Potato Chip addiction - HELPPPPP

ruthrowlett1

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

Sashoi

Sorry can't help u cause I eat chips.... Long as they fit into my cals I will eat it.

mockchoc

There is a thread in the recipe section where someone is sharing a recipe for roasted green beans and says they taste like french fries so maybe give that a try.

SherryTeach

How is it that you have arranged your life to be in the same room as a food over which you have no control? I don't have any danger foods like that anywhere near me.

mmipanda

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

I had a huge obsession with them too. Plain salted ones, I'd walk up the street just to buy a bag of them whenever I felt like it.

I just had to cut them out completely for a while. Like a few months or so. Now I can eat them sometimes, but I don't crave them like I used to. Now I think more about how crap and bloated they make me feel after consuming, rather than how they taste.

whierd

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

If you're just eating them in moderation, then you're fine. But if you're binging on them and blowing your daily calorie goal because of them, seek crunchy, salty alternatives like dehydrated or roasted veggies. Something like dehydrated corn, peas, green beans, etc tossed in a bit of olive oil with salt can help as a lower-calorie substitute until you are able to get the cravings under control. Most of your craving is likely behavioral, you enjoy the satisfying crunch and the "ritual" of eating them.

bridgie101

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

Have you been going all low sodium? Because your body needs sodium and it'll send you all sorts of messages like 'buyyy chiiips, buyy chiiiiiiiiiiiiips!' if you don't get enough from elsewhere.

Eat your salt. Do not fear it. And just think how wonderful your brain must be to somehow work out what's wrong with you and then flash pictures of a way to get it before your eyes. That's a pretty impressive brain, that is!

RonW956

The only chips that I eat are Beanitos black bean chips... I've gone cold turkey on potato chips and now, when I do have one, they taste very salty to me... too salty.

The important thing I think is dont deprive yourself from the foods you like, just eat less of it... Its not so much as what we put in our mouths but how much....

mockchoc

I use to like salt and vinegar flavoured chips, now I eat salt and vinegar rice cakes and can't stand chips anymore. Maybe try the same.

crackur

I love CHIPS! You got to keep them out of your house thought, like put them in your stomach and they are gone...don't have to worry about them until you buy them again. Hopefully, the next day.

joyfuljoy65

Chips - or crisps as we call them in the UK - are my one treat. I eat the lower calorie versions, but I feel like I am NOT ON A DIET if I can eat them. We have baked ones that taste just as good as the fried versions. As long as you don't binge on them, I dont see a problem.

ndj1979

stop buying them and don't keep them in your house = problem solved...

ndj1979

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

Have you been going all low sodium? Because your body needs sodium and it'll send you all sorts of messages like 'buyyy chiiips, buyy chiiiiiiiiiiiiips!' if you don't get enough from elsewhere.

Eat your salt. Do not fear it. And just think how wonderful your brain must be to somehow work out what's wrong with you and then flash pictures of a way to get it before your eyes. That's a pretty impressive brain, that is!

OP is not afraid of salt, she is afraid of mindlessly eating a bag of chips.....

fhargis0002

I am obsessed with vegetable straws. They have sea salt flavor and ranch so far. They are 38 straws=130 calories. They are gluten free blah blah blah, so just about everyone can eat them. I get mine at Wal-Mart in the cereal aisle, I don't know where else sells them, but I def recommend at least trying them cause they are delish! My husband and my 3 picky eating kids even love them!

action_figure

I agree with other people. If you're binging and you're out of control, treat the object of your binge just like you would treat cocaine if you were an addict. Make a clean break and get rid of it completely. No substitutes and crap like that. Because you'll be munching on kale chips and the whole time you'll be feeling deprived and thinking "This isn't as good as X brand." After a couple months "clean" then (unlike a drug addict) you can see if it has a less powerful hold on you and maybe you can reintroduce reasonable portions into your plan.

nikkylyn

Take your chips and pre portion them out into little baggies. Then eat your chips.. chips are yummy.

I believe no food should be off limits unless your allergic to it. LOL.

Balance it out with good foods I think you will be fine.

I used to crave cookies all the time. But instead I just limit it. Some days I have one or two some days none. When we tell ourselves we cant have it we want it more.

Either that or dont buy any more chips. But really in life can you really say you will never eat chips again, I know I couldnt. Moderation!

bridgie101

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

Have you been going all low sodium? Because your body needs sodium and it'll send you all sorts of messages like 'buyyy chiiips, buyy chiiiiiiiiiiiiips!' if you don't get enough from elsewhere.

Eat your salt. Do not fear it. And just think how wonderful your brain must be to somehow work out what's wrong with you and then flash pictures of a way to get it before your eyes. That's a pretty impressive brain, that is!

OP is not afraid of salt, she is afraid of mindlessly eating a bag of chips.....

yeah somehow I managed to work that out.

she's having a fixation. You know, when you can't stop thinking about something you really want to eat.

Why is she having the fixation? probably lack of sodium. Your body does this. it tries to get you to eat things that you lack.

ruthrowlett1

Whay are they stil in my house - It's called having teenagers and a husband! I try to learn self control. I don't deprive myself of anything. I'm doing portion control.

A lot of you had some good ideas. I'm not binging nor lacking salt. Just looking for an alternative to get away from them. I hadn't ate any chips forever and now they are just tooo darn good!! Kind of like peanut butter. I could eat the whole jar and cannot just NOT buy it. I have other family members to feed! I have learned to use PB2 and it helps a lot.

I'm going to try the roasted veggies - that sounds good. Kale chips might get that crunch too. Rice cake I find just as high in calories as some chips but I do have the smaller bags at home for when I want them.

Thanks all!!

Lizzy622

I bought the nori seaweed mini sheets (20 sheets 60 calories) and my daughter actually likes them also. They satisfy that crunchy and salty snack need.

Smallc10

Kale chips are amazing and you can make them yourself. Also Garbanzo beans can be baked to make them crunchy and you can add pretty much any seasoning to them.

crackur

I want some chips now.......with a nice dip.......or cheese.......I'm hungry. I have no chips, therefore, I cannot eat them.