Salty tooth

Iguessicandothis
Iguessicandothis Posts: 2,132 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Any other women on here who could quit eating sweets forever and not miss them, but can't get enough salty (usually deep fried) foods?
I could live on chips and red wine!

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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Yes. I can leave sweet foods alone more than salty foods.
    Things like crackers, chips, cheese, popcorn, bread, pickles, olives, ham, bacon are all very easy for me to go overboard on.
    Dh brought home some very salty sour lime chips recently. He did not get any of those chips. I told him if he got that flavor again he needed to take it to work.
  • Iguessicandothis
    Iguessicandothis Posts: 2,132 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Yes. I can leave sweet foods alone more than salty foods.
    Things like crackers, chips, cheese, popcorn, bread, pickles, olives, ham, bacon are all very easy for me to go overboard on.
    Dh brought home some very salty sour lime chips recently. He did not get any of those chips. I told him if he got that flavor again he needed to take it to work.

    Every single thing you listed are favorites of mine. My husband buys mesquite BBQ chips because they're the only kind I won't devour like a wolverine (too sweet). Otherwise he won't get any chips.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    I would take cheese and chips over sweets any day.
  • Iguessicandothis
    Iguessicandothis Posts: 2,132 Member
    ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »
    I would take cheese and chips over sweets any day.

    Don't even get me started on cheese. I found this caramelized onion/balsamic aged cheddar...to die for.
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    Other than some Splenda in my coffee, I don't remember the last sweet thing I ate. It's been months. Many months. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't even think about sweet foods. Ever. But chips and pretzels and fries and cheese -- oh my. Yes!
  • YeaYeaPueblo
    YeaYeaPueblo Posts: 68 Member
    Yep! Same boat. When I feel a salty craving come on, I air pop some yellow popcorn (in a brown bag in the microwave), spray it down with a little bit of cooking spray and add salt and nutritional yeast. It does the trick for way fewer calories.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    edited December 2015
    Yep ... no problem at all giving up chocolate. Didn't crave it one bit when I decided to give it up for my first month here. So much so, I have rarely touched it since.

    But potato chips are another story. Thank goodness for pickles.
  • Iguessicandothis
    Iguessicandothis Posts: 2,132 Member
    YeaYeaPueblo wrote: »
    Yep! Same boat. When I feel a salty craving come on, I air pop some yellow popcorn (in a brown bag in the microwave), spray it down with a little bit of cooking spray and add salt and nutritional yeast. It does the trick for way fewer calories.

    Just had popcorn with hot sauce. Mmmmm!

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