What's your number one food craving?

Posts: 21 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
What's your food cravings and what do you use as a substitute?

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  • Posts: 8,219 Member
    chocolate - no subs, just control quantity
  • Posts: 8,723 Member
    I would agree. Substitutions don't make the craving go away. If I REALLY want something, I eat/drink it and I REFUSE to feel guilty about it.

    Now, to answer your original question, I don't really crave certain foods, I crave textures. Crunchy, soft, creamy. That kind of stuff. I'm a weirdo. :smiley:
  • Posts: 41,865 Member
    Cheese...

    I still eat cheese, I just make sure I'm measuring it out properly. I'm not big on substitutions and I don't think they make cravings go away.
  • Posts: 22 Member
    Chocolate or cake with icing. A couple squares of dark chocolate (85% or 90% cocoa) is a fully satisfying substitution for me. I have dark chocolate almost every evening after dinner as a part of my daily calorie allowance
  • Posts: 55 Member
    Tex-Mex and Cake. I agree with what the others have posted so far. It's all about moderation. I don't eat it every day and usually not every week but if I am craving it bad enough I just plan my calories around it so I can have it without guilt. I've found that if I try to completely eliminate foods I end up failing because I obsess about the thing I can't have.
  • Posts: 10,330 Member
    Right now? Okroshka.. a summer cold soup. I don't have the main ingredient for it so I will have to wait till next year :( I guess I could make it with sour cream, but it's just not the same, so no substitute.

    For other cravings when I have them, the only thing that helps me is to have the thing I'm craving and get it out of my system. Substitutes only make things worse for me, like when I was a kid and wanted legos but got cheap plastic blocks instead. I kept wanting the legos until I got them.
  • Posts: 52 Member
    sushi! to combat my craving i must hide far away in a log cabin
  • Posts: 88 Member
    edited September 2016
    Beer

    Chocolate
  • Posts: 9,149 Member
    Desserts, just eat less than I actually want.
  • Posts: 449 Member
    Reese's Peanut Butter cups. I've been obsessed with them since I was a kid!
  • Posts: 26,371 Member
    Another vote for substitutions don't work when you really crave something.
  • Posts: 21 Member
    Thank you for all the responses. Ice cream and chips for me. (Not together haha) moderation doesn't help when their are so many calories in a very small serving. So I've been turning to weight watcher ice cream. They have lots of frozen treats that are delicious. Substitute chips all taste awful.
  • Posts: 669 Member
    Ice cream and chocolate candy. I don't do substitutions because I end up still craving the "real" stuff after eating the subs.
    But I know there are some things I can't keep in the house. Peanut M & Ms--I've eaten a family size bag in 3 days. So. No.
    But Wherthers Chewy caramels, a serving is 6 pieces for 170 calories, and I'm always able to stop at 3 pieces.
  • Posts: 1,042 Member
    I dont really have cravings. nothing is floating my boat at the moment.
  • Posts: 367 Member
    Homemade bread with sweet cream butter and apple butter
  • Posts: 52 Member
    Potato chips are my weakness! I usually try to resist the temptation but if I'm really needing something salty then I go for some crackers and hummus
  • Posts: 1,249 Member
    Burgers & BBQ.

    What do I do as a substitute... extra cardio.
  • Posts: 140 Member
    candice072 wrote: »
    What's your food cravings and what do you use as a substitute?

    Chocolate - erm I don't I just eat it but within my calorie goal x
  • Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited September 2016
    candice072 wrote: »
    Thank you for all the responses. Ice cream and chips for me. (Not together haha) moderation doesn't help when their are so many calories in a very small serving. So I've been turning to weight watcher ice cream. They have lots of frozen treats that are delicious. Substitute chips all taste awful.

    Have you tried Quest chips? Thankfully I don't really crave chips, because I agree with you, those things are like eating high calorie air.

    For ice cream, Halo Top and Enlightened have been pretty good replacements for when I need to eat a lot of it (I didn't really care for Artic Zero although the chunky pints are acceptable - the base is just pretty bland). Otherwise I can typically moderate it, thankfully.

    But when I really crave something, it's usually carbs like bread, donuts, pizza, pasta, and usually when I'm PMSing... and yeah, nothing else satisfies the craving (although if I crave a Boston Cream donut, a toaster streusel usually works, and it's half the calories).
  • Posts: 952 Member
    Craving / Substitute
    Ice cream / Breyers Carb Smart ice cream
    Chocolate / 90% Lindt dark chocolate
    Chips / Parsnip Chips (trader joes or whole foods sell them), almonds also satisfy my crunch cravings. Habenaro BBQ and salt and vinegar are my jam.
    Pizza / Fathead pizza, cauliflower pizza, or 1/2 an english muffin baked with pizza toppings
    Hot Chocolate / Chocolate tea with sugar free chocolate syrup to sweeten, maybe a little added HWC depending on macro needs
    Cake / Low carb mug cakes (haven't tried these yet, but they exist and look delicious!)
  • Posts: 952 Member
    jprewitt1 wrote: »

    I haven't found Halo Top but I've heard their Lemon Cake and Birthday cake flavors are amazing! I've tried Arctic Zero and it was like licking freezer burn.
  • Posts: 8,723 Member
    candice072 wrote: »
    Thank you for all the responses. Ice cream and chips for me. (Not together haha) moderation doesn't help when their are so many calories in a very small serving. So I've been turning to weight watcher ice cream. They have lots of frozen treats that are delicious. Substitute chips all taste awful.

    Have you TRIED them together?! It's better than you think. Oh, and French fries and ice cream.

    I'm sorry, I got off track. What was this thread about again?!
  • Posts: 374 Member
    Peanut butter - as in the WHOLE jar. At once.

    PB2 powder lets me have quite a bit (48 grams dry) for 1/2 the calories of a normal 30 gram creamy PB.
  • Posts: 374 Member
    @Sarahb29 Halo Top birthday cake is delicious (and worth the occasional splurge of $6 for a pint)!!
  • Posts: 216 Member
    Cheez-Its, Cheese Nips, Cheddar Goldfish, Cheetos, Toast Chee sandwiches (cheese crackers & peanut butter), Doritos, cheese wontons, and nachos.

    I, uh, might have a problem with cheese flavoring and carbs. Except, weirdly, cheddar popcorn, which I find disgusting.
  • Posts: 650 Member
    Beer. Substitute with canned sparkling water.
  • Posts: 8,423 Member
    candice072 wrote: »
    What's your food cravings and what do you use as a substitute?

    Salt. Manifests in different foods.
    No substitute. Just trying to watch my sodium intake.
  • Posts: 239 Member
    Cheese, Sour Cream, Ranch Dressing, pretty much anything dairy.

    I use Greek Yogurt in place of sour cream, but everything else I pretty much just have to live without it or use a small quantity. Everyone has a reason they got fat, mine is cheese/dairy.
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