How the bloody hell do i avoid COOOKIES !

juggz212

Your best bet is to not buy them instead bake healthy alternatives from scratch its amazing what can be done with coconut sugar, rolled oats, agave sweetener and chocolate chips! Look into these things you will not be disappointed

Not only will you satisfy your sweet tooth but it will also play nice with your waistline

brittanyelizabeth21

Thanks so much everyone ive been doing really good so far fingers crossed ! I love listening to all of your stories its really great how everyone can come together and help one another out it means more to me than anyone could know my support system is a bit flawed lol ! :]

kjoy_

sit down and have a serious talk with your family about your goals, needs and desires. they will respect you more if they realize how serious you are about a healthy lifestyle. suggest switching to healthier homemade baked good recipes (where you can control the butter, sugar, flour content), or a healthier store-bought brand, such as low-sugar fig newtowns, granola bars with chocolate chips, calorie-controlled snack packs.

jovianstorms

I have this exact problem! I try to satiate my sweet tooth by eating fruits like grapes or mandarin oranges or a banana.... Or yogurt or raisins.... No luck yet, but gradually starting to eat less sugary goodness. Also I saw this awesome cookie recipe I haven't tried yet: http://www.theburlapbag.com/2012/07/2-ingredient-cookies-plus-the-mix-ins-of-your-choice/ It's made of just oats and banana!

BrendaLee

I couldn't have cookies in the house, so I feel your pain. It sucks that the fam insists on keeping them around. I do, however, live right across the street from a convenience store, so sweets are always within close reach. A couple of things that have helped me -- green/white tea and a planned nightly treat. When I say a planned treat, it has to be something satisfying, because there's no way a cookie or a granola bar would cut it. I have a blended iced cappuccino, and that does it for me. Find something that satisfies you, and work it into your plan. Then, you have it to look forward to.

j4nash

eat the cookies, just not too many. i had two boxes of girl scout cookies that lasted for two and a half weeks.

LaSutopia

Mouthwash.

I have no control over sweets either, if they are around me so I try to stay away as much as possible and I don't buy them. But when I get a craving for anything sweet or salty or whatever I have noticed here recently if I brush my teeth and rinse with mouth wash it kinda kills the cravings...I mostly just don't want to taste anything mixed with that minty flavor....Im going to start trying this. I will drink water then rinse and see if it does not kill the craving for the time....If you try it let me know if it works for you.

JenMarie8781

I'm the same way. I just can't keep stuff like that in the house. If it's there, I will eat it. All of it. lol. Example... sometimes I buy mini chocolate chips to make whole wheat chocolate chip pancakes on the weekends. BUT..... once the bag of chocolate chips gets opened, I just can't fight the urge to eat them! I swear, every time I walk in the kitchen I get them out and eat a few. So I have decided to just stop buying them.

brittanyelizabeth21

It feels amazing to know there are other people out there going through what i'm going through . My family god love them but holy crap they dont listen i just try and try but tonight they came home with Oreos and Donuts im starting to sound like a broken record so i just ran to my room and locked my door and decided not to go near the kitchen unless i have to go down stairs ! So lets just hope that i can comtrol my self until someone else eats them. ! I grabbed my piece of gum i had left but thats not gonna last much longer ! :sad:

staceycanada

A large percentage of people are finding themselves allergic to new foods suddenly.

While some are true allergies, many others are actually reactions to pesticides sprayed on the foods.

Try a challenge (eat a smal amount in the allergists office) of an organic apple etc.
You may find you have no problem with the actual food.

brittanyelizabeth21

A large percentage of people are finding themselves allergic to new foods suddenly.

While some are true allergies, many others are actually reactions to pesticides sprayed on the foods.

Try a challenge (eat a smal amount in the allergists office) of an organic apple etc.
You may find you have no problem with the actual food.

sadly it was an organic apple !

pinkraynedropjacki

Self control. You don't have it then you are going to fail. Simple as that. I have a whole block of chocolate sitting in the fridge, it can sit there till I die for all I care. I'm not going to eat it. There is also a nice tub of cookies in my cupboard for my son (he's 19) that can stay there ...I got enough self control to say no. Perhaps that's what you need to do.

badtastebetty

Make your own healthy cookies! I've been taking mashed banana and oats and baking them for some guiltless goodies! Add some cinnamon and applies, and they're super tasty! I also do them "made to order" as I will always eat them if I make a large batch.

Hah, applies... :laugh:

neandermagnon

if you're eating them for no other reason than because they're there, then don't have them in the house in the first place. They won't be there, you won't eat them.

If you're eating them because you love the taste, then allow yourself to eat them in moderation. If having the whole pack in the house makes you want to eat the whole pack, then buy only small pack.

For me, if I start forbidding myself anything, then I want to have that food. When I allow myself to eat what I want (but fit it in my macros and calorie goal) and know that I can eat whatever I want, when I want, I stop having any feeling that I *have to* eat (add "bad" food here) at every opportunity. Instead, I can take it or leave it and usually choose to leave it, and if I choose to take it, I fit it in my calorie and macro goals, enjoy it, and I'm satisfied and that's the end of it. The way you think about food has a big influence on how much you want it. So maybe you need to change your attitude towards cookies, so you see them as just another food that you sometimes like to eat, rather than as something that's "bad" but you've got to got to got to got to got to eat them while you still can....

determinedbutlazy

Get a locking plastic box for all the crap food. Give parents key. If you can't get to it, you can't eat it. If they have to go through the hassle of unlocking something to get at them, maybe they'll cut down on the crap too.

MissPeppers

Imagine a snotty kid touching that snotty nose and then touching all the cookies.
If that's not enough, add in a dog licking them.
If THAT's not enough, well.. have a cookie and leave the rest..

brittanyelizabeth21

Imagine a snotty kid touching that snotty nose and then touching all the cookies.
If that's not enough, add in a dog licking them.
If THAT's not enough, well.. have a cookie and leave the rest..

yupp i think that just did it for me lol !

patrnbabe

Eat to balance your blood sugar levels, and the cravings will be easier to manage. Enough protein, complex carbs, reasonable fat intake, and fiber. It will really help. Then have a small stash of small portions of favorite treats to savor as a reward for whatever goal (calorie macros, exercise, work etc) and you won't be deprived at all. Or no stash, but purchase single item at a time.

cbkb1234

Yeah my family still buys sweets and it's hard to resist but what I do is just have a little to satisfy, then leave the house and let them eat it all lol or I tell them to hide it !!!!! but they try to buy less now just talk to them about buying healthier choices of sweets there's new skinny cow chocolates!