Cravings: Are they real or an excuse?

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  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    I crave coffee... if that counts?
  • tamtamzz
    tamtamzz Posts: 142
    I used to have cravings because I was deficient in some minerals and vitamins. I fixed the deficiency, and the cravings are gone. So to answer your question in my case, the cravings were not an excuse.
  • rivka_m
    rivka_m Posts: 1,007 Member
    I think both. I've had intense cravings for ice before, and it was really difficult to ignore. In that case, it was anemia (I don't know why the body chooses ice instead of, say, liver and onions, but it does). And oh goodness it felt so good to eat it, you have no idea.

    When I have cravings now for food they're not nearly so intense and I can usually find a decent substitute. When I don't (like the darn Cheetos I ate today), I'll admit I shouldn't have given in. And of course it's never as good as I expect it to be anyway.

    ETA: forgot to mention the crazy cravings I had for meat... this was also when I was anemic but at least meat has iron, it made some sense! And the craving for ice was much more intense than the meat craving.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    okay apparently know body gets there period or PMS right? oh those chocolate cravings are real... and i will work out to get it!

    Preach!

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