1. Have your sugar intake (healthy choices of course) during the day.
So maybe porridge oats for breakfast, plenty berries as a snack, and salads/ veg (which are also sugars, although healthy ones) for lunch etc.
Most people try to be as good as they can all day through, which makes sense in a way as it is easier to be good during the day whilst your busy & your mind is occupied with work etc.
However, if you deprive yourself of good source of carbohydrates (which are also sugars), your body will crave them in the evening time when you finally get home & put your feet up to relax/ watch telly. All your mind will be thinking of will be: what’s in the cupboards?!
2. Eat balanced meals throughout the day: make sure to combine healthy carbs, good fats, fiber & protein in most of your meals. the more ‘complex’ your meals are, the lower the GI (glycemic index) of each meal will be. It will keep your insulin level steady, therefore you will be less inclined to have the sugar cravings.
3. Have your meals small, but regular. Going for a long time without food will bring your insulin up & down, which in turn is that sudden craving we get. Avoid that at all costs where possible. So eating every 3hrs (even if it is just an apple or maybe a handful of nuts if you do not have time for a ‘sit down meal’, be it breakfast, brunch, lunch, etc) will make sure again that your insulin level is steady, which, as mentioned above, will keep your cravings & hunger pangs at bay.
4. Drink plenty of water.
Even thou water has no energy (calories as such), it plays a major part in our diet. It is also needed for transportation of nutrients/ vit/ minerals. If they are not being utilised properly, body will create cravings for re foods that have them, so you will get a false sense of needing that biscuit to go with your tea, etc.
Also body often mistakes thirst for hunger. So the more water you drink, the better, tyr les cravings you’ll have and the healthier your body will be!
5. If you still get the sugar cravings, try have some fruit tea (black currant, apple&cinamon, jasmine, etc). They taste a little sweet, thou they have virtually no sugar. Or have some raspberries (only 17cal per punnet!), or strawberries, blueberries, or opt out for more ‘popular’ ones that are just as tasty: gooseberries, black currants, red currants, etc. or even some pine apple, grape fruit etc. You make your choice, just make sure you pick healthy ones 🙂