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Snacks to curb cravings

I have been doing well on the craving front. I don't have many of them, and what I do, I can usually ignore. Yesterday there was cake and I said "Forget it!"..life is too short to not eat cake. There has been a lot of cake around lately, and with it being my favourite dessert, I was sick of saying no. I won't deprive myself, but I know I have to work a little extra harder this week because of it. So I ate it. Then I felt guilty all the way home because I felt sick and it wasn't good enough to be worth feeling like that. So, if you're wondering what snacks I turn to now when I feel like I want something different. Here are my favourites: 1) Plain rice cake with almond butter and cut up half a banana. Satisfies my sweet tooth, and I love the combination of textures! 2) Yogurt, granola and fresh fruit bowl. Filling and sweet tooth satisfying. 3) 62% dark Belgian chocolate. I break off one square of this when I am craving sweet really bad. it's good f...