FAST FOOD addiction!!! HELP!!!!

silver__shadow
silver__shadow Posts: 11 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am having a problem with eating fast food. And its out of hand. For example I brought a lunch for work/school and I decided to go and buy lunch before work when clearly I brought a lunch. Anyone have some ideas on how to deal with this
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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Are you packing lunches of food you like? Or do you bring things you don't really like but think you should eat?
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    well lets see......
    NO MORE FAST FOOD FOR U!
    DO IT
    NOW!
  • mapenguinkeeper
    mapenguinkeeper Posts: 191
    Read Michael Pollan's book - the Omnivores Delimma - you will think about that fast food and what is actually contained in it in a WHOLE NEW WAY!!!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Make your own versions of fast food. You'll find it's better/healthier and more worth the calories. I frankly don't even get fast food anymore now, even when I get some for my kids.
  • taylan14
    taylan14 Posts: 34 Member
    Here is my advice - STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!!! Decide what you like so much in the fast food world - and make your own healthier version - take THIS for lunch! It will add up :)
  • taylan14
    taylan14 Posts: 34 Member
    Ha! We posted the same idea within a minute of each other. Great minds think alike.
  • silver__shadow
    silver__shadow Posts: 11 Member
    Are you packing lunches of food you like? Or do you bring things you don't really like but think you should eat?
    no I bring food I like. I have lots of fruit I like along with healthy stuff. Really healthy. But it seems right after class I'll do arens before work and get fast food instead of reaching in my back pack and pull out the banana I packed for the cheese string. It is really depressing.
    Or the people at work always ask if I want to get anything to eat and even though I brought stuff I'll still get something. It is a never ending battle.

    I want to lose the weight but I am making the wrong choices.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Stop doing it. There's no secret, you just stop it. If you can't stop it then you don't want this bad enough yet. When you do, it will happen.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Or, if you still decide to get fast food try to make a healthier choice, log it, and make it fit.
  • mmipanda
    mmipanda Posts: 351 Member
    don't take any money with you? Then you have to eat the stuff you brought instead of buying fast food.
  • nut_meggles
    nut_meggles Posts: 5
    Stop eating the fast food. Take a week off (tell yourself it is just a week!) and you will probably not crave it as much once you cut it out for a short time as long as you are replacing it with healthy fruits and vegetables.
  • mjhedgehog
    mjhedgehog Posts: 249 Member
    don't take any money with you? Then you have to eat the stuff you brought instead of buying fast food.

    ^this. the retail place i work at has a pizza hut cafe thing in it and at first I was getting pizza all the time. Now I dont bring any money with me so I cant and have to eat the food I brought.
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    Decide. Do. Commit. Take responsibility.

    No one can do it for you. It's not "hard".

    Or you could move to an Arctic community like mine where there are no restaurants.... but you would still be faced with convenience junk food in the store..... so decide and DO.
  • Lili0817
    Lili0817 Posts: 109 Member
    If you're trying to lose weight or get fit... eating Fast Food is not going to get you anywhere. I guess you just don't want it bad enough to stop eating junk.... when you're ready, you'll stop. Good luck.
  • lcransaw
    lcransaw Posts: 95
    Stop keeping extra money on you. Can't buy fast food with no money!
  • Keiras_Mom
    Keiras_Mom Posts: 844 Member
    Or, if you still decide to get fast food try to make a healthier choice, log it, and make it fit.

    I eat fast food all the time. You can make it work for you by making better choices if you just can't give up the convenience or the camaraderie of going out with your friends/coworkers. You'll see a bunch of responses about how fast food is bad for you, and it's definitely not as good as whole fresh foods, but it CAN work.
  • midwestmixtape
    midwestmixtape Posts: 66 Member
    I had this problem.

    Think about the health issues and money that it is costing you.

    The hard part will be finding an extra 30 minutes to cook tomorrow's lunch the night before.

    I started cooking a BUNCH of broccoli and chicken for the next day. It is fast. Just boil or bake, with seasonings, olive oil if you bake.

    Calculate these calories and don't look back. It's 90% willpower to quit fast food.

    Good luck.
  • GingerLolita
    GingerLolita Posts: 738 Member
    It might help to bring a real meal rather than healthy snacks. If you took time to prepare something, especially if it'll go bad soon and be wasted, you may be more inclined to eat it.
  • jensil2
    jensil2 Posts: 1 Member
    If its truly a behaviour you find difficult to stop.... the first thing you have to do is not be hard on yourself... take the time to write down the goal you have for losing weight ( BE VERY DETAILED and ask for help from a nutrionist if you want to get down to numbers that are healthy to lose) ...keep that goal with you everywhere you go ! ..... take each day one meal at a time.... take a few seconds before or near each meal to prepare yourself mentally by going over what you want to eat for that meal ( this can help avoid making snap decisions and if necessary take out your goals to review. ) ..... EACH time that you had a meal that wasn't fast food pat yourself on the back ( THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT EATING MEALS and TO GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE ! ) ....no matter what if you do end up having some for any reason take a moment to admit it to yourself honestly but then take your goal sheet out and look at it and tell yourself that its ok ! there is the next meal that you can try again. Goals can be achieved and goals can be failed, what life is about is when we fail how easily can we get back up and try again! If this is important to you, trust yourself that at first it will be difficult but it will get easier with practice !
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    have no money or debit/credit cards on you

    Doh' I see others who have already shared my brilliance
  • silver__shadow
    silver__shadow Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks everyone for the confidence to do this.
    I just went to the dollar store and bought a day planner where I'll give a sticker for every day I do not eat fast food (unless it is for a date with friends and at that point I'll eat off the healthy menu). And if I make healthy choices for the whole month I will allow myself a new outfit... Within reason.
  • silver__shadow
    silver__shadow Posts: 11 Member
    If its truly a behaviour you find difficult to stop.... the first thing you have to do is not be hard on yourself... take the time to write down the goal you have for losing weight ( BE VERY DETAILED and ask for help from a nutrionist if you want to get down to numbers that are healthy to lose) ...keep that goal with you everywhere you go ! ..... take each day one meal at a time.... take a few seconds before or near each meal to prepare yourself mentally by going over what you want to eat for that meal ( this can help avoid making snap decisions and if necessary take out your goals to review. ) ..... EACH time that you had a meal that wasn't fast food pat yourself on the back ( THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT EATING MEALS and TO GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE ! ) ....no matter what if you do end up having some for any reason take a moment to admit it to yourself honestly but then take your goal sheet out and look at it and tell yourself that its ok ! there is the next meal that you can try again. Goals can be achieved and goals can be failed, what life is about is when we fail how easily can we get back up and try again! If this is important to you, trust yourself that at first it will be difficult but it will get easier with practice !
    I really like this post. It is full of good ideas and not the obviouse one about stop doing it. We are all human and make mistakes and you really showed that. Thank you
  • Brandolin11
    Brandolin11 Posts: 492 Member
    Or, if you still decide to get fast food try to make a healthier choice, log it, and make it fit.

    I eat fast food all the time. You can make it work for you by making better choices if you just can't give up the convenience or the camaraderie of going out with your friends/coworkers. You'll see a bunch of responses about how fast food is bad for you, and it's definitely not as good as whole fresh foods, but it CAN work.

    This might work for some, but be careful...if you're nursing an obsession/addiction w/salt and fat I wouldn't play with it. For people who have food obsessions/addictions - there is no "just eat a little and log it".

    The best advice here (which is the hardest to swallow, no pun intended) - is DECIDE and DO. You are not powerless. Make the choice to love yourself. When you feel like getting fast food - don't. When you feel like driving there, don't. When you feel like eating it again, don't. When you think about it, don't. If you feel like cheating and just having a little, don't. Are you getting the picture? ;)

    RUN from it as far as your legs can carry you. It does NOT control you. YOU control your life and your destiny.
  • glitzy196
    glitzy196 Posts: 190 Member
    I end up having fast food twice or so a week...I probably always will to some extent--However I know that, i have looked over all the menu options and no what i can have ahead of time (meaning what will fit in to my day)

    for instance :burger king--my child loves to play at their play ground..and I am too much of a fatty to not eat so I get a hamburger and a small satisfry--it is 550 calories, so it counts as my lunch and before lunh snack. no biggie

    I am also on the go a lot--so I hit taco bell once a week i get a buffalo griller--it is AMAZING and only 350 calories.
  • Keiras_Mom
    Keiras_Mom Posts: 844 Member
    Or, if you still decide to get fast food try to make a healthier choice, log it, and make it fit.

    I eat fast food all the time. You can make it work for you by making better choices if you just can't give up the convenience or the camaraderie of going out with your friends/coworkers. You'll see a bunch of responses about how fast food is bad for you, and it's definitely not as good as whole fresh foods, but it CAN work.

    This might work for some, but be careful...if you're nursing an obsession/addiction w/salt and fat I wouldn't play with it. For people who have food obsessions/addictions - there is no "just eat a little and log it".

    The best advice here (which is the hardest to swallow, no pun intended) - is DECIDE and DO. You are not powerless. Make the choice to love yourself. When you feel like getting fast food - don't. When you feel like driving there, don't. When you feel like eating it again, don't. When you think about it, don't. If you feel like cheating and just having a little, don't. Are you getting the picture? ;)

    RUN from it as far as your legs can carry you. It does NOT control you. YOU control your life and your destiny.

    While I agree with this to a point, I also have to point out that this advice is just simply not going to work for a lot of people. If someone's going to make a lifestyle change, it needs to work WITH their lifestyle. Yes, obviously completely avoiding fast food is fine for some and definitely healthier, but if the person can't stick with it, isn't it better to learn to make better choices in everyday situations? I never would have lost my weight if I had been told to completely avoid the foods I enjoy forevermore.
  • donald149
    donald149 Posts: 211 Member
    Read the ingredients... that should end any addiction.
  • Quieau
    Quieau Posts: 428 Member
    I have two things for you ... read MSGTruth.org and Jon Gabriel's book, The Gabriel Method.

    Seriously. It's not your fault. You are addicted to chemicals they put in the food for the sheer purpose of making you addicted. Yes, it's your choice and yes, it's your responsibility to do what you're doing (seeking help, EXCELLENT MOVE) ... but NO, it's not your fault.

    In order to break the addiction, you have to get it out of your system. Then you won't crave it anymore. Many of us were addicted like you are and are no longer. Promise!

    YOU'VE GOT THIS! :drinker:
  • Brandolin11
    Brandolin11 Posts: 492 Member
    Or, if you still decide to get fast food try to make a healthier choice, log it, and make it fit.

    I eat fast food all the time. You can make it work for you by making better choices if you just can't give up the convenience or the camaraderie of going out with your friends/coworkers. You'll see a bunch of responses about how fast food is bad for you, and it's definitely not as good as whole fresh foods, but it CAN work.

    This might work for some, but be careful...if you're nursing an obsession/addiction w/salt and fat I wouldn't play with it. For people who have food obsessions/addictions - there is no "just eat a little and log it".

    The best advice here (which is the hardest to swallow, no pun intended) - is DECIDE and DO. You are not powerless. Make the choice to love yourself. When you feel like getting fast food - don't. When you feel like driving there, don't. When you feel like eating it again, don't. When you think about it, don't. If you feel like cheating and just having a little, don't. Are you getting the picture? ;)

    RUN from it as far as your legs can carry you. It does NOT control you. YOU control your life and your destiny.
    In reading your recent posts, every self control or dietary problem seems to look like an addiction/ obsession problem to you. I'd suggest you get therapy.

    Op looks like a troll post to me.

    Wow, some people on here are incredibly strange/rude on these boards! SMH I've been here just one day and have already seen several folks like yourself attack people (suggesting therapy? That's a classic internet thread bash if I ever heard it) and frankly it's rather disgusting. Why are you so bitter? Why so snarky? What's underneath this? I'm not so sure *I'm* the one that needs the therapy here, to be honest!

    If you actually read (or better yet comprehended) my "recent posts" you'll note that I'm very careful to say SOME PEOPLE have eating addictions and obsessions and here's what to do if you feel you might have one. I am one of those people, thus I am interested in helping those with similar problems - IF they have it. Thus why I used words above like, and I quote, "SOME" and "IF". Please point out to me where I say ALL people have it EVERY time - it's easy - simply cut and paste proof of those words here and I'll address it, thanks.

    So yeah...can ya take the bitter snarkiness down a notch or two? Sheesh, dude.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    Are you packing lunches of food you like? Or do you bring things you don't really like but think you should eat?

    Excellent observation. I bring food to work that I really look forward to eating. Nothing I could buy can stand up to the deciousness of my home cooking. Today it was coconut chicken curry and sautéed asparagus. And angel food cake for dessert.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Or, if you still decide to get fast food try to make a healthier choice, log it, and make it fit.

    I eat fast food all the time. You can make it work for you by making better choices if you just can't give up the convenience or the camaraderie of going out with your friends/coworkers. You'll see a bunch of responses about how fast food is bad for you, and it's definitely not as good as whole fresh foods, but it CAN work.

    This might work for some, but be careful...if you're nursing an obsession/addiction w/salt and fat I wouldn't play with it. For people who have food obsessions/addictions - there is no "just eat a little and log it".

    The best advice here (which is the hardest to swallow, no pun intended) - is DECIDE and DO. You are not powerless. Make the choice to love yourself. When you feel like getting fast food - don't. When you feel like driving there, don't. When you feel like eating it again, don't. When you think about it, don't. If you feel like cheating and just having a little, don't. Are you getting the picture? ;)

    RUN from it as far as your legs can carry you. It does NOT control you. YOU control your life and your destiny.
    In reading your recent posts, every self control or dietary problem seems to look like an addiction/ obsession problem to you. I'd suggest you get therapy.

    Op looks like a troll post to me.

    Agree on both counts.

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