Cutting out Chips, Soda, Chocolate..All Junk food!

Seems to me the question is are you willing to make that commitment. If so, then just do it. If not, then I would think it's like the rest of your menu, portions.

What others have said on here is true--you can still have these things in moderation for sure. That said, I am totally forsaking all of what you've mentioned as well as coffee, caffeine, meats, soy products and dairy too for the next 90 days and hopefully for the rest of my life. The only exception is chocolate. I am treating myself to the most awesome chocolate I've EVER eaten in over 50 years of being on this earth! It's called:

100% Artisan Raw Organic Cacao Bliss Coconut Butter :bigsmile:

I've always eaten the Artisan 100% raw coconut butter, but honey this stuff is fabulous and filling too!

It's coconut butter made with raw organic cacao (which is chocolate) and not only is it super chocolately yumminess, but it's good for me too. I treat myself to 2 tablespoons per day or when I have a chocolate desire. This also helps bump up my NET cals and good fats too!

I cut out my vices (soda, french fries, chips, etc.) for Lent and I've been doing well with it despite being a college student in a dining hall full of temptation. Personally, I plan on eating junk food regardless of my lifestyle because it's all about moderation. That's it really.

First step: Do not keep them in your house. Period. If you have family that loves them, too bad. They can get their own snacks when they go out. Harsh, I know, but just having them in the house means they're easy treats that you're used to eating. You'll still get cravings, at least I do, so when that happens I buy the smallest portion I can find. For example, I crave salty and crunchy things, like chips. So when that hits me, I go get a single serve bag at the gas station, and that usually does it. That way, I get something that shuts that craving up but I don't have a large bag in my house that I'll sit and eat on all day.

Something that helped me cut down on soda was not having an in the house, then ordering tea whenever I'd eat out. I go for unsweet if I have my sweetner with me, otherwise, half sweet and half unsweet. Once I started doing that, I drastcly cut my soda intake so now, I will occasionally get one when I eat out, depending on where I'm at, but most of the soda I drink is on game nights and that's it.

This is good advice. That said, I live in a house full of children and a hubby that loves these types of things and are all slim and trim and healthy. So for me, this isn't an option (getting rid of all of the junk), I have just had to and want to and must daily put on a stiff upper lip and say NO, thank you anyway! It's going to be like that for me anyways as I go to friends and family's homes and occasions, where these things are going to constantly be within hands reach. I've just made up my mind that these types of foods and drinks are what folk eat and drink and more power to them, but for me...they don't work nor help in my reaching my ultimate goal--not just of mere weight loss, but of self-control and living a more healthier anti-S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) for myself.

I'm not judigng these foods nor the people that indulge in them. I'm judging myself. I've had many many MANY years indulging myself in these foods and the S.A.D. lifestyle and now it's time to say so long to that way of living and eating and Hello and welcome to a new lifestyle of organic fruits, veggies, Hemp Protein and when my body calls for them organic grains, seeds and nuts and perhaps sometime in the future some humanely raised and vegan fed meats, dairy, eggs and wild raised Salmon & Fish and poll caught and trolled tuna. So, Yay to you if you stop and yay to those who don't--everyone is different and must (or should) follow their spirit in what to eat, drink and how to live--judging themselves, instead of others. It's hard--but not impossible

Frozen grapes are a great dessert alternative! I love ice cream and sugary cereals, so it's hard for me to completely cut those out. But I noticed when I snack on frozen grapes, I crave those bad foods less.

Hello everyone!
I really want to cut out Chips, soda's, chocolate, and everything called Junk! I wanted to ask if any of you have any advice or if any of you had success with this?? Thanks y'all!


I forgot to add! ( Ill be eating some of what the above on saturday's but also in moderation. )

I cannot eat moderate chocolate or chips, lol! Thats why I thought discipline will be good for me.

I eat chips--organic blue potato chips--on my heavier exercise days. I eat lightly sweetened chocolate (I make it myself with unsweetened baker's chocolate and glucose instead of sucrose--don't ask why unless you want to be bored with bio-chem). I also eat that on my heavier exercise days. I need the extra calories on those days. When you eat more nourishing food, you are satisfied with a LOT less. I do not eat sucrose nor do I eat wheat (again, the bio-chemistry is important to me) and it leaves a lot more room in my diet for more nourishing fare. I find that the more well-nourished I am, the less I am inclined to binge on anything. But cutting out sucrose is important because sucrose (and specifically, the fructose portion of it) has an "anti-satiety" effect. Chocolate, as long as it is lightly glucose-sweetened, is non-addictive AND it is actually GOOD for you, believe it or not. It is one of the few food substances that actually helps your body to repair damaged DNA. Green tea has similar benefits.

p.s. I can't think of a healthy substitute for soda. Best to just cut it out. The phosphoric acid that it contains is bad for the teeth and bones anyway. I drink a LOT of water with a squeeze of organic lemon in it (and because it is organic, you can throw the peel right in your glass of water where it takes up the d-limonine--which is good for knocking off stray bacteria and viruses in the body).

I am a coke a holic! I love my soda, especially in the morning, but I know how bad it is for me. So, instead of eliminating it all together, I cut back from 4 to 1 a day. Giving it up all together is only asking for failure. Best of luck!

I don't believe in cutting stuff like that out, maybe it's just me, but if I did that I would only end up bingeing on them later.
My problem was I would eat those things in much larger quantities than their serving sizes. Now, I measure out or take out the serving size and allow myself to enjoy it.
Moderation is key.