about 40 minutes, checking for very very slight brown edge. You can eat it all as one packet, I think is what she said.

Started Wk 8 and feeling gr8. Sounds like you're doing everything you need to do. I turned 40 this year and not only did I go through a mini mid-life crisis but I felt my body kept gaining wait at the drop of a dime. I consider this weight loss journey and new way of life a birthday gift to myself. Losing weight helps the mind, body and soul feel younger and zippier. No matter how long this journey is, it's worth it in my book.

Deana - Happy one month anniversary ~ congrats to you!! Aren't you so happy that you made the plunge? You are doing amazing, keep it up.

I too would like to thank everyone for the support, encouragement and advice. It's amazing how much participation helps in the entire weight loss, and I'm sure maintenance, process. It's a one of a kind place!

Reenhag, You are doing well and you have that wise perspective of just taking it day by day, and drinking your water...water is so key to everything in our body, including metabolism.

Hi RN,
I also use alternatives and started after my clinic lost my second food order. They were just getting started and everything was so chaotic, so I just immersed myself in the information in the stickies on alternatives and have never looked back. This was my second time on IP and my first time I used only IP branded products. I lost an identical amount of weight for the first 2 months using alternatives. I look forward to reading about your success!

Thank you, Lisa.

CONGRATULATIONS on finishing month 1!! The rest will be easy from here on!

You too SarahBell, you will be at your goal before you know it. If you have struggled and still made it through the first month, you are stronger than you think and it is only a matter of time till you reach that shining goal! Just keep doing what you've been doing, you are already a success.

Hmmm, sounds very good. Maybe if I used some choc protein powder and added some peppermint extract, I could have choc mint cookies.

Hello Kare,
Thank you for your kind words earlier. You have done well in 8 weeks! We're just about the same size with a similar goal. I will look forward to reading about your future successes!

Have a lovely evening,
Chloe

Happy Thanksgiving my fellow Canadian IPers!
I just came back from a lovely weekend in Boston, what a beautiful city. Stayed 99% OP and in ketosis the whole time, feeling proud because I would not have stayed on track in the past.

Sounds like everyone is having a good weekend.
Deanna509 congrats on your one month anniversary. I reached mine late last week and can't believe how fast it went.

Just popping in quick before bed.. It has been a busy Thanksgiving weekend, but I survived dinner without a taste of anything off protocol. Stuffing is my favorite holiday food, so I just added some of the spices I normally use in it into my mashed turnip. Yum!

Deana509 congrats on your one month anniversary! And Sonolady, happy for you on your size 6 jeans! Wahoo

Today is day FIVE for me and it's as if a switch flipped inside my body! I was not hungry at ALL today, and I had just the 3 packets (the last few days I've been having 4-5 because I've been so dang hungry.) So I'm pretty happy that I got over the "hump".

Good night, everyone

I was on business travel all summer and gave up trying to find veggies at the airport. I bring cukes and peppers as both travel well. I also bring bags of raw spinach to munch on. My real lifesaver is the small food processor I bought from GNC to make spinach shakes. Unless I have an early morning flight (I don't want to make too much noise in the hotel at an early hour), I make a shake and drink it on the way to the airport.