Food addiction/Stop eating junk?

xsmilexforxmex

Does anyone have any tips for not letting yourself eat junk? I don't even have to be hungry and I'll pass a fast food place and eat sometimes. It's like my brain literally "forgets" I'm trying to be healthy and lose weight. And I'm not starving myself by any means. I haven't been logging because I was thinking maybe it was due to obsessing about what I ate... but I have noticed that it's getting worse lately.
For example I did great on Monday and Tuesday at work, Wednesday at home I made a home made pizza and ate the whole thing (not totally stressing this because it was a veggie and cheese pizza, about 800 calories total), then the last 2 days I ate before I left for work and stopped on the way for fast food, and then when I got to work there was cake one day and Dominos pizza the next, and I ate those as well..
I feel bad because I know I'm trying to lose weight, but it's really like I can't process this the second that desire to eat comes along... I seriously feel like this is probably what an addict goes through based off my understanding of addiction

TLDR; Brain wants me to eat, I want to be healthy. Help?

blancadrapeau

This is my exact issue!!!! I have zero will power!! I'd you find something that works let me know

kommodevaran

Two different parts of your brain have different goals and fight each other. Check out "Brain over binge", here's a short instructional video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0m-0v79tb0

xsmilexforxmex

blancadrapeau wrote: »

This is my exact issue!!!! I have zero will power!! I'd you find something that works let me know

Will do! It's so frustrating because a few years ago I was doing really well and had lost like 15 lbs (It took me 6 months but I was getting stronger as well!), then I fell off and haven't been able to get even close to the same results and I know it's because of my diet

xsmilexforxmex

@kommodevaran Thanks for the video! That was interesting. Now if only I can get myself to register that when I'm faced with the option of food...

StealthHealth

+1 for @kommodevaran's recommendation of brain over binge.

plami_9209

What works for me is, when I indulge myself in junk food, after that I do something that I really hate ( like every time) as punishment. For example I go running (I hate running, that`s my most hated thing to do). And I stopped after a few weeks.