I started this thread to help each other out when we are craving something really bad and need that extra boost to "Do the right thing"!

I'll start I have been craving a cheeseburger so bad for the last few days. I'm not talking about a 90% lean ground beef that I make myself at home. I'm talking about the double decker super greasy kind that you get from a roadside diner.

HELP!!!!!

I am on my 5th day of South Beach and my candy/chocalate cravings were supposed to be gone by now, but they are not. I feel like i could totally binge on candy right now and it is taking every ounce of will power i have not too...

RockerGirl, about once a week I give into a craving like that. It has become part of my plan to tell you the truth. It's just that you must spread it out. You have it, and a few days later you have another treat. The thing you have to be sure of is that when you have it, it is part of your plan. You are in control. Once you've had it, it is right back to business.

I will edit this because you popped in here Cindy. I am really speaking more in terms of a "lifting" diet and I guess w/ what you are doing chocolate could be a bad thing.

I also hesitate because you have to be in a place where it is not a slippery slope proposition. It has to be part of your plan, not even considered an indulgence.

Maybe I shouldn't even be giving advice on this, I have just come to discover that if I get into feeling "denied", that is a more dangerous place than having the treat. Also, if you are really paying attention and counting calories you come to realize that you want your calories to count towards something that isn't going to leave you hungry again in 45 minutes. Thinking about that has saved me from grave detours in my purpose at times.

And on that note I'll add what I am craving. It's a little ridiculous but those Sonic foot long cheese cony ads have really gotten to me. I have had them before, they are nothing special! But at some point, probably next week when I am on the road, I am gonna have one of those suckers. I have been wanting it for a couple weeks now.

The bad part is I got that pocket calorie book with all the fast food restaurants in it and when I look up a cheeseburger the average is about 580 cals and that doesn't include any side item.

Sonic has a special tonight 5 burgers for $5

I can look that Coney up for you if you want

LOL. Yeah that's a cheesy grin if I ever saw one RG. Yeah, let me know - look up that large order of tater tots too. Knowledge is power.

Rocker girl - how about if you get one but share it with someone? Then it'll only be half the calories...room for a couple of fries, too. Who knowws you might get lucky and decide after that it wasn't so great after all...craving solved - on to the next one.

What do I crave? Hmmmmm ****FOOD PORN*****Chocolate chip cookies. Fresh baked...last time I made them I had the bright idea that it would be ok because I was making them for a potluck at work the next day...big surprise - between DH and me - there weren't enough to take the next day.
Even my bright idea of sharing wouldn't have saved me. Except maybe if I only made one cookie.

ledom - what's a cony?

cindy - SBD - it that one of those deals like adkins where you have to abstain completely to "detox"? If so, stay strong!

Gina it is a foot long chili dog with cheese.

okay, Ledom here ya go!
Extra Long Coney w/cheese - 665 cals, 45g fat
Large Tater Tots - 365 cals, 21g fat
SuperSonic Tater Tots - 485 cals, 28g fat

Well everyone I made it past Fast Food Blvd. and I am safe at home without a cheeseburger...

Tonight will be white meat turkey patty with a sweet potato & green beans.

Awww 7 I am sorry that happened.

RockerGirl, thanks. That is a days alotment of calories. Sure brings that craving into perspective. I like Gina's idea of sharing it with someone. That could work. AND way to go on driving by the cheeseburger - you're gonna have a good weigh-in this week I feel sure!

Sevenfold - Hope the fingers are better

Gina - That might work. I'll give 1/2 to my son of course I'll have to buy him 2 more as well since he is a 15yo human garbage disposal

Ledom - That little book is so handy. You should consider getting a copy.