What to do when the pizza place is right across the street?
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why did the chicken cross the road? b/c...pizza!
Reminds me, I also make my own like Chicken pizza, instead of pizza sauce, I use like alfredo or something similar sauce with some chicken breast meat.0 -
I don't see a problem with eating pizza, or any other fast food for that matter, every once in a while as long as it's within your calories.
I eat pizza once a week probably, and I think that as long as you eat in moderation, you don't have to give anything up.0 -
I started to make my own. A bit of cheating as I don't make the dough, but I get low calorie flat bread or pita bread. Plus there is this great tasting fire roasted sauce that's 25 cals per serving which is enough for the bread, and then top it with Velveeta shredded cheese, since it had the least calories per serving, then for pepperoni, I use Turkey Pepperoni, less calories.
I started making my own burgers too.
What I miss and haven't been able to find a healthier alternative is chinese food... my sister gets takeout at least once a week from our favorite place, I swear I think she does it on purpose... or she gets Peter Piper Pizza, my favorite... or something else... she gets takeout waaay too much.
If you can make pizza and burgers you can make your own version of chinese food too - eg stir fry chicken breast strips add lots of vegetables, add ginger, garlic, a touch of soy sauce, have a little steamed rice with it - yummy and not too bad calorie wise.0 -
I'd just eat pizza and Chinese within my calorie limit. Problem solved. I don't see what the big deal is. 2 slices is around 600 cals. Big whoop! I eat pizza all the time.
This! As long as you track it and stay within your daily intake, you can have it. It may also sober you up to see how many calories/fat is in a piece of restaurant-chain pizza. Play around with your diary and look up some of the places. I did that recently and I don't have the urge to have that item anymore. I do love pizza but make my own at home.0 -
I started to make my own. A bit of cheating as I don't make the dough, but I get low calorie flat bread or pita bread. Plus there is this great tasting fire roasted sauce that's 25 cals per serving which is enough for the bread, and then top it with Velveeta shredded cheese, since it had the least calories per serving, then for pepperoni, I use Turkey Pepperoni, less calories.
I started making my own burgers too.
What I miss and haven't been able to find a healthier alternative is chinese food... my sister gets takeout at least once a week from our favorite place, I swear I think she does it on purpose... or she gets Peter Piper Pizza, my favorite... or something else... she gets takeout waaay too much.
If you can make pizza and burgers you can make your own version of chinese food too - eg stir fry chicken breast strips add lots of vegetables, add ginger, garlic, a touch of soy sauce, have a little steamed rice with it - yummy and not too bad calorie wise.
Mainly my fav's are Fried rice, BBQ ribs the way the place we like makes them, orange chicken, ginger wings... sometimes I think it be nice to take some cooking classes for food I don't normally make, or have experience making.0 -
You cannot deny yourself those foods.
My suggestion is when you go there, just order a slice or two and that's it. Don't order an entire pie, then you will be less tempted to eat more of it at home.
When I go to chinese now, I only order items that can be steamed and only allow myself 1/2 cup of the rice. I am still getting my fix, yet I am being healthier than I was.
The only way you can make this work is if you don't deny yourself. If you deny you are going to want it more and when you finally let yourself have it, it's not going to be pretty.
Great job ordering a salad though!
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Burn the pizza place to the ground! That is the only solution.0
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Condition yourself to think of pizza, particularly from that pizza place, as disgusting......think about the workers there sweating on the pizza, going to the toilet without washing their hands or sneezing / spitting on the toppings!0
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In my neighborhood I have a donut shop and a souvlaki place which are only 2 minutes away.. How don't I ever buy those stuff? I am just so broke that i can't afford it hehe x)0
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Cut off your legs. The benefits are immediate weight loss, and long term weight loss because you can't walk to the pizza place.0
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Either: work it into your calorie/macro allowance.
Or: learn to control yourself and say no if it's going to make you break your calorie limit.
Personally I think you just need to grow a pair.... there's a food place nearby you wherever you are in the world, pretty much. You're going to have to grow up and learn to deal with it.0 -
Work on self control (not easy, I know)
or you could always pick a fight with the owner and get banned from going there.0 -
learn to cook and just avoid those places…
now every once in a while you can have pizza and fit it into your day as long as you are in a deficit…0 -
Work out more and have the pizza. Win win.0
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Type in a slice of pizza. Magic!0
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I'd just eat pizza and Chinese within my calorie limit. Problem solved. I don't see what the big deal is. 2 slices is around 600 cals. Big whoop! I eat pizza all the time.
This! And like the other poster said are you never gonna have pizza again? Fit it in to your calories! My family and I have pizza like twice a month. Just don't have a whole large pie, unless you work out a bunch It can work. It's just all about self control. Good luck! 0 -
I would probably just get some friends to leave hair on your pizza... not much worse than finding a random hair in food... maybe it will stop you wanting to eat there :laugh:0
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If you know you'll splurge then ignore it. Walk a little further down the road to something that fits what you need. Having only one slice doesn't work for me. I'll eat half a pie. The walk is a little extra exercise too.0
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agree..just move.0
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yum, eat it
just go work it off0 -
On my block - as in the one that my apartment door faces - I have a bagel place, a cafe, a froyo shop, an ice cream & cupcake shop, a pizza place, a sub shop, and a starbucks. Go another block in either direction and that number swells to over 20 places to eat. I have figured out what I can get from where that is a good nutritional fit (a sub on thin-cut bread with veggies, lean meat, no cheese, and mustard is under 400 calories and lower in fat, for example), and I know how many calories are in the pizza that I still get sometimes (because my goal is to have a lifelong eating plan, not a starve-myself-and-resent-my-diet plan). Pick good options, and go with it occasionally 0
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Personally in my health journey, I have expeierenced that eliminating certain foods makes me binge on them later. There's several ways you can go about it: Only eat a certain amount of slices, or have a treat day, make sure you work out the days you eat pizza, etc.
I don't deprive myself pizza. I used to eat 4 or 5 slices of pizza. Now, with eatting healthier through out the day and drinking water, I can only eat about 2.0 -
I agree with the cooking advice, and I general I agree that if there's something you want, it's best to find a way to make it fit your calories, but in this case I actually think it's best to just make those restaurants off-limits for a while.
I did this years ago with candy at work. I don't even like candy bars! But sitting next to bowls of them all the time, I tended to eat them because it was easy. Then I just decided they were not for me. Now I sit directly next to a candy jar that my co-workers constantly snack from, and I never ever have any. It's probably saved me thousands of calories. It doesn't make me feel deprived, because I didn't make candy bars themselves off-limits. If I really want a snickers, I can go to the vending machine and buy one anytime. I just have no access to this one location, because otherwise I would have to spend a lot of mental energy enforcing moderation and maybe I wouldn't have the energy left to make good choices elsewhere.
Do that with the pizza place. You can still eat pizza. You can make your own or you can even go out for pizza, or order it. But that restaurant is closed to you. Make it a firm rule, like it burned down and you're the only one who knows that, or they have a serious health code problem, or anything that hellos you decide that they are just not for you.
We have limited willpower, and if you have to use it every night on the pizza place, you won't have it when you need it. It's easiest to just set up your life so healthy choices become habit and don't require willpower at all.0 -
or the choice of....don't go there..
but you could even set up a friday night slice, so you don't suffer if its that hard0 -
Don't go there. Or move. Or learn moderation. Or learn accountability.
The more you start making the tough/not fun but beneficial to your goals choice, the easier it will become. Can you just buy by the slice? Get a slice and a salad.
Cook in bulk like others have suggested that way you always have another quick option if pizza just isn't going to fit in for the day.0 -
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dude, i live in brooklyn. there is a pizza place every two blocks.
stop trying to project your lack of will power to others.
you like pizza? i love pizza. but i've learned that having a whole pie isn't really all that great for me. so when i have a pizza craving, i get two slices of chicken and tomato, or chicken and peppers. that way i get a little extra protein and veggies. they're more filling with the toppings too. and i do this about once a week.0 -
Someone drops off a batch of Christmas cookies on your desk and pleads with you to eat them since his mother made them.
Someone at work hands you a burger and fries and says the drive-through place gave her an extra one.
You show up at an event and unexpectedly there's lots of free chips and dips and drinks.
You show up at someone's house and they offer you a plate of fried chicken and mashed potatoes they just made.
You go shopping with more than enough cash in hand and walk past a display of 2-for-1 packages of _________.
Or whatever. It's all the same. For most of us who are not really poor, there's usually far more food available to us than we can or should eat and it's often so readily available and cheap (or free) that all we have to do is open our mouths and eat it. Or not. We need to decide if we indulge in that food or not. Do we need the fuel or are we just going to eat it for recreation? If it's for recreation (or to make someone who offered it feel better), how much do we need to eat to fulfill that? Or could we politely decline and save our bodies from the indulgence?0 -
dude, i live in brooklyn. there is a pizza place every two blocks.
Stop trying to rub in that you have all this access to pizza! Where I live there are churches every two blocks. All there is are little wafers and sacramental wine. :sad:0 -
Work out an order that'll land you a pizza with a ratio of 30P:30F:40C and go nuts.0
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