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Fruit -is- sweets. Most fruits have lots of sugar in them, in the form of fructose. Some are less sugary than others (such as strawberries).
As for what to replace them with, how about - nothing? Don't replace them at all. Don't fill that spot with more food. If you're eating a balanced diet without a snack, then you don't need a snack.
If you're leaving out a little nutrition just so you can have a snack, try a handful of almonds. If you have time, maybe a single egg (boiled if you like them that way, scrambled if you don't) with nothing on the side. Or perhaps a small dessert-sized bowl of salad, with romaine or other dark-leaf greens, some sunflower seeds, a couple grape tomatos, and a splash of oil and vinegar.
I was having a REALLY stressful day at work yesterday and that's normally my candy bar & soda trigger. But since I gave up soda the cravings for other sweets aren't really there. So I grabbed some almonds (I had missed breakfast & break due to work) with a cup of Tazo passion tea. I've also been eating more salad and cashews (only 1 oz measured because I love cashews and would eat them all otherwise).
I don't understand this whole snacking business people are into... why not just eat healthy, frequent meals so you aren't hungry and mindlessly eating throughout the day?
I don't understand this whole snacking business people are into... why not just eat healthy, frequent meals so you aren't hungry and mindlessly eating throughout the day?
I'd have to say though, if it was a toss-up between crispy bacon fresh off the skillet, and a pound of chocolate fudge, I'd probably take the bacon. Fudge isn't something I can eat much of in a single sitting, or even on a regular basis. It's something that is -best- when reserved for the occasional, rare treat. Bacon on the other hand, is something I could eat daily and never get sick of.
Both are equally bad for you, but bacon isn't a sweet, so it doesn't count in the OP's criteria of needing to replace sweets with something else.
On the other hand, I ALSO love crispy romaine-and-mesclun salad with roasted sunflower seeds, feta cheese, and my home-made tahini dressing. It's something I would gladly have, instead of that infamous pound of fudge. I totally love fudge. Don't get me wrong. It's sinful and luscious. So is pistachio ice cream in a just-made waffle cone. And so are Kit-Kats. And all kinds of other sweets. But I really just can't eat them regularly. When I'm totally jonesing for sugar, I usually just have a tablespoon of maple syrup from the fridge.
Nuts (I love almonds). Pretzels. Vegetables. If you aren't overweight, there is no reason you can't slide in some snacks where you took out the sweets. Just be smart about it. In other words, don't replace your cookie habit with a pizza habit because that's not going to work out too well for you.
I have never, ever had a sweet tooth in my whole life. Not when I was a child, not as an adult. Believe me, there are plenty of things for you to eat. You just have to have a different mindset and look in different aisles of the grocery store.
Finally, understand that changing your cravings takes time. If you eat healthy food all the time, you will crave it after a period of time. What you previously liked, may no longer appeal to you at all.
Fruit -is- sweets. Most fruits have lots of sugar in them, in the form of fructose. Some are less sugary than others (such as strawberries).
As for what to replace them with, how about - nothing? Don't replace them at all. Don't fill that spot with more food. If you're eating a balanced diet without a snack, then you don't need a snack.
If you're leaving out a little nutrition just so you can have a snack, try a handful of almonds. If you have time, maybe a single egg (boiled if you like them that way, scrambled if you don't) with nothing on the side. Or perhaps a small dessert-sized bowl of salad, with romaine or other dark-leaf greens, some sunflower seeds, a couple grape tomatos, and a splash of oil and vinegar.
I must have repped you too recently because I would give you +1 on this. Great advice.
Perhaps to you, but they certainly don't taste better to me. They taste like strange non-food stuffs, like a jumble of chemicals.
Why do you enjoy the taste of chemicals?
Of course you do realize that ALL food is made of chemicals. Every substance in existence has a chemical composition. Do you like eating raw, organic tomatoes? Guess what - you're eating 100% pure raw organic chemicals.
As for me, I love the taste of home-made chocolate fudge. It doesn't "taste like strange non-food stuffs, like a jumble of chemicals," to me. It tastes like home-made chocolate fudge. It is ALSO unhealthy.
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