What do you crave...?

[sumodidit]

I still miss drinking grape, fruit punch gatorade!! I use to always be thirsty...still thirsty but dont take in as much fluid

[jbeany]

Oh, this post is giving me flashbacks!  I hope I never have to do the no food or water thing ever again.  It was starting to feel like some sort of kharmic punishment for all the cheating I ever did on the dialysis diet!

Right now, I just keep craving blueberries.  Strawberries, grapes, cherries - they all go squishy in my fridge, but I'm eating a minimum of 5 pints of blueberries a week.  Transplant meds do some weird things to your tastebuds!

[Jean]

 I want PIZZA, a whole , medium size, dripping with cheese and extra cheese. Yikes!!!

[fc2821]

    Have to confess I had a table spoon full of beans the other day and they were GOOD!     

[okarol]

CHEEEEEEESE!!!!

That would be a tough restriction - cheese is so good. 

[lorna]

i dont even know where to start with what i miss the list is endless!! Pickles, all dressed chips , potatoes daily haha ,ham,kiwi,orange juice,nuts,peanut butter,cheese, bananas mmm ,honey dew...my gosh all i  want to do is eat! The hardest one by far is Diet Coke. 

[MooseMom]

Beans for me, too.  I used to make a killer lentil soup...

[casper2636]

For me it's smoked salmon with capers, caviar, cheese (brie especially). and french fries!

[ChickenLittle56]

Borracho beans
Pinto beans, bacon, jalapeño peppers, cilantro, onions, garlic and other seasonings.
My mother makes this about once a year.
Those who live or come from Texas and the southwest would know what this is.

[flipperfun]

Liquid restriction is driving me MAD!  I want to glug a whole litre bottle of water. I miss orange fruit juice, cans of coke, that extra cup of tea or two.

[Desert Dancer]

I frequently crave a peanut butter and banana sandwich on whole wheat bread, with a tall glass of cold chocolate milk.

[Restorer]

I miss chugging ice water, sipping coffee all morning, drinking two cups of tea after every meal - heck, I miss eating more than one meal a day. I miss pizza, chili with beans, french fries without guilt (heh), pumpkin pie, orange juice, ice cold milk, ice cream, milkshakes.

I miss the energy to cook and clean afterward, living with people who leave the kitchen in a usable state, and the money to keep food that's good for me on hand.

[Zach]

 - heck, I miss eating more than one meal a day.

You only eat one meal a day?

[Restorer]

On dialysis days I try to eat breakfast before dialysis, but nothing too substantial or my blood pressure drops. Sometimes I eat something that lasts me until lunch after dialysis, sometimes I only manage to have some cereal. After dialysis, I pick up lunch somewhere.

On non-dialysis days I tend to only have coffee in the morning, and I manage to cook something for lunch, or pick something up if I can't handle cooking.

Typically for dinner I don't have the energy or motivation to cook, so I end up with dumb snacks.

I often have the energy to cook. I don't have the energy to clean. And the way the kitchen is abused by my family, I'd have to clean before and after cooking.

[brmoore]

    I miss feeling full after eating a renal friendly meal. For example, someone just listed a meatball and red pepper
recipe. Sounded great until I got to the portion size - Two one inch meatballs !!!! You must be kidding - two one inch meatballs
doesn't even qualify as a snack. I'm always hungry and believe that if I stick to the portion size of these renal
friendly meals I will will die of starvation before my kidneys do me in. Help !!! I,m Hungry.

[Restorer]

brmoore, I agree. It seems really hard to get enough calories without overdoing the potassium, phosphorus, sodium, or fluid.

[lorna]

Jbeany - Do transplant meds make alot of things taste different? Is there anything you cant eat anymore that tastes awful? I cant wait to be able to drink as much as i want whenever i want!!

[Zach]

    I miss feeling full after eating a renal friendly meal. For example, someone just listed a meatball and red pepper
recipe. Sounded great until I got to the portion size - Two one inch meatballs !!!! You must be kidding - two one inch meatballs
doesn't even qualify as a snack. I'm always hungry and believe that if I stick to the portion size of these renal
friendly meals I will will die of starvation before my kidneys do me in. Help !!! I,m Hungry.

Actually, that receipt was listed as part of several Superbowl snacks, not a complete meal.

If you wanted, you could eat three times more meatballs, with some pasta and a slice of italian bread.

[okarol]

 
What do you crave that you cannot have?

[Sue]

I have urinary reflux and was advised to cut out caffeine so i miss proper coffee and pepsi ! And i miss salted nuts, chips just salted anything !! I am pre-dialysis, i know it's the right thing to do but it still sucks lol

[Sam.maidment2012]

I crave chocolate......but i don't enjoy it any i just buy it cos i can't have it and also I love crisps!! Just can't go without walkers (lays) pickled onion flavour! I don't really enjoy coke anymore I'm so used just asking for it in restaurants and just picking it up in the shop but recently have got addicted to those monster energy drinks!!  But still love diet cherry coke!! No wonder my phosphate is still high! *sighs* renal failure is so hard!!!

[talker]

Some times a White Castle, or a Bacon Burger.
A stack of pancakes soaking in Loganberries, French toast well buttered and maple syrup.
and more of my stories at :

(Remove the @, then copy and paste.)
@http://www.thetalker.org/archives/333/41-thoughts-on-addictions-habits-and-craves/

 As I was going through the older posts , just came across this humdinger:
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=3316.100