I used to crave salty taste sooo much. I only seemed to get the salty flavour when I ate meat. I didn't even want to eat that much meat. I would eat only meat for days straight. Found out it was because I was severely dehydrated. Problem was, I had a real problem with picking up the water bottle. So, for anyone struggling with that those are my tips: - try finding a nice, fruity tea (I liked berry and herb mixed teas). Since they are slightly sweet naturally try drinking them with no sweetener. - soups, soups, soups! During that phase, eating soup became a good way to get some extra water in me. I used to make a tomato soup and make it so it's a little bit more on the watery side. Such a love -bitter lemonade. Try having a bitter lemonade with lots of ice cubes. They gradually melt and make it more diluted, making it easier to drink. At some point there is no lemonade left and your just drinking water from the ice cubes. -water EVERYWHERE. I put water cups or bottles on my desk, on my nightstand, in front of my mirror, next to the couch, tou name it! In sight in mind. All of those tips have made me go from drinking something like 100-200 ml a DAY to around 800 now, 4 months after I started. My goal is 1500 ml, so I still have some way to go. I really hope this helps someone out there. You got this!
So many great tips in this video! I used to eat eggs every day for breakfast and thought I'd never be able to give them up, but it was actually so easy. The smell of black salt puts me off but I actually love the taste! So good in tofu egg salad and scrambles!
Making it my goal to cut out processed sugar and dairy this year- really want to transition from vegetarian to vegan this year. I will be keeping all of this in my mind as I start that transition!
Great content for new/returning vegans. A couple additions... Miso paste also helps with that umami flavor and for someone transitioning, my daughter swears by Follow Your Heart Mozzarella brick cheese. Good luck to everyone beginning this journey!
I have a food addiction and attend overeater annonymous meetings. Cravings are a definate problem for me. Water IS a great solution. Also water is just sooooo neccesary. Love all your videos, they just make sense for me. Thank You.
I got over my craving for cheese by making myself hate cheese... I watched the horrible videos of what happens in the dairy industry over and over... and then everytime I wanted to eat something that had cheese, I would imagine that it was covered in something really nasty... Or I would just remind myself of those videos... I have not ate cheese or had a craving for cheese in 3 years now.
I was never a big fan of meat, since I was a kid, but I was crazy about cheese. I ate lots of it until I went vegan cold turkey, after some time, it wasn’t even that long, I stopped craving it, just as the time went by. The hardest wasn’t cheese itself, but all the recipes that had cheese in it, all my favorites, even my favorite cake. This is my third vegan year. Today I actually started a list of foods I missed and for now all I have in it is vanilla ice cream (I live in a small town, in a country where veganism isn’t that popular, sadly), and my favorite cake.
@@sapphichorrors Yes I agree but I in reflecting about it I had decided that I was eating cheese because it helped me to not over eat on other things I might crave. I thought it was more satisfying. The vegan cheese does have a funny taste I feel now it is best just to make the vegan cheese myself and if I cannot do it then just do not eat it!
Thank you so much for making this! Quick suggestion for missing milk chocolate, I eat vegan dark chocolate with fresh cashews or I make chocolate milk with cashew milk. That satisfies the craving quite a bit especially right before or during those cravings we women have monthly. The cashew makes up for the creaminess the milk provided.
I agree. Cravings are really linked to something missing (water as Jenné said) but they also come up when we have certain habits or are tired, bored, stressed and unprepared (no yummy but healthy food in the house). I find the book 'Shrink yourself' about emotional eating to be very good. Dr Doug Lisle says it takes about 3 days to break a bad habit. The more one resists and does something else instead, the more it's possible to reprogram the body.
My freind keepsntrying to get me to eat meat..I have lost my taste for it..Its so disgusting to me now..our skin is so clear and our eyes are bright..We have so much energy since getting all the inflammatory foods out..meat ,dairy,, eggs all gone. And so much better for it..Thank you for helping us ..we learn so much from your vlogs!!!!
This has nothing to do with this video, but I'm so excited I had to share! I just tried your cauliflower walnut chilli and it is AMAZING! I'm not vegan yet, I've been trying out recipes and planning and stuff. But I could eat that chili everyday! I didn't expect all those flavors! And I'm FULL! Thank you for making this transition easier for me! 😊
What helped me with my sugar cravings was a 10-day potato Mary's mini challenge (McDougall). I struggled through days 1 and 2 and then it became easy AF. Didn't need any sugar anymore, fruit tasted almost too sweet 😁 so whenever I feel like I am not eating ok, I do this challenge and it works like magic 😉
Chris, that is awesome! For me, the longer I eliminated dairy the easier it became. Years ago I couldn't imagine giving up dairy cheese, now it grosses me out. LOL Good luck with your journey. :)
Chris Garcia just ease your self in it do it for 4 days then normal food's then do it for a week then weekend eat your normal food's then we u got it u discover it's all mental
When I was transitioning away pop/soda, I'd crave the carbonation as well as the sugar. To help, I'd drink soda water with lemonade. I put less and less lemonade over time. I still crave the bubbles sometimes, but now I love plain soda water, or I'll add some fruit to feel fun and fancy :)
Ok but don’t forget to not restrict if you guys have an ED or feel you are on your way to one. No food will ever be as unhealthy as the fear, guilt, shame you feel around it. Sometimes you need to eat a bag of chips and it’ll be so good for you! Please be careful❤️
Hi, I’m a very new Vegan, and I’m not missing anything so far, I gave cheese up years ago along with crisps, or as you call them chips I believe. I’m English, but the best thing for me so far are smoothies, frozen fruit a banana or two and a small amount of water. I drink tea but can’t bare the taste of the non dairy so I drink expensive teas as there are real pieces of fruit and berries and like you said lots of water. Thank you for your really helpful messages. X Ros
Yea I just went dairy free starting yesterday. I haven't drank milk in yrs but like everyone else I was hooked on cheese. Until inflammation, breakouts, & bloat took over
These are wonderful tips. I’m veg going on four years, but a lot of my meals are vegan obviously and over the years my body has started to dislike some of my previous staples like eggs, cheese etc. So the alternatives are nice.
I was a junk food vegetarian for 13 years and found myself with metabolic syndrome. This year I’ve been vegan, cut out processed food, and lowered my sugar and carbs. Looking for low carb, low sugar recipes. Even healthy carbs and natural sweeteners increase my insulin levels.
So pretty, love your hair, your skin and most importantly the very informative tips of a healthy lifestyle. You've been the best vegan blogger on TH-cam I've watched and listened to by far 💯
I'm giving up sugar for Lent. That was actually how I started my vegan journey three years ago. Some things that I won't give up for my self, I'll give up for God. 😂😂
I gave up sugar back in November for health reasons....including gluten products. I have now lost 30 pounds and my joints are much happier. Being a vegan made easier since I already have a dietary discipline. So be ready for the pounds to fall off without much effort. 😉
💌 So true!!🍒 I was thinking about this on President's Day and my cherry pie craving, it made me meditate about how cravings are involved with emotions esp. how our Moms did certain things with foods that our love is tied in with the food but we live and learn! I am grateful I learned to be vegan. I also controlled cravings with a 1/2 of a cup of pure Aloe Vera juice or gel drink before meals and it really works to help get control of cravings!💕
I find that drinking 64 ozs or more water per day helps eliminate my cravings. Also olives, capers, kimchi help with my cheese and savory cravings. This week I made dubu jorim via Maangchi here on TH-cam. My tofu-hating aunt ate it along with your beet burgers. Plate was clean, no questions asked.
I've found that changing the way I look at the foods I k ow I don't want to eat helps. If I say I gave something up, it's a loss. I try to say I let go of things so they don't hold me back. Cheese has been my challenge. Next it'll be dairy chocolate. Peanut butter M&Ms in particular.
I would love a more detailed video about giving up coffee - I've switched to green or white tea right now, I notice I'm less irritable w/o coffee...and it is interesting that I am dead tired at 9pm. However...I am going to a concert on Monday that STARTS at 8pm..I think I'm going to need an afternoon pick me up haha
Giving up cheese is no joke! I found out I had a casein allergy and it took 5 months to give it up completely. And that's even with having hives and swelling from eating it. I had to watch a documentary to gross myself out thoroughly to stop. (ps: I LOVE your plants in your background! Houseplants are so much fun!)
I've been vegan for 3 years now. I used to have sugar and meat cravings but not anymore. But there's one craving that I still have and I feel like I'm not able to get over it at all: seafood cravings. Like everyday, everytime. Why could that be happening?
I needed this. I’ve been a Vegetarian for a year, and I wanted a Cheeseburger. I had mixed feelings...I hate the smell of beef, and hate the taste of it yet I was craving it. It is definitely the Umami flavor, and I just wanted something hearty to eat. When it comes to cheese, I just want something creamy. Anyone have suggestions for Fried chicken cravings?
Your video is easy to follow, affordable and realistic.. Your recipes are also yummy, nutritious and practical r in prep time. Here’s to a healthier me in 2020!🥳🥗 Thanks! 🏃🏽♀️
I have always found that when you have a specific craving for some kind of meat, one of the worst things to do is seek out the vegan version of that thing. Because it won't be the same, and you may be unsatisfied and disappointed. You're better off finding something different that has the same quality you are wanting. Maybe you want a salty fast food burger. Try vegan nachos instead. A lot of people just giving up meat, or some meat-eaters try these substitutes and say it'll never compare. Not really what this video is about, but I've been thinking about that for a while.
I am so addicted to sugar and also chewy textures. I think there’s a lot going on, but I can trace it back to eating gummy snacks every day after school. This might be emotional as much as it is a chemical addiction. I go through phases of no added processed sugars and then I will crash. Maybe due to my hormones or work situations. I wish I could kick it for good!
Cheese was the hardest thing. Every now and then I'll still have a small amount of cheese, but it no longer tastes the same so I know I'm not addicted anymore and it's just mental now.
Excellent video as always!! I definitely agree with drinking more water. I use to drink sodas and other juices and now after drinking water for a while now, i MOST time choose water as a fluid intake. It has really helped with MY sugar cravings. Also green juice helped a lot. Thanks 🙏 for sharing!! 💯 looking forward to your next upload as i continue my weightloss journey.
Dried fruit with no added sugars which you can make at home for sugar cravings, and popcorn for salty cravings. Cheese caused a lot of break outs much as I used to like it I actually stopped consuming dairy years ago first before even going vegan, luckily with milk I never actually believed in milk growing up, didn't even ever put it in my tea.
So, I am watching this for the second time. 1) to tell you I tried the iced matcha green tea latte from Starbucks and even my kids loved it. 2) I bought some matcha today!!!! 3) it's hard not to just pounce on things your craving. 😂😂😂 Chocolate junky over here. Being patient is super key. I've slowly been taking things out of my diet and I'm not even trying.
Ugh hot coffee has been killing my stomach lately. Aaaand I love lentils!!! I think I'm headed towards a vegan diet more than ever. Things are just sitting well with me anymore. And to ensure that the hubs drinks more water, he prefers cold water and so he'd stop buying plastic bottled water, I have about 10 bottles I've collected from drinking kombucha... I keep those full of filtered water.
Could you be sodium deficient? I found out that we as Americans drink a lot more water than what is needed, and flush out minerals and vitamins. I see it as the body giving signals as to what it needs. I started to monitor my cravings and adjusted my diet to add foods that have more of the minerals, and vitamins that helps to balance my body, also limit my water consumption to when I actually feel thirsty.
When I have a craving, I make a thick fruit smoothie using frozen fruit. It's nice and cold and has just the right amount of sweetness. Then I sip that smoothie Everytime I think about eating junk food.🥭🥤🤤
As someone who is clean and addicted to food, cigarettes, and weed - I get uncomfortable in my chair when ever someone says "oh don't worry, your addiction will go away!" no. This is not how it works. Addictions do not go away. They are always there. You do not vanish your addiction, you only learn how to live with it. Just because I am clea, does not mean I am not an addict anymore or that my addiction does not exist anymore. I am just a clean addict and not an active addict. So please do not use the term "your addiction goes away" because it relly doesn't. You can learn how to live with it, which is a differant story, but it never fully goes away.
Somehow I managed to quit cheese cold turkey with no problems. I didn't even eat that much vegan cheese! I also switched from coffee to match any gradually adding matches to my coffee and reducing the coffee each day. I've never had any real problems craving it but I do let myself have some once in a while. I've actually kinda lost my taste for it!
Listen to your body. Years ago I noticed that if I craved sweets I could drink milk and the craving would leave, I wasn't a vegan then. Now if the craving hits I drink hot tea or eat fruit. My newest craving is for salty snacks..... Sheesh
This is not so much of a craving, but I’m a college student. I eat plant-based and work hard to live a vegan lifestyle (which is easy) when I’m away from home. When I come home I feel that it’s more money that I don’t have and time I don’t have to make vegan meals for myself. On top of my partner telling me I should just eat something to just carry myself through. How do you reset your mind when you’re around family?
Bananas n freezer. Then put them in food processor with splash of almond milk. You can put different stuff like mint or vegan chocolate chips. :) or freeze choco dipped nanas (my kids favs)
Me too, the cheese. But in germany the vegan cheese i know, all has a coconut taste and this is very uuuurg🤮. Cheese like gouda and coconut??? Or the ingredients are not healthy. If anybody knows a cheese without coconut in germany (goudastyle) please tell me that.
One of my favorite things to make when I'm sorta craving something "chickeny" is chickpea salad for a sandwich. Mash 'em up some and then add diced carrot, celery, green onion, dill, poultry seasoning, a little dijon ... I do another version chickpea of the sea if I'm craving tuna with celery, onion, seaweed, a little miso ... JUST mayo is my favorite vegan mayo
Or we could all just learn to neutralize food and listen to our bodies. If you crave something it’s probably not for kicks and giggles and feeling guilty for giving into your cravings just gives that food more power. The intuitive eating book gives a much deeper insight into this✌🏻
So glad you learning to listen to your body! I do think that some people can be perfectly fine being vegan, but even for those people, there may be vegan things that they crave that they consider “bad” and will try to stop themselves from eating, and I just think that we need to stop seeing listening to those cravings as a thing we should feel badly about! There’s nothing wrong with listening to your body!
Hi..great info! In my attempts to eat a vegan diet I noticed more recently that I was consuming alot of sodium. I was buying the packaged vegan crumbles and a few other things to add to meals. Even the sauce was high in sodium. So is that normal..that as a vegan your salt intake increases? If not what suggestions or advice can you give me
I'm addicted to popcorn(my #1 favorite snack). I find it hard to not eat the whole pot. I don't enjoy store bought popped popcorn because of the amount of salt,nor do I like the butter flavor. Maybe once for the year I'd buy a cheddar flavor,but I prefer popping my own and have it lightly salted. I do think I'm addicted to crunchy foods. I had to research it,because my toast,waffle,cookies etc have to be crunchy. What would you suggest?
Not a craving related to switching to vegan... but any suggestions/help with cravings for fat like nuts, seeds, Peanut butter (oh lord), tahini... I crave those so so much and if I binge it's typically on those kinds of foods...
For nutritional yeast, is it normal to get very sick from it I tried it a couple of times but my stomach does not agree with it and I end up throwing up after a few minutes. Is there anybody had any Issues with that or something like it. Thank you very much
My only slight craving has been for Crab Legs but it doesn't last long. A half minute at the most but over the years I've learned ways to make vegan seafood.
@@AdrienneC yes! That Chocolate Vegan has done banana blossoms on her channel a few times I think. I'm working on a recipe for a fishless sandwich this week
everything I've read on coffee was positive on the internet, but for me - the immediate effects of caffeine are kinda bad, it acts as a laxative, and I get really jittery - almost shaking. So the answer to that would be a decaf. And I would imagine some other people have those effects.
I have serious sugar cravings and find that herbal tea sometimes helps - sweet flavors like cinnamon, vanilla, fruit.
Me too! Esp with hormones.. I just made her vegan waffles.. those with the maple syrup 😋 are hitting the spot :)
I drink this tea with a mix of mint licorice and fennel so good I don't need a sweetener
Ooo thank you!
I used to crave salty taste sooo much. I only seemed to get the salty flavour when I ate meat. I didn't even want to eat that much meat. I would eat only meat for days straight.
Found out it was because I was severely dehydrated.
Problem was, I had a real problem with picking up the water bottle. So, for anyone struggling with that those are my tips:
- try finding a nice, fruity tea (I liked berry and herb mixed teas). Since they are slightly sweet naturally try drinking them with no sweetener.
- soups, soups, soups! During that phase, eating soup became a good way to get some extra water in me. I used to make a tomato soup and make it so it's a little bit more on the watery side. Such a love
-bitter lemonade. Try having a bitter lemonade with lots of ice cubes. They gradually melt and make it more diluted, making it easier to drink. At some point there is no lemonade left and your just drinking water from the ice cubes.
-water EVERYWHERE. I put water cups or bottles on my desk, on my nightstand, in front of my mirror, next to the couch, tou name it! In sight in mind.
All of those tips have made me go from drinking something like 100-200 ml a DAY to around 800 now, 4 months after I started. My goal is 1500 ml, so I still have some way to go.
I really hope this helps someone out there. You got this!
So many great tips in this video! I used to eat eggs every day for breakfast and thought I'd never be able to give them up, but it was actually so easy. The smell of black salt puts me off but I actually love the taste! So good in tofu egg salad and scrambles!
Making it my goal to cut out processed sugar and dairy this year- really want to transition from vegetarian to vegan this year. I will be keeping all of this in my mind as I start that transition!
Hannah S Yay!! Best of luck!
Fantastic!!!! Enjoy 😁
Hannah S congratulations That's my goal too
Great content for new/returning vegans. A couple additions... Miso paste also helps with that umami flavor and for someone transitioning, my daughter swears by Follow Your Heart Mozzarella brick cheese. Good luck to everyone beginning this journey!
alwaysneed2learn thanks!!! Yes yes yes to those suggestions 🙌🏾
I have a food addiction and attend overeater annonymous meetings. Cravings are a definate problem for me. Water IS a great solution. Also water is just sooooo neccesary.
Love all your videos, they just make sense for me. Thank You.
I got over my craving for cheese by making myself hate cheese... I watched the horrible videos of what happens in the dairy industry over and over... and then everytime I wanted to eat something that had cheese, I would imagine that it was covered in something really nasty... Or I would just remind myself of those videos... I have not ate cheese or had a craving for cheese in 3 years now.
flower garden That’s the way to really get over those cravings! Worked for me too!
I was never a big fan of meat, since I was a kid, but I was crazy about cheese. I ate lots of it until I went vegan cold turkey, after some time, it wasn’t even that long, I stopped craving it, just as the time went by. The hardest wasn’t cheese itself, but all the recipes that had cheese in it, all my favorites, even my favorite cake. This is my third vegan year. Today I actually started a list of foods I missed and for now all I have in it is vanilla ice cream (I live in a small town, in a country where veganism isn’t that popular, sadly), and my favorite cake.
Cheese is gross. Dairy cheese and vegan cheese are equally disgusting. I don’t understand what people love about cheese so much.
@@sapphichorrors Yes I agree but I in reflecting about it I had decided that I was eating cheese because it helped me to not over eat on other things I might crave. I thought it was more satisfying. The vegan cheese does have a funny taste I feel now it is best just to make the vegan cheese myself and if I cannot do it then just do not eat it!
Aversion therapy works huh? Good to know!
Thank you so much for making this! Quick suggestion for missing milk chocolate, I eat vegan dark chocolate with fresh cashews or I make chocolate milk with cashew milk. That satisfies the craving quite a bit especially right before or during those cravings we women have monthly. The cashew makes up for the creaminess the milk provided.
I agree. Cravings are really linked to something missing (water as Jenné said) but they also come up when we have certain habits or are tired, bored, stressed and unprepared (no yummy but healthy food in the house).
I find the book 'Shrink yourself' about emotional eating to be very good.
Dr Doug Lisle says it takes about 3 days to break a bad habit. The more one resists and does something else instead, the more it's possible to reprogram the body.
stress and bored are the 2 that get me
My freind keepsntrying to get me to eat meat..I have lost my taste for it..Its so disgusting to me now..our skin is so clear and our eyes are bright..We have so much energy since getting all the inflammatory foods out..meat ,dairy,, eggs all gone. And so much better for it..Thank you for helping us ..we learn so much from your vlogs!!!!
This has nothing to do with this video, but I'm so excited I had to share! I just tried your cauliflower walnut chilli and it is AMAZING! I'm not vegan yet, I've been trying out recipes and planning and stuff. But I could eat that chili everyday! I didn't expect all those flavors! And I'm FULL! Thank you for making this transition easier for me! 😊
What helped me with my sugar cravings was a 10-day potato Mary's mini challenge (McDougall). I struggled through days 1 and 2 and then it became easy AF. Didn't need any sugar anymore, fruit tasted almost too sweet 😁 so whenever I feel like I am not eating ok, I do this challenge and it works like magic 😉
Love it!! Want to restart being vegan
Chris, that is awesome! For me, the longer I eliminated dairy the easier it became. Years ago I couldn't imagine giving up dairy cheese, now it grosses me out. LOL Good luck with your journey. :)
M Jedski thanks!!! I gave up milk and I’m slowly going back in. 🙏🙏🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@ChrisGarcia. :)
You go Chris!!!
Chris Garcia just ease your self in it do it for 4 days then normal food's then do it for a week then weekend eat your normal food's then we u got it u discover it's all mental
When I was transitioning away pop/soda, I'd crave the carbonation as well as the sugar. To help, I'd drink soda water with lemonade. I put less and less lemonade over time. I still crave the bubbles sometimes, but now I love plain soda water, or I'll add some fruit to feel fun and fancy :)
Ok but don’t forget to not restrict if you guys have an ED or feel you are on your way to one. No food will ever be as unhealthy as the fear, guilt, shame you feel around it. Sometimes you need to eat a bag of chips and it’ll be so good for you! Please be careful❤️
Hi, I’m a very new Vegan, and I’m not missing anything so far, I gave cheese up years ago along with crisps, or as you call them chips I believe. I’m English, but the best thing for me so far are smoothies, frozen fruit a banana or two and a small amount of water. I drink tea but can’t bare the taste of the non dairy so I drink expensive teas as there are real pieces of fruit and berries and like you said lots of water. Thank you for your really helpful messages. X Ros
Yea I just went dairy free starting yesterday. I haven't drank milk in yrs but like everyone else I was hooked on cheese. Until inflammation, breakouts, & bloat took over
These are wonderful tips. I’m veg going on four years, but a lot of my meals are vegan obviously and over the years my body has started to dislike some of my previous staples like eggs, cheese etc. So the alternatives are nice.
I was a junk food vegetarian for 13 years and found myself with metabolic syndrome. This year I’ve been vegan, cut out processed food, and lowered my sugar and carbs. Looking for low carb, low sugar recipes. Even healthy carbs and natural sweeteners increase my insulin levels.
So pretty, love your hair, your skin and most importantly the very informative tips of a healthy lifestyle. You've been the best vegan blogger on TH-cam I've watched and listened to by far 💯
I'm giving up sugar for Lent. That was actually how I started my vegan journey three years ago. Some things that I won't give up for my self, I'll give up for God. 😂😂
I gave up sugar back in November for health reasons....including gluten products. I have now lost 30 pounds and my joints are much happier. Being a vegan made easier since I already have a dietary discipline. So be ready for the pounds to fall off without much effort. 😉
I work at Whole Foods and today I had your black eyed pea fritters for lunch. Haven't seen them since Thanksgiving! They were super delicious.
It's not just scrambled eggs, it's boiled, fried, poached eggs, soft boiled. Eggs in cakes and crème brûlée, Japanese/Korean style cakes ugh eggs are soooo versatile!
Thanks for addressing the transitioning side and struggles one has before having a healthy food lifestyle!!!
Fabulous tips Jenne!!! I will spread the word! Thanks ♥️
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I love your cook book and been plant base for 1 month. Thanks for the help with the sweet cravings. My cravings for sweets is crazy.
💌 So true!!🍒 I was thinking about this on President's Day and my cherry pie craving, it made me meditate about how cravings are involved with emotions esp. how our Moms did certain things with foods that our love is tied in with the food but we live and learn! I am grateful I learned to be vegan. I also controlled cravings with a 1/2 of a cup of pure Aloe Vera juice or gel drink before meals and it really works to help get control of cravings!💕
Thanks for sharing 😌
I find that drinking 64 ozs or more water per day helps eliminate my cravings. Also olives, capers, kimchi help with my cheese and savory cravings. This week I made dubu jorim via Maangchi here on TH-cam. My tofu-hating aunt ate it along with your beet burgers. Plate was clean, no questions asked.
Ooh I need this info. Thank you so much!!
I've found that changing the way I look at the foods I k ow I don't want to eat helps. If I say I gave something up, it's a loss. I try to say I let go of things so they don't hold me back. Cheese has been my challenge. Next it'll be dairy chocolate. Peanut butter M&Ms in particular.
unreal chocolate has vegan m&Ms, so good!
Great advice! I've been vegan for over 7 years and I really enjoy eating the way you are suggesting.
I would love a more detailed video about giving up coffee - I've switched to green or white tea right now, I notice I'm less irritable w/o coffee...and it is interesting that I am dead tired at 9pm. However...I am going to a concert on Monday that STARTS at 8pm..I think I'm going to need an afternoon pick me up haha
MeanderingMeagan sure thing! Maybe I’ll post that video to Instagram ☕️ Good luck at the concert. Have some matcha before!
This is just making me hungry thanks😒
Ps I love your channel 🙌🏽💕
Giving up cheese is no joke! I found out I had a casein allergy and it took 5 months to give it up completely. And that's even with having hives and swelling from eating it. I had to watch a documentary to gross myself out thoroughly to stop. (ps: I LOVE your plants in your background! Houseplants are so much fun!)
xfortunesquex wow wow wow! No joke! Thanks for the plant love 💚
I've been vegan for 3 years now. I used to have sugar and meat cravings but not anymore. But there's one craving that I still have and I feel like I'm not able to get over it at all: seafood cravings. Like everyday, everytime. Why could that be happening?
Do you mind if I ask how you make that iced matcha tea you showed in this video? I'd love to make it. Thanks.
I needed this. I’ve been a Vegetarian for a year, and I wanted a Cheeseburger. I had mixed feelings...I hate the smell of beef, and hate the taste of it yet I was craving it.
It is definitely the Umami flavor, and I just wanted something hearty to eat. When it comes to cheese, I just want something creamy.
Anyone have suggestions for Fried chicken cravings?
I make tahini based dressings and sauces, that gives me the smooth creamy texture I used to get with cheese.
You are such a beautiful being.
Your video is easy to follow, affordable and realistic.. Your recipes are also yummy, nutritious and practical r in prep time. Here’s to a healthier me in 2020!🥳🥗 Thanks! 🏃🏽♀️
I have always found that when you have a specific craving for some kind of meat, one of the worst things to do is seek out the vegan version of that thing. Because it won't be the same, and you may be unsatisfied and disappointed. You're better off finding something different that has the same quality you are wanting. Maybe you want a salty fast food burger. Try vegan nachos instead. A lot of people just giving up meat, or some meat-eaters try these substitutes and say it'll never compare. Not really what this video is about, but I've been thinking about that for a while.
Your plants are giving me vibes, love it!
Thanks for all your recommendations and help. I am trying to move to the plant based eating and vegan. It is tough 😓
It gets easier and easier. :)
You can do it! : )
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You can do it!! It does get easier. Hope my channel continues to be helpful ❤️
I’ve been eating mostly vegan for a year and I crave pastries, meat and cheese regularly. Eating isn’t as satisfying anymore.
I didn't know about cheese being actually addictive! Great information 👍
Gwen Roireau isn’t that interesting? Thanks so much!
wrong information! this is NOT true.
I am so addicted to sugar and also chewy textures. I think there’s a lot going on, but I can trace it back to eating gummy snacks every day after school. This might be emotional as much as it is a chemical addiction. I go through phases of no added processed sugars and then I will crash. Maybe due to my hormones or work situations. I wish I could kick it for good!
Cheese was the hardest thing. Every now and then I'll still have a small amount of cheese, but it no longer tastes the same so I know I'm not addicted anymore and it's just mental now.
I eat tofu scrambles, but when I crave the soft yolk of a medium hard boiled or poached egg on toast, that's when i cave.
Excellent video as always!! I definitely agree with drinking more water. I use to drink sodas and other juices and now after drinking water for a while now, i MOST time choose water as a fluid intake. It has really helped with MY sugar cravings. Also green juice helped a lot. Thanks 🙏 for sharing!! 💯 looking forward to your next upload as i continue my weightloss journey.
Dried fruit with no added sugars which you can make at home for sugar cravings, and popcorn for salty cravings.
Cheese caused a lot of break outs much as I used to like it I actually stopped consuming dairy years ago first before even going vegan, luckily with milk I never actually believed in milk growing up, didn't even ever put it in my tea.
So, I am watching this for the second time. 1) to tell you I tried the iced matcha green tea latte from Starbucks and even my kids loved it. 2) I bought some matcha today!!!! 3) it's hard not to just pounce on things your craving. 😂😂😂 Chocolate junky over here. Being patient is super key. I've slowly been taking things out of my diet and I'm not even trying.
Great info. Been vegan for ten years but still learned something. Thanks!!!
Ugh hot coffee has been killing my stomach lately. Aaaand I love lentils!!! I think I'm headed towards a vegan diet more than ever. Things are just sitting well with me anymore. And to ensure that the hubs drinks more water, he prefers cold water and so he'd stop buying plastic bottled water, I have about 10 bottles I've collected from drinking kombucha... I keep those full of filtered water.
Christina that’s awesome re: going vegan!!! Yeah, coffee can be so hard on us. I miss it sometimes but I’m so happy with matcha!
The animals will Thank you!!!!!😊
I use jackfruit for tacos. It’s so good
Roshawnna Gordon I still have not purchased it yet I need to soon I miss 🐟 & tuna
this video is so interesting and entertaining i would love to see more like this
Absolutely love your suggestions!!! As well as your plants... Lol
Your videos are extremely helpful especially since I've been having a hard time staying on a pant based lifestyle
Could you be sodium deficient? I found out that we as Americans drink a lot more water than what is needed, and flush out minerals and vitamins. I see it as the body giving signals as to what it needs. I started to monitor my cravings and adjusted my diet to add foods that have more of the minerals, and vitamins that helps to balance my body, also limit my water consumption to when I actually feel thirsty.
What about craving fried food? Can you do a video on natural period cramp remedies?
When I have a craving, I make a thick fruit smoothie using frozen fruit. It's nice and cold and has just the right amount of sweetness. Then I sip that smoothie Everytime I think about eating junk food.🥭🥤🤤
As someone who is clean and addicted to food, cigarettes, and weed - I get uncomfortable in my chair when ever someone says "oh don't worry, your addiction will go away!" no. This is not how it works. Addictions do not go away. They are always there. You do not vanish your addiction, you only learn how to live with it. Just because I am clea, does not mean I am not an addict anymore or that my addiction does not exist anymore. I am just a clean addict and not an active addict. So please do not use the term "your addiction goes away" because it relly doesn't. You can learn how to live with it, which is a differant story, but it never fully goes away.
great point
I’m such a life long sugar addict and I need to get healthy
Somehow I managed to quit cheese cold turkey with no problems. I didn't even eat that much vegan cheese! I also switched from coffee to match any gradually adding matches to my coffee and reducing the coffee each day. I've never had any real problems craving it but I do let myself have some once in a while. I've actually kinda lost my taste for it!
Thank you for this video! 👏🏼 I think these tips will be really helpful. I’m interested to try black salt in my tofu scrambles moving forward :)
Listen to your body. Years ago I noticed that if I craved sweets I could drink milk and the craving would leave, I wasn't a vegan then. Now if the craving hits I drink hot tea or eat fruit. My newest craving is for salty snacks..... Sheesh
Another great video! Thanks for sharing! I’m struggling hard with sugar 🙎🏻♀️
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You cheer me up at the end of a long day!
This is not so much of a craving, but I’m a college student. I eat plant-based and work hard to live a vegan lifestyle (which is easy) when I’m away from home. When I come home I feel that it’s more money that I don’t have and time I don’t have to make vegan meals for myself. On top of my partner telling me I should just eat something to just carry myself through. How do you reset your mind when you’re around family?
Do you have the recipe for banana ice cream?
Bananas n freezer. Then put them in food processor with splash of almond milk. You can put different stuff like mint or vegan chocolate chips. :) or freeze choco dipped nanas (my kids favs)
Blue cheese crumbles, I have been plant based for years, I have never found a substitute...
Figuring out in my early 20's that I'm lactose intolerant (or at least lactose senstitve) means I've been buying vegan cheese for a while now!
I’m slowly going vegan. The hard things for me is chicken and cheese.
There are vegan substitutes for that. Fried oyster mushrooms and Violife cheeze.
Me too, the cheese. But in germany the vegan cheese i know, all has a coconut taste and this is very uuuurg🤮. Cheese like gouda and coconut??? Or the ingredients are not healthy. If anybody knows a cheese without coconut in germany (goudastyle) please tell me that.
For me, the plant based cheeze is terrible. I finally decided that I don’t need it. Lol. Good luck on everything
One of my favorite things to make when I'm sorta craving something "chickeny" is chickpea salad for a sandwich. Mash 'em up some and then add diced carrot, celery, green onion, dill, poultry seasoning, a little dijon ... I do another version chickpea of the sea if I'm craving tuna with celery, onion, seaweed, a little miso ... JUST mayo is my favorite vegan mayo
Kathy Sturr thank you. I will try this!
Or we could all just learn to neutralize food and listen to our bodies. If you crave something it’s probably not for kicks and giggles and feeling guilty for giving into your cravings just gives that food more power.
The intuitive eating book gives a much deeper insight into this✌🏻
So glad you learning to listen to your body! I do think that some people can be perfectly fine being vegan, but even for those people, there may be vegan things that they crave that they consider “bad” and will try to stop themselves from eating, and I just think that we need to stop seeing listening to those cravings as a thing we should feel badly about! There’s nothing wrong with listening to your body!
weirdly, peanut butter (unsalted crunchy, meridian brand) can always substitute for sweet cravings for me
When iam hungry I eat fruit, water satisfaction and sweat
I saw the video and instantly clicked, thx for the content!!!
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Seul- Rene Thank you for watching!!!
Hi..great info! In my attempts to eat a vegan diet I noticed more recently that I was consuming alot of sodium. I was buying the packaged vegan crumbles and a few other things to add to meals. Even the sauce was high in sodium. So is that normal..that as a vegan your salt intake increases? If not what suggestions or advice can you give me
Awesome! Thank you so much for the tips!!
I'm addicted to popcorn(my #1 favorite snack). I find it hard to not eat the whole pot. I don't enjoy store bought popped popcorn because of the amount of salt,nor do I like the butter flavor. Maybe once for the year I'd buy a cheddar flavor,but I prefer popping my own and have it lightly salted. I do think I'm addicted to crunchy foods.
I had to research it,because my toast,waffle,cookies etc have to be crunchy. What would you suggest?
Great tips! 🙏💖
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How do you get over seafood cravings? I've been vegan for about 3 years, but still have strong cravings for seafood.
Not a craving related to switching to vegan... but any suggestions/help with cravings for fat like nuts, seeds, Peanut butter (oh lord), tahini... I crave those so so much and if I binge it's typically on those kinds of foods...
Such great tips to help. Thank you! Let me dive into these comments.
Is pasta bread and/or rice apart of a healthy diet? I would love to know your thoughts as I attempt to change my lifestyle
sillykitten98 Not white pasta/bread/rice. There's no nutritional value.
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Sis drop that lentil bolognese sauce recipe! And you introduced me to smoked paprika and I haven’t looked back
Lauren it’s the bomb!!! It’s in the description under this video th-cam.com/video/tjK9aamx2TI/w-d-xo.html
smoked paprika is one of my favorite spices
What about if you are allergic to soy, what can you use?
Thanks
Gotta get to ur blog like yesterday!
For nutritional yeast, is it normal to get very sick from it I tried it a couple of times but my stomach does not agree with it and I end up throwing up after a few minutes. Is there anybody had any Issues with that or something like it. Thank you very much
Thank you so much for sharing this!!
My only slight craving has been for Crab Legs but it doesn't last long. A half minute at the most but over the years I've learned ways to make vegan seafood.
seafood has been my only craving too, but 17 months in and still good. Making "tunaless" salad and stuff has helped
Make It Dairy Free yes I use chickpeas for my "tunaless" and I've just learned about banana blossoms for fried fish. Will try that this weekend.
@@AdrienneC yes! That Chocolate Vegan has done banana blossoms on her channel a few times I think. I'm working on a recipe for a fishless sandwich this week
Make It Dairy Free yes I've seen hers but I'm going try the one on Fineapple Vegan page!! Let me know how your fishless sandwich turns out!!
@@AdrienneC oh I haven't seen hers, but I love her page
Thank you. 👍🏼
Thank you!💞😊🔥
How do you go vegan when your baker 👩🏽🍳 and sometimes you taste test all this sweets like cake cookies cakes chocolate 🍫 etc?
These dang cravings keep screwing up my journey
Ikr! I just eating my craving watching this video lol #cheesecakeismyweakspot
Yep, I hear it. You will succeed though!
I feel you on that 😭
SweetPotatoSoul I know!!! If you say you could never do something, it’s true.
What's wrong with drinking coffee? Serious question as I'm on my way to a healthier life.
everything I've read on coffee was positive on the internet, but for me - the immediate effects of caffeine are kinda bad, it acts as a laxative, and I get really jittery - almost shaking. So the answer to that would be a decaf. And I would imagine some other people have those effects.
@@marypalmer00 thanks for the quick reply! That makes sense, decaf it is then.
Thank you for making this video! ❤️
I have been craving chicken tenders for like ever. I will use the imani thing
Im having very bad chip and sweets cravings 😭 im trying to do a flexitarian diet til I adjust. Its been a STRUGGLE my bad diet is taking me under
I plan to go vegan this year very soon!
I started today BUT I had a frosted strawberry pop tart 😫