encouragement?

alacio86

So, I've been having a hard time eating junk food... I love it!! and I always promise myself that I will stop but then I end up eating like 5 cookies, two pieces of cake a bag full of cheetos... is there any advice of how to encourage ourselves to not eat that much junk food? like a reward system?
any thoughts?

alacio86

So, I've been having a hard time eating junk food... I love it!! and I always promise myself that I will stop but then I end up eating like 5 cookies, two pieces of cake a bag full of cheetos... is there any advice of how to encourage ourselves to not eat that much junk food? like a reward system?
any thoughts?

dollface_x3

Don't keep it around the house or within easy reach!

itzcool4me

Yeah.. lately I've just refrained from buying it.

I am a sucker for chocolate though. I keep a bag of Dove Promises (42 calories each) in my room and they are my reward at the end of the day. No matter what, if I have a craving then I'll have just one. However, if I have about 120 calories left for the day (when does that happen??), then I let myself have more of them, up to the limit. Today I only had 18 calories left, so I only had one.

The main thing is though to just not buy a lot of junk. Limiting your options is the best way to go. Once you can build up control, then you can keep it around for an end-of-day snack/reward. And of course in moderation.

rheston

Yep it is hard when we've become addicted to something like this and I really think they put something in the fast food to make us react this way like they were doing with tobacco to keep people coming back for more smokes.

If you treat it like an addiction and a mental game you have to fight you might do better. Like everyone else says change your buying habits when you stock up the shelves at home and exclude those thing that contribute to your down fall. Eat before you go shopping so that you're less likely to be tempted to buy things you shouldn't. Don't go down the aisle where those temptations are either have someone else go down that aisle and get whatever you need.

Limit your exposure and isolate yourself for 30 days from these things before you try to introduce a nightly/daily treat.

You need to regain your self control! I know because I did too and I had to do this from the start.

Good Luck!

jenninsocal

my best advice is to buy 100-calorie packs of your favorites, just have one, a tall glass of water and see if you can hold out on eating more. I still have cheetos, choc. chip cookies, etc, but in 100 calorie packs

TheGoblinRoad

So, I've been having a hard time eating junk food... I love it!! and I always promise myself that I will stop but then I end up eating like 5 cookies, two pieces of cake a bag full of cheetos... is there any advice of how to encourage ourselves to not eat that much junk food? like a reward system?
any thoughts?

heard of the potato chip meditation?
It actually has nothing to do with weight loss. It's about mindfulness. Giving your attention 100% to what you're doing, like eating. So some groups, for meditation practice, will give 1 potato chip to each person and they must eat that chip with 100% of their attention, VERY slowly. Savoring every bit. Loving the taste!

Now, suppose you apply that to your food, when its junk. You're unlikely to have 5 cookies, 2 pieces of cake, and cheetos...because it'd take you hours to eat them!