How do you resist all the temptations?!

I certainly do not eat "clean" but have improved my diet immensley. I used to crave fast food all the time junk. Now, (I think it is because my body finally has some nourishment) I dont want those things. I remember how bad I felt. Its enjoyable to taste, then the bloat and sugar/carb crash, I would rather eat something that does not make me sick. Good luck!

I agree with making healthier versions at home of what you are craving. Otherwise, keep trigger foods out of your house or at least out of your sight and get busy with projects that keep your hands and mind busy.

I strongly believe in being mindful of what you eat.

At least in my experience, learning about where my food is coming from, how and where it is being manufactured or prepared, and understanding its basic nutritional value helps me to justify whether it is truly something I want to eat.

Is my meal going to be nourishing and nutritional, or is it going to bring up feelings of guilt and regret? Am I eating to cope with any emotions I am feeling, whether they be positive or negative - or am I eating to fuel my body? Am I honoring my hunger and eating intuitively, or not?

I know that to many, this internal dialogue sounds insane - and it may not be helpful to many - but slowing down long enough to ask myself these questions has helped me out a lot in CHOOSING healthy foods over unhealthy foods.

I am choosing, not forcing myself to do so - which makes it so much easier to do.

sometimes is give in, sometimes i stay strong. but if i try to stay strong, i imagine myself being all skinny, beautiful and sexy, drink a glass of water, and distract myself. this helps

1. Stock the fridge. Spend your food money and then cook what you bought.

2. Bring something you cooked with you to eat on the go if you won't be home before you're likely to get hungry.

3. Crock pot for when you'll be out all day and want something to come home to.

4. Repeat after me: Fast food is gross. How many people have touched my food with their dirty hands before it reached me? Maybe it even got dropped on the floor. At least if I drop my food when I'm cooking it at home I'm likely to toss it or wash it off. Ever worked fast food? I have. Do you know how rushed everything is? Do you know how hard it is not to get your sweat droplets on the food when you don't even have time to breathe, much less wipe your face, wash your hands properly, and get back to your station? Trust me, it's nasty. Even when employees try their best, it's much nastier than when you cook at home. Let's not even discuss people coming to work snotty, sneezing, and sick because they can't take a day off and don't have insurance for a doctor anyway.

track your macros and make sure you're getting in good fats.
Go to an organic shop and get:
agave syrup, honey, xylitol, organic ketchup. Goji berries.
that way, you have 'sweet stuff' .
Then look for sugar free, salt-free peanut butter. Also the chocolate spread. it'll be high % cocoa. Hopefully no sugar added.
I'm trying not to add sugar and salt here. Another thing to get is popping corn (lovely when done with coconut oil).

With the above, you have a sweet tooth covered.

As for fatty foods...if you have coconut oil and fry plantains and keep them in a lunch box, it's a heeeeavenly treat.

nuts are a good snack, but they're calorific and moreish. you have to carry only the amount you're allowed.

fast food tempts you. you need to look at the routes you travel n the times and how you come up vulnerable. make sure u have easy prep food at home...but also at work...in your bag...in your coat.
the main culprits are a craving for salty-fatty foods. sprinkle your nuts with a tiny bit of pink salt. Also often thirst is mistaken for hunger. a nice drink to quench is coconut water (tropical sun...no added stuff).

I recommend:
wholegrain organic pasta (sainsbury)
Organic strong cheddar (sains')
organic onions
tomatoes
garlic.
always keep all the spices at home..inc black pepper, turmeric, fenugreek, oregano, cayene, chilli.
coconut oil.
apple cider vinegar.
Trust me...you make a pasta n cheese w' this and you'll never want fast food!

good luck.

hope this helps!



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My biggest problem is going too long without eating.If I do that, sure enough I want the most god awful crappy crap food imaginable. If I nibble all day, I don't crave.

But also, I don't deprive myself. I used to love Wendy's triple hamburger with cheese. You know how many calories are IN that bad boy? 1,060

Will I eat it? Sure, if it's nearly the only thing I eat all day. Well, spending over a thousand calories on some artery clogging hamburger really isn't worth it (most days). So, that's when the bartering game begins. I can have a single burger for 580 (sorry, taking off the bun/cheese just doesn't cut it. I want the whole damn mess) and I can have apple slices on the side with a diet coke (Total: 620 calories) Or, if it's really the fries I want, I can get a small order of fries and a grilled chicken go wrap for 590 calories.

Now, why don't I eat out like that often anymore? Because I can have much more filling (and fulfilling) meals at home. Instead, on a rare occasion...I give myself a cheat day. I have one really, nasty, disgusting dinner. Whatever I want, within reason. I still exercise that day, and the next day...it's all business again. But what stops me from doing that more often, is keeping myself full and getting plenty of protein (more than what MFP recommends).

eat the fast food. fit it into your daily nutrition

I am on the very low carb food plan (called keto or ketogenic). I RARELY have temptations any more. Sugar just doesn't appeal to me. Last night I did yield to a craving. Kentucky Fried Chicken was on the table, and I ate a thigh. How relieved I was as I added it to my food log and discovered that it wasn't a killer.

With KFC, It's the SMELL. It's far better than the taste. That's why I wouldn't usually allow it in the house. But even then, I enjoyed the one piece enormously and wasn't tempted to reach for a second. On the keto diet, I am more aware of whether or not I am actually hungry, or if a smell or sight (as in TV commercial) is trying to convince me that I am when I am not.

Keto diets eliminate hunger.