Appetite suppressant

sbatteb01
sbatteb01 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I find myself thinking about food often. How can I fight cravings?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    eat....
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    sbatteb01 wrote: »
    I find myself thinking about food often. How can I fight cravings?

    What is your calorie goal each day?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited August 2017
    Appetite is good. Don't mess with it. Don't fight cravings. Learn to tolerate them instead.

    Thinking about food often isn't necessarily bad. What is the content of those thoughts? Do they keep you from focusing on other things you need/want to think about?

    Are you hitting the calorie goal MFP gave you? Are you eating a varied and balanced diet? Or have you cut out food groups, drastically reduced a macro nutrient, or deprived yourself of foods you like?
  • jasminnatale
    jasminnatale Posts: 30 Member
    I get crazy cravings sometimes. Especially for greasy cheeseburgers or pizza. I have found healthy alternatives for both but sometimes I end up giving in and then it completely throws me off for a while and I feel sick at my stomach. I try to remember that feeling when I get cravings and eat the healthy alternative instead and drink tons of water. I hope I'm doing it right! :#:#
  • Wiggymommy
    Wiggymommy Posts: 106 Member
    Don't eat, that's how some of us got in this situation. In example, I could eat well over a thousand calories and be hungry and thinking of food an hour later. Sometimes our hunger hormones can be kind of out of whack and we have to retrain them. For me, going through that first week of healthy high protein meals is what kicks those cravings to the curb. Sugar cravings are the first to go. I tend to be high protein and low carb- not purposely, it's just what I end up eating out of preference to certain foods. This leaves me with those high carb cravings so I do have one cheat meal a week. I go out with work pals for a Friday lunch and eat something I love. I work my butt off that night, the craving is gone and I still lose my target amount for the week. I find that a cheat meal is best on the day after you do your weekly weigh in. Some people can't do cheat meals because they spiral out of control. This is really a person to person thing.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    Sometimes - a small - healthier treat is a better option the suppressing the craving until you binge. If you are craving sweets - eat some fruit -ripe banana , a ripe mango, or even a handful of raisins. Maybe you eat a larger meal once a week or 10 days - even if you exceed your cal. - keep the food choices healthy , but eat the potato and large piece of meat, or have a small dish of ice cream - it may save you from going nuts & binging just don't do it all the time. Eastcoast Jim
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Appetite is good. Don't mess with it. Don't fight cravings. Learn to tolerate them instead.

    Thinking about food often isn't necessarily bad. What is the content of those thoughts? Do they keep you from focusing on other things you need/want to think about?

    Are you hitting the calorie goal MFP gave you? Are you eating a varied and balanced diet? Or have you cut out food groups, drastically reduced a macro nutrient, or deprived yourself of foods you like?

    ^^ this.

    Since you didn't give much information in the OP, I'm also wondering if maybe your calorie goal is set too low.
    Another thing to try is playing with macros. What foods make you feel satiated? Things with a lot of fat content? Protein? Higher carbs? If you can identify those things, and eat in that way, it may help with cravings and hunger.

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