How do you FIGHT cravings!??

Question

How do you FIGHT cravings!??

Answer 1

Weight loss isn’t easy and food cravings make dieters kick themselves when they give into them. However, if you’re trying to lose weight and have uncontrollable food cravings, you're body might be thirsty rather than hungry. The brain control centers for thirst and hunger are next to each other, and the signals sometimes overlap. What you think is a craving for food, may actually be your body’s cry for water.

Keep a food journal that tracks how often you eat and how much you drink. Take special notes about food cravings and write down the time you feel the craving.

Write down how you handle food cravings in your journal. Record whether you ignore the cravings, eat what you’re craving or drink something. If you notice that you feed your craving but still crave food a short while later, you’re probably thirsty.

Drink a glass of water an hour before every meal and an hour after every meal. Water is an appetite suppressant and drinking before and after a meal keeps you from munching

Fill your diet with foods that naturally contain high water content. These consist mostly of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, grapefruit, tomato, watermelon, cantaloupe, papaya, apples, peaches, blackberries, carrots, celery, cranberries, apricots and oranges. Eating these hydrates you and some of them can cure a sweet craving.

Carry water with you when you workout or go outside. Sipping water throughout the day keeps you hydrated and helps fight off mid-afternoon cravings.

Eat high fiber snacks, such as almonds, with a glass of water. Not only will the water hydrate you, but the water also causes the fiber to expand in your stomach making you feel full longer.

Switch caffeinated drinks for water-based juices such as Crystal Light because caffeine speeds up dehydration. The same is true for alcohol, so enjoy alcoholic beverages sparingly. If you do drink either caffeine or alcohol in excess, drink extra water the next day to fight dehydration.

Answer 2

I generally give into my cravings....

Answer 3

good question. the easiest way is to change to healthy foods so u crave those instead of fatty foods or if u jsut hate what you eat just try to chew gum or something that lasts long in your mouth to soothe ur cravings :þ

Answer 4

food cravings are weird i heard this on TV either have a drink or brush your teeth if your really don't want to have a snack but be careful because your body knows what it wants try having a drink if that doesn't work and you do actually feel hungry then eat!!

Answer 5

What works for me:

Chewing gum

drinking water until I am full

Brushing my teeth

working out

looking at pictures of models/actresses

writing out my goals

getting on my scale

hope it helps!

Answer 6

Don't fight them, work WITH them.  If you crave chocolate, then have something chocolatey like some hot cocoa sweetened with splenda, low in calories and satisfies the craving.

Switch your chips for baked chips instead to avoid the extra fat.

Or do what my clients do.  If the serving size is 20 chips, then eat 20 and put the bag away.  For chocolate bars, they eat half one night and the other half the next day.  This lets your body be more able to burn up the calories and not store as much.

Ignoring cravings only pisses you off, have a little of what you are craving and then get away from the food and go for a walk or read a book.

Al