Cravings!

Yes I fight cravings everyday. It just so happens I was just on a websites for Hungry girl.com It gives you recipe ideas to make all kinds of foods and snacks healthier, it also gives you the nutritional values too

I don't know if you are on a low carb diet but at work in the afternoon I crave a snickers. I go get a cup of Swiss Miss Cocoa with No Sugar Added and it seems to take the edge off. It is 30 calories.

I get those cravings too! I have a horrible sweet tooth. I just try to make better choices in the sweet things I eat. I adore, I mean ADORE, chocolate. I just discovered these muffins, muffin tops and brownies made by Vitalicious. They are only 100 calories. The past couple of days I have been using them to give me my "chocolate fix". I also keep some sugar free mint chocolate hard candies at my desk at work. They are 10 calories, and somewhat help feed the fix. If you are really craving a snickers bar (or Reese's PB cup, or whatever), get it. Try eating only half of it just so the craving has been fulfilled. Put the other half in the fridge or freezer and save it for another time. It is all about portion control and willpower. If you try to eat something else instead of what you're craving chances are you are going to still eat what you were originally craving so now you have double the calories than if you would have just satisfied your craving in the first place. Don't feel guilty if you eat something "bad". Just watch your portions and remember it's a lot about moderation. Good luck!

satisfy the craving without going overboard. at our house that means sugarfree or fatfree jello pudding snacks (preportioned), skinny cow ice cream sandwiches, 3 hersheys kisses or a fun-size candybar leftover from halloween. just factor that into your calories for the day! we also will drink a glass of water before giving in, thats the compromise

also something i just discovered in the last few weeks: yoplait thick & creamy yogurts are just like pudding pie fillings - the key lime pie is my favorite!

for us, if you "deny" your cravings day in & day out, you just get frustrated. give in once in awhile and you'll feel happier and it also reminds you that you can still have anything you want - within reason

I always give in to my cravings... in moderation. Honestly, I don't usually crave sweet things, for me it's salty... But, I have found that if I keep putting off having what I really want, that I tend to binge eat , because I'm trying to find something that will satisfy that craving... but usually nothing does. so, if I want a bowl of icecream, I eat it, and I log it in my food journal... then I move on.

I too love snickers... just keep a bag of the bite sized one's in the freezer (less likely to overeat them if they are frozen)... take one or two out and put it in your lunch bag...if you have the craving for it...there you go, you have a controlled portion. Eat it slow and savor the flavor. The craving should subside without having to eat a whole candybar...

Lisa