I've never seen a persons daily meal include junk food.

denise81913

I haven't eaten candy cookies or chocolate in a little more than 2 weeks I have eaten 2 slices of pizza in this same time and so far I haven't lost not even 1 pound

scolaris

Then you have obviously never peeked in mine. It's not pretty. But I aim for 80/20 compliance so it's in the minority. Today I bought Taco Bell for my special Ed sub class team as a lunch surprise because we had a hellacious day & needed a little bonding time to recover; then I ate pizza at a fundraiser sponsored by my daughter's school for dinner. That is not how I normally roll at all, but if I'm under my calories with a workout I don't stress. This kind of food won't build healthy muscle though, so I'll eat cleaner tomorrow. But lie about it or sanitize my food log??? Hells no! This is reality!

scolaris

Team kink, baby!

moonagedaydream72

I eat pizza or burgers (my faves) every week or so, and sometimes I have convenience foods like pizza pockets or microwave dinners because I work long hours and need something fast.

I do eat chocolate every day. My favourite is Ritter Sport dark chocolate with mint. I have 2-4 squares every day and it satisfies my sweet tooth.

SLLRunner

rocknlotsofrolls wrote: »

I've heard so many people claim that they eat whatever they want, as long as they stay within their calorie limit, but I've never actually seen a sample diet that included junk food, i.e, cookies, chips, etc. Do any of you guys diaries include junk? The reason I'm asking, is because I find it really hard to stay on a diet that doesn't include at least some of the foods I love. I become grumpy, and just kinda depressed in a way, because junk food makes me feel good, if only for a little while. I would just love to know that I'm not the only one that thinks like this. I cannot manage, however, to just eat junk in moderation, without totally binge eating on the stuff. Do any of you have a way to incorporate sweets into your diet, without ending up on a binge? What's your secret, so to speak?

My diary is open. I eat what others would consider junk all the time. I lost 44 pounds eating like this, and I have been maintaining for two years eating the same.

I weigh all my food and work those daily treats into my diet.

Linzon

I eat some form of 'junk' most days. The difference between now and when I was very overweight is that I'm mindful of portions and do things like put a portion of my treat into a bowl instead of eating from the bag, bar, etc. I'm going to be eating like this for the rest of my life and you can pry my chocolate and Starbucks from my cold, dead hands.

shadow2soul

My diary...umm...is a disaster zone in terms of healthy foods...not only do I over eat at least once a week, but I don't eat as many veggies or fruits as I should

CrazyMermaid1

I went over my calories on chocolate chips and margaritas today. Stuff happens. The thing is to pick yourself up and get back in the saddle

Machka9

rocknlotsofrolls wrote: »

I've heard so many people claim that they eat whatever they want, as long as they stay within their calorie limit, but I've never actually seen a sample diet that included junk food, i.e, cookies, chips, etc. Do any of you guys diaries include junk? The reason I'm asking, is because I find it really hard to stay on a diet that doesn't include at least some of the foods I love. I become grumpy, and just kinda depressed in a way, because junk food makes me feel good, if only for a little while. I would just love to know that I'm not the only one that thinks like this. I cannot manage, however, to just eat junk in moderation, without totally binge eating on the stuff. Do any of you have a way to incorporate sweets into your diet, without ending up on a binge? What's your secret, so to speak?

1) I do eat whatever I want. As it happens, I want things like veggies, lentil soups, veggie and rice curries, yogurt, cottage cheese, fruit, etc. etc.

I crave those things!!

2) I do not eat chips. For a while, a few years ago now, I ate a bag of chips at least once a week, and I got kind of chipped-out. Plus the salt caused a lot of water retention which I didn't like. So my husband and I dropped chips from our diet down to having them about once a month. About 2 years ago, we dropped them pretty much all together. I think in 2 years we've had maybe 3 bags of chips. I did have a bag on holiday in June, but found them so incredibly salty I could hardly finish them. Haven't touched them since.

I don't eat chocolate bars now. When I started here, I decided to quit them for a month ... and I've just never re-introduced them. I thought I would miss them, but I don't. They rarely enter my mind.

Cookies ... I have had a few cookies since I started here. My husband made Anzac Biscuits a couple months ago, and I had one a day for 3 or 4 days. Then just a couple weeks ago, we got a Subway meal complete with 2 cookies each, so I ate those. It was all part of a plan ... we had cycled about 40 km that day over hilly terrain, so I had extra calories to work with.

3) And that brings me to incorporating these things into my diet ... I exercise! The more I exercise, the more I can eat. So I've been able to go out for dinner on a weekend and order desert. Or have things like pizza, tacos, cheesecake, etc.

I've also made some substitutions.

The only reason I want chips, for example, is when I'm craving salt. I don't add a lot of salt to my food. So ... I have cottage cheese and salted cucumber slices after work. That gives me a nice salty crunch with nowhere near the calories.

And for desert or late evening snack, I have low-cal yogurt with some sort of topping. Last night I went with low-cal chocolate sauces and cinnamon mixed into vanilla yogurt. Yummy!!

tomteboda

My father, bless his heart, gave me a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans. A really, really big jar. It says that 38 are one serving (160 calories). Instead, I take 18 at a time, put them on a plate, and savor each one, putting the jar away before I start to eat.

VykkDraygoVPR

I eat junk food every day. I usually stay under my goal (or right at it), except the last few days, I've been hungry (and I went to my nephew's bday). So I've been over, but still in a deficit. Tonight, I wanted to get buzzed, so I did. Then I wanted Flaming Hot Cheetos, so I had a small bag. But I have "junk" most every day. From Cheez-Its, to Klondike bars, to pizza, to bulgogi burgers. I usually am able to eat all the junk, and maintain my deficit. Just need to stock back up on filling lunches, so I stop hitting the vending machine after lunch.


And I also have an alcohol "meal." Decided it was smart, since some days I spend several hundred calories on it. If that ain't junk food, I dunno what is.


My diary is always open, if you'd like to check it out.

VykkDraygoVPR

tomteboda wrote: »

My father, bless his heart, gave me a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans. A really, really big jar. It says that 38 are one serving (160 calories). Instead, I take 18 at a time, put them on a plate, and savor each one, putting the jar away before I start to eat.

You have more restraint than I. My step daughter and I can go through a bag of licorice Jelly Bellies in no time.

Machka9

tomteboda wrote: »

My father, bless his heart, gave me a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans. A really, really big jar. It says that 38 are one serving (160 calories). Instead, I take 18 at a time, put them on a plate, and savor each one, putting the jar away before I start to eat.

That reminded me ...

I was given a large chocolate bunny at Easter by my work social club. Great. I'd been here all of about 2 months, and all of a sudden I had a chocolate bunny to deal with.

So I decided to eat it.

My husband and I split it, and I carefully weighed out exactly 1 serving each day for about 10 days or 2 weeks or so, and we had it with our evening yogurt.

nyponbell

Trying to cut out chocolate "made" me eat it every day for two months. I say "made" because I was in a spiral but of course I was the one who made the choice in buying and eating it. But I rebelled against myself and my set rules, so now I don't any more. I try to stay within my calories whenever I eat chocolate or other candy (it's mostly chocolate though) but if I go over, I move on from it the next day. So long as I'm admitting to it by logging it (even if only I can see it) and being mindful of the fact that those extra calories contributed to a smaller loss this week (to prevent a large binge the following week) I'm making progress.

But yes, you can definitely still eat the "junk", so long as you make up for it somehow - either by cutting other calories or doing more cardio.

SunflowerSandra

My diary is closed (it's mostly in Dutch so pointless), but I've had wine and ben & jerry's every day for the past 3 days. I just measure out 100 gr of b&j, who knew there's more than 4 servings in there? I could eat the thing in 2 sittings!! :P And I've still lost weight.

I found it's easier to fit in if I prelog meals. Not always the snacks but breakfast/lunch/dinner. Then I'll know what I've got left to munch throughout the day.

melonaulait

Today I reeeeeeally want to eat some chips or candy, but I can't afford it calorie-wise. I might either get just a small chocolate bar (something around 200cal) or rice cakes, although it's not what I want to eat but...better for my calories.

misskarne

Sure. I just had a bowl of ice-cream and a mug of hot chocolate (with milk) for dinner. Because obviously I'm adult and mature and stuff.

20yearsyounger

rocknlotsofrolls wrote: »

I've heard so many people claim that they eat whatever they want, as long as they stay within their calorie limit, but I've never actually seen a sample diet that included junk food, i.e, cookies, chips, etc. Do any of you guys diaries include junk? The reason I'm asking, is because I find it really hard to stay on a diet that doesn't include at least some of the foods I love. I become grumpy, and just kinda depressed in a way, because junk food makes me feel good, if only for a little while. I would just love to know that I'm not the only one that thinks like this. I cannot manage, however, to just eat junk in moderation, without totally binge eating on the stuff. Do any of you have a way to incorporate sweets into your diet, without ending up on a binge? What's your secret, so to speak?

I know my diary usually has a lot of that stuff but I cant say junk food makes me feel good. A typicaly breakfast for me is cookies and coffee but I have narrowed down my choices to kashi oatmeal cookies (high in fiber and taste great). I usually supplement my meals with chips because it gives me a good balance of sodium and potassium. i drink alcohol 6 out of 7 days of the week minimum. I like gummy bears but I have changed then to either gummy vitamins or fiber gummies (hard to binge on fiber gummies ). I definitely dont eat clean but most things have a purpose in my overall daily plan. These types of foods dont make me feel good, I just like them and if I have room within my calorie goal, and my fiber and protein goals have been taken care of, I eat them.

Sued0nim

Please appreciate that those of us who eat 'junk' food as you term also ensure we have an overall healthy, macro-hitting diet as a minimum

So yes I daily eat ice cream, chips, cookies - probably spending around 400-600 calories on snacky / non macro hitting (in general, but they do help) foods, sometimes more / less (I'm at maintenance, when I was cutting it was more like 200)

But I hit my protein and fat macros and I always eat a wide range of vitamin and mineral rich foods

I just like my white toast, chips, oreos and cookies, my ice-cream, chocolate and my glasses of wine too

catneyjade

New I have been doing this for ages but when I go to the supermarket I never buy a lot of a junk food, I only get the small bags or the tiny chocolates if I have a craving because I don't trust that I wont eat a whole big bag in one sitting! hahaha. I also always try to tempt myself with fruits first and then if I get home and I still really crave something then I make myself walk down the road to get it. If I can't be bothered walking for it - then I don't want it that badly hahahahaha

LynneHolloman

I've had Doritos and a milky way. My diary is open. I only try to eat that way on weekends when football is on.

Lounmoun

My diary is open. I don't call food junk. I eat chips and stuff sometimes.
I don't have a big sweet tooth but salty foods are easier for me to go overboard on. I try to portion my food out and then put away the rest/ leave the kitchen.
The only food I have sitting out in my kitchen are fruit, bread and onions. The chips and stuff are put away.
I prelog my food. I eat food I love every day. I choose what will be satisfying and enjoyable while fitting my goals. Sometimes 7 chips are less satisfying than a bowl of popcorn or having a larger dinner when I see the numbers.
I plan a snack or two every day.

veephil31

I eat junk food. I just count it in my calories, though honestly I never hit my macros

thunderchild007

Yep, I'm honest. If I eat junk it goes in my diary.

zyxst

OP, take a look at my diary. Not claiming to be an expert, but if managed weight loss long-term and changed eating habits are factors for believing an random internet stranger, I'm your guy ... gal ...whatever.

I eat "junk" food every day. If I didn't, I wouldn't have lost 165# so far.

Monklady123

I have two Lindoor chocolate truffles on yesterday's diary. And pizza a few days before that. On pizza days I eat a big salad for lunch, pizza for dinner. It all balances. Mostly. lol.

The secret -- for me -- to not having those junk food binges is not to buy the things that I'll eat too much of. So for me I can eat a couple of good chocolates (Dove dark, or these Lindoor truffles) and stop there. But not so much with potato chips where I'll eat a huge bag in two days. So I just don't bring those into my house, ever. If I really really crave chips and can't talk myself out of it I might go buy a single-serving bag. But usually I just eat popcorn instead because the chips aren't worth the drive over to the store.

LivingtheLeanDream

I log something that resembles what you're referring to as 'junk' each and every day - if it fits in your macros whats the problems *shrugs*

melonaulait

Today I ended up getting rice cakes and sour cream & onion dip... I also have a little piece of chocolate.

princessbride42

You're welcome to see my diary. It's full of fun food. I've been doing this for a long time and am at maintenance so please forgive the quick add meals.

tyediri

I have snacks when I crave them and do log them. My diary is open, but I have been pretty bad the last couple weeks due to stress at work I am afraid, so it does not reflect my normal eating.
I agree with everyone who has said to plan in advance. I always do and try and save a couple hundred calories on exercise days so if I am tempted to have something that is not planned (which happens most days) I know exactly how many calories I have spare, so it helps stop me binging on junk.