How do i stop eating whoppers?

felisfelix
felisfelix Posts: 1 Member
edited September 2022 in Health and Weight Loss
I am addicted to whoppers and cigars. Please help me, I am in need of anti whopper therapy
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  • willboywonder
    willboywonder Posts: 137 Member
    Portion them out. Separate them as soon as you buy them. I portion my snacks into little baggies as soon as I bring them home. That way, I know exactly how many I eat. A little tip that helps me is, I don't need to eat a full serving to be satisfied. Half of a serving is fine for me. You have to discipline yourself to be strong and stick with it. It's just about setting a pattern, getting into the happen. Wane yourself off of it slowly. You also can eat them only to reward yourself for reaching a goal, like losing 2 pounds or going a week without eating any Whoppers. You'll enjoy them more if you don't eat them every day.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    Ha--I thought the "Whopper" was a McD hamburger. Some posters seem to think they are the malted milk chocolate covered balls. Which are you "addicted" to OP? Your advice will vary a bit depending on which one it is.

    Burger King...
    Don't eat cigars OP
  • harrisonchahal
    harrisonchahal Posts: 1 Member
    Cut them in half. Pour salt over one half... all over it so it's inedible. Eat the other half.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    Ha--I thought the "Whopper" was a McD hamburger. Some posters seem to think they are the malted milk chocolate covered balls. Which are you "addicted" to OP? Your advice will vary a bit depending on which one it is.

    Burger King...
    Don't eat cigars OP

    I stand dully corrected--I guess I've lived in Italy too long...... AND OP, I haven't had a Big Mac or Whopper in years. Have never smoked a cigar. You can live without.
  • jonni82014
    jonni82014 Posts: 1,534 Member
    When I want something sweet I eat a dill pickle. Join the fitness pal community “No Late Night Snacking” turn it into “No snacking”
    Accountability. Cause and effect to any action.
  • Hollis300
    Hollis300 Posts: 59 Member
    edited September 2022
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    Ha--I thought the "Whopper" was a McD hamburger. Some posters seem to think they are the malted milk chocolate covered balls. Which are you "addicted" to OP? Your advice will vary a bit depending on which one it is.

    Agree with this -- are your Whoppers the giant hamburgers or the candy?

    Either way, catch yourself craving them or about to buy one and look at your attitude -- you don't have to go with that attitude. You can change gears and walk away. Cravings always go away if you wait them out or do something else.
  • Hollis300
    Hollis300 Posts: 59 Member
    edited September 2022
    Hollis300 wrote: »
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    Ha--I thought the "Whopper" was a McD hamburger. Some posters seem to think they are the malted milk chocolate covered balls. Which are you "addicted" to OP? Your advice will vary a bit depending on which one it is.

    Agree with this -- are your Whoppers the giant hamburgers or the candy?

    Either way, catch yourself craving them or about to buy one and look at your attitude -- you don't have to go with that attitude. You can change gears and walk away. Cravings always go away if you wait them out or do something else.

    If the Whoppers are candy, the next time you buy a box, stop when you leave the store, open the box and eat one candy on the sidewalk, and pour the rest in a public trashcan. Read the calories etc. on the back and remind yourself, "I am not a trashcan."
  • LindaK125
    LindaK125 Posts: 1,386 Member
    Can’t say I can give you the best advice on how to stop eating whoppers, however, I quit smoking 16 years ago. I started cutting back on smoking and making it inconvenient. I could only smoke standing outside by the garage, no matter what the weather or time of day. I know in order to change a habit you have to tell yourself that you no longer do that—I used to do that, I don’t do that now. The last time I smoked was at a funeral. I hadn’t smoked in over a year and I bummed a few cigarettes. Later I realized that cigarettes gave me a headache and I hated the smoke, plus I smelled like smoke, yuck. I’ve never wanted to smoke again. Why can’t I do that with food? Well, actually, I can do that on a limited basis. I no longer stop at fast food restaurants. I tell myself I can make food that tastes a whole lot better than that. And really, if I don’t want to cook, I’d rather go out to a restaurant that has good food, where I can sit down and enjoy the time with friends and family. Stay strong!
  • willsonlegalconsulting
    willsonlegalconsulting Posts: 1 Member
    You deserve so much better than Whoppers. Fast food is not real food. It's garbage. You and your body deserve better than garbage. You deserve to eat whole fresh foods.
  • Hollis300
    Hollis300 Posts: 59 Member
    willsonlegalconsulting wrote: »
    You deserve so much better than Whoppers. Fast food is not real food. It's garbage. You and your body deserve better than garbage. You deserve to eat whole fresh foods.

    Fast food is made to sell, usually high calorie, loaded with fat and salt for taste, lots of white bread stripped of nutrition, easy to overeat, not good for someone like me trying to control my weight, blood pressure and cholesterol -- plus I object to the way factory farms treat the animals they turn into burgers and chicken nuggets.

    However, it wasn't clear from the OP's post if the whopper was fast food or candy. There's a candy product with the same name.
  • AmyDahlTorres
    AmyDahlTorres Posts: 272 Member
    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    willsonlegalconsulting wrote: »
    You deserve so much better than Whoppers. Fast food is not real food. It's garbage. You and your body deserve better than garbage. You deserve to eat whole fresh foods.

    This is not true.

    Please, explain your thought process here.
  • BuddhaBellys
    BuddhaBellys Posts: 4 Member
    flatlndr wrote: »
    I can't help you with cigars ... I hate the things ... but I feel you with regards to the Whoppers. For me, the Golden Arches were like a homing beacon; if I was in my car alone, it was as if they had a tractor beam and pulled me into the drive-thru. Next thing I knew, I was in a post-gluttony fog, and there were empty wrappers in my car, which I needed to dispose of before getting home.

    For me, it was simply a matter of realising that I was going there mindlessly. I never left the house thinking "I need some McD's!"; it just happened as I passed one on the road. Becoming mindful of that behaviour woke me up and led me to stop.

    Whoppers are not from McDonalds, there actually Burger King I think.

  • BuddhaBellys
    BuddhaBellys Posts: 4 Member
    ManlyMutt wrote: »
    flatlndr wrote: »
    I can't help you with cigars ... I hate the things ... but I feel you with regards to the Whoppers. For me, the Golden Arches were like a homing beacon; if I was in my car alone, it was as if they had a tractor beam and pulled me into the drive-thru. Next thing I knew, I was in a post-gluttony fog, and there were empty wrappers in my car, which I needed to dispose of before getting home.

    For me, it was simply a matter of realising that I was going there mindlessly. I never left the house thinking "I need some McD's!"; it just happened as I passed one on the road. Becoming mindful of that behaviour woke me up and led me to stop.

    There are plenty of other behavioural change tactics. In fact, I'm in the middle of reading "How to Change" by Katy Milkman, and somewhere in there she talked about how she (or one of her colleagues?) cut the cheeseburger habit. I'll have to dig back, but I think it was a matter of allowing herself to have the cheeseburger after the completion of a particularly dreaded task (monthly visit to an ornery relative, I believe in this case). Allowing herself the pleasure (the cheeseburger) but only occasionally, and in conjunction with dealing with a pain (the nasty aunt), she was able to stop her previous impulsive nature of grabbing a cheeseburger whenever she had passed a shop.

    Once a month I get good beef from our local butcher, and make myself a really good cheeseburger. I'm now immune to the pull of the drive-thru tractor beam.

    Good luck!

    The rewarding yourself with food makes the food taste MUCH better too! But the task has to be legit like you said.. dealing with a difficult relative. Some people are like oh I made it through another day of work guess I'll reward myself with a cheeseburger. Definitely an occasional thing or, sometimes I will make a trade off like I did today.. I really wanted some pan-seared mandu so I did an extra hour session at the gym to earn the calories for em.. One of my favorite is when I want a 10 inch brick oven pizza and I fast all day so I can have it.. I think about it all day and even when hunger starting striking I told myself "Don't give in because you have a sweet pizza waiting for you" I had that pizza dozens of times before but it never tasted as good as it did that day because I earned it.
    Fasting all day, then rewarding yourself with food sounds like an eating disorder waiting to happen.

  • JustRamona
    JustRamona Posts: 398 Member
    willboywonder wrote: »
    Portion them out. Separate them as soon as you buy them. I portion my snacks into little baggies as soon as I bring them home. That way, I know exactly how many I eat. A little tip that helps me is, I don't need to eat a full serving to be satisfied. Half of a serving is fine for me. You have to discipline yourself to be strong and stick with it. It's just about setting a pattern, getting into the happen. Wane yourself off of it slowly. You also can eat them only to reward yourself for reaching a goal, like losing 2 pounds or going a week without eating any Whoppers. You'll enjoy them more if you don't eat them every day.

    You don't need a whole serving...just resonated with me. I have lost 164 pounds and my scale hasn't budged in a month. I buy my snacks already portioned and sometimes, I just eat the portion regardless of whether I am satisfied, because the calories fit and I have been doing this a year and a half.............. talk about dumb a-ha moments................thank you
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    I am having my whopper. I take my low carb 45 calorie flatbread and just throw the burger and stuff on there. I tell them no mayonnasise but I get a small package and put a little on there. I do the same for pizza, rake all the toppings off on this low carb flatbread. I think it is the bread that gets to me, it works good for me.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    lacylucy1935 wrote: »
    I hear your pain, I was in the habit of eating 2 (just2) Mrs. Dunster's donut holes every morning!! I know that is not a lot but I don't usually eat that stuff because it could get out of control very easy!! When I go shopping and go to grab a bag I tell myself no you do not need it and walk away. Sometimes are harder than others. If I can just make it past that and get out of the store!! I am on my second week w/o any and do not plan on getting more anytime soon. You can do this, just keep trying...you CAN!!

    I was doing the same with pumpkin donut at Dunkin Donuts. Geez, every day had to have one. I gave it up completely, it took control of me, dont need that.
  • lizedupee
    lizedupee Posts: 2 Member
    edited September 2022
    James Clear on habit formation or habit breaking says - 1. Make them invisible. Hide the whoppers, put them in the basement or attic with the spiders, or don't have them in the house at all! 2. Make it unattractive. Don't be all, "I need that whopper goodness!" Instead, say "I am having a healthy snack to further my goals (and go get a healthy snack.) 3. Make it difficult. Where are your whoppers? Can you get them farther away from you? Maybe leaving them at the store so you have to go get them when you want them. 4. Make it unsatisfying. Do something you don't like when you want a whopper to break the positive association. Or, tell someone you want to stop and tell them whenever you cave to that malted chocolate ball.

    With cigars, I suggest cold turkey. I call it the stop and suffer method. You 1. stop the addictive thing and 2. suffer until you don't anymore. As a 15-year clean former drug addict, 5 years off cigarettes, it's really the only method that I've seen work for me and most of my friends.

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