how do you avoid giving in to cravings?

RobinSparkles81 · April 2011

I've been pretty good most of my pregnancy...I mean I eat more food than before but I balance the healthy with the sweets/fatty stuff...

For about the last week though all I want is junk...McDonalds, chocolate, chips...and I keep giving in!

Any tips on satisfying salty and sweet cravings (not at the same time though I don't like that mix)?

MommaA117 · April 2011

Ehh. I am pretty bad at giving in. Luckily a lot of the cravings aren't here at my house so that helps..

Galena99 · April 2011

I have no will power and can really use the tips. I'm interested in seeing what people suggest.

RobinSparkles81 · April 2011

AprilLynn09:
Ehh. I am pretty bad at giving in. Luckily a lot of the cravings aren't here at my house so that helps..

that's how I've been most of the time too...if I don't buy it at the grocery store I'm good to go...but lately I just grab all sorts of things off the shelf Embarrassed

I think she may be going through a growth spurt too cause I'm hungry all the time! lol

lovebugkim · April 2011

I've never had a craving once!! Sometimes I wish I did just so I knew what to eat. I don't like to think about food and when the topic comes up I always tell DH to decide because I never know what I want!! Don't get me wrong, I do eat!! I eat 3 + meals a day, but I just don't like thinking about it for some weird reason. So I envy all of you who got cravings!! Hmm

mesr · April 2011

i just give in. i guess my only advice is not to bake brownies or cookies, because whenever i do that, i seem to eat the whole batch.

i've also found that some of the foods i crave (e.g., things made with white flour) give me terrible heartburn during pregnancy, so that is incentive to stay away.

SpceCadet · April 2011

I'm somewhere between give in and don't have any. I've found there are certain things that I enjoy more than others, but nothing HAVE TO HAVE. As for not giving in to temptation, I try not to keep certain things in the house all the time to keep from being 500 pounds.

klingb52 · April 2011

For sweet cravings, I have been loving sweetened, dried cranberries. They have a lot of sugar, but are high in anti-oxidents (sp?) and fiber. For salty things, I like the sea salt & pepper mini rice cakes or cottage cheese.

hope these help!

aanchor · April 2011

oh we're no suppose to give into all of our cravings... oops Wink

I haven't had too many so it hasn't been too much of an issue.

heie0008 · April 2011

Since I have diabetes I find that it's all about serving size. I can fit most of my crazings in...but not too much of them. I can only have 1 cup of ice cream and that's it...or I weigh out exactly one serving of frosted flakes...you get the idea...I find that I'm pretty satisfied most of the time

Sometimes you have to say no to yourself and sometimes you have to go to the store and eat half a piece of red velvet cake

Birdies08 · April 2011

I try to find healthy alternatives that still satisfy what I'm craving- like, fruit and yogurt instead of ice cream or a dark chocolate bar instead of chocolate chip cookies.

Sometimes, though, there's no substitute and I can't stop thinking about cheetos or a blizzard or something. Then I set a time (1 hour, 1 day, whatever) and if I still am desperate for it, I give in

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