I thought up an idea to satisfy your cravings, but not get calories.

Tell me if this is good.

When you get cravings,(not hunger cravings, hungry doesnt use this technique) get whatever food you want to eat and start eating, but here it is.........Don't Swallow. Spit the food out.
I can understand why one would think that this is bad. Technically its wasting food. But one could argue, isn't overeating a waste of food too?

That will lead to an eating disorder.

Get lots of fiber and protein.

I'd say find out why you're having the cravings in the first place. Are you low on energy? Are you truly hungry? Are you just starting with eating cleaner?

Boredom can lead to cravings. I find when I have too much free time on my hands, I think about food much more often. Try going for a walk, starting a project, or calling someone.

Or you could just have a hole sugically installed in your throat, and then all the calories would fall out before they hit your stomach! :tu:

When you get cravings,(not hunger cravings, hungry doesnt use this technique) get whatever food you want to eat and start eating, but here it is.........Don't Swallow. Spit the food out.
I can understand why one would think that this is bad. Technically its wasting food. But one could argue, isn't overeating a waste of food too?


Or you could just do this>:bang:

Better yet, have somebody administer an electric shock to you as you are chewing the food. :spaz:

That will lead to an eating disorder.


Totally.

Bad idea. Plus a waste of food/money.

Although I agree this is not a good idea, I don't think it would lead to an eating disorder. This obviously parallels bulemia in that you aren't actually injesting the food, BUT, with bulemia, you throw up the food and don't eat anything else. This means throwing up pretty much every meal. What ApoX is doing is getting nutrition from clean foods (hopefully enough) and just tasting something he craves. It would be different if he chewed up his dinner and spit that all out and didn't eat anything else.

NOTE: I DO NOT SUPPORT DOING THIS. I JUST LIKE TO DEBATE!

Either way, I don't think that chewing something you're really craving and just spitting it out is going to be quite so easy. I'd have to say it's going to be much easier said than done. Satisfying a food craving doesn't consist solely of tasting it, it involves the process of ingesting it as well. I don't think chewing something you really want and spitting it out will leave you satiated.

Either way, I don't think that chewing something you're really craving and just spitting it out is going to be quite so easy. I'd have to say it's going to be much easier said than done. Satisfying a food craving doesn't consist solely of tasting it, it involves the process of ingesting it as well. I don't think chewing something you really want and spitting it out will leave you satiated.

Totally agree. And I would go further: that practice will make the craving stronger.

I was just about to post a thread titled "Need help in suppressing appetite" until I saw this thread.

I recently went from the standard american 3 big meals a day to 6 small meals a day. Here's what's working (so far) for me:

1) After having your small meal, just wait it out for another 30 minutes. The hunger will decrease drastically, but will linger. Find something to do immediately after you eat so your mind concentrates on something else.

2) Eliminate your pantry of any easy to binge foods. This will leave you no choice but to wait for your next meal (that you have so neatly prepared in advance in tupperware).


I just wish that there are other ways to suppress appetite besides willpower and dangerous supplements.

Although I agree this is not a good idea, I don't think it would lead to an eating disorder.


It can and has. Went to school with a person and this is just how they started out towards a significant problem.

Your cravings are a way of your body telling you that it's missing something, whether it's nutrients, energy, or nuturing. If you can guess which of these it is, you might be able to substitute the craving for something else (a piece of fruit, some cereal, a warm bath) but if these don't manage the craving, then take a small serving of it. I get the worst cravings when I'm on a bigger calorie deficit than I should be. If I eat carrot sticks or oranges until I'm absolutely stuffed, there's not usually any room for cravings. But if there is, I indulge.

Your cravings are a way of your body telling you that it's missing something, whether it's nutrients, energy, or nuturing. If you can guess which of these it is, you might be able to substitute the craving for something else (a piece of fruit, some cereal, a warm bath) but if these don't manage the craving, then take a small serving of it. I get the worst cravings when I'm on a bigger calorie deficit than I should be. If I eat carrot sticks or oranges until I'm absolutely stuffed, there's not usually any room for cravings. But if there is, I indulge.

Cravings can also come from an addiction. I'm not talking about a vitamin deficiency. I don't need cigs or alcohol but I can, have, and will crave them. The same goes for sugar. The yeast in your GI tract need sugar to sustain the colony, and this will cause craving- especially when you cut out sugar or drastically cut it back big cravings can occur. The best course is to keep the sugar consumption low and the yeast colony will shrink, or in some cases you can wipe out the yeast.

For me cutting out the white flour helped a lot with my cravings. 1 slice of pizza turns me into a shark on a feeding frenzy. Even white rice triggers cravings for me. I remember when everyone used to say MSG was the reason you are hungry after chinese food.

its like methadone vs heroine. the methadone only "helps" if you want to quit the H.

I actually researched this before when I was eating (wrongfully) 900 calories a day. It's actually an eating disorder according to most psychologists. Plus you end up ingesting a good portion of the calories anyway by accidentally swalloing spit and "remnants"...

Make sure you are eating enough...