Anyone else get stuck on "food jags" where they only want to eat one thing?

meghanduprey

Right now i'm on this greek yogurt food jag. it's ALL i want. i still stay within my calories and carbs/proteins (low on fats). I add greens powder to it. i'm sure it's not the healthiest but i was wondering if anyone else ever does this? i'll go on benders like this for a month or so and then need to swap to something else. just wondering if it's just me or everyone?

LBuehrle8

Nope I do the same exact thing I get hooked on a certain food or meal and I'll eat that until I get sick of it or move onto something else!

SoulOfRusalka

The same thing happens to me! I thought it was just a quirk. It's nice to know it happens to other people too :P I don't get bored of food easily, either, so usually it takes a disruption (someone making dinner and forcing me to eat something different, for example) to break it.

meghanduprey

oh good! glad it's not just me! i know it's probably not the healthiest but i have literally been eating greek yogurt for breakfast lunch and dinner for like 3 weeks now. it's really out of control

hsmith0930

OH yeah! I do it all the time! I went CRAZY for avocados a while ago. Definitely ate WAYYY too many calories, but I craved them so much. Then one day I went to make lunch and was like "hmm I don't really WANT avocado anymore" LOL.

WeddedBliss1992

yea, unfortunately, it's usually pizza

meghanduprey

oh if pizza fit in my calories i would eat it all day every day. that and cookies.

debrag12

<- goes to google 'food jags'

jenniferinfl

I'm sort of a lazy shopper and cook. So, a lot of my food in a week is all repeats. Then, I wake up one day and just could not eat that meal again if I was starving and it gets retired from the rotation and I find something else.

emdeesea

Oh yes. I'm currently on one where all I want are those vegetarian pizzas. They're loaded in carbs and sodium but they fit my calories so that's what I've been eating every Friday for lunch for like a month. I'm sure I'll get sick of them eventually, lol, but not yet.

LBuehrle8

Right now I'm on a cereal with cashew milk- it's just so creamy I crave cashew milk!

beachlandia

A lot of days all I want are nonfat frozen yogurt (or sometimes not frozen) and apples because those are my favorite foods now and since they are pretty low in calories I feel like I can eat a lot of them. Obviously I do make myself eat other things too though and I try to not eat more than a couple servings of each per day.

shezza4mobee

every week for years lol
I hardly get out of my norm, have a set list of meals I cook and that's that. I'm not very adventurous. If something's good, I'll buy it in bulk and eat it till it's gone or something about it put me off (bad taste, etc.)
It makes logging fairly easy as I just click back in what I've had the previous day(s)

LovelyIvy466

All the time, usually when I've had something that I like for the first time. Best case scenario: I learn to make it at home and eat it every day for two weeks until I get tired of it. Worst case scenario: I am stuck living in Arizona 2 hours away from the nearest Thai restaurant cursing the gods.

fghtffyrDEMONS

Yes! There was a period of about two months where I only wanted to eat Indian food! ^_^ A lot of the time I'm stuck on eating Tex-Mex and Mexican dishes...I just love salsa...and beans...and guacamole.

klkateri

Its an actual scientific/medical thing... it's, in a very condensed nutshell, cravings based on what your body needs. So if you are craving say Oranges... then maybe you are low on Vitamin C and that is your body's way of getting it. Although I'm not sure what my Chipotle cravings or sushi cravings are for but I go with it and assume my body has its reasons!!

Alatariel75

I do this a lot, live on one thing for a few weeks then switch. Last month it was turkey and black bean chili, I had it for lunch every day and dinner a few nights a week too. Right now it's cottage cheese on corn thins with hot sauce. Every morning for breakfast and often as an afternoon snack again.

Hearts_2015

I'm all about Oatmeal right now. Was all about eggs for a bit.

meghanduprey

all of a sudden i'm craving anything with marinara sauce - pizza, pasta, chicken parm... mmmmm

jonrenly

I can't get enough peanut butter. If I could sit down and eat an entire jar of peanut butter with a spoon and not be 10lbs heavier the next day, I would.

I easily go through a jar of PB2 a week, and its only so little because I have consciously put that limit on myself... i literally spoon the stuff into a bowl, mix in some water, and eat it like pudding. I have such a problem

blakexx3

For about 3 weeks I ate about 2 bags of baby carrots per week. I couldn't get enough carrots. Now I'm back to apples. And for some reason I've been craving salmon and have eaten it just 3 times this week

phoenixx866

I just got over my sudden obsession with those tiny Halo mandarin oranges. I think I ate 6 in a day last time and I picked up more twice a week.

betterby30

Bananas right now. Also bean sprouts. Weird.

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kyylieeeeee

I would eat grilled cheese for every meal every day if I could. But I try to limit myself to once a week. It has been my favorite food for about 15 years.

runmama411

I'm very much a food routine person. Breakfast, Lunch, and my snacks are the
same and I only switch up dinner. Funny others do this too!

DrWhoIsYerDad

yes, for the calorie consistency

__Roxy__

I have been on a protein bar kick. It's not the best thing, not the worst thing, but I pretty much want them for every meal (often I'll have one with a piece of fruit or cucumber or something). They fit my calories and fill me up. I absolutely love them though. I imagine I will get tired of them eventually, or ween off of them. heh

klkateri

@kyylieeeeee Here Here to the grilled cheese!! Paired with a bowl of tomato basil soup... HEAVEN!!

BioQueen

This happens to me alllll the time. If I let myself I could eat my oatmeal/banana/peanut butter/cinnamon breakfast for each meal of the day lol. It will change too once I get bored of something. Allowing myself to eat too much of one food tends to be a binge trigger for me, so I do not let myself have 'seconds' of something anymore with some very rare exceptions.

stefanieprice07

This happens to me with sushi alllll the time! And it usually lasts until i have a weird piece of sushi or until I just don't have access to it for so long I get over it.