I know this may sound weird to many of you but, I crave pickles........dill pickles....... alllllllllllllll the timeeeeeeeee!! I can eat an entire jar in a day! I LOVE them, always have.
Now, I don't need them due to my high blood pressure and the massive amount of sodium they contain... any ideas to help me get over my cravings???
I can't say no to pickles and I decide not to buy them but then i have to give in.. i can't take the crave. AAHH!
is it possible to just have half a pickle a day to satisfy your craving? i find if you tell yourself you can't have something, you only want it more and more.
if you can't limit yourself to a small amount - don't bring them in the house! i am not a big believer in will power and find if the temptation is there, i will take it. if it is not there, there is no option but to find something else.
i have a bit of a cheese and cracker addiction late at night and to curb this i began drinking 1lt of water flavoured with a little low cal raspberry cordial straight after dinner. i sip it throughout the evening until i go to bed. the sweetness makes me feel like i am treating myself, although there are technically not calories.
I did quit buying them for like 2weeks but the crave was sooo bad! I tried not to think of eating them. I tried replacing the salt with another type of snack. Just can't quit craving them!
I gave up soda, chocolate, cake, cookies, candy, etc... All I crave is pickles now.. How sad is that?!
what is it that you like about them? the salitness or the crunch? if you have blood pressure problems i wouldn't suggest replacing them with another salty snack but perhaps having raw pickle (cucumber i suppose, oh, a lebanese cucumber would be perfect) would give you the crunch.
You could try playing with the seasonings to use less sugar (maybe splenda would work?), add garlic or hot pepper flavors, etc. It could be a whole new hobby!
You and I are spun from the same cloth! My mother has always marveled at my "special" talent of finishing off entire jars of pickles since I was a child. I've always liked the salty-sweet-crunchy-vinegar combo of them. I don't know what it is about the taste of vinegar!
Anyway, because of the sodium, the amount of water weight I gain when I eat them helps as a deterent. Also, I've grown attached to orange bell pepper which are supposed to be very good for you. That takes care of the crunchy/sweet thing. Also, I sometimes replace them with banana peppers or pepperocinis. I still get that tart fix, but the spicyness keeps me from overdoing it.
Still, I will always cave for those pickles you get at the state fair...
Any way to learn how to make your own, with less salt? I dont know how they make pickles, or if that is even an option...but possibly an idea??? Can you buy low sodium pickles, I don't really like them, so I never get them..so I would have no clue...
This may sound weird but they make pickle flavored sunflower seeds. They sell that at the grocery store, they are made by a company called SPITZ. They taste just like real pickles. These would be protien and you could just watch your self to make sure you did not go overboard with them...
Horrible cravinggg!
