Terrible Eatting Habits Advice On How To Fix Them

Raven2evil

Can I ask were honestly hungry or just bored eating?
Why not switch to Lean Cuisines or other microwave diet food for now?
Also when you were at IHOP could you have gotten a LARGE salad instead?

Yes I did try to make sure I only ate when I was actually hungry otherwise i would've had more. the one serving o lasanga didn't fill me up. I have to be careful about the lean cuisines i get because they tend to not fill me up and i tend to add salts and butters to them which i know defeat the purpose but yes i do plan on getting more healthy microwave meals for when i just have to have something quick. And yes i could have gotten a salad from IHOP. This was just to see a guesstimate of how many calories i am eating everyday and to see how off from what i should be eating I really am. Oh forgot to add that i did log the butter and cheese i added to the hungry man that i have always added and i never realized i was adding an extra 147 calories just by doing that. So this is more to show myself what I'm doing wrong. What small things can I change each time to lower that number. If i hadn't added anything to the hungry man and i drank all water today that would have been 507 calories I could have saved myself. I would've cut my overage in half. Half of the overage of calories was soda, butter, and one slice of cheese. That's huge.

MorgueBabe

Half of the overage of calories was soda, butter, and one slice of cheese. That's huge.

That is, and like everyone says start small if you feel better and safer that way.

:-) YOu can do it! It's not easy but it's so worth it!

littlebudgie

I'm not sure if it's a regional thing or what, but all the carbonated water I can remember seeing doesn't have any aspartame. Although, thinking about it, the ones I go for tend to be called mineral water, so maybe that's got something to do with it. Perrier is my standby because the store next to my work carries it cheap.

Raven2evil

I'm not sure if it's a regional thing or what, but all the carbonated water I can remember seeing doesn't have any aspartame. Although, thinking about it, the ones I go for tend to be called mineral water, so maybe that's got something to do with it. Perrier is my standby because the store next to my work carries it cheap.

The ones I'm talking about are ones me and my mom like from walmart and sams club. Whats the name of your water and what store do you get it at. I'll have to try it.

kcaffee1

I find it helps to think in terms of changing habits rather than being 'on a diet', and only changing one habit at a time. Learning to cook is part of that process and is fun!

I will be interested o hear how you get on!

This.

I like to think of it as a lifestyle change. Maybe you aren't on a diet pre-say in the terms of Atkins or South Beach (or I dunno whatever else is out there), but you make healthier lifestyle changes. Remember you can always eat what you want, just maybe in a smaller portion.

Get used to measuring out your food. And yes make baby step changes if that works for you better. I find I do better if I jump cold turkey ****s to the wall.

I'm a little scared to try cold turkey but I mean if I find going slow doesn't work I might just take the chance and jump in head first.

This may have already been addressed, but as someone who has recently walked away from diet sodas (concious rationing to keep the intake at 2 liters per day, or I'd have guzzled up to 6!), here is what I did:

I invested in a carbonater - doesn't matter what brand, but I found the sodastream brand at Walmart. They have some off-the-shelf flavors you can add to the water once it's carbonated, both diet and regular. I can't drink the regulars, and didn't like the splenda option of the diet varieties (splenda makes my stomach go nuts and upsets the rest of the system along the way... not a pretty picture!)
Then, I experimented with some of the low calorie on-the-go juice drink mixes. I've been away from sweet stuff long enough that the super sweet varieties didn't appeal, and the tarter flavors did. Now, I STILL go through between 2 and 6 L of carbonated fluids, but it is all from the juice drinks, NOT from the diet sodas. Granted, the flavors I prefer still have aspartamine in them, I have heard that some of the crystal light flavors do not. If you want to try out the option before committing to the carbonator first, you can always get a cheap bottle of club soda, and your choice of flavoring first.

That was my SECOND nasty habit to break. The first was the sugars.

Sugary sweets were not just something I craved, they were something I LIVED on - sugary cereal, sugary snack cakes, candy bars, you name it. If it was sweet, in the house (or I could afford it) it was MINE. Often one or more of these items would make up an entire meal (on top of the regular foods I was eating.) I shudder to think of the calories I was consuming!

I started fighting this with a few SMALL changes - since I loved snack cakes, I cut out everything BUT the snack cakes. Then, I started limiting the snack cakes to once per week. (I can guarantee you the box did NOT last the entire week!) Then, I started substituting the snack cakes with healthier options - granola bars, pre-made trail mixes with fruit and/or yogurt bites (can't remember the variety, but it's at Walmart). When I could get to a point where I could portion control the trail mix, I started substituting THAT with sweet fruit choices (pineapple, grapes, ect.) in any quantity that satisfied. THEN, I started working on portion control for the fruit. Never did get the last phase fully implemented because I had finally broken the sugar addiction, and super sweet things didn't taste good any more.

Now, if I crave something "sweet" a scoop of protein powder in a cup of yogurt is enough, and almost too sweet still. But, until the body decreed that sugary things were a no-go, I did NOT make anything taboo. I put restrictions in place, but because these items were NOT forbidden, it left a pressure valve to relieve the stress while I was making the changes.

It is NOT easy, but it IS completely doable in a shorter time than you would probably think.

littlebudgie

I'm not sure if it's a regional thing or what, but all the carbonated water I can remember seeing doesn't have any aspartame. Although, thinking about it, the ones I go for tend to be called mineral water, so maybe that's got something to do with it. Perrier is my standby because the store next to my work carries it cheap.

The ones I'm talking about are ones me and my mom like from walmart and sams club. Whats the name of your water and what store do you get it at. I'll have to try it.

Well, the store is a tiny local Polish shop, so I don't think you'd be able to find that particular one, seeing as you live in a completely different country. But the brand is Perrier, and you can get it at Sam's Club for sure! http://www.samsclub.com/sams/perrier-sparkling-mineral-water-24-11-oz/154962.ip

(I'm not sure about their flavoured sparkling water, since I favour the plain, but I believe that has neither sugar nor aspartame too)

Raven2evil

I'm not sure if it's a regional thing or what, but all the carbonated water I can remember seeing doesn't have any aspartame. Although, thinking about it, the ones I go for tend to be called mineral water, so maybe that's got something to do with it. Perrier is my standby because the store next to my work carries it cheap.

The ones I'm talking about are ones me and my mom like from walmart and sams club. Whats the name of your water and what store do you get it at. I'll have to try it.

Well, the store is a tiny local Polish shop, so I don't think you'd be able to find that particular one, seeing as you live in a completely different country. But the brand is Perrier, and you can get it at Sam's Club for sure! http://www.samsclub.com/sams/perrier-sparkling-mineral-water-24-11-oz/154962.ip

(I'm not sure about their flavoured sparkling water, since I favour the plain, but I believe that has neither sugar nor aspartame too)

Oh those things I've seen them around from time to time. I've never tried one though. I'll have to change that

beckymlong

As others have said cut back on the soda, I swapped to fruit teas sweet but better for you, secondly look at people's diaries there are a couple of threads going at the moment; what do you eat most and what does your shopping list look like...... Look at those for ideas, you will know what you can and can't do yet. I say bite the bullet and go for it, I eat well over all but I don't kick myself if I enjoy myself every now and then....

valleymum

I hear ya on the soda. Im a former two literer myself who also wanted to stay away from aspartame. Luckily I found diet gingerale with splenda. I also like to drink tea with no milk or sugar, so im lucky that way too.

As far as food, what are some of your favorite frozen dinners? maybe u should try to pick on each week and try to make it home made, with fresh ingredients and less preservitives. u can also control sodium that way, and add more produce as filler! u could even make big batches and freeze them if u really don't like cooking. Ive lost 32 lbs now, and I eat sandwiches almost every day. Rye bread is a low cal option, and whole wheat pitas are fantastic!! stack ur sandwhiches with tonnes of produce ( lettuce, tomatoes, raw onions!) and lean deli meats such as a low sodium chicken breast. I know its hard to change ur habits, but if u really want to, then u can do it your stomach shrinks eventually, so u wont always feel as hungry as u do the first week of cutting portions.

NobodyInParticular

Don't do the stuff you think are bad eating diets. Boom.

iulia_maddie

This started at 3 years old, been going on for 12 years. Are you 15?

whierd

Lol.

Math.

spinman1949

You can not change unless you want to.

So do you want to change?

Over 30 years ago I was a two pack a day smoker. Oh I tried to quit but I would just fool myself by not buying and just bumming smokes. When I developed a smokers morning cough I decided I had to do something. So I got hypnotised. From that day forward I never touched another cigarette. Did the hypnosis work or did I need a reason to do what I already knew I had to do? Did spending $150 on hypnosis force me to make it work? Does it matter? No it does not.

So are you ready to change?

If you are then take it in steps.

Start easy. Make a resolution that hungry or not, you will eat one bowl of oatmeal every day. Don't worry about calories right now, so add milk, butter and brown sugar if you like. Make a big batch. Mix in the milk and butter and sugar to your taste and then get some 1 cup freezer and microwave safe containers and fill then up and freeze daily portions.

That is where you start. One easy to make meal you can freeze. Do this for 1 month straight and see how you feel and report back.

ChloeRoseLejeune

The problem is you're focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they ...are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude. Good luck.

Raven2evil

The problem is you're focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they ...are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude. Good luck.

What do you mean i'm focusing on the things in life that don't really matter? Whats that even mean?

Raven2evil

This started at 3 years old, been going on for 12 years. Are you 15?

ugh so i mathed wrong some how I made this post like super late at night or super early in the morning. I'm 21 so 18 years.