Have your eating habits or likes and dislikes changed overnight?

Eating a Banana! - Woman enjoying eating a banana
@wheel416 (1019)
Canada
February 14, 2009 4:53pm CST
Ok, my eating habits have changed recently and before you go getting any ridiculous ideas my strange food cravings are not because I am pregnant! (and get those little thoughts out your head, shame on you for even suggesting such a nightmare!) With that being said I am having strange food cravings. I'm extremely curious has anyone had their food habits change dramatically in a short period of time? For me, I'm having a craving for bananas and I don't even like to eat bananas as a fruit. I like the taste of bananas and will eat them as muffins or bread or in some other creation but I don't like them as a fruit because they're soft and mushy. But, just this last couple of weeks I have been craving them and eating a fair amount of them. That's just one example, there are others.So tell me if you've ever had your food cravings or likes and dislikes change overnight? As always your comments and thoughts are always appreciated. Until next time, happy Mylotting!
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@GemmaR (8517)
14 Feb 09
Once I developed a craving for fruit in general, and I went off chocolate completely. This was really good for me, as I lost an awful lot of weight. This phase has passed unfortunately! I am addicted to crunchy things at the moment, like crisps and biscuits. They are lovely, mmmm. I am starving right now actually, it's hours since dinner. I might go and grab an apple..
@wheel416 (1019)
• Canada
15 Feb 09
Hi there Gemma, for the most part I think I eat rather healthfully. However, chocolate is my one vice. I absolutely love it and eat way more than I should. I'm actually attempting to acquire a taste for dark chocolate and slowly increaseing the amount of coaca in the chocolate that I eat so that it's above 70% Thanks for the response and until next time happy Mylotting!
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
14 Feb 09
i go in spurts, this week, ok you got me for the last 2 weeks its been rum raisin ice cream, before that bologna on an english with ketsup and relish, today that sounds disgusting, now i'm goin for a spicy italian sub double toasted from subway, then the rum raisin. i just think the older ya get the more food get's mennottinus, chicken here chicken theree , then spaghetti, then steak same stuff for 50 plus years day after day ,so now i eat 1 nasty a day and the rest,a new recipe every day but a healthy one out of something like womans day, home and garden they really have some good stuff and cheap to make.
@wheel416 (1019)
• Canada
14 Feb 09
Well, I can certainly relate to going in "spurts" as you call it. I do it too but, not usually a complete 180 in the opposite direction towatds things that I normally would pass by for something else... Maybe you're right maybe I am getting old... Yikes!
@dfollin (25351)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I have had several things cause me to have different cravings.Yes one being pregnancy.And when I was in acoma.Before I went in to acoma my favorite food was spaghetti.I still like spaghetti,but when I woke up I craved chicken,rice and brocoli and still do.For breakfast I wanted ham and for drinks all I wanted was grape juice and chocolate milk.The doctor told me that it was my change of my physical system. When I was a kid till I was in my 30's I did not like bananas either,but liked banana flavored things,such as muffins,like you and ice cream,candy,cookies,cake.Now I love to eat a banana.Still today I do not like tomatoes.I love spaghetti,pizza,raviolli,lasagne,beef stew with tomatoes.But,I do not like a tomato or tomato soup.The doctor told me that it was probably the texture. I was also told by a doctor that when I have various cravings daily that it is because of a change in the atmosphere your in or if you have tried something new to eat and you like it.Therefore you will crave it for a while.
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
15 Feb 09
There are two kinds of persons in this world... 1 who eat to live and 2 who live to eat.. i m from second kind peson so i m always munching something all the time.. yes i have stopped likeing many foods over night like strawberries which i used to like a lot and now i dont even eat strawberry flavoured ice cream.. so everyone has these changes
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Yes I have food cravings at night. Usaually for ice cream or some with chocolate! this is most nights and it more of a very bad habit then anything else! I don't sleep long stretches at night and alot of times when i wake up, I eat! I can't remember when I started this but if I could sleep better I could stop this! I should change some of my eating habits! I don't eat enough fruit and veggies for starters!
@Mechalot (47)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I've some unique habits to eat. I ussualy add extra salt into all of food i'll eat whatever its sweet or salty i juz wanna add salt there. I ussualy fried some fish until them burnt its bcoz i wanna eat them without take their bone outside. I juz eat those fish with their bone. I dont like to eat puding, i muz mix or blend it before and eat it as juice. Thats me.
@wheel416 (1019)
• Canada
14 Feb 09
Hi there, I think that sweet and salty cravings are quite common. Putting on extra salt is a very bad habit to get into and can actually cause high blood pressure long-term. Yikes! My downfall is chocolate... As for your burnt fish well that doesn't sound good to me, but we are talking about strange cravings! By the way, I see that you're new to Mylot, welcome and happy posting! Until next timeā€¦
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
15 Feb 09
sometimes i feel that we have some craving for some fruits cause our body is telling us that we are lacking some vitamins and we will get them from those fruits that our body is craving for. anyways, those are just my assumptions. and i have not verified yet those facts with science. i too don't like bananas that much but one time i tried buying bananas and i immediately finish them all in one sitting. and i had a craving after wards to buy it every day. but after a week got tired eating same fruits and so i stopped.
• Philippines
15 Feb 09
Yeah I experienced that. I think it's my tendency to crave that makes me change my eating habits lol