Weight help: I am having intense food cravings and don’t know how to control them. - Help.com

Hmmm…well, I never had cravings quite that bad, but I always thought it wise to have a dessert a week so you don’t crave too much. However, if you don’t have that good will power, I do know that if you eat an orange or apple when you start craving chocolate, sometimes it helps the craving go away… Sorry, don’t know that much. :)

yea, id go with something sweet and healthy, like an apple or watermelon.

there could be many problems: make sure you are not allergic to ANYTHING you are eating. some doctors claim eating food you are allergic to increases cravings.

personally i would not go with a watermelon or any fruit w/ high sugar. in some people, moderate- high levels of sugar increase cravings.

go low on sugar– try a green apple.

trick: lemon water reduces carvings. sweeten with fructose or stevia.
(i would say to avoid aspartame, which is also known to cause cravings)

another trick: increase vitamin C. known to reduce cravings. buy the capsules at your local health food store.
i said it before and i will say it again: fish oil capsules. take them. they are amazing for cravings, skin, concentration…etc

Sadly all the old cliche advice people give is what usually works:

- Drink lots of water
- Exercise kills cravings
- A bored mind wants to eat
- It’s easier to eat alone

On a personal note, I have always found it’s easier to eat nothing at all than “a little healthy something”. Seems like a take a bite of anything and it just opens the floodgates. Wish I could be more help.

Try altering your intake of food, try to have five or six small healthy meals each day, eat breakfast as soon as you rise and try to eat every 3hrs or so. If your appetite is sated which it will be eating every three hours, you wont get hungry so often therefore you wont crave snacks or unhealthy foods.Make protein part of each meal if possible, chicken,egg whites, tuna etc..