Sometimes all it takes for me is to read or hear a word somewhere to get a craving. I am currently reading a thriller (out of all books it would be a thriller to give me a craving), and a box of chocolates was mentioned in one of the chapters I read tonight. My instant reaction? I pictured myself getting a box of Belgian chocolates at the grocery store and wolfing down the entire box. And in that moment, it seemed like an absolutely fantastic idea. (It probably does not help matters that it is currently that time of the month.)
I frequently have that happen to me. Often, all it takes is someone mentioning a pizza or a burger on a TV show or in a book, and all of a sudden I want nothing more than that pizza or burger. Luckily, I can hardly ever be bothered to walk to the grocery store to give in to that craving.
Tonight I had been planning to go to the grocery store, though, and I knew it would be hard to resist all the chocolate there (did I mention I live in Germany, we have amazing chocolate here). I also knew that if I bought a 100g bar of chocolate tonight, it would not live to see tomorrow, and I would regret it.
So I treated myself to a 25g bar of dark chocolate (70% cocoa, 130 calories) before going to the grocery store. Once at the store I walked straight past the chocolate shelf, making sure not to look at my favorite kind (that would be Milka Daim, y’all). I managed to leave the grocery store without any chocolate. Or gummy bears. Or any other junk food. NSV!
Now granted, that trip to the grocery store only served a single purpose: to satisfy my craving for a bottle of Coke Zero*, but at least that has no calories, right? Right.
Do you ever get bad cravings like that from reading or hearing a word like ‘chocolate’ or ‘pizza’? How do you beat those cravings for junk food?
* Yes, artificial sweeteners are bad for me. Believe me, I know that and have already cut way down on my consumption of diet soda, but every now and then, I can’t help it.
That totally happens to me! And, yes, you do have fabulous chocolate in Germany
I found the Ritter Sports here in the States recently…I’m trying not to eat them, lol.
I’m glad you did the dark chocolate thing. In fact, I was going to suggest it in case you didn’t know that dark chocolate is supposed to be perfect for *that* time of the month because it kills cravings so well.
I like how you kicked your cravings in the a$$! Keep up the good work!
I know this feeling so well, yes! And the part where I’m usually too lazy to actually go out and buy whatever I’m craving… Well, way too often I actually overcome that laziness because the craving is stronger and holy crap, does it feel horrible to realize how ridiculously strong random cravings for junk foods can be. :/