What do you do when you are dying for fast food?

I've been doing pretty well since I started incorporating leaner proteins, more fiber, and more fruits and vegetables into my diet. I also started doing the Tony Horton Beach Body program, and I'm down about 15 lbs.

Anywayyyy...sometimes when I'm pmsing, all I want is bad food and I'm ravenous. I'll eat healthy snacks, and my stomach just keeps growling and growling. I have a voracious appetite as it is, but it's even worse for those one or two days per month.

I'm DYING for fast food right now, but I'm trying to fight against it! What do you eat when you get in moods like this, especially if you are looking for something inexpensive?

Message edited 6/6/2012 2:55:14 PM.

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Something I do every four weeks or so is make baked fries...just slice up a potato, toss with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, onion powder, paprika, whatever...bake at 350 for ten minutes, turn them, bake for another ten minutes.

Then I heat up some vegetarian chili (canned, and I usually cut up some mushrooms or tomatoes to add more bulk) and put it on top of the fries. I put a little shredded cheese if I have any onhand; if not, then I just eat them with only the chili.

Not bad at all, stat-wise and it feels like you're eating junk food. Yeah, the canned chili adds salt so you gotta watch there, but overall it's not a bad choice. And it's easy and incorporates veggies if you add them in.

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i cave

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I would go and get a kids meal, eat it slowly and have a salad with it so it fills you more.

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This happened to me yesterday afternoon (guess I skimped too much at lunch). I went to Micky D's and got the 4 piece McNuggets - 190 cal. Not the best thing in the world, but it could have been much worse

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I'd get it but just have a very small portion & share it with DH.

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Honestly, you're only craving it because you're used to having it. The less you give in to those cravings and make healthy alternatives, the more those cravings will lessen. I love PearlJamChick's suggestion!

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Once you stop having it for a while, you will no longer crave it. When I was younger, I would have fast food at least twice a week. Now, I *might* have it once a year when we are traveling and there are no other options. Even then, after I eat it, I feel so guilty.

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Drink a bottle of water! But like LB said, your body will eventually stop craving it.

I am/was a HUGE carbaholic, but I found over time it became less and less. I still eat carbs, but I don't crave them the way I used to.

On the very rare occasions I wants at food, I usually opt for Wendy's chilli and a baked potato. Usually I only finish half the potato and chili.

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Posted by PearlJamChick

Something I do every four weeks or so is make baked fries...just slice up a potato, toss with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, onion powder, paprika, whatever...bake at 350 for ten minutes, turn them, bake for another ten minutes.

Then I heat up some vegetarian chili (canned, and I usually cut up some mushrooms or tomatoes to add more bulk) and put it on top of the fries. I put a little shredded cheese if I have any onhand; if not, then I just eat them with only the chili.

Not bad at all, stat-wise and it feels like you're eating junk food. Yeah, the canned chili adds salt so you gotta watch there, but overall it's not a bad choice. And it's easy and incorporates veggies if you add them in.

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i don't swear off anything-bc then it becomes too forbidden and i then give up and eat too much of it.
so every so often i get it but i don't get a lot or large sizes. my weakness is a McD's cheeseburger i eat almost all vegetarian but my occasional love for that cheeseburger prevents me from being 100% vegetarian
anyway, i think having it only once in a while won't do you in as long as you make good choices MOST of the time!

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If I want junk food, i make it myself. Its amazing how the thought of having to make french fries from scratch makes me not want them anymore.

Sometimes, if I really want them, I make them and eat them, but at least if I make whatever it is, I can control the ingredients and avoid nasty processed stuff.

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I eat it, but you will find that the more your body gets accustomed to the healthier food, you start to dislike the junk food. Fast food French fries disgust me now. I do love me some taco bell every now and then

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Thanks for the suggestion everyone! Kris-I LOVE that idea!

I don't think it has anything to do with my being used to eating it though. I only used to eat fast food like once a month anyway. I just like it when I'm in a super craving mood lol

Message edited 6/7/2012 12:10:19 PM.

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We get fast food every Weds. night after DD's dance class because it doesn't end until 7 and it's too late to cook.

Anyway- I get a chicken nugget happy/kids meal when we go to McDonald's or Wendy's. 10pts+ at McD's and 11pts+ at Wendys.

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I honestly cave in to my cravings every once in awhile, BUT I don't go nuts and binge. My weakness is McDonald's cheeseburgers. On my way to MickeyD's, I'll drink a BIG bottle of water. I'll order one cheeseburger (300 calories/ 12 g of fat), and then I'll have oatmeal when I get home. Not the healthiest, but when I'm PMS'ing I need my fast food fix!

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I think about how I'll feel after I eat it. I ALWAYS feel guilty after eating fast food - even though it used to only happen once every few months, and now it is pretty much never because I know I'll feel gross after eating it.

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I have it.

No one gets fat bc they eat fast food once a month, they get fat bc they eat all the time

Congrats on your weight loss!

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I don't know if I agree with that I cave because I am used to having it. I eat Wendy's maybe 1x every 2 months. It's usually some sort of craving, or the typical
"I'm starving, there is no way I'm making it home to make my own burger and oven fries with EVOO right now, so let me stop here, it's cheap and so much easier and tastes good" LOL.

I usually get a small fries, don't eat all of it, and a $1 cheeseburger, no soda and my craving is satisfied for another couple of months! We don't eat it often, even my kids sometimes get turned off and say "no" to fast food.

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I have it like once a month

Sometimes instea, I just bake some chicken nuggets and fries in my oven. I like the McCain fries because they aren't a lot of WW points. Sometimes it satisfies my craving