Cravings

10 Foods most craved by pregnant women

Sarah Brooks — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0800

One of the best — and worst — things about being pregnant is all the random food cravings. Though some women reportedly crave chalk, fortunately that's not one of the top 10 cravings pregnant women face.

How to tackle a sweet tooth

Sarah Brooks — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:11:00 -0800

It happens to us all: that sudden, overwhelming urge to eat a dozen cookies or finish off that bag of M&Ms. Not knowing how to tackle our sweet tooth, we cave, feeling guilty all day and promising ourselves never to let it happen again.

Kick food cravings with a protein-rich breakfast

Karen Hawthorne — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:41:00 -0700

You already know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day to jumpstart your metabolism and boost your energy. Now there’s even more reason to rev your metabolism with a morning meal – your waistline. University of Missouri researchers have found that eating a protein-rich breakfast improves appetite control and reduces overeating later in the day. Here’s how a high-protein breakfast can help you kick food cravings.

How to curb summer food cravings

Michele Borboa, MS — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:10:00 -0700

Are cravings for ice cream, burgers, and potato salad ruining the waistline you worked so hard to slim before summer fun in the sun? It’s normal for your mouth to water when you think about, smell or see your favorite foods, but if the foods you’re craving are controlling you, you’re setting yourself up for weight gain and problems with your health. Dr. Joyce Nash, author of Lose Weight, Live Healthy says you can exercise mind over meal and kick those summer food cravings. Here’s how.

5 Stress-busting foods

Michele Borboa, MS — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:36:00 -0800

Do you immediately crave comfort food when stress hatchets your happiness? Reaching for your preferred foods—whether they are high-carb, sugary, fatty, salty, creamy, or crunchy—can certainly make you feel better in the short-run, but if your level of stress has you frequently noshing on high calorie comfort foods, you’re going to create another source of stress: weight gain. Here are five healthy stress-busting foods that offer long-term comfort without the need to worry about your waist.

How to avoid party food temptation

Karen Hawthorne — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:14:00 -0800

When temptation beckons this party season - or when you’re facing any festive occasion in the new year -- planned strategies can help keep your daily calorie intake in check and avoid the dreaded holiday weight gain. SheKnows spoke with Dr. Wayne Andersen, medical director for Take Shape for Life Wellness program, for his top diet tips when you’re heading out to celebrate.

Foods that curb holiday cravings

Michele Borboa, MS — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:20:00 -0700

As soon as Halloween arrives, your holiday food cravings kick into high gear and continue through the holiday season until January 1 when you guiltily vow to go on a diet and lose the 10 pounds you gained. Instead of succumbing to festive food binges, take a bite of the following foods that curb holiday cravings.

Healthy lunchbox tips for moms

Sarah Kelsey — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:01:00 -0700

As you head into fall -- and with back-to-school excitement all but gone -- it can be tough to find the motivation to prepare innovative meals for lunch. You pack your kids' lunch, you pack your own, it can become a boring ordeal. However, the next time you feel lunchbox letdown, turn to this list of fun and healthy meal-preparation tricks and you’ll learn to love lunch again.

10 Tips to cut carb cravings

Michele Borboa, MS — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:22:00 -0800

Even though the holidays have passed and you have resolved to get your healthy diet back on track, those gripping carb cravings won't let go and you feel helpless against your carbohydrate attacks. Before you bury your face in a bag of cookies, commit to this 10-step plan from registered dietician Elizabeth Somer to have your carbs and eat them, too.