Sweet tooth!!!  I have trouble in the evening after dinner while watching tv with my family.  I just started alli this week, and have been following the low fat diet for about 2 weeks.  I have been able to avoid breaking thus far, hope I don't break!!

My weakness is getting out of work and being hungry and wanting to grab the first bad thing I see, instead I have been trying to grab a piece if fruit instead of chips but it's hard I like chips.. I also love sweets after dinner I like to have dessert I am trying to to make better choices.

Rompers I agree with you.  I don'tg have one thing that I have a weakness for, I'm just a snacking in general and I have the biggest snack cravings in the evenings, after I put my 3yr old to bed.  I have a HARD time sitting up in the bed, watching TV and "snacking" on whatever has a crunch. 

My biggest weakness is being a cook. And the types of foods that can kill my diets include the following:

• Brownies with Almonds; my grandparents make them all the time and I still live at home (only 18 don't worry) :) I live right next to the college I am attending.
  
• Basically every dinner at home; which includes like everything that is bad for you, oils, fried foods, margarine, a butt load of BAD cholesterol and much more.
• Pancakes (buttermilk); that's all I have to say there. Is buttermilk pancakes, who doesn't love them?
• Bacon; morning isn't just right without bacon added to the breakfast

I hae a huge weakness for chocolate.  Can I make a suggestion.  I bough Weight Watchers Fudge Bars.  They were a little expensive but onyl had 110 calories and 1 fat gram.  They curved my sweet tooth.  I can not live without my chocolate.

My biggest weaknesses are the sweets and dining out.

 So far, I've been keeping my paws off sweets, but it is getting harder and harder to resist the urge, espcially when watching a movie with the family and they are all eating ice cream and I'm sitting there with whole wheat crackers.

 Now dining out, I've been really bad with. I'm trying not to eat out, but I work in a sports bar, and It's hard not to eat the food for lunch or dinner, especially when you're working a double shift. I think this is where I got my weight from, I've worked there for about 8 months now, and every time I work I always eat. Those fried chicken tenders and buffalo wings are the bomb! Now, just to step away from the bomb before it blows up...

-->Does anyone have any advice to kick the urge?

-Dana aka kjungurl2008

I eat low fat cheese all the time. For me I can't seem to taste the difference. And it doesn't cost much. I usually find it on sale. 2 for 5

Hi Dana,

I know this sounds boring, but you need to bring your own food to work.  It doesn't mean you wouldn't be ablet to indulge once in a while, but when you begin eating healthier food which satisfy you and give you energy and vitality, those urges diminish.  Think about how you feel after eating the chicken and then visualize how you want to look and feel.

Hope this helps

Sophia De Monte RPh

Start alli 2 weeks ago, had my first weigh in on Saturday. Have lost 3 pounds so far. Not great, but not bad. I just wanted to post to NickCaissey. Cooking does make it hard but I decided that everyone in my family is going to eat healthier.....whether they like it or not....lol! When we get the urge for sweets, I buy the sugar-free popsicles and sugar-free pudding. The kids don't even notice a difference.

Also started buy the 100 chips for hubby, cuz he is a chip man and 100 cookies for snacks. Sweets are my weakness, will be trying the green tea to see if that helps = )

We found a breakfast menu in the Alli book for Eggo multigrain waffles (140 calories 2.5 grams of fat) and strawberries (buying frozen right now, no fresh in season) and turkey bacon (which I think tastes as good as regular bacon). I blend up a few of the strawberrys to make like a smoothie and then I chop up a few to put with it and pour that over the waffles.......its really good and you dont feel like its a diet.

There are so many great low fat recipes out there that dont taste low fat, you should check it out.

Good Luck All!