How do I not eat the junk if it's in the house?

Every time I crave, I look at my 'before' pictures. (I don't have any afters yet) but having an honest look at my size quenches my cravings pretty darn quick.

Why not ask for a cupboard/space for you to buy your own healthy foods and ask your parents to hide the Junk so that you don't know where it is. If your parents love and support you and want you to be healthy too I'm sure you can work something out

Think about how much excercise it takes to work it off and decide if it is worth it

don't buy it and if someone youlive with buys it, tell them to hide it so you don't know about it

I 'used to' have the same problem, but what keeps me in line is Psylium Husk, I put 1-2 tablespoons in a glass of water and gulp it down (you need to drink it quite quick because it becomes very thick) and that fills me up because it thickens up (like pudding) in my stomach and makes me feel sooooooooo full!.

It's much harder when there's junk in the house, so get rid of it! Also, if you have a sweet tooth like me, you can get some fruit squash/juice and freeze it like lolly pops, that way you'll have something sweet but healthy if you feel like snacking!

I have the same problem. I do the grocery shopping for the most part and I don't buy the junk, but my husband will stop at the store and get the treats he knows our daughter likes. I've told him that she doesn't need them either. She is 14 and has a cute little figure but I can see her starting to get a belly and I don't want her to go through what I have struggled with all my life! He tells me to have the will power to not eat it. I tell him you should have the same will power to stop smoking! He says that he wills top when he is ready and I say that's a cop out answer! I don't want to eat the crap, but whe it's there and I don't have anything else healthy prepared, or when it's SHARK week, I can't help myself! It's like an addiction, but he doesn't understand that. I asked him, "how would you like it if you decided to quit smoking and I kept cigaretts in the house and smoked in your face?" He doesn't think that you can be addicted to food like you can be addicted to smoking. He tells me that I'm trying to blame him for being over weight. I try to explain that I'm not blaming him, I'm asking him to be supportive of my efforts and not make it harder for me in my own home. It's a constant battle.

Someone made a good suggestion and advised me to have a designated cabinet for all the junk and then lable that cabinet with a toxic sign! And that way when I go into the pantry, I will only have my healthy choices! It's a great idea, but I haven't had the time to rearrange my cabinets to accomodate this.

I would never let anyone tell me what to buy or what to eat. If they want it bad enough, they know where the shops are. I take care of my health because I plan on sticking around for a while.

I think it's important not to pathologise certain foods. Carbs will not kill you. Sugar will not strangle you - it's about learning moderation and working things into your daily calorie allowance. If you don't have the calories but still want to have a treat, that is motivation in itself to go for a walk, hit the gym or do a workout. If you rule things out and consider them 'bad' that sometimes has the opposite effect of making you crave them as you've self-imposed a ban.

Also, healthy doesn't have to mean boring! I find I've been so much more creative in meal planning and making snacks for myself since I've been paying close attention to the things I've been eating. In time your family will see you start to lose weight and get fitter, together with eating healthy meals and it may actually rub off on them. Instead of seeing the foods they buy as a negative at the moment, turn it into something positive by leading by example.


Thank you for this :drinker:

Just.dont.eat.it.period.problem.solved.

Stop buying junk.

Not the only person in my home....and I cannot enforce my way onto my husband. He is the head of the house, he says buy it, I buy it.

But I have such a difficult time walking past it...I am weak.

Does he tell you to eat it as well?


Maybe it would help if he were to tell you that it's his and not yours? I'm not familiar with this Man is the Boss of Me dynamic, but if you do as you're told in buying it, maybe you'd do as you were told in leaving it the heck alone?

Just an idea. Not a value judgement.


I always say that it might be in the house, but it's not yours. It belongs to the person it belongs to. Like their medication. Or toothbrush.

My husband is super skinny so I feel bad depriving him of dessert, he needs the calories! He is a cookie guy and luckily there are types that he likes that I just don't care for so resisting them is no problem. Like store bought chocolate chip cookies - love home made but don't like the packaged ones so he can eat those to his heart's content and I don't have to worry about eating them!

I hear what you're saying - if it's there you can't resist it and because of other people in your house it's hard to just not have it so try to have things that they like but don't trigger you!

Find/buy your own lower calorie substitutes and snacks to eat as an alternative.

I live with my mum who buys junk food. What I do is go shopping and stock up on healthy food and snacks and fruit. That way I avoid the junk food. I think planning ahead helps too if you know what you're going to eat. Rather then going to the kitchen grabbing whatever when you're hungry.

Can you control yourself not to run out into traffic?

Can you manage not to punch people that annoy you?

Buck up, buttercup.

First, if your husband wants it, let him buy it. He's the male head of house - you're the female head of house.
Second, if you can't make your husband take ownership of his bad food choices, only buy junk you don't like.

this!!
i can have 20 bags of oreos and 10 gallons of ice cream in the house without any problem
But chips and salsa or or brownies, thats much more tempting..


Back to OP-
since you don't do the shopping and mom and dad do , whats wrong with a heart to heart,
"""mom dad , i want to make better food choices , and healthy myself up a bit, (what parent wouldn't support that, and) anyhow, i'm going to work hard on making smarter choices and i would like some support and help..."""

drink water , go out and walk , or log on here, and log the food, and see how it affects what cals you have left, negotiate your portion out, with yourself, then go and ACTUALLY MEasure it out, put it on a plate or a bowl..
then go to the table , in the kitchen without any distraction and have it ..
if its that tempting, have some.. but only SOME!!!
one portion...