{"id":78164,"date":"2016-04-13T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=78164"},"modified":"2017-02-02T10:51:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T18:51:48","slug":"avoid-cravings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/avoid-cravings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Avoid Cravings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cravings &#8212; you can&#8217;t live with them, but you also can&#8217;t live without them. When it&#8217;s &#8220;that time of the month,&#8221; sometimes there&#8217;s nothing that can stop you from downing chocolate. Hey, we&#8217;ve all been there. But next time you have a strong craving, try these tips to satisfy them while still staying healthy:<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you&#8217;re craving something salty<\/strong>\u00a0avoid the bag of greasy chips and opt for a handful of nuts or a slice of cheese instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you&#8217;re craving something sweet\u00a0<\/strong>avoid the candy and opt for a handful of blueberries or some other fruit with natural sugar. If your chocolate craving is simply unstoppable, nibble on a bite-sized piece of dark chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you&#8217;re just looking for a snack&#8230; any snack&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>drink at least eight ounces of water. Sometimes we have cravings out of boredom and not because we&#8217;re actually hungry. Drinking water can help to give you that &#8220;full&#8221; feeling until your craving subsides.<\/p>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve energized with a healthy snack, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/theworkoutgirl.com\" target=\"_blank\">theworkoutgirl.com<\/a> for workouts you can do anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>xoxo,\u00a0Workout Girl<\/p>\n<p><em>For the latest and greatest info on workouts, be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/theworkoutgirl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheWorkoutGirl.com<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This story was written by a fab member of our Ambassador Network.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Cravings -- you can't live with them, but you also can't live without them. When ...","author":62194,"featured_media":78286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/13164639\/craving.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/13164639\/craving.jpg","formated_date":"April 13, 2016","category_name":"Health","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#75d861","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}