You're about to buy a doughnut .......................

KrazyKenny1967

You're about to buy a doughnut, do you have a mental strategy to shut down your craving ? What do you think of or visualize?

Liftng4Lis

How many calories I've allotted and if I want two of them.

1stplace4health

is this within my calorie range for today?

maidentl

I think, "Do I want cake, jelly-filled or an eclair?"

cookmtn

I'd rather have a glass of wine with my calories.

KrazyKenny1967

good strategies, my only thought is to avoid it completely, I guess thats why I have guilt after I do buy it !!

PrizePopple

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

How many calories I've allotted and if I want two of them.

Marry me.

50sFit

KrazyKenny1967 wrote: »

You're about to buy a doughnut, do you have a mental strategy to shut down your craving ? What do you think of or visualize?

I just visualize my fat, ugly body at 270+ pounds, and that stops all cravings immediately.
I never want to go back to being that guy.

cookmtn

Don't eliminate anything completely! If it's something you really want, save some calories and go for it every once in awhile!

AmigaMaria001

I count calories by how much exercise it would take to work it off...
1 maple bar = 1 hard hour of zumba!
Not worth it.

shai74

I think about how eating all that sugar is going to make me feel after 5 months of 20g carbs a day. So not worth it. Headache, bloating, generally nasty. NO THANKS.

DaughterOfTheMostHighKing

and decide to get 2 because if you buy one for one child you have to get one for the other… lol! donuts are not my thing.

sweetgamerchick4life

I think can I fit into my calories and can I stop after one

missiontofitness

KrazyKenny1967 wrote: »

You're about to buy a doughnut, do you have a mental strategy to shut down your craving ? What do you think of or visualize?

I think of where I should eat the donut, because if i'm about to buy one, I know it fits in my calories for the day.

shardown

Get one and share it with my husband if it fits our macros/calories cos you know I ain't gonna JUST have a doughnut.

PrizePopple

I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

And who the hell would argue with this......

xX_PhoenixRising_Xx

I'd be wondering why the heck I wanted to buy a doughnut when there are other foods I'd rather have. But say we're talking a chocolate bar instead, I'm probably mentally adjusting my calories and macros so I can buy my chocolate and eat it too.

hortensehildegarde

I visualize... the doughnut. And then wonder why I would get a doughnut because I don't even like doughnuts. Then might I pull out my car-snacks and eat some of those.

Never leave the house without car-snacks. I eat random things I don't even want or really like when I am out and about and get unexpectedly hungry or craving something.

If I'm not actually hungry and just craving a treat I get a fountain diet coke, preferably from McDonalds. Mmmmmm fountain diet coke. Or Sonic! They've got slightly less good fountain diet coke but highly superior ice.

cookmtn

PrizePopple wrote: »

I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

And who the hell would argue with this......

Does anyone else think the cream filling is a little skimpy!!

shai74

PrizePopple wrote: »

I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

And who the hell would argue with this......

Each to their own I supposed. That picture makes me want to gag. I can't look at food without thinking about what's in it, and there's nothing good in that. Not to mention the sick, headachy feeling I know I'd get from too much sugar.

This on the other hand ...

Malforma

I stand there and imagine the doughnut, I imagine the exact texture, the feel of the oil, the chewiness of the cake, the tingle of the sugar, and keep imagining it. After I've had a good meditation on the exact properties of the doughnut I'm usually satisfied with this. My imagination is USUALLY strong enough to set off those pleasure-centers in the brain and I feel like I've had the real thing.

johnnylakis

no donuts unless its krispy kreme. lucky for me i am in NY

v_woolf

I try to think about how I would feel after I ate the doughnut. I think about how my stomach would feel and how I would feel (would I feel guilty? would it help fulfill a craving I've been having recently?).

This isn't a way to ensure that I won't have the doughnut. It's a way to make sure that if I get the doughnut, it's because I actually want it. Sometimes after going through this mental visualisation, I decide, yes, I really want that doughnut. Most of the time, I decide that I don't.

PrizePopple

shai74 wrote: »

PrizePopple wrote: »

I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

And who the hell would argue with this......

Each to their own I supposed. That picture makes me want to gag. I can't look at food without thinking about what's in it, and there's nothing good in that. Not to mention the sick, headachy feeling I know I'd get from too much sugar.

This on the other hand ...

Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Bar.

/thread

spirit095

I usually see if I can fit it into my day or not (calories and macros). If I can't I'll wait for the next day to get it or get a couple of donut holes instead. Usually, the hardest part for me is deciding what kind I want.

RsBBBB

If I'm going to splurge, I'll have a Milky Way.

MelodyandBarbells

I think... This would go great with coffee in place of my normal breakfast. Love a good donut. I don't get good donuts often, just ****ty ones

Graelwyn75

I would buy it and eat it, but only if I had got in some activity that day and it was an ex exceptionally good doughnut as I tend to prefer cake personally (but sadly, most slices of cake come to at least 500 calories, usually more like 600)

Kalikel

I have to pass the Krispy Kreme table in the grocery store every time I walk to the checkout.

My strategy is to not think about them. On occasion, I do stop and turn the box over and read the label. That's been enough.

Like Nancy Reagan said, "Just say 'No'"

SteveMFP123

I'd think "Steve, what the hell are you doing? We both know you prefer Belgium Buns".

ThePhoenixIsRising

When I want a donut it is usually when I have been low on my fat macro, so I eat it to satisfy the need and move on with my day.