Anyone here eat a lot of junk food?

chezmama

I agree with you, and I am a middle aged woman. I want to do this in a way I can live with forever, so I am not denying myself anything, but it has to fit into my calorie goals. Although I have found that as I get into this more, I am being a little more concious of trying to eat a bit more healthier. I have spent so much of my life thinking about food. I know people who eat clean and to me, they also spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about food, only in a different way. I'm not saying everyone, just some close friends of mine. When I was young...like your age, I never gave food too much thought and I was thin. I want to be that woman again.

kaylor908

Thanks for the advice guys. Although the healthy foods don't appeal to me for now I am going to try to incorporate into my life(slowly) and I think the restricting eating out to once a week is a good idea but I'm probably going to make it the whole weekend. I know a lot of people aren't going to agree with this but right now alot of my life does revolve around food. If I stay up late with a study group there's going to be snacks, a meeting with an organization you can guarantee pizza and cookies, hanging out with friends and date nights almost always include going out to eat first, football game tailgates definately don't include salads and brussel sprouts. I just don't want to miss out on some of the best years of my life because im skipping things and worrying about food. Plus I have a hard time passing up free stuff lol.

Oh trust me I get it. College was a junk food eater's paradise for me! LOL

But can I suggest something? When you have your date night, parties, football games etc. before you start snacking, drink an entire 20 oz bottle of water before you take 1 bite. You'll find that you won't eat nearly as much food as normal and that will help aid in your weight loss/calorie count. I do this every time I crave something that's unhealthy. 1 bottle of water and I eat about half (or less) than what's there.


Good luck!

I love this! Great idea

arosegeo

i love the saltys, and hot Cheetos are my kryptonite, but i still eat what i want as long as im with in my calories, or if i work it off. and ive lost almost 10 lbs in like 3 weeks

realia

I am exactly the same. I eat Chinese food when my mother nor I feel like cooking or we'll go for KFC's Famous Bowl. But we don't do it often. We do it maybe every three weeks or so. Heck, we can even go a month. I don't think junk food should be cut out of one's life completely. There are just those days when your body truly craves a doughnut or some pizza. It's just about how much of it you eat and how frequently.

beatricegreenough

HI! I am soo like you with junk food! I try to eat more chicken now, but I will never give up my burgers,fries,pizza and candy etc. I work out 5 days a week for about 60 minutes and I feel good! When I was 27 my cholesterol was borderline high, I didn't exercise then. I quit smoking, started exercising more regularly and at 41 my cholesterol is 159. I still eat all the same junk as I always have, but exercise helps keep all the bad from it in check. So, In my opinion, I am not going to give up everything I love. I will just move alot more!!!

she_elf

I was you two months ago. Before I started MFP, I just never thought about calories or what I was putting in my body. I'd eat an entire bag of doritos for dinner, then have some boscos, an entire two liter of Mt. Dew, probably some Taco Bell, and maybe some popcorn.

I still really struggle with my junk food cravings. Almost every day I have to fight the urge to go out and buy a bag of Doritos. I still eat mostly processed garbage because I live with my parents (and that's what they eat), but I'm definitely more portion conscious and have started losing weight here. I'm trying to make small changes to my diet because I do eventually want to be healthy and don't want to pass my eating addictions on to my children. But I still love Taco Bell and McDonald's (which is now even harder to avoid since my boyfriend works there) and all those other things that I shouldn't love, but do anyway.

Zombriana

I eat junk food everyday. Sometimes its due to cravings, other times its just because its too difficult to go out of the way when my boyfriend go out to eat. I keep with in my calories tho, so I've been losing weight still. On my planned meals, I go healthy tho.

4theking

KIng of junkfood here. I am going to have rice kripsy treats, a twinkie, and pizza tonight.

annarface

I'd steered clear of junk food for a good few months until yesterday where I had to have lunch at Subway. Even though I chose a Veggie Delite sub, it still felt really unhealthy and I was tasting salt all day! I then went to Starbucks and had a Tall Mocha Frappuccino Light for 100 calories and that combined with the Subway left me feeling really drained and energy-less all day. Fast food has weird effects on me now, before when I used to eat it more or less all the time I'd not feel that bad!