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Do you still have 'Food urges'?

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Rocketstop2 Fri 27-Mar-26 18:36:27

I was thinking that I can still get food urges for certain foods and certainly still for chocolate. Not ALL the time but sometimes when it will not be put off. Like sometimes getting an urge for spicy food or raw onion on something, or certain herb. I used to think it was all hormonal but obviously way past that stage. Simetimes I give in to it, thinking my body is asking for what it needs, sometimes I just think it's greed wink

TheWeirdoAgain60 Sat 28-Mar-26 09:08:02

Oh my cod, yes! At about 2 am, being a yoghurt/dessert pot obsessee, my fridge is literally full of various yoghurts and pots. I have 2 fridges, one for the yogs/pots, the other for normal stuff. I had this DEEP URGE for a Nestle Milky Bar Dessert pot AND a Nestle Rollo Desert pot!

They were gorgeous! Washed down with a huge mug of milk!

I'm 60, and the ratbag menopause hit me at 42, and I have had desperate food urges ever since then!

I'm lucky with height and weight, at 6'2 and 11 stone, and I run 20 miles several times a week and do a lot of swimming too, so I don't need to worry about a couple of pots adding weight on!

I'm also obsessed with tangerines, several bags/boxes of them on the kitchen worktop, and I regularly get up late at night/early hours to scoff them, breaking them up and often adding them into yoghurts!

Oreo Sat 28-Mar-26 10:26:49

You will never get osteoporosis then TheWeirdoAgain 😁

henetha Sat 28-Mar-26 12:06:36

I still get weird food cravings and usually give in to them.
Life's too short to go without what we crave!
It's usually curry, or fish, or chocolate...

Kate1949 Sat 28-Mar-26 12:14:04

Every now and then I need a fish paste sandwich on white bread or a cheese and onion crisps sandwich.

Nightsky2 Sat 28-Mar-26 12:14:11

Rocketstop2

Isn't it weird ? Do you feel better when you've had said item ? I do, usually .

Every time, now where is that Easter egg I bought for H.

ClicketyClick Sat 28-Mar-26 12:52:58

Icecream craving which is even worse these last few days since I found the old sandwich wafers on sale (remember them?) So, for the last 4 evenings when my craving hits, I've had not 1 but 2 icecream wafer sandwiches and tempted on a 3rd but have resisted so far. What makes it even worse is that I wait till DH settles down to watch TV because I don't want to share the wafers.

ViceVersa Sat 28-Mar-26 13:24:14

Kate1949

Every now and then I need a fish paste sandwich on white bread or a cheese and onion crisps sandwich.

Oh, a crisp sandwich - haven't had one for years! I don't eat nearly as much bread as I used to - but from time to time I do get a craving for Marmite on hot buttered toast, but it has to be white bread. But now I'm thinking crisp sandwich - only there's no bread or crisps in the house...

MayBee70 Sat 28-Mar-26 19:20:20

I caved in today and bought some Marmite. The lad at the checkout said I don’t like Marmites, my reply being well it is Marmite isn’t it. Not sure if he understood my comment. Going to have it in sandwiches with tomatoes and parsley.

lixy Sat 28-Mar-26 19:32:07

Not food as such but every now and then only a fizzy drink will do.

I do like a chocolate with my after dinner coffee though and am trying really hard to break that.

MayBee70 Sat 28-Mar-26 19:37:47

Since I’ve been maintaining my weight by not eating between meals I make sure each meal is something I really fancy.

sodapop Sat 28-Mar-26 21:37:10

What, one whole chocolate lixy wish I could stop at one smile

Oreo Sat 28-Mar-26 21:42:06

Is that one, or one bar or one box?🤭

Oreo Sat 28-Mar-26 21:43:00

Am just home from work and only a cheese omelette would do tonight.

MayBee70 Sat 28-Mar-26 23:25:30

I think our relationship with food is very complicated.

Sago Sun 29-Mar-26 12:34:01

Since I developed a severe intolerance to cheese I crave it all the time!

Steak, curry and vegetables are my main cravings.

When travelling through Spain a few years ago I got so sick of rich restaurant food I asked one evening in a little restaurant if I could just have vegetables cooked on the planche, the waitress bought me the most beautiful selection of Mediterranean vegetables perfectly cooked with some fresh bread.
I was charged 6 Euro, it was a memorable meal.

Esmay Sun 29-Mar-26 12:39:25

It's spicy food .
I love it !
And chocolate is nice too .

AmberGran Sun 29-Mar-26 16:42:49

I've been keto for nearly 10 years. Can go a whole year without even looking at sweets and cakes and chocolates and don't miss them at all but at Christmas I crave marzipan. Nothing else really, just marzipan.

lixy Sun 29-Mar-26 16:52:47

Oreo

Is that one, or one bar or one box?🤭

Depends whose looking!👀

teabagwoman Sun 29-Mar-26 18:02:52

I’m currently craving an old fashioned Newberry Fruit, the sort that had a proper liquid centre.

Esmay Tue 31-Mar-26 21:59:06

Just the thought of those Newberry fruits makes my mouth water .
I think that we get fussy clucky as we get older .
At the moment I'm really struggling with eggs .
If I eat them I tend to manage not to snack and eat lunch .
Suddenly I don't really like them .
After all these years!
I had some on Sunday morning and felt nauseated .
Today I longed for Marmite on sourdough bread .
It was wonderful .

Lolly123 Tue 31-Mar-26 22:07:22

Choc for me

Cath9 Thu 02-Apr-26 15:29:25

Living alone - always!
I don’t put weight on so it doesn’t bother me. Of course the only time I have to keep to meals is when I am away or staying with people