help!!I'm craving bad

[nlbcowgirl]

I am craving food so bad but yet I am not hungry. what can I do. This is the bad time of month when I am hungry the most. These are strong cravings..When I do eat I tend to eat more than normal and it is protein. I eat until I get sick. Please I do not want to gain my wait bak or loose control. Does anyone have any solutions?????

[billbazz]

First of all Don't beat yourself up! if you give in..try to moderate it..beating yourself up will only lead to you eating more..((my secret?))
I either Brush my teeth with a strong (hot cinnamon) tooth paste or strong cinnamon floss..I here poping a strong sugerless mint or strong sugarless gum works too..

[Trisha001]

You have come soooo far already....If I were you I would grill up a big steak and have a salad and a jug of water and go to town.....
Water always helps my cravings...
You can do it...I know you have the will power to work through it!!!
T~

[Sherri]

Hello,
Buy yourself some L-Glutamine and take it. It will help you with your cravings. Also a fat snack will help. As in a half of an avacado. Or cream cheese and celery.
Dr. Atkins writes about it in DANDR 2002 on page 136. He recommends taking one or two 500 MG of L-Glutamine before each meal. He also writes " If you previously ate lots of carbohydrates, this will help ease the transition to controlled carbohydrate eating"
I use to take it to get my cravings for sweets under control. It totally works. I buy mine in gel cap form. I'm proud to say that I have been sweetner free for 129 days today. That's pretty good coming from a sugar addict that I am, uurrrrrr was
Wishing you the best of health and lite.
Oh, by the way, WELCOME TO ADBB AND ATKINSTHE HEALTHIEST LIFESTYLE THERE IS!
Sincerely, Sherri

[joee5]

Resist the urge, dont give into temptation. Stay strong and positive and all will be well. Keep the faith. God Bless, Joe

[Lady T]

A couple things work for me.

I've read that on average, cravings last about ten minutes. Most are simply in your mind (if you'd never been exposed to it, you wouldn't even miss the thing you're craving).

When my cravings get too strong, I chase them down with LOTS and LOTS of WATER-- sometimes too much to stand.

If I must eat, I eat bacon.

And if the craving is absolutely overpowering, I have ONE spoonful of peanut butter.

Anything stronger than that and I remove myself to a place where I have no access to food.

Stay strong!

[nlbcowgirl]

I tried peanut butter and I ended up eaten half the jar. I got really sick...It is just this time of the month I cannot keep a handle on it. I try so hard. I drank so much water but still no prevail it did not help.
Thanks for you advice.
Nancy

[carbless_in_seattle]

just eat something atkins friendly that will satisfy your cravings.

1/2 a jar of peanut butter is a lot of carbs.