# Giving into cravings, no matter how bad for you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066 "2011-03-17T20:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/21 "2011-03-18T09:23:25Z")
I am a sweetaholic and also on a diet (lost 19 pounds go me!) Once in a while I give in and have some ice cream. It helps keep me on the straight and narrow if I tell myself today that _tomorrow_ I may indulge. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/22 "2011-03-18T10:12:01Z")
Every so often I get a craving for pizza pockets. They’re greasy, loaded with transfats and make my poo turn interesting colors, but I’ll eat half the bag at a time. Then eat the other half later the same day. I try not to buy them too often. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/23 "2011-03-18T10:46:10Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > That’s a really cute typo, given your reason for not giving in to cravings. 🙂 I think it’s awesome I was followed up by Super(Argh about my damn frozen chickens)Hal. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/24 "2011-03-18T11:15:58Z")
Depends, varies. Right now I’m on my second box of ice cream sandwiches in about a week and a half. Had not bought them in probably 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unexpected\_Okapi\_Debacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_unexpected_okapi_debacle/32/7702_2.png) [@The\_Unexpected\_Okapi\_Debacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unexpected_Okapi_Debacle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/25 "2011-03-18T15:01:38Z")
Oh chocolate chip Cookies, peanut butter cups, Tex-Mex, cheese, cold milk, soda with ice! I battle different cravings pretty much every day, so if I could, I would eat and entire vat of anything in the above mentioned posts. But that could be the deprivation talking. I wonder if reading this thread was a such a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/26 "2011-03-18T15:28:39Z")
> [@Sakuma\_Drops](#): > > sometimes the craving will just go away once you get a taste of whatever it is you think you want. For this reason, if what you are craving comes in more than one size, a small will usually get the job done and make the craving go away. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/27 "2011-03-18T22:47:03Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I’ve been underweight most of my life. I don’t have cravings, which might be the difference. That’s it. **Superhal** is off the Christmas card list. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/28 "2011-03-18T22:51:29Z")
> [@Sakuma\_Drops](#): > > … sometimes the craving will just go away once you get a taste of whatever it is you think you want… I wish. It’s all-or-nothing with me. Give in to a craving and start of a mega-binge or stick rigidly to the diet. Moderation? Not in my vocab, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/29 "2011-03-19T01:59:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We can find out where you live, you know. Bring bacon. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/30 "2011-03-19T03:59:13Z")
thankfully my weakness is eggnog, so there’s only a month where I can indulge. Oh, and Cadbury Creme eggs. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/31 "2011-03-19T08:50:02Z")
Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Mmmmmmmmm. Luckily, they don’t exist in Budapest, so I can only give in to the craving when I visit London and/or the U.S. maybe once a year. But, oh, that once a year!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/32 "2011-03-19T10:39:32Z")
I just bought 2 cases of Krispy Kremes and a case of Famous Amos cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/33 "2011-03-19T13:36:54Z")
For the past few years I have been taking prescription medicines that emphasize “Do Not Eat Grapefruit While Taking This Medicine.” Grapefruit has always been my favorite food. I’d eat it at breakfast, during the day as a snack, at dinner as a dessert, and before I go to bed as a treat. Every now and then, in spite of the medical warnings, I can’t resist and I buy one of those quart jars of grapefruit sections and eat them in one or two sittings. Heavenly! Even if it is killing me. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/34 "2011-03-19T17:15:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > My thinking is, aside from genuinely addictive drugs like nicotine, when you get a craving it’s your body’s way of telling you there’s something in that food that you need. Sometimes, of course, you can figure out what that something is and find a healthier food that will satisfy the craving, but sometimes you can’t figure it out, and sometimes what your body needs really is the fat or salt or whatever. Apparently, my body NEEDS an enormous bag of Doritos. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066/35 "2011-03-19T22:06:26Z")
Sigh. I ate cookies, doughnuts, garlic bread and about a kilo of spaghetti and I lost 5 pounds when I woke up this morning. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-into-cravings-no-matter-how-bad-for-you/575066.md?page=1)