Overcoming cravings

Brush your teeth. Chew gum. Have a piece of fruit. Drink a glass of water. Delay it 10 minutes and see if the craving goes away. Take a walk or perform some exercise. Maybe just have a little of what you are craving. Moderation.

Well, serious cravings, like I had for white breads and pasta, I just swapped those foods out for something else. Now I eat wheat breads and pasta. Voila! No more cravings.

The, "God, I'd love to eat some Kit Kats!" kind of thing...not buying those foods is a huge help. If it's not in the house, I'm not eating it. IMO, weight loss begins in the grocery store. Also, I made up my mind about what I was and wasn't going to eat. There was no, "Should I or shouldn't I?" I didn't do the, "I want them...but I can't...but I want to!" kind of stuff.

I eliminated the stuff and didn't look back.

That's not to say I didn't cave six weeks later (I had a burger and fries) or go through any times when I'd struggle and lose. I so did. When my diet loosened up a little, I went kind of crazy...but I got it back in shape because I realized that was what I really wanted. Now, there is no struggle. I eat what I want. If I wanted to have a donut or a Kit Kat, I could. It's not even an issue of can't any more. I just don't.

It helps a LOT that I eat very tasty, satisfying, healthy food and not what people generally think of "healthy." It's not plain, baked chicken every day. It's yummy food that I enjoy eating. Mostly. I don't enjoy carrots a lot, but it eat them.

I dunno if that's any help, but that's my experience.

I just eat what I want... just a little bit of it.

I went very low carb (less than 50g per day) and that eliminated my carb cravings completely. It took about a week.