How do you all deal with cooked food cravings?

[Guest guest]

Hi, just today because it's my time of the month, I was overcome by a

craving for cooked food. It nearly knocked me over. I have had VERY

little cooked food in the past two months and my body would freak out

if I had what I was craving, but I felt almost crazed by my craving.

 

What do you all do when you have a craving? Any recipes that help

with cravings?

 

Thx,

Denise

[Guest guest]

Me? I give in.

 

Will be interested to know how others don't.

 

I think 9/10ths of it is a belief system. I don't _believe_ it'll hurt me

too much to give in, so I do. Others believe it will, so they don't.

 

But I'm definitely interested in others' answers.

 

 

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, dostinex2001 wrote:

 

>

> Hi, just today because it's my time of the month, I was overcome by a

> craving for cooked food. It nearly knocked me over. I have had VERY

> little cooked food in the past two months and my body would freak out

> if I had what I was craving, but I felt almost crazed by my craving.

>

> What do you all do when you have a craving? Any recipes that help

> with cravings?

>

> Thx,

> Denise

 

[Guest guest]

I drink water, make sure I'm hydrated and then go work out! If I eat

something and visualize my stomach then I can tell myself..I'm not

hungry..I just ate, my stomach has food in it and I will not starve!

LOL.. ) ..sometimes I'll give in too..

 

~ Tina

[Guest guest]

i find something rich helps me deal with my cravings. savoring a couple of

tablespoons of raw tahini with a few drops of lemon juice helps me good. :-D

that and plenty of water to fill up the rest of the stomach. *grin*

 

Megan

 

 

[Guest guest]

rawfood , " dostinex2001 " <lightburden@a...>

wrote:

 

I eat fruit or make fruit smoothies in the blender. e.g. Bananas with

a date, banana mango and orange, persimmon and water, banana and

water, blended grapes, banana and celery, just oranges. Simple, quick

and satiating.

 

mike

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I generally give in, too. I have found that as time goes on I

have less cravings, but do get hit hard and I do generally give in.

Fortunately, I'm still able to fit those cravings into a (general)

70% raw diet. My increase in raw foods has been gradual and while I

know I would probably experience greater health benefits by sticking

to the play, I also know myself well enough to know that I wouldn't

stick to it at all. I am trying to be generous with myself without

being overly indulgent.

 

Nina

 

 

rawfood , Margie Roswell <mroswell@f...> wrote:

> Me? I give in.

>

> Will be interested to know how others don't.

>

> I think 9/10ths of it is a belief system. I don't _believe_ it'll

hurt me

> too much to give in, so I do. Others believe it will, so they

don't.

>

> But I'm definitely interested in others' answers.

>

>

> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, dostinex2001 wrote:

>

> >

> > Hi, just today because it's my time of the month, I was overcome

by a

> > craving for cooked food. It nearly knocked me over. I have had

VERY

> > little cooked food in the past two months and my body would

freak out

> > if I had what I was craving, but I felt almost crazed by my

craving.

> >

> > What do you all do when you have a craving? Any recipes that

help

> > with cravings?

> >

> > Thx,

> > Denise

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

When I quit smoking a little more than one year ago my

psychologist gave me the best advice for my quit, and

I think it's entirely appropriate in this situation as

well. She said, " Concentrate on what you're STARTING

instead of what you're QUITTING. "

 

In the case of quitting cooked foods, we are STARTING

to eat raw for some good reasons. If you will keep

foremost in your mind why you are starting a raw diet

and really focus on these reasons when thoughts of

cooked foods enter your mind, it will be a lot easier

to stick to the raw diet.

 

On the other hand, if you sit around and dwell on all

the " good " things you quit eating, you'll find

yourself going back to the cooked diet.

 

The shift in thinking from the negative to the

positive has a tremendous amount of power.

 

So, try to make this your positive framework:

Concentrate on what you're STARTING instead of what

you are quitting.

 

Mark

[Guest guest]

I eat mixed raw nuts with dried raisins. And or crushed ice.

Sometimes an apple and also always the first thing I do is drink a

tall glass of water. I've realized some of my cravings is due to

the fact that I'm just thirsty!

 

Try drinking a tall glass of water first to see if that's what it

is. And then you can test out other things!