Junkfood in the house

Part of the life change is knowing what food is good for you. Junk food/snacks tend to have the effect of making you want more of them, so avoiding them all together is best. Have stronger willpower (this one is the hard one :-p) . Last suggestion have healthy snacks around that you can eat instead of going for the junk food.

What is cooked at my house would probably have me on a 3000 calorie days easy, which is double what I'm aiming for.

Can you bring your husband & daughter on board to eat healthier? not just be a weight loss thing, but to aim to make healthier food choices for everyone?

I dont keep junkfood in the house..occasionally some skinny cow icecream, but not too often because I over endulge and maybe some kind of lower calorie cookie, but again the same. if its there i eat it and over eat it even if it is on the more low cal junk food side. My BF has his own ice cream and what I refer to as his "crap stash" next to his game chair so its out of sight and for the most part I wouldnt touch half of it all candy which I dont like. Hes really good about eating healthy with me, and not complaining but he has more of a sweet tooth then I do. My down falls are chips/breads/cake/cookies. So thats not allowed.

I have a hard time saying no and a hard time stopping once I start so if i want it SOOO bad I either have to go get it or prepare it from scratch, not keep it ready to go in the house.

you can buy healthier alternatives to the chips... like baked chips or those special k chips my favorite are the baked cheetoes like crunchies from trader joes

i personally still buy chips and have learned to eat them in moderation. i love the thai chili kettle cooked chips

just because it is there doesnt mean you have to eat it

There will always be temptation. The goal is to realize what you REALLY want and resist it. Even if you bring your family on board with you, how does that teach you how to resist temptation at work, church, or other social functions?

I just don't buy it.

I love chips and know I could eat a bag so I don't buy them.
Husband loves ice cream and could eat an entire half gallon (or whatever the small size is now) so I don't buy it.
Same goes for chocolate, M&M's and all that stuff.

Occasionally I'll buy the M&M's but I'm good at having a handful and that's it.

It's actually funny because last night my husband came into the living room with a sleeve of crackers and a jar of PB (natural PB mind you) and said "how sad is it when this is considered junk food in our house?" LOL!

I know I should learn some self control. Having said that, we buy boxed cake mixes or make cakes from scratch. Make frosting from scratch. Usually I am lazy and dont want to make it so I avoid the snack altogether. As for chips, oh I love chips. I portion them out in a bowl then add it to MFP. If I have extra calories, I will eat more.

I debated on having my husband lock up all his sweets in his man cave. Maybe I will but I should learn self control and teach it to my daughter. I am doing this weight loss for her (and myself) I dont want her to live like I did.

I eat a lot better than I did, but it's hard sometimes because the food that is in the house for my husband and daughter. They don't have mountains of junk food...but even one bag of chips (for them) is hard for me to say no to....and sometimes I don't.

How do you and your household handle this?

Nothing wrong with having chips once in while. I suggest you use a kitchen scale and measure out an ounce of potato chips. Seeing what an actual serving looks like may be enough of a deterrent right there. It won't take very many to climb up to 150 calories. Even twice that amount isn't all that big looking, yet it will pack a whopping 300 calories. I still eat Doritos and the like, but a bag lasts me over a week now because I'm very conscious about the amount I'm eating.

If you're at a party or something, don't stand near the food and just eat. Put portions on a plate. From seeing what they look like on a food scale in your house, you should be able to estimate the proper amount. And keep logging. Log everything even if you're not going to like seeing your numbers go over your daily budget. When you see where junk food ranks in your calorie intake, you'll may just feel like giving it up simply because it isn't worth the calories.

i do love junk food (i'm more a sweet than salty though), however i do have some chips in the house (for hubby). i keep them above the refrigerator (sorta out of sight out of mind). he knows they are there and i just pretend they are not there. however, when i do get a craving i want the good stuff not cheap chips i buy for hubby. lindt dark chocolate, real ice cream, the best chocolate chip cookie i can either make or buy. when i do have my sweets i don't kick myself for eating them because i know it's a treat (and i try to only eat the recommended serving size) and i move on. we all deserve it once in a while just not every single day.