Diary Cravings!! Substitutes? page 2

[JoanieL]

I've never really found an acceptable substitute for good cheese. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

In coffee/espresso, however my tastebuds are more fickle and I used chemical-laden non-dairy creamer for years. Gave that up for half'n'half (pastured/organic) and was fine with it.

I guess it depends on how you deal with cravings in general. Do you eat that hunk of cheese and it goes away, or do you eat that hunk of cheese and then go on a week long cheese binge. If you're a binger, you might just have to fight the urge with determination 'til it goes away. If not, get in the car, go to the most expensive cheese store you can find, and buy yourself a treat. I find that if I'm eating cheese with a high price tag, I tend not to eat much more than a quarter pound in one sitting. This may not work if you have unlimited funds.

[sarahelyse]

Were you eating many other saturated fats before PB?
It may be that you are just seeking lots of really palatable saturated fat now.
Others on this forum have even gone through stages where they wanted to eat plain butter for a while.

Thinking back on it, I don't think I did eat much saturated fat before. I hadn't considered that before! Thanks!

I guess it depends on how you deal with cravings in general. Do you eat that hunk of cheese and it goes away, or do you eat that hunk of cheese and then go on a week long cheese binge. If you're a binger, you might just have to fight the urge with determination 'til it goes away. If not, get in the car, go to the most expensive cheese store you can find, and buy yourself a treat. I find that if I'm eating cheese with a high price tag, I tend not to eat much more than a quarter pound in one sitting. This may not work if you have unlimited funds.

I am nowhere near having unlimited funds, so the expensive cheese thing would work for me! I'm pretty good about not binging, unless there's sugar involved - I steer clear of that stuff.


Thanks for the reply guys!

[magnolia1973]

Coffee is great with full fat coconut milk. I prefer it now to half and half and sugar or even whole cream.

[camel]

Journal instead of diary

[sarahelyse]

Journal instead of diary

Oh my gosh!! I can't believe I spelled dairy wrong in the title!!! Well, that's embarrassing.

[Tyron_guerin]

Is it okay to go for a cheat day for some cravings? I am new to this and I haven't experienced it yet but I know there will come a time that my system would want something that I used to have.

[Chaohinon]

If you're not intolerant to dairy, I don't see any reason to avoid it entirely. Caloric density is really the biggest thing to fear there, but obviously that's relative to the rest of your diet.

Goat products are a good option. Goat's milk tends to be lower in lactose than cow's, and in some cases is safe for lactose-intolerant people. Chevre can be used to make a cream sauce, and feta & chevre have roughly the same protein/fat ratio as eggs.

If it's sold in your area, Daisy cottage cheese and sour cream don't contain all the nasty gums and emulsifiers that most others do. And the 2% cottage cheese is packed with protein and a decent amount of fat at only 90 cals.

[meloroaster]

i LOVE coconut cream in coffee - not milk, too thin and meh.

i also make a version of bulletcoffee in the AM...a few spoons of coconut oil and an egg yolk. it might sound weird but if you blend it all (add coffee slowly so you don't "cook" the yolk) but trust me...it's DELICIOUS and creamy. kinda almost custard like!

also if you do cheese, the more aged and hard the better!