Hey maidmarian and welcome to the forum! Hopefully you will find this reply, I always click on "show new replies to my posts" at the top of the screen when I sign onto the forum! That way you can see what folks are saying to help you!! With that being said, I have had a HUGE sweet tooth as well and have to say that it's waaaay better since I went through the carb/sugar detox, which, for me, took about 2 weeks! To get to that point, you have to be strong and only eat low carb so that you can get through it, no cheating, and drink a boat load of water!!! Here's what I eat on a typical day to give you an idea for what you can eat!
I usually drink a cup of coffee w/4 drops of Zero and 2T heavy cream to start my day. When I feel hungry (usually about an hour after I get up) I will eat 1 sausage patty & 2 eggs cooked in benecol (margarine).
I drink ice water in between meals and I'm really surprised how little food my body needs!
I've discovered recently that I'm slightly hypoglycemic and can't go more than 4.5 hours without eating. If I do, I feel very dizzy, etc.
For lunch, I will have a cup or two of romain lettuce w/ chicken salad (chopped up baked chicken and 1T. mayo.) on top and little bit of olive oil drizzled over.
For dinner I will bake a piece of salmon with butter and garlic "grill mates" seasoning on top. I love eating the flax cornbread (
http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=1302.0 ) for fiber or an Umpa McMuffin (
http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=4438.0 ).
I usually eat a flax meal pancake ,made from the one minute muffin recipe, every other day for breakfast (
http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=968.0 )! The fiber helps me stay full longer and helps keep things moving through my system too!
I'll jump back onto this message and put in the links to these recipes from the forum to make it easier for you to find them!!
I really hope this helps you and know that we're all here cheering for you!! Check back often and get to know all the wonderful folks here!!