Do you crave sweets often???

I am a sweet lover by nature.  Actually that's probably not an accurate description.  I am a chocoholic! Dark chocolate, of course, is my fav.   I also have a very strong addiction to ice cream!  Put them together and I'm in heaven!  I really love almost anything sweet so this time of year always kills me.  Halloween candy is the worse!  I have 3 children so of course there is Halloween candy here.  And it's already started.  My middle son is having a birthday party tomorrow so of course I had to get candy to fill the goodie bags because what's a goodie bag if it doesn't have some candy in it, right!?  So there has been Twix bars and M&Ms starting at me for a week. 

Here's the thing, I have had people tell me, "just eat it!"  And I've even seen people's comments about how life is short so you should enjoy that extra dessert or whatever other unhealthy food it is.  I don't completely disagree with this. Life is short and you should definitely enjoy it to the fullest.  Make no mistake, I do enjoy life, everyday!  I love my life, even when I don't always like it.  But if I ate sweets every time I craved them or any of the other foods I like to indulge in now and then, if I did this all the time, well frankly I would likely be cutting my life span down.  I mean really, you can't eat cakes and cookies everyday and expect to be healthy.  You can't eat pizza, beer and burgers everyday and expect to have the energy to get things done.  You can't live on French fries and fried chicken and expect to feel good.  As I learned from Cookie Monster, while watching Sesame street with my daughter, cookies are a sometimes food.  And I do enjoy them sometimes, and honestly probably more often than I should. 

The good news is, that there are lots of healthy alternatives to all those yummy foods that we all crave.  So today, I thought I would share one of my alternatives for when I get that sweet craving.

Here is my recipe for Greek Yogurt Parfait (what I add to changes depending on what I have in the house that day)  Today I put in:

Non fat Plain greek yogurt ( I use Fage')
1/2 Tbsp of Chocolate Shakeology
1 tsp Honey
Almond slices
Raspberries
1 tsp PB2
Sprinkled with some Chia seeds

So yummy and so much healthier than that Twix!