Fighting carb cravings

emily2975
emily2975 Posts: 45 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I always find it so hard to resist the urge for salty, carb-rich food. Like bagels with cream cheese, breakfast sandwiches, etc. I am still in the early stages of working out (progressing each week!) so my workouts often don't allow enough extra calories for me to indulge in a 300 + calorie craving. Any suggestions?

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    how many calories do you have a day?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    try to fit them in then.

    You can do that in a couple ways.

    Set a reasonable goal for weekly weight loss which allows for extra calories

    or

    Exercise

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  • emily2975
    emily2975 Posts: 45 Member
    Thanks, sunn_lighter! I'm at 1,200/ day rabbitjb and have on average about 300 extra calories from exercise. I try to only use those if I'm eating something super nutritious that also happens to be calorie dense (like quinoa for example). I'm trying to find other things (like a small amount of cheese) to at least help with the salt craving part of it.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    I just use mineral/Himalayan Sea salt on my food.... Love salt!
  • joolieb1
    joolieb1 Posts: 140 Member
    Why does anyone have 1200 a day plus exercise cals when I have 1510 a day? I lost this week too so must be right. Are they lower because they want to lose weight more quickly? I am aiming to lost 1 lb a week but actually lost 3 lb
  • amgreenwell
    amgreenwell Posts: 1,267 Member
    Just exercise 10 more minutes at high intensity. that cheese can fit into the goal, if you use the right portions. i give up nothing food-wise. Just make it fit into what you need to lose weight.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    joolieb1 wrote: »
    Why does anyone have 1200 a day plus exercise cals when I have 1510 a day? I lost this week too so must be right. Are they lower because they want to lose weight more quickly? I am aiming to lost 1 lb a week but actually lost 3 lb

    I am a shortish woman with a desk job and just a little bit left to lose, so I'm at 1,290 -- and that's at .5 pounds a week. Everyone is at a different place.

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,053 Member
    emily2975 wrote: »
    I always find it so hard to resist the urge for salty, carb-rich food. Like bagels with cream cheese, breakfast sandwiches, etc. I am still in the early stages of working out (progressing each week!) so my workouts often don't allow enough extra calories for me to indulge in a 300 + calorie craving. Any suggestions?

    The less simple carbs I eat, the less I crave. I'm not on a formal low carb regime, I've just been progressively eating less high glycemic load foods like bread made from flour and more protein, fat, veggies, and fiber. Exercise also helps me with food cravings.

    I don't eat processed foods or iodized table salt, and used to have salt cravings, which stopped when I started supplementing with kelp, so it was really iodine my body wanted. If you do eat regular table salt, which has iodine, disregard.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    what are you stats OP? What did you set MFP for your weight loss goal - one pound, two pound, etc?
  • hcumplido
    hcumplido Posts: 15 Member
    Have you tried the Bagel Thins? They are around 100 calories. I ate them 3-4 times a week when I first started. I love cinnamon raisin bagels with butter, so I would eat it at breakfast. The bagel, plus butter (.5 tablespoon), plus my fried egg (used nonfat cooking spray) was only around 250 calories. I've got "deal breaker" foods...food that I'm not willing to get rid of because I know the deprivation will make me give up. So, I make room for them. There are many days I have an only 200 calorie dinner (4 oz chicken breast and a couple low cal vegetables) but I feel happy, satisfied, and motivated to keep going.
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