Anyone got a recipe for something to stop the munchies?

I read somewhere that if you have a craving for something sweet just eat one teaspoon of sugar and have done with it! It will be so sweet that you wont want anymore and is prob a lot less than a bar of choc or a few biscuits. Never tested it out though.
I wouldnt have the will power for just one piece of choc!

I find a couple of celery sticks with a heaped teaspoon of peanut butter is quite filling and so tasty, maybe even add an apple too if you need the sweetness. Celery is so crisp and fresh and the saltiness of the peanut butter works so well with it, i spread a thin layer along the stick then crunch away!!!!

Being fairly new to gransnet I have been browsing a few conversations and came across Alicebandits oat and egg recipe. Love it, its so quick and so versatile. I am doing low carb but allow myself a bit of this. Have made a sweet version withnuts seeds cinnamon and raisins, and a savoury one wifh nuts seeds and parmesan. Thanks Alicebandit .

Fruit - boring. Carrot, Celery salad - boring. Chunk of chocolate - have to eat the whole thing. Crisps - too moorish. Cheese - yum.
Basically you can have anything your little heart desires just have less and dont shop for those products you feel you can't live without eating. If it's not in the house you can't eat it.
Bless you, know how you feel.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles to keep the weight down.

Although I do like something sweet (with my tea), I don't actually eat that much in the way of chocolate. My husband buys multi-packs of bars and munches two at least a day. He has no weight problem but I still don't think he should but, his choice. I can quite easily break off a couple of squares of chocolate and put the rest back. I can open a box of chocolates and eat one or two but then, when I go back to the box days later, they've all gone. Yes, he eats them like, well, like sweets.

I don't like frozen chocolate although I know some do.

Rich tea biscuits are the worst ever to me as, when we were short of cash growing up, my mum would buy those and I never liked them. I do enjoy a good digestive though.

All this talk of food is making me hungry. I must get up and have my breakfast - one slice of toast and a cup of tea.

I was watching something on tv last night and the guy suggested microwaving an egg inside an avocado. No, I don't think I could fancy that for breakfast. Microwaved egg? Yuk.

Avocados with squeezed lemon juice, yes.

I agree with the unsweetened and unsalted popcorn. It seems to satisfy the 'hand to mouth' thing which usually piles in the pounds.

I. Find that popcorn ready made in small. Bags helps hit the mark. X

In my experience it is all a matter of choice. If you really want to lose the weight then you have to choose to go for it as there really is no mid way.
We have a friend who is on a permanent 'diet' and the rest of us think that she talks about being on a diet only to salve her own conscience. She knows she needs to lose the weight but loves her 'treats' so she plays at it and she yo-yos up and down a pound or five permanently.
nelliemoser is spot on in her post as is Anya and others who advocate the 'bite the bullet and get on with it approach'. It is very human to procrastinate and pretend that you are dieting when in company and in private to nibble (at what should be 'treats' for those who don't have a weight problem) so that no one else knows! . Delusional because everyone knows if your weight doesn't change and you just look the same! She would have been well supported if she had been serious about losing the weight.
I do not think that being a Scot (or any other nationality) is anything to do with 'needing' something with a cup of tea either as that is just habit.
Once you cut out the starchy carbs the weight will naturally fall off and you will not have the cravings any more mostly because you will be able to really taste the natural sweetness that there is in most of our food.
We have been enjoying freshly cut vegetables from the garden and allotment and the sweetness of it is absolutely amazing and really enjoyable.

Putting chocolate in the freezer doesn't work. It literally 'melts in the mouth'.

Stuck at home for a variety of reasons just now so try to keep myself busy as much as I can.

Aimed at my post I'm guessing jingl

Of course humans don't get up and do things to distract themselves, do they?

I'm guessing there's a goodly number who'd admit that once they did just that they forgot about their hunger pangs. But if course perhaps we should all worship at the philosophy of jingl instead

Yeah, and forget being human while you're at it.

Get up and do something or go out .

I have handful of nuts, or a yogurt which helps as I am a grazer and am trying to loose weight also fruit but that has sugar too. I have made a fruit cake h likes home made so do I so a small slice so think that's ok

Buy a bag of crystallised ginger and nibble on that. It satisfies the sweet tooth but you can't eat much. It's solved my snacking problems

Dried cranberries have loads of added sugar in as they are naturally very sour.

Have a glass of water....you might be thirsty!

Buy a chocolate orange and break into segments then put them in a container in the fridge. As the chocolate will be freezing cold, it'll take longer to munch. Practice mindful eating so savour the flavour and take your time.

Jinglebellfrocks---your cake recipe sounds lovely but I think the glace cherries ,which are packed with sugar, would be better left out and replaced by raisins which are naturally sweet. I'll try it and see what it's like. I've been making courgette cakes lately and they are a great success, really tasty and moist---didn't fancy the idea at first but now I'm a convert.

More great advice, thanks. I will work my way through them. Those ice creams look good.

I have tried slimming clubs over the years. I've been up and down in weight over the years. In my early 30s I joined one because I thought I was overweight- I was 8st 11lbs! I could only see fat me in the mirror and could see where it was leading so I stopped dieting and the weight has gradually built up through comfort eating following divorce and other traumas. I've dieted, lost weight then regained it. Too much of 'the good life', eating out etc.

When I was growing up, we were fed doughnuts, cakes, sweets etc. on a constant basis- a cheap way to fill us up I suppose. No excuse now though.

Re the fry ups for workmen- thankfully a temporary thing, they will be finished soon.

Crunchy marmite sticks are very morish. Brush wholemeal bread with a little olive oil then spread thinly with marmite and cut into four fingers. put on baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper and cook for one hour on 130c also breadsticks are low fat

I think it's the very idea of 'liking a sweet treat with a cuppa' which is the problem.

Low fat but 'quite a bit' of sugar and flour is the wrong way to go.

There is now a body of opinion which says that fat is NOT the problem. Natural fats - butter, lard, dripping - are good. 'Trans' fats i.e. the industrially-produced ones are the only fats which are really harmful

The really big baddie is sugar.

Those ripe bananas - try a banana custard made with Birds' custard powder and whole milk. No need to add any sugar.

The whole idea of 'needing sweet treats' is really a throwback to early childhood. We don't need them any more.

Try Slimming World they have lots of advice and yummy healthy receipes.

Oh dear, peaceatlast, I would really struggle if I had to cook fry-ups and treats. That must be really hard. Good on you for your progress! Will you always have to do this cooking?

Removing the temptation foods and not buying them is the only way I can stay on the straight and narrow. And agree, alcohol has massive calories, so am only indulging occasionally now.

Wishing you the best...you can do it a little at a time. And get a good scale if you don't have one. I have a Wilkinson's cheapie and found that it was telling me I was 4-5 pounds more sometimes. My husband thought I was bs-ing him, but I stepped on and off the scale a few times after it went back to zero and got different weights each time and he did, too. Grrrrrrr.

Hang in there!

Izabella Well done you! What an achievement ? That must have taken a lot of self discipline and you must be delighted with the results. That's what's called taking responsibility for your own health.