I’m two weeks in and lost 11 pounds so far (15st 4 down to 14st 7) but I couldn’t have managed without a couple of handy instant “Cheats”. The best for me is a big teaspoon of crunchy peanut butter in the middle of the evening, I’m also making strong cocoa (two heaped teaspoons mixed with a dash of milk and topped up with boiling water – two, three or even four sweetners to taste – much lower cals and a better “chocolate hit” than Options style drinks. I’ve “puddinged up” my morning yoghurt and by skipping breakfast can have it for desert after evening meal – mix 150 grams of greek yoghurt with two or three teaspons of granular sweetner and a couple of teaspoons of decent vanilla extract or (it’s brilliant!) a teaspoon of Tesco’s Salted Caramel flavouring! Instant Custard or Ice Cream.

Has anybody else got any good tips to satisfy the pudding lust? 🙂

Hi Geoff
Totally with you on the cocoa – not something I drink usually, but since starting BSD I quite often have a cup at bed time – I use about a 1/4 spoon of stevia with mine.

Yesterday I had a bowl of grated carrot with a small amount of hummus stirred in (stay with me on this one!) – and it tasted incredibly sweet – I’ve been mulling over what spices I’d need to add to make it carrot cake tasting.
If I get anywhere with that one I’ll let you know!

My cheat is using white cabbage leaves where I’d normally have bread or toast. Great with hummus and taramasalata – and marmite, I have been thinking about trying it with peanut butter, which I adore.

Try the yoghurt with fruit rather than sweetners – it’s lovely, I’m currently making the most of rhubarb being in season.
One thing I’ve noticed is how much sweeter things taste since starting BSD – you may miss out on that if you use lots of artificial sweetener. So far I’ve only used stevia in cocoa, and half a teaspoon added to 800g of rhubarb when I baked it.

I came across this recipe recently I’d like to try (carrot cake comment reminded me) I’ve not made them so can’t vouch for it, and I don’t know what yacon is but I’m guessing a bit of stevia would work fine
https://elanaspantry.com/carrot-muffins/

I have hot choc too, but I use a higher calorie version including fat making it not only taste sweet but filling too.

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/17221/low-carb-hot-chocolate.aspx?o_is=LV

only good if you have the spare calories though.

These aren’t so much a cheat, just finding ways to manage our eating!

Another nibble I love is salt and vinegar chickpeas

http://ohsheglows.com/2010/08/03/easy-salt-vinegar-roasted-chick-peas/

sometimes if I feel hungry and a cup of herbal tea isn’t helping, sometimes I’ll have 2 or 3 nuts, or one berry out of the fridge. One is enough to satisfy the desire for sweet I am finding.

I’ve enjoyed experimenting with recipes using coconut and almond flour, pancakes are nice for example. I’ve also found a recipe I love for tomato salsa and have it with carrot crisps too.

The biggest thing that helps, although I can’t call it a cheat, is being organised, and planning. Having what you need to hand, and for me it’s having some variety mixed in as well and making food I love to keep me looking forward to my meals.

Thanks Frog, just to clarify, the reason for sweetening the yoghurt is deliberately to make it into a pudding substitute – I do yoghurt with blueberries and almonds etc but sometimes I WANT PUDDING 🙂

thanks Izzy – I may experiment with that recipe!
I’ve never used coconut flour – the nutrition looks amazing

if you want pudding Geoff you’d do worse than making those Almond flour pancakes! I have some of those with a few mashed up raspberries and it could pass for pudding. If you had the spare calories you could add a spoon on cream on there too.

I’m enjoying my experiments Frog! Coconut flour is the cheapest and easiest to find so not a bad place to start.

I’m just discovering Kale Crisps now!

I just completed my first week and lost 5lbs and I find that blueberries with strawberries in Greek yoghurt really satisfies the sweet tooth. Herbal tea (pomegranate) is also great however I must note it’s clear that if I wanted to cheat say once or twice every two weeks as long as it’s not a massive carb or sweet intake I will still see the pounds fall off so don’t feel too guilty if u can not avoid a treat here and there.