cravings.....ahhhh! what to do?

gracebrutto
gracebrutto Posts: 9 Member
in Motivation and Support
I must have some serious overeating problem because I have a difficult time with cravings. Pizza bread ice cream pasta. I have been trying to avoid processed foods. Last night it was cereal. Anyone else having some serious cravings? What do you do?

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  • AndreaFitness
    AndreaFitness Posts: 27 Member
    Don't keep it in the house
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  • gracebrutto
    gracebrutto Posts: 9 Member
    I grew up not eating processed foods. From the garden to the plate. I was thin and quite healthy. Then I went to college and gained 100 lbs on processed foods. Got married and divorced and gained another 80 lbs. I'm not making my life hard but going back to my roots. This is a lifestyle that I want forever for myself and my future children.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    gracebrutto wrote: »
    I must have some serious overeating problem because I have a difficult time with cravings. Pizza bread ice cream pasta. I have been trying to avoid processed foods. Last night it was cereal. Anyone else having some serious cravings? What do you do?

    Same here or worse. The cravings left starting two weeks after i stopped eating most all foods containing any sugars/grains.

  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    I tell myself, do you want to eat this crap and be fat or do you want to be happy when the clothes are loose and the scale moves down. That's what I do.
  • ravenzwart
    ravenzwart Posts: 108 Member
    I tend to crave when there is:
    -a emotional thing or
    -when I have eaten too little because I was too busy at work or
    -I didn't work enough of my favourite food types in my meal planning.

    Cutting food out doesn't work for me, but moderation does. And moderation started to work when I logged everything so I was confronted with how freaking much I ate in a craving or when I don't try to eat more healthy.

    But he it's personal so you should try to figure out what your trigger is.
  • gracebrutto
    gracebrutto Posts: 9 Member
    I will say I'm amazed at how much time I spend thinking about food and my next meal. There is so much more I could fill my brain with I know.
  • cmrg1975
    cmrg1975 Posts: 279 Member
    Hi grace,
    Are you able to control how much you eat when you do eat what you are craving?
    That for me is a huge problem. I try drinking a big glass of cold water and waiting 30 mins to see if the craving lets up.
  • gracebrutto
    gracebrutto Posts: 9 Member
    It's a problem for me too. I start with one serving and then I just want more. It's better for me to not even eat what I crave or I ruin my entire day. I try to remember something my dad once said. "I like it but it doesn't like me"
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    Don't cut everything out at once. Start small by limiting portions or only cutting one thing at a time. If you cut out EVERYTHING at the same time, it's much harder to stick with it! I would never have been able to stick to my eating plan if I had just cut EVERYTHING down at once. I started by logging every day for a week or so while eating like normal, and then using that as a baseline to identify patterns I could change. Then I started with one thing, gave myself a couple weeks to get used to it, and then changed something else. If you're looking for other ideas, that might be worth a try.

    You also don't need to cut out all 'processed' foods. I've lost weight and still managed to fit in pizza and packaged foods from time to time. I don't eat them as often as I used to, but I still eat them. I know some people do best by cutting out all foods they can't seem to resist for a time, and if you're one of them, that's fine. But it doesn't have to be forever, and you'll have better success starting small and working your way through everything.
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  • gracebrutto
    gracebrutto Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for all the wonderful ideas and suggestions. I'm excited to keep on task, lose this weight, and get healthy. In the last week I have lost 10 lbs just by watching what I eat and adding exercise daily. I think mostly just water weight but it's progress.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    gracebrutto wrote: »
    Thanks for all the wonderful ideas and suggestions. I'm excited to keep on task, lose this weight, and get healthy. In the last week I have lost 10 lbs just by watching what I eat and adding exercise daily. I think mostly just water weight but it's progress.

    You may have a week where the scale doesn't budge or goes up a little. That's just your body being normal, lots of factors contribute to that. As long as the overall TREND is going down, you're on the right track. Keep that in mind when the weight loss slows down at different times!
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    I tell myself, do you want to eat this crap and be fat or do you want to be happy when the clothes are loose and the scale moves down. That's what I do.

    I took it up a level and told myself (my subconscious mind) I was going to die if I did not get off the foods containing sugars and grains which I believed would happen if I got onto Enbrel injections.

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