Cravings.. its killing me

ay0_kisseszs
ay0_kisseszs Posts: 11
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So since i have started this i have kicked all craving of soda yay me! But now i want chocolate so bad its not even funny!! What can i do to get rid of the craving!
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  • diamondcricket
    diamondcricket Posts: 21 Member
    If I am craving chocolate, I eat it. Surely you can work a piece of chocolate into your daily plan?
  • cherryd69
    cherryd69 Posts: 340
    Low calorie drinking chocolate :)

    Uk = Options

    Outside of UK = i aint got a clue.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    Try eating almonds, apparently that's supposed to help...or eating dark chocolate. David'sTea has chocolate tea, that's actually pretty good. Have the chocolate, AFTER you work out for the amount of calories the chocolate is. I'm still trying to find chocolate gum :tongue:
  • kayellexo
    kayellexo Posts: 1 Member
    try peanut butter with chocolate butter (powdered PB). or a quest bar.
  • Lovemydounts
    Lovemydounts Posts: 199 Member
    Dove dark chocolate candy is ok but u can't eat the whole candy bar .
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Eating some chocolate usually works for me. Not chocolate flavoured diet food, just chocolate.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Eating some chocolate usually works for me. Not chocolate flavoured diet food, just chocolate.

    That's what I do. Some organic dark chocolate.
  • sa11yjane
    sa11yjane Posts: 491 Member
    Maybe have a low cal hot chocolate drink? Or go and brush your teeth with minty toothpaste as that sometimes gets rid of a craving. Or, if you are in the UK, go to bed as it's 10:26pm and you won't eat there!!! Just a thought- do you have chocolate in the house? If you have, maybe don't replace it once it has gone as it is much easier to give in to a craving if you have the food available x
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    So since i have started this i have kicked all craving of soda yay me! But now i want chocolate so bad its not even funny!! What can i do to get rid of the craving!

    Chocolate cravers are typically magnesium deficient (about 85% of us are). But there are lower-calorie ways to get your magnesium (whether they are as yummy or not is a matter of taste) :wink: . Dark leafy greens--particularly spinach--are rich sources of magnesium. I try to include spinach in a variety of foods. I saute it with onions and pepper to put in my scrambled eggs. I always include it in soups and stews. I put it into salads and saute it with garlic and include it in my hummus. Nuts, beans and other legumes are a good source of magnesium as are most vegetables (the reason why a majority of us are magnesium deficient is that we don't eat our veggies. Grain would be a good source but much of the magnesium is bound in indigestible phytates. It is a particular problem for athletes and those under stress because our bodies shed magnesium at an increased rate, under those conditions.
  • bearsfan67
    bearsfan67 Posts: 57
    have some hersheys kisses around....not too many calories in a few and maybe that will help! Also jello pudding or yogurt may help as well.......
  • pittbullgirl
    pittbullgirl Posts: 341 Member
    So since i have started this i have kicked all craving of soda yay me! But now i want chocolate so bad its not even funny!! What can i do to get rid of the craving!


    Honestly, The ONLY thing that helped me was looking up a chart to see if whatever I craved was actually a nutritionally dececiancy. It WAS! I drank Kale and fruit smoothies for two weeks straight and it GREATLY diminshed my cravings. I was afraid this was a mental thing with me so I stopped drinking them. Within less than a week , I had super strong cravings right back.
    So, back to Kale smoothies I go! :)
    Good luck!
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    So since i have started this i have kicked all craving of soda yay me! But now i want chocolate so bad its not even funny!! What can i do to get rid of the craving!

    Chocolate cravers are typically magnesium deficient (about 85% of us are).

    Chocolate cravings are...well...because chocolate is delicious. How about hot chocolate or a chocolate pudding cup? Or, slice up a banana and drizzle a tablespoon of chocolate syrup over it. Yum.
  • deety3
    deety3 Posts: 82 Member
    Chocolate protein shakes tend to do the trick for me.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    have some hersheys kisses around....not too many calories in a few and maybe that will help! Also jello pudding or yogurt may help as well.......

    That wouldn't work for many people as they would just end up eating half the bag. Studies have confirmed what many have suspected---sugar consumption feeds cravings. Sugar is an "anti-nutrient" (meaning that it requires nutrients from the body to process it, and the only nutrient it contains is carbohydrate--no vitamins, no minerals, no phyto-nutrients. :frown:
  • jennismagic
    jennismagic Posts: 243 Member
    I usually go for Dove Dark Chocolate Promises. They are really good, and stop the chocolate cravings in their tracks.
  • ImtheOnethatsCool
    ImtheOnethatsCool Posts: 212 Member
    If I really want it, I just get a small quantity of good quality chocolate. The good stuff is so much more satisfying than the cheap stuff - it makes it easier to eat in moderation.
  • jennismagic
    jennismagic Posts: 243 Member
    have some hersheys kisses around....not too many calories in a few and maybe that will help! Also jello pudding or yogurt may help as well.......

    That wouldn't work for many people as they would just end up eating half the bag. Studies have confirmed what many have suspected---sugar consumption feeds cravings. Sugar is an "anti-nutrient" (meaning that it requires nutrients from the body to process it, and the only nutrient it contains is carbohydrate--no vitamins, no minerals, no phyto-nutrients. :frown:

    Perhaps it wouldn't work for *you*, but many people find it an effective way of managing their cravings.
  • dianamatienzo
    dianamatienzo Posts: 127
    Don't deprive yourself, otherwise you're more likely to binge. It's all about moderation :) So I think you can have a small piece, but keep it small, and really enjoy it. Just be sure to limit your consumption without depriving yourself
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    Eating some chocolate usually works for me. Not chocolate flavoured diet food, just chocolate.

    That's what I do. Some organic dark chocolate.

    Green and Blacks 85% dark... a little square of it is like a chocolate explosion in your mouth!
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    So since i have started this i have kicked all craving of soda yay me! But now i want chocolate so bad its not even funny!! What can i do to get rid of the craving!


    Honestly, The ONLY thing that helped me was looking up a chart to see if whatever I craved was actually a nutritionally dececiancy. It WAS! I drank Kale and fruit smoothies for two weeks straight and it GREATLY diminshed my cravings. I was afraid this was a mental thing with me so I stopped drinking them. Within less than a week , I had super strong cravings right back.
    So, back to Kale smoothies I go! :)
    Good luck!

    Yep--kale is packed with nutrients too (not quite as much magnesium as spinach but many important nutrients). Cravings are pretty typically related to nutritional deficiencies. That's why pregnant women crave foods--it is Mother Nature's attempt to ensure that mama and baby are well-nourished. :smile: I wonder, do men crave specific foods? My experience with them is that they will crave calories but not specific foods. Interesting, no?
  • kingscrown
    kingscrown Posts: 615 Member
    Sometimes you need to work that craving into your day in a healthy way. I made a smoothie that had 2T of cocoa powder in it. It was so good that I thought my smoothie wasn't healthy. I ran it by my trainer when she was kicking my butt this morning and she said it sounded great.

    1 banana
    1 handful of baby kale
    3/4 cup almond milk
    2 T Valrhona Cocoa powder
    2 T PB2
    2 T whey protein powder
    1/2 tsp bee pollen
    1 tsp Barlean's orange fish oil

    Whirl and craving averted.

    I thought I might have to sweeten it, but the over ripe banana and whey powder and Barlean's fish oil must have been sweet enough.
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    Chocolate is good for you in many ways (antioxidants, trace minerals and vitamins and more). Try eating small amounts of high quality chocolates. The other ingredients that are mixed with chocolate are usually the problem (fats, hydrogenated oil...). However, if you really don't want to eat chocolate for some reason, thirst is associated with chocolate cravings, and as someone else mentioned, nuts sometimes help or things like chocolate-flavored tea.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin_Bin/view/cravings-282817
  • richiefixo
    richiefixo Posts: 104 Member
    firstly, if you crave anything never deprive yourself. Just always remember that there is always lower calorie substitute. Personally if im cravin chocolate, i usually get fat free yoghurt and buy unsweetened cocoa powder. one table spoon of that chocolate dust to the sweet yoghurt mix it thorougly and you have chocolate moose!!!.....even if you ate 2 cups of our newly devised "chocolate moose" you will still be under 300 calories! and you will be full and wont want to see anything chocolatey for weeks! ....2 cups of chocolate flavoured anything will do that to you ;).

    Goodluck!! :)
  • rose_gian
    rose_gian Posts: 43
    I remember a long time ago I had a chocolate craving and I had an apple intstead and the craving went away. I ate the apple because I heard that there is something inside fruit that is also inside chocolate and it is the same thing you are craving. Sorry I can't be more specific. Also 100 calorie snacks? You might want to try that. Or eat a chocolate bar slowly and take time chewing it, then exercise to add the calories to your daily goal
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    * http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-chocolate/AN02060
    * http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20030827/dark-chocolate-is-healthy-chocolate
    * http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/benefits-of-chocolate
    From this last link, "Researchers from the University of Copenhagen found that dark chocolate is far more filling, ... dark chocolate lessens cravings for sweet, salty, and fatty foods. ... it should make it easier for you to stick to your diet in general."
  • kate367
    kate367 Posts: 4
    I just had a snickers bar.. No not a small one, the regular size. It was really good and I feel great, ill be happy for the rest of the day because of it.. it's a good feeling when you don't deprive yourself sometimes. Just eat it in moderation and according to your cals for the day and you should be fine. Enjoy your chocolate! Now that I already enjoyed mine its time to get my butt up for a run!
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds. Just a serving or two they are delish.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    Have a small amount. Try a peppermint patty. That is what I have when I want a treat only 140 cal or 28 M&M"S=100 cal.
  • kristafb
    kristafb Posts: 770 Member
    For me its cheesecake. I've started buying these little bite sized cheesecakes & keeping them in the freezer & I allow myself to have one and log it. it doesn't kill my day and I savor every bite. depriving myself makes for a binge. its better to reward myself on occassion.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    Chocolate is good for you in many ways (antioxidants, trace minerals and vitamins and more). Try eating small amounts of high quality chocolates. The other ingredients that are mixed with chocolate are usually the problem (fats, hydrogenated oil...). However, if you really don't want to eat chocolate for some reason, thirst is associated with chocolate cravings, and as someone else mentioned, nuts sometimes help or things like chocolate-flavored tea.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin_Bin/view/cravings-282817

    True. Chocolate is one of the very few foods that has been demonstrated to help the body repair damaged mitochondrial DNA. The only problem is the sugar. That is why bittersweet chocolate is better for you than milk chocolate (much less sugar). Try to find dextrose-sweetened bittersweet chocolate (dextrose is the industry name for glucose)--better for you than sucrose-sweetened (which most chocolate is). You can order it online from a European confectioner but it is pricey.

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