What should I do if I'm craving cheese and crackers?

[Anonymous]

I am trying to drop bodyfat. I live at home right now so my fam has the house stocked with food. The cheese and crackers are screaming my name!! I need my bodyfat to be low though in a short amount of time... I lost and kept off 5 pounds, but I have 5 more to go.

[Kiwedin]

Listen to your cravings, but don't give in to them. Cravings are your body's way of telling you that it's missing something. You're either putting it in a caloric deficit (which your body doesn't like), you are deficient in some nutrient, or you aren't consuming enough carbohydrates and thus restricting glucose from entering your cells to be used for energy. Cravings aren't evil, they're your body's way of telling you something is wrong, and you need to listen. Sign up for cronometer. com, it's just a food journal thing that tracks your nutrient intake so you can see for yourself if you're missing out on any vitamins, minerals, amino acids, or lipids.
Usually, an easy fix for cravings is to up your caloric intake little by little until your cravings are gone. Simply adding a sweet potato to your dinner or having a smoothie with your breakfast is often enough. You can still drop body fat and eat more food, just make sure to eat whole plant foods as they are much less calorically dense than animal products.

[ImClara]

1. Bribe yourself, for example think of something you really want, not food though, for example, the new phone you saw at the mall. Say in your head, if I don't eat those, then I'm going to reward myself with the phone.
2. Distract yourself. For example get out of the house or eat something else thats healthy or go on the internet.

[Raymond_Reddington]

buy a new phone? she's trying to lose weight, not money.

[ImClara]

@Raymond_Reddington that was an example and after she finishes losing her weight. Also she doesn't have to get herself a gift. She can just bribe herself.

[H2OBearer]

Eat your cheese and crackers and then go for a run outside and burn it off. Thirty minutes should be enough.

[BertMacklinFBI]

eat vegetables and drink water, add a little bit of good protein with that, go for a walk.

[i1T2daty]

Eat cheese and crackers.

[GymBumGuy]

what kind of cheese?

[Asker]

cheddar

[GymBumGuy]

hard cheeses are not as bad as soft fresh cheese if you exercise and haven't been eating off the chain a little is not bad might keep you from going off the wall and binge eat everything is fine in moderation cheese and crackers is not the worse choice in my opinion