Dealing with cravings

kshama2001

MzNayGriffin wrote: »

Are there any healthy alternatives for chocolate and salt cravings that you personally prefer? Also, how do you work on curving cravings? I get them bad when Mother Nature is approaching.

My appetite goes up at that TOM, so I eat at maintenance for a few days. I do have small amounts of high quality chocolate pretty much every day, because I like it, not because I've been craving it.

I only have cravings when:

1. I haven't had enough sleep
2. I haven't had enough protein in relationship to carbs
3. I've let myself get too hungry.

You can also try these supplements or substitutions:

HowlinAl

kshama2001 wrote: »

MzNayGriffin wrote: »

Are there any healthy alternatives for chocolate and salt cravings that you personally prefer? Also, how do you work on curving cravings? I get them bad when Mother Nature is approaching.

My appetite goes up at that TOM, so I eat at maintenance for a few days. I do have small amounts of high quality chocolate pretty much every day, because I like it, not because I've been craving it.

I only have cravings when:

1. I haven't had enough sleep
2. I haven't had enough protein in relationship to carbs
3. I've let myself get too hungry.

You can also try these supplements or substitutions:

Ok, I'm fascinated by this chart and wondering if it's for real or yet another pseudoscience thing. What studies or research etc supports this? The chart lists a source of Coaching & Weight Management... Huh? That is meaningless to me. Thanks!

kshama2001

HowlinAl wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

MzNayGriffin wrote: »

Are there any healthy alternatives for chocolate and salt cravings that you personally prefer? Also, how do you work on curving cravings? I get them bad when Mother Nature is approaching.

My appetite goes up at that TOM, so I eat at maintenance for a few days. I do have small amounts of high quality chocolate pretty much every day, because I like it, not because I've been craving it.

I only have cravings when:

1. I haven't had enough sleep
2. I haven't had enough protein in relationship to carbs
3. I've let myself get too hungry.

You can also try these supplements or substitutions:

Ok, I'm fascinated by this chart and wondering if it's for real or yet another pseudoscience thing. What studies or research etc supports this? The chart lists a source of Coaching & Weight Management... Huh? That is meaningless to me. Thanks!

Here, try this: http://www.medicaldaily.com/eat-not-5-healthier-substitutes-unhealthy-food-cravings-294438

Or this, which has studies in the footnotes: http://www.diabeteslibrary.org/View.aspx?url=Article819

spzjlb

kshama2001 wrote: »

HowlinAl wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

MzNayGriffin wrote: »

Are there any healthy alternatives for chocolate and salt cravings that you personally prefer? Also, how do you work on curving cravings? I get them bad when Mother Nature is approaching.

My appetite goes up at that TOM, so I eat at maintenance for a few days. I do have small amounts of high quality chocolate pretty much every day, because I like it, not because I've been craving it.

I only have cravings when:

1. I haven't had enough sleep
2. I haven't had enough protein in relationship to carbs
3. I've let myself get too hungry.

You can also try these supplements or substitutions:

Ok, I'm fascinated by this chart and wondering if it's for real or yet another pseudoscience thing. What studies or research etc supports this? The chart lists a source of Coaching & Weight Management... Huh? That is meaningless to me. Thanks!

Here, try this: http://www.medicaldaily.com/eat-not-5-healthier-substitutes-unhealthy-food-cravings-294438

Or this, which has studies in the footnotes: http://www.diabeteslibrary.org/View.aspx?url=Article819

I suggest it's pseudoscience-y as the references are not all peer reviewed - book chapters rarely are. But, I don't believe the information is mal-intended and can be helpful, perhaps. To the best of my knowledge, nutritional deficits that lead to odd eating behaviour is mostly established in animal studies. I am much more appreciative of KShama's observations of cravings when missing sleep, low protein and getting too hungry. I also suspect that my cravings arise when I've not had quite enough water for a few days.

Lasmartchika

I make space in my daily calories for whatever it is I'm craving. There's no need to avoid them. Balance everything out. :flowerforyou: