Seeking Reprogramming advice

Rejuvn8

Here's an interesting read that might tick you off enough to curb your appetite for fast/processed food....very interesting with good resources http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/1400069807

EveryGuyDiet

Have you thought about trying hypnosis? http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/weight_loss.php was created specifically to help you make better eating decisions. It doesn't work with out the desire to succeed and it won't work without an eating plan and exercise, but it will help you if you truly want to succeed.

Rejuvn8

Here's an interesting read that might tick you off enough to curb your appetite for fast/processed food....very interesting with good resources http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/1400069807

Here is the description from the Amazon site:

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us [Hardcover]
Michael Moss

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important, how we can fight back.

In the spring of 1999 the heads of the world’s largest processed food companies—from Coca-Cola to Nabisco—gathered at Pillsbury headquarters in Minneapolis for a secret meeting. On the agenda: the emerging epidemic of obesity, and what to do about it.

Increasingly, the salt-, sugar-, and fat-laden foods these companies produced were being linked to obesity, and a concerned Kraft executive took the stage to issue a warning: There would be a day of reckoning unless changes were made. This executive then launched into a damning PowerPoint presentation—114 slides in all—making the case that processed food companies could not afford to sit by, idle, as children grew sick and class-action lawyers lurked. To deny the problem, he said, is to court disaster.

When he was done, the most powerful person in the room—the CEO of General Mills—stood up to speak, clearly annoyed. And by the time he sat down, the meeting was over.

Since that day, with the industry in pursuit of its win-at-all-costs strategy, the situation has only grown more dire. Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese (triple what we ate in 1970) and seventy pounds of sugar (about twenty-two teaspoons a day). We ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount, and almost none of that comes from the shakers on our table. It comes from processed food. It’s no wonder, then, that one in three adults, and one in five kids, is clinically obese. It’s no wonder that twenty-six million Americans have diabetes, the processed food industry in the U.S. accounts for $1 trillion a year in sales, and the total economic cost of this health crisis is approaching $300 billion a year.

In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we got here. Featuring examples from some of the most recognizable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century—including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Kellogg, Nestlé, Oreos, Cargill, Capri Sun, and many more—Moss’s explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, often eye-opening research.

Moss takes us inside the labs where food scientists use cutting-edge technology to calculate the “bliss point” of sugary beverages or enhance the “mouthfeel” of fat by manipulating its chemical structure. He unearths marketing campaigns designed—in a technique adapted from tobacco companies—to redirect concerns about the health risks of their products: Dial back on one ingredient, pump up the other two, and tout the new line as “fat-free” or “low-salt.” He talks to concerned executives who confess that they could never produce truly healthy alternatives to their products even if serious regulation became a reality. Simply put: The industry itself would cease to exist without salt, sugar, and fat. Just as millions of “heavy users”—as the companies refer to their most ardent customers—are addicted to this seductive trio, so too are the companies that peddle them. You will never look at a nutrition label the same way again.

“As a feat of reporting and a public service, Salt Sugar Fat is a remarkable accomplishment.”—The New York Times Book Review

agonzalez136

I've been thinking about the hypnosis thing. I figure, even if its the 'placebo' effect, it's still another tool to help me along rather than hinder me.

And thanks for the book reference (checking it out now).

mdcoug

I don't know if it's age or just the fact that I've managed to mostly stay away from fast food for the past year or so, but I cannot stomach the thought of most fast food now. I was never a fast food burger fan, but I did really like KFC or a chicken sandwich at McDonalds. I do think that being forced to do more cooking at home has changed my tastes for the better.

So, maybe doing more meal planning and setting a goal for eating at home (or bringing lunch vs. eating out) x times per week, then upping that number as you get more accustomed to it?

purplestarburst

Planning is your friend. If you already know what you are going to eat, there is no space for that subconscious habitual behavior to sneak in.

I agree w/this. I also recommend purchasing some healthier snacks you can keep w/you throughout the day. I'm a big fan of raw food bars, but more simpler choices like nuts really help, too.

I also recommend *not beating yourself up*. If you slip, forgive immediately & move on.

Best of luck!