Your ultimate goal is to allow yourself to experience carbohydrate cravings, and not eat carbohydrates, without a struggle. The trick is to allow yourself to crave carbohydrates (you can’t control your carbohydrate cravings, carbohydrate cravings are thoughts, triggered by external cues, like when you see someone eating a Baskin Robbins cone), not eat carbohydrates, and get on with your life. When you struggle with your cravings, you are wasting energy. It is possible to allow your carbohydrate cravings to be, not eat carbohydrates, and get on with your day.