HELP! whats a gal to do when Cravings set in...

When it comes to getting under the blanket and comfort foods, I reach for the creamy hot cocoa with the mini marshmellows. 80 cal per cup if you use hot water. More for milk. you can make it thin to get more fill but really hot liquid helps. if you use the artificial sweeteners its even less cals.

My go-to snack is low-sodium beef broth. It's warm and savory, with (approximately) 15 calories per cup. Can't beat that!

Find something that is a lower calorie options that satisfies the craving. There are alot of 100 cal snacks, I realize they may not be healthy but IMO I would rather have 1 - 100cal snack then a big bag of doritos, pick the lesser evil It is also a lifestyle change and things should still be allowed in moderation. I know for me, if I have 1 I can't stop (ie halloween candy) so it's stopping yourself before it starts - it's hard noone is perfect.

This relates to alot of things in our life, it's all about self control, willpower, and how bad we want something.

You recognize the issue and that is a feat in itself girlfriend, keep up the good work!!

well im new here and i am adicted to fast food and am trying to stop starting today. of course i got a huge sweet tooth and i was in the grocery store dying for something sweet, I bought a new type of cereal called honey bunches of oats and it had two flavores mixed in the box, i bought the blueberry and bananna one. it actually satisified my sweet tooth... and it was onlt 120 calories or so.. But if your craving junk food like I am all the time i notice that I feel worse if I eat it, and everytime I eat I like to write down My food in the food section of this site and it helpe me realize if I am on track or getting off track..

also I really craved a pastry so I wrote that first on my food section and I realized how much fat, calories and carbs it had so I wrote that first and I will eat around this item, meaning that I will try to stay under My calorie goal.. Hopefully I will be able to lose my addiction sooner than later.. baby steps....

Eat everything I want and call it a cheat day. Then you will feel bad that you overate so much, and will come back to your regular diet to lose weight.

I try to prevent this happening by having 1/2 piece cake in the morning and the other half in the late afternoon (or one portion of lollies twice) and I don't tend to get cravings (mine are for sweet foods).

Dr Phil said recently that if you remove a habit you need to replace it with a new one otherwise the old habit will eventually return. So instead of turning to food during a craving, perhaps go for a walk, paint your nails or do something fun that YOU want to do.

Good luck.

I've been going after my favorite recipes and putting them in the recipe calculator. Then I work them over to get them to be lower calorie.

Things I am doing:

*Using high fiber pasta (Ronzoni/etc)
*Adding more veggies to recipes so that I can either eat more or have more servings!
*Decreasing fat. I'm not cutting it out because I enjoy the tastes and mouth feel but trying to figure out how little I can get by with to keep the taste and mouth feel satisfying.
*Decreasing cheese and using higher quality cheeses to have the flavor without as many calories
*Using leaner cuts of meat and changing cooking times/methods so they still come out tender


It's been a throw of the dice with some things but I've had some great successes lately that are keeping me on track.

My latest success (I'm being positive only, I'm not listing my epic fails! LOL):
Crab Rangoon Bites (Baked, extra crab meat and extra green onion)
Flat Bread Pizzas (The family loved these! I had italian herb flatbreads that the kiddos hated for their sandwiches but loved as the pizza crust!)
Italian Sausage Pasta (Used a pound of Italian sausages but added enough veggies and whole grain pasta to make 2 small casseroles that served 10 - 12 total between the 2)


I've been cooking since I was in grade school and responsible for at least 1 meal a week since middle school so my old favorites date back several decades. I know that when I hit goal I'll still be making these same dishes along with playing with new things so these "Old Faves" have got to be tweaked to keep me where I want to be weight/health wise. In that vein, they have to be tweaked.

Once again, it's lifestyle change, not a diet.

Eat it! I went out with friends a few week ago and had a craving for this amazing icecream dessert which I had tried once before. Once I ate it, I realised I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought. Then I checked the calories and it was around 800 calories! I went over my allowance and felt bad around it. But hey it was weeks ago and I am still losing and I have not craved it since.

Hot tea, great for cold weather and snuggling under a blanket

Fruits. veggies or yoghurt That's what I do if I wanna munch. Low far mozzarella string cheese is awesome too

Instant Mug o' Mac & Cheese in the Microwave:

1/3 cup elbow pasta (whole grain)
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup 1% milk
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

So much better for you than Easy Mac, and you can use skim milk and reduced-fat cheese if you want. It just doesn't get as melty as the regular stuff.

Plus, the whole-grain pasta will fill you up.

be honest and write all the things you ate down. sugar is a powerful drug beware! its best to have a busier life so you something better than think about food all day. don't starve yourself just limit sugar and salts. im sure you know what foods are healthy for you.... not fast-food

I find that the cleaner my diet is, the less I get cravings for junky food.