I’ve had very little to no cravings on keto. Right after Christmas I had some of the stuff given to me, but after the first two days when it was gone, I went back to keto, and actually, I have not been hungry at all. However, I am going back to my regular workouts, and eating lots of protein. In fact on Thurs, after my yogurt, egg & cheese breakfast, I kind of forced myself to have a lunch(I don’t usually eat lunch), and then I didn’t really want dinner… I just felt full all afternoon, when all I had for lunch was a protein smoothie… Ok admittedly it was very high in protein, but just not really hungry at all. Saturday, the same thing. The hemp milk and avocado had a little fat… I don’t necessarily recommend a lot of meat protein unless you are trying to build muscle, but with just a little fat all that protein is very satiating. I use Orgain protein powder, some whey isolate, some BCAAs, etc, but you could just go with pea protein, if you aren’t working out, and you can make yourself feel full in all likelihood. In fact I have trouble eating all my of my protein goal amount. Peanut butter or peanuts are definitely too carby for me on keto. Occassionally, I will use about a cup of a nut mix I make for “lunch” during keto… well pistachios, pecans, and almonds, which I mix with raw sunflower seeds and unsweetened coconut and a few organic raisins… I have started adding hemp hearts as well. However, that mix is too carby to eat every day, but it does kill the snack pang I sometimes got my first year. Other things I did was to eat a grass-fed beef hot dog or beef sticks… I no longer used dried beef anymore,however, as I am to keep down my oxLDL. Prosciutto and cheese worked.
Don’t know what you had for breakfast, but I eat a high protein breakfast when doing keto. These days that is a home-made raw goat or A2 milk yogurt with xylitol and erythritol/monk sweetener and berries, followed by pastured eggs and A2 cheese or uncured bacon. That will typically hold me over to dinner. If that doesn’t work for you, try adding the protein smoothie I discussed for lunch… Then I am just not hungry.
Avoid all artificial sweeteners. Not only are they bad for you, but food tests indicate they can drive food cravings and weight gain. Aspartame creates some formaldehyde in the body. Sucralose kills off your gut microbiome as they try to digest it because it contains 3 chlorine atoms. In many people just the sweet taste causes the body to produce insulin in anticipation of the sugar rush, which will then cause blood sugar to drop and the hunger pangs and cravings.