View Full Version : What healthy food do you eat to satisfying cravings for junk food?


Trrmo
03-05-2009, 08:49 PM
I am slowly cutting weight and have picked up my cardio and cut down on the calories. So for the last couple of months no pizza, chips/crisps, burgers etc, though occasional small amounts of home made dessert etc.. Sometimes I get the craving to order a delivery pizza, or some crunchy cheesy snack or corn chips or whatever. So far I have kept the cravings at bay with a smoothie -skim milk, banana, peanut butter, egg white, other fruit and blended with ice to make it kinda like icecream.

What are some other suggestions of nutrient rich snack that won´t blow out your daily calorie intake that satisfies cravings?

Trrmo
03-05-2009, 08:57 PM
or what to do when you crave something like this
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/1594354611_bb0851f5f8.jpg

http://www.mckenzierebels.com/pizza.jpg

Pac11
03-06-2009, 01:58 AM
Full yourself up on fruit veg and protein or a protein shake for a sweet tooth

MANGLER
03-06-2009, 02:00 AM
V8 is pretty good.

austinlarg
03-06-2009, 02:19 AM
I just go for it haha. Gotta reward myself a little for a long week at the gym.

FM3O
03-06-2009, 03:33 AM
Well, for starter's if I'm craving mexican food, I'll go to a local taqueria and get a regular burritto, with chicken, rice, and black or pinto beans on a wheat tortilla.

icedog11
03-06-2009, 12:13 PM
dry roasted Almonds, whole wheat pita with Humus,raisins, dried cranberries, baby carrots with low fat ranch dressing for dipping, there are tons just make sure you have them around.
the best thing is to eat healthy meals very often I eat 6 small meals a day to avoid being hungry, its easy to make smart choices when your full.

Pork Chop
03-06-2009, 03:26 PM
If I'm too strict on my diet, I balloon up any little time I fall off the wagon.
Having much more success with doing extra cardio and just allowing myself the occasional craving. Certain things, like alcohol and sodas I've completely sworn off - stick with fruit juices (watered down if possible). My 4 main weaknesses are buffalo chicken strips, pizza, mexican food, and cookies. I do my best to limit them to once a week.

LetsgetSAVAGE
03-06-2009, 04:17 PM
try yogurt bro, that **** is mad good and tbh I cant even resist the awesome greasy awesomeness of pizza

JoHnNyBoXeR
03-06-2009, 05:00 PM
i eat pizza once a week, i also eat candy once in a while .. lol

cultofodin
03-06-2009, 05:14 PM
I like to mix half a handful of raisins with a half a handful of sunflower seeds.

elfag
03-06-2009, 05:22 PM
I have a sweet tooth, if there were no ill effects from it, I would eat pie and icecream and candy all the time but I cant because I dont want to be a slob. I like to keep some plain chocolate like a large hersheys bar in the fridge and take a small piece when I have a craving so I dont end up buying some cookies at the store or whatever.

Also I like fatty meats, pizza that **** too but I try not to eat it. So if I am getting a craving for hamburgers or pizza I can order chicken. Sometimes I buy fried chicken and while its alot of fat atleast its more protein and less carbs than pizza. But the smartest thing to get is a roasted chicken and that way its lean, lots of protein but its still sort of a treat cause you didnt have to cook it and it takes the place of other take out food like pizza/chinese/hamburgers/fried chicken.

Trrmo
03-06-2009, 09:08 PM
Thanks for the ideas. I nearly bought pizza tonight but instead cooked spaghetti with onions, champignones, diced chicken, egg, low fat cheese, skim milk added to make it kinda creamy little salt and pepper. Saved $15 too on buying a pizza.
Icecream with fruit for dessert.
(The average wage here is about $1 an hour, a large pizza hut pizza costs about $12 +. So work 12 hours = 1 pizza hut pizza. In Australia work 30 minutes = 1 pizza hut pizza. WTF?)

KiengKoopa
03-06-2009, 11:48 PM
Thats my usual cheat meal if i do have one, its gotta be pizza. Here's a substitute for it if you are really craving it, and if anything it is actually healthy for you, so says the box, and even looking at the ingredients it still looks healthy since it is all organic. Look for a pizza by "AC LaRocca", you can get it in the healthy isle in grocery stores, Krogers usually holds them. Won't find it at Wal-Mart or anything like that. Looks like this... http://www.aclarocco.com/products.htm