Having sweet cravings may be the result of having excessively low blood sugar, i.e. you are hungry, or you are eating too little. You\u2019ll be able to manage your sweet cravings better if you always feel full. Check your calorie intake and be mindful of the protein content of every meal you eat. (Don\u2019t skip carbohydrates, either!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People who start to exercise regularly and change their diet to more nutritious food often try to find loopholes and occasions where they can eat in a slightly less strictly controlled manner \u2013 these are usually known as \u2018cheat days\u2019 or \u2018eating days\u2019. You can read what I think about that below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My preference is for the idea of the \u201890\/10 rule\u2019, where you eat nutritiously 90 per cent of the time and a bit less nutritiously for the remaining 10 per cent. Usually, this 10 per cent is about a more relaxed attitude to food when we are abroad, at a work conference, at a children\u2019s party, at a restaurant, out on a dinner date, etc. These are often situations where we can\u2019t control the food that is served, and it is polite to eat what is on offer. But there are also occasions where you want to eat what you like, and that\u2019s totally fine, provided you don\u2019t let there be too many of those occasions! HOW MUCH you eat on those occasions is also important. We are definitely not talking about your going completely haywire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Examples:<\/strong>\u00a0Let\u2019s say we are talking about a week consisting of 35\u201342 meals (if you eat 5 or 6 meals a day). Three of these may be meals where you eat what you like\/where you can\u2019t control the food, such as having dinner out. Or one Saturday from the afternoon till the evening. But not spending Friday to Sunday eating food that is not nutritious, which can easily happen at the weekend \u2013 so keep an eye on your special occasions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n BUT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep the following in mind (because what can easily happen is that the 10 per cent increases):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Having sweet cravings may be the result of having excessively low blood sugar, i.e. you are hungry, or you are eating too little. You\u2019ll be able to manage your sweet…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[133,148,263,108,285],"class_list":["post-14791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet","tag-balans","tag-dessert","tag-junk-food","tag-livsstil","tag-sweet-tooth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n