Sweet tooth??--Build it in your plan to moderate behavior

If you have a sweet tooth that seems to come knocking daily many clients have had extreme success with building in a daily sweet treat. When we make sweet foods part of our daily plan, not only does it take the pressure off of ourselves from that negative feeling of, "I shouldn't have that" but it also allows us to trust ourselves in knowing that we have empowered ourselves to make our own choices about when and what we eat. In building in our sweet treats we are challenging that black and white behavior that holds us back and not allowing ourselves to feel that rebellious energy that is associated with that little voice inside of us that says to do or not do something that we like. If chocolate, for example, is the sweet treat of choice here are some examples of building it in to your everyday:
1) Buy some Hershey's kisses or bite size chocolates and have one after each meal and snack or whenever it makes sense. This will balance blood sugar better than having them on an empty stomach.
2) Make a trail mix with nuts and chocolate morsels or carob and have as snacks
3) Have a planned dessert after dinner. Fruit with chocolate syrup or soy or frozen yogurt.
4)Chocolate proten shake or protein bars cut up as snacks. (some of these taste very decadent but are also healthy!)
* After we feel safe knowing that the sweet foods are here to stay and we can have them at our discretion, the empowerment sets in and we won't "need" or even crave them everyday any longer. We will have them in moderation. It happens sooner than you think.