Craving meat and cheese

If you have the calorie room...have some. Both are pretty calorie dense, though, so be careful.

Salt and fat is tasty......don't leave them out of your diet.

I munch on Sargento's Light String Cheese. Since it's mozzarella the fat grams are good & 2 stick give me 100 calories, 5 grams of fat & 12 grams of protein! That's a win-win. You might also try turkey pepperoni or turkey jerky. I'm not a big fan, but my sister loves to eat it for a snack. She likes to throw the turkey pepperoni in the microwave so it's get crunchy. 1 ounces gives 70 calories with 4 grams of fat & 9 grams of protein. Both are great snack choices to increase your protein intake!

It sounds like you are not getting enough protein, which really helps with satiety. If adding lean protein to your diet doesn't help, then turkey salami zapped to a crisp in the microwave is good (line dish with paper towels). Gets rid of some of the fat and very similar to bacon.

Why are you cutting out meat and cheese? There's nothing "unhealthy" about eating meat and cheese. Protein and dietary fat are just as important to proper nutrition as your vitamins and minerals from your fruit and veg. There is way more to eating "healthy" than just eating salads and sucking on celery sticks...way more.

I eat meat or some other protein source like eggs at almost every meal. I don't eat as much cheese as I used to but I have a good ounce or so at least 3-5 times per week.

This. I eat cheese daily. The trick is to weigh and measure it so you know that you're only consuming a certain amount. And an ounce of shredded cheese will go a long way.
I like to snack on prosciutto wrapped around a string cheese stick or a Laughing Cow cheese wedge. Lunch meat slices are also low cal and high protein and pretty satisfying.

Since your food diary is closed, it's kind of hard to give advice, but I would suggest you check your protein intake. I aim for 100-115g per day, typically, and generally do not suffer from hunger or cravings (unless I've been drinking :drinker:). Protein, as someone else mentioned, helps keep you feeling full, and is also important in retaining lean body mass/muscle when eating at a deficit.

ETA: Both meat and cheese are excellent sources of protein

Why are you cutting out meat and cheese? There's nothing "unhealthy" about eating meat and cheese. Protein and dietary fat are just as important to proper nutrition as your vitamins and minerals from your fruit and veg. There is way more to eating "healthy" than just eating salads and sucking on celery sticks...way more.

I eat meat or some other protein source like eggs at almost every meal. I don't eat as much cheese as I used to but I have a good ounce or so at least 3-5 times per week.

This. I eat cheese daily. The trick is to weigh and measure it so you know that you're only consuming a certain amount. And an ounce of shredded cheese will go a long way.
I like to snack on prosciutto wrapped around a string cheese stick or a Laughing Cow cheese wedge. Lunch meat slices are also low cal and high protein and pretty satisfying.

Agreed. Two excellent sources of protein, one of which also happens to be a great source of calcium. No,. I would never think to cut out meat and cheese.

If you don't have the calories for those higher-number options, fix some lean meat with a lot of spice. Protein, for me, stops hunger and cravings. I'll also have a boiled egg sprinkled with Italian seasoning.

I just finished eating from a cheese/meat platter--prosciutto and parmesan with melba toast. Yum!

If you have the calories, have your snack.

Roast Turkey CRAAAVING after major surgery...

Before I had my 6th back surgery and 4th spinal fusion I ate as little protein as possible. Carbs and protein in the form of cheese... melted, like mac and cheese. Some of this has to do with having braces and getting an overbite corrected. A year or more of the process leaves my teeth making contact at only one place which makes chewing really tricky. But protein? Almost an aversion to it. Really.

So then I have my back surgery to repair a failed fusion. The craving is: only a home roasted turkey breast (perfect in my Ninja) with slices on whole wheat bread, mayo and sweet pickles, sliced. That's it. Every day. Then I alternate to roasting a chicken. Not kidding.

Half my family is allergic to poultry so, since i got married, I really haven't had tons of occasions to make it and have it. I've probably made up for a decade in the last couple months! And turkey?!? You couldn't have paid me to eat it outside of Thanksgiving or Christmas without stuffing and gravy. And store-bought, in a package, or breast already cooked is repulsive to me.

I'm not anemic. Of course, it probably really has to do with my body needing the protein to manufacture bone for the fusion. Ironically... I only want to eat real carbs... like potatoes or real vegetables... now I have an aversion to most breads and pastas.

I seem to be more susceptible to cravings in general and my sugar, ice cream and a specific junky pastry in the breakfast aisle, is sabotaging my weight loss goals.

There are days I wish I just didn't have to eat at all because I don't enjoy food like I did before but then I'm really glad that there is something that feels so satisfying to eat (except the sweet cravings). Very strange.