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If you eat clean, your cravings go away

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  • stpkellogg
    stpkellogg Posts: 9
    I agree as well and the moment you cheat even if once in a while it can throw off your whole routine. The book Eat Right For Your Blood Type by Dr. D Adamo. Best Seller for like the last 15 years. It explains it all and more!
  • zakismom
    zakismom Posts: 15 Member
    I don't eat totally clean, but mostly and have never been a fast food person. Last Friday I caved and had lunch with some office peeps, 3/4 of a Pizza Hut personal pan cheese pizza and 2 pieces of garlic bread with cheese. I was so sick the rest of the day and my migraine still hasn't gone away. I guess you can't jump into junk anymore then you can jump into the good stuff, lesson learned, lol!
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,429 Member
    I'm a living witness it does--at least for me. I totally have no cravings or even just a tiny desire for:

    Meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken)
    Sweets (of ANY kind)
    Coffee (I was a coffee FIEND for more than 20 years straight and the desire is GONE w/ZERO withdrawals AT ALL
    Dairy (I no longer crave dairy of ANY kind)
    Soda, juice, junk in general...it's totally and completely GONE!!

    It's ONLY been 1 month (today) and I'm giving God the credit for this firstly and clean eating secondly.

    Now i crave...tomatoes of all things ( I've always hated tomatoes) and fresh organic juicy fruits and loads of raw and juiced veggies (i've always hated veggies--most of them anyways).

    Also, I'm craving exercise inside (treadmill, stationary bike--SWEATING) and outside time (fresh air and sunshine) walking just about 2+ miles everyday. So, YES! Clean eating does something dramatic in my life--not just physically (I've lost 15 pounds in a month eating this way and living clean too).
  • alise_lmx
    alise_lmx Posts: 292 Member
    For me, I feel like sugar and salt are addicting. If I can get most of the bad sugar and excess sodium out of my system, I crave it much, much less. And I've also noticed that when I do eat something processed or really sugary after eating clean for a while, it tastes really bland, just like no flavor at all. The hard part for me is planning everything out for the week. I have to plan bc I have a really busy schedule with school and work, so it's very easy to just eat something bad on the go. But the longer I work on it, the easier it becomes. The bad stuff just stops even becoming an option for me. Even if I fall off the wagon or whatever, it's a lot easier to get back on lately.
  • alise_lmx
    alise_lmx Posts: 292 Member
    I don't eat totally clean, but mostly and have never been a fast food person. Last Friday I caved and had lunch with some office peeps, 3/4 of a Pizza Hut personal pan cheese pizza and 2 pieces of garlic bread with cheese. I was so sick the rest of the day and my migraine still hasn't gone away. I guess you can't jump into junk anymore then you can jump into the good stuff, lesson learned, lol!

    That happens to me too, I really have to eat the bad stuff in moderation if I've been eating healthy for a while. My stomach really lets me know it is not happy!!
  • bastins
    bastins Posts: 7
    Same deal here. If I stop eating certain things for a while, I seem to lose the taste for them.

    In fact, I can't even remember the last time I had a bag of potato chips in my hands.
  • 30yearssincebikini
    30yearssincebikini Posts: 261
    I have never met a single person in my life who has become fat while eating clean.

    Haha! That's a good point!
  • Robynshay
    Robynshay Posts: 7
    The moment I simply stopped eating sugar and refined carbs, the cravings went away. I eat protein and whole foods and am totally satisfied. I was such a sugar/refined carb addict! I can't believe this happened. If it's not in your body, you don't want it...like drugs.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    What is eating clean?
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    basically, if man made it, you don't eat it ;)
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    What is eating clean?
    To me, it's when I shower then eat.
  • PercivalHackworth
    PercivalHackworth Posts: 1,437 Member
    :laugh:
  • regions02
    regions02 Posts: 154 Member
    Totally agree. I no longer crave sweets. Yay!
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    I have never met a single person in my life who has become fat while eating clean.
    Oh, I definitely have. I grew up in a very hippy-ish community (Marin County, CA). Most of my friend's parents including my own were all about eating as clean and naturally as possible. I can think of very few who were not overweight. Also, you know all those paintings of people such as Henry VIII, fat peasants, women by Rubens? Do you think they ate clean?

    As for as the original topic goes, I think it's somewhat of a placebo effect. You want so badly for it to work that it does. Also, we are creatures of habit. I know if I don't eat something for awhile, I stop craving it. I used to live off Ramen and Kraft Mac & Cheese. It's been years since I ate it and haven't craved it in years.
  • spidey647
    spidey647 Posts: 1
    It's funny, but I've been on a super-clean diet for a week now - at the beginning I used to get insane food cravings (junk or otherwise), but yesterday I noticed that I didn't get those cravings anymore - my calorie intake/exercise has remained constant for the past week. I wonder if quitting unhealthy eating is like cigarettes - the cravings subside after a while?
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