Horrible eater. Please help:)

You can't lose weight and have everything you want to eat ... if you could, we'd all be size twos :-).

Truth. You have to decide what you want more - to lose weight and be healthy or to drink soda and eat crappy food?

What I did was read the labels and the ingredients on the soft drinks. It is the aspartemie which makes you crave as it is much sweeter than sugar - and also it makes you fatter. Start by limiting your drinks to ordinary coke not diet. Then try the smoothies. Then you can get the fish option when you drive through.

There are some lovely secrets in vegetables - they are cheap and fill you up. Also roast parsnips are delicious and are low in calories. You can eat loads of calories in just one burger you just have to start reading up on stuff and counting what you are eating

OP said she doesn't drink diet pop and aspartame has not been proven to increase cravings. Also the fish option at a fast food place is just as full of calories as a burger because it's battered, fried fish with gobs of mayo and cheese. If you think you're eating healthy by choosing the fish you're way off base. A smoothie may have healthy ingredients but depending what your throw in there can pack a real calorie punch especially if it comes from a fast food place where they add a ton of sugar.

How did your calorie goal come out to 1000?

I thought it didnt go below 1200 for anyone, perhaps I am mistaken.

So you have taken step 1 by admitting you have a problem and need to change.

You have taken step 2 by asking for help/advice.

Step 3 is going to be ugly and you may not like it, but I suggest take a week and eat/drink as you normally do BUT log every single thing. See where your calories are.

Step 4 evaluate those calorie choices and find acceptable lower calorie choices. Once you start finding good replacements for each of those high calorie (and OBTW, non-nutritious) choices it will be come easier and easier.

Don't refuse, do NOT use the word CAN'T... you CAN do this. Just take it a baby step at a time. If you need encouragement feel free to add me, just make sure you add a note when you do. Best of luck to you :drinker:

lucky for me i love diet pop, i also eat salads like 1-2 a day.
My Diet is basically a low carb diet.
So...... If your interested hmu.
Your allowed : Fish, Lamb, Pork, Chicken, Steak ..... non of which are NOT to be breaded. Grilled or baked will do just fine.
a great a source of protein, No Carb Meats.
If you can find a dressing with little to no carbohydrates, get that. I use Mayo which has non. If you choose to drowse your salad in a bunch of fattening dressing that just kills the healthy part.
along with that information, after a week of eating salads you will notice you get full easier and quicker.
After the second week the urges to pig out gets easier to resist.
You can also do fruit awesome substitute for junk food i think.
You can make fruit salads and smoothies. have fun with it be creative !!!
Veggies some of you no and some dont. some veggies are good others are not.
The Healthy veggies are grown above ground.
The less healthy choice is grown under ground.
Try to stick to your healthier choice always.
If your goal is to lose weight this is a awesome program.

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Some foods dont carry everything you need.

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I hope it works for everyone who sees this

My brother-in-law swore he would never drink diet soda. Then he HAD to switch because he became type 2 diabetic. He switched to diet and has used MFP to lose 110 pounds in the last year. TRY diet soda for a few weeks. You will get used to it. Diet Dr. Pepper and Coke Zero seem to me to be the ones that taste most like the sugared versions.

Also, if you go to Jimmy John's, get an unwich and hold the mayo. You save a TON of calories that way. Their "Thinny" chips are better than the regular ones, IMO, and even if you eat the whole bag, only 260 calories.

ETA: Just looked at your diary. 1000 calories is a very bad idea. Set your calorie goal to AT LEAST your BMR. Then make sure you NET that amount every day.

Then you can get the fish option when you drive through.

Let me tell you about the "fish" at Burger King.

Now it's been 20 years since I worked there, but when I did, fish was cooked in a two-step process. It can't be cooked on demand because it takes 6 minutes to cook it. That's too long to wait for an infrequently-ordered item.

So it is first cooked, or blanched, for 4 minutes, then put in a drip pan where it is kept on hold for, I think 2 hours max. After that they are supposed to be thrown out. When someone orders the fish, the on-hold fish is put back in the fryer grease for an additional 2 minutes to heat it up.

Problem is, the holding pan of pre-cooked fish sits on top of the fryer hood where it is forgotten about until someone orders some fish. Then, you don't want to get chewed out for throwing them away and cooking new ones from scratch while a customer is waiting, and it's going back in the hot grease anyway so...into the hot grease it goes.

So unless you want to eat a fish sandwich that's been sitting around for hours before being re-heated, I wouldn't order fast food fish if I were you.

I am the worst eater with no will power. I eat junk food quite a bit. Drive throughs at least 3 days a week. I try to eat healthy but can't find anything to satisfy the junk food cravings. And I can't give up pop (or switch to diet, yuck). Any suggestions you've tried that have worked? I know I can't expect to lose the weight with exercise alone....

Nothing changes if nothing changes. How do you expect to change your weight if you are not willing to change your habits???

ETA: 1000 cals is way too little to eat to SUCCESSFULLY LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF. Sure, you may drop some weight in the short term, but then your metabolism will tank, causing your weight loss to slow to nothing. Based on your stats (25yo female, 185lbs, about 5"4' - I'm guessing there), your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) at the sedentary level is 1972cals/day. To lose weight in a healthy, sustainable manner, eat at a 20% caloric deficit i.e. about 1500-1600cals/day.

Please see the following post for more explanation and tips for healthy and successful weight loss

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/952996-level-obstacles-lose-weight-target-fat-easy

I see this two ways

1. You don't WANT to give up the junk food. Where there is a will there is a way. If you really wanted to lose weight, you'd be able to give up the junk. Or at least gradually cut it out. Try drive through twice a week for 2 weeks. Then once a week for two weeks. Then once every other week. Try getting a small coke instead of large. But you apparently aren't doing this. So maybe you're just lazy and don't have what it takes to take charge of your life/health.

2. You have a legitimate eating disorder. Your eating habbits could be due to a mental illness. If it really seems IMPOSSIBLE to change your eating ways, you need to seek the help of a therapist who can work on cognitive behaviour therapy with you.

Which is it?

You'll never be able to abandon junk food or your sugar/sweet addiction if you try to dump it all in one go while trying to lose weight. We only have so much willpower.

It's about baby steps.

First two baby steps I would suggest:

1. Log all of your food you eat in a day. No one on here is going to negatively judge you. Once you do that, check out your daily breakdown, paying special attention to carbs, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol. Don't have to do it every day at first. Just do it for one day that you feel is particularly "normal".

2. Replace one bad food a week with a healthy alternative. Pop tarts, which are loaded with all sorts of sugars and preservatives and sweeteners could be replaced with a banana and an English muffin with organic peanut butter. Fast food fried chicken sandwich? Have it grilled and drop the mayo.

3. Biggest small step you can possibly ever take ever ever ever: Don't drink your calories. You like a tall iced coffee with cream and sugar? Start off by switching to skim milk and half the amount of sugar. Iced green tea with lemon is delicious. Water is always good for you.

That's where I would start if I had a sugar or sweets addiction.

Edit:

And when you're finally where you want to be by taking one new baby step a week, treat yourself to a cheat meal. This isn't the Biggest Loser ranch. You're not going to, I don't know, be cattle prodded for slipping. Allowing yourself a once a week cheat meal is a good way to kick up your spirits and add a little bit of fuel to the will power fire. Just don't go overboard and eat a 5000 calorie cheat meal :-)