What do you do when a craving hits?

Question

You know, if you're trying to lose weight and you get cravings (not true hunger but just cravings). How do you keep from stuffing your self constantly?

Answer 1

OK! heheh...
Here's what I do When I have a craving, I made a list of what I could be doing instead of that..
Then if you have a picture of yourself, put it on the fridge, that way when your thinking of grabbing something that is unhealthy, or in great calorie.. leftovers, I mean.. Just look at your picture, and remind yourself your trying to change.. so when you go into the fridge you would be grabbing????? Yes fruits of vegtables!! not the leftovers.. Here's tip on how to eat with cravings...

I've also been going wat your going throught, and trust me I've been pouring myself into books and interent facts most of the time... but I will tell you this there is a pyrimd not the bread fruits.. watever.. its wat your supposed to do.. ok one when you lose weight your calorie count decreases times your weight by seven and you'll get your cal. intake .. so if your 170 lbs.. then your intake should be 1,190.. ok now i will tell you the most helpful tool.. I did it and i've lose a total of 20 lbs so far..

ok Its called the 4-3-2-1 pyrimind

l_l <---- 1.
l_l l_l <---- 2.
l_l l_l l_l<----------3.
l_l l_l l_l l_l<------------4.





1. This is the 200 cal only.. that means your fats.. Like mayo, and toppings.. fat stuff.. lol duh
2. This is your whole grains... to servings
3. This is your protein, mean your meat, and dairy.. only 3 servings
4. This is your fruit and veggies.. 2 fruit and two veggies...

Remember eat the serving on the bags of the food product no over doing it..
I'll give you an example of a daily meal day for this.

Breakfeast:
Glass of milk and oats.... check 2 boxes.. one on whole grains and one on protein.. looks like this:

l_l 200 fats
lxl l_l whole grains
lxl l_l l_l protein
l_l l_l l_l l_l fruits and veggies

ok Lunch say you have a tuna and mayo sandwhich.. (tuna is good for you remember that) and a mini can or package of veggies... also a bannana, somkind of fruit.. so check your boxes.. one for fat (plus make sure you write down how much cal.. 1 tbl of hemans lowfat mayo is 45, regular is 90.. so if you choose the regular then you will have 110 cal.. for fat) check 2 for fruits and veggies.. and one whole grain.. (if making a sandwhich i prefer you use wheat.. still good. and one for protien which is your tuna.

so it will look like this:

lxl 200 fats -90 110.. left
lxl lxl whole grains
lxl lxl l_l protein
lxl lxl l_l l_l fruits and veggies

now supper say you had turkey (recommened jennie-o's skinless-bonless turkey, soooo good! if you would like the recipe email me at [e-mail].. ok moving one.. and some hmmmm some kind of veg.. like canned corn.. or green beans wast ever you like... so you mark your boxes one protien and one veg

look like this:

lxl 200 fats -90 110.. left
lxl lxl whole grains
lxl lxl lxl protein
lxl lxl lxl l_l fruits and veggies

Now you have one fruit left.. you can have it with your supper, or make a nice smootie to snack on later when hungry!

lxl 200 fats -90 110.. left
lxl lxl whole grains
lxl lxl lxl protein
lxl lxl lxl lxl fruits and veggies

Well I hope that helps you out..most of my learnings were from the biggest loser... if you want great meals pick up the biggest loser cookbook or email me [e-mail] for some... i also have one for smooties..

Hope this help!

Plus exercise every other day, drink lots of water also, and don't eat after 9:00pm.. Also do crunches everyother day... Dont exersice everyday, b/c your muscles need to regain strength... so exercise everyother day, and use the pyrimid..
Good luck!

Answer 2

I give in... but I make sure I don't over do it. Just a small dose of whatever i am craving is enough to get rid of it. The problem with trying to ignore cravings is that you just make yourself miserable, but if you give in and control your portion, then you can get rid of the craving and not damage your diet.

Answer 3

drink a lot of water,it feels up your stomach for a moment,eat
something which has almost no calories,cucumber ,a slice of
Granny Smith,what else ... and number one your diet shouldn't
be too drastic,loose a little weight ,two three pounds a month
so the lost weight stays lost and doesn't rush back the day you
have a hearty meal.

Answer 4

Satisfy the craving (in small amounts) because it will never leave your mind until you have had some of that brownie you were thinking about.

Answer 5

Exercise
write
call someone
eat fruit or veggies
listen to music
read
take a bubble bath

write a list of 100 things you can do instead of eating so when you get the urge to overeat, you can pull it out and look at it.

good luck :)

Answer 6

a sturdy decision is doing some thing you like, working example drawing, analyzing, watching a action picture, jogging, that is as much as you what you do. And jointly as you do some thing, devour and drink some thing, it is going to save your mouth busy and you will no longer experience the prefer on the instant, once you're executed you ought to no longer prefer to smoke anymore.. attempt at leat, it works splendidly with some persons, possibly it is going to paintings with you to boot!

Answer 7

look at pictures of yourself ( the ones you think you look fat in).
watch a special on obesity.
i try not to keep the foods that tempt me the most around.

Answer 8

don't ever dine your body, it just went it more, just go eat it ,but with potion.