How do you say NO to the bad foods!

MNgal43 · January 2014

Ugh. At times, I know a food is bad for me other times I can't wait to dive in. How do you find the willpower or wontpower to not eat these bad foods. My temptations are my son's Little Debbies (my hubs buys them for him and my son), snacky foods cheetoes, fritoes, doritoes. yuck. I have done gum before that works and takes my mind off the bad foods that are not good for me. Any other suggestions???
Thanks!

kballard66 · January 2014

I eat bad foods, I just log them into my daily food log and work out extra that day. I can't deprive myself or I self destruct. Remember, anything is okay in moderation. Hope this helps.

imjolly · January 2014

I say to myself: Is this worth it? Will I enjoy this once I log in the calories and realize I have to run another 30 minutes? : )

If it is something sweet then I usually eat fruit to satisfy the sweet urge. Another option before I grab that "bad" food is to drink a tall glass of water, that will usually fill me up and I have no room to eat the garbage.

Good Luck, you can resist and you will feel better for it.

seamonster1203 · January 2014

You can do this by retraining your taste buds. Also a book called the will power instinct available in apple store or amazon. I suggest getting your husband and son on board with this so your child does not have to deal with extra weight later in life.

I went from a junk food only diet to a super healthy all natural diet and absolutely love it! Now I can taste the chemicals in processed foods!

LokiOfAsgard · January 2014

I don't deny myself, until I get to the point where I can't stop. Then I stop getting them at all, until I re-learn to work them back into my diet.

AntWrig · January 2014

I start by not labeling foods as "good" or "bad".

moment_to_arise · January 2014

take the thought that there are "bad" foods out of your mind. there are no bad foods. if you label foods as bad and keep yourself from eating them, you will eventually give in and binge. eat what you want and keep within your calorie goals.

ambyrcat · January 2014

Mostly I keep them out of the house. I tend to mindlessly devour food like that, and if it's not there, then I can't. That said, I've also been trying to eat what I want so I don't feel deprived. Just log everything, eat lighter in other areas and get some more exercise in. Oh, and drink more water, because the 'junk' food always seems to have lots of sodium in it

scubasuenc · January 2014

There are no 'bad' foods. 'Bad' foods become the forbidden, and just like a small child there is something inside of us that wants what is forbidden. I really try not to label foods as 'bad' or 'good'.

If it is a calorie dense, low nutrition food and you have the calories for it in your plan and you really want it, then eat it. Try a small portion.

If you overindulge and go over your calorie goal, then plan some extra exercise for the rest of the week to offset the extra calories.

starrylioness · January 2014

I still enjoy those things from time to time but I log them and make sure I stay in calorie count. Also like mentioned it above, it does help to keep those things out of the house. I had to stop buying macaroni and cheese because that's one food I have zero self-control with. It's it's really a triggery food, try to keep it out of the house.

Synamin · January 2014

If you aren't hungry enough to eat an apple, you aren't hungry enough to eat. Get a big bag of apples and eat one every time you want a little debbie?

linka411 · January 2014

I'd say I agree with the above. Everything in moderation, and after a while of healthy eating, there's a good chance you're not going to even crave them anymore. That happened to me a few years ago when I was a bit more fit than I am now. Another thing you can do is just try not to buy them. If that's unavoidable, perhaps put them away somewhere where you can't see them. Out of sight, out of mind.

Or, as I discovered last night, make the snacks hard to get open XD. My husband bought a bag of chips and salty snacks are my weakness. I went to get them and have a few but he re-wrapped them really tight with a thick rubber band, and in a bunch of weird twists. After about 10-15 seconds of wrestling with the darn thing, my craving was over and I decided that it wasn't worth it to eat them and gave up.

mccindy72 · January 2014

What is a bad food? As long as you eat in moderation, there is room for all food in your eating. Count out a serving and eat that. Enjoy each bite. Log it. Make sure all other foods for the day fit into your daily goal. If you deny yourself food you could end up binging, or giving up because it's not sustainable to just not eat things you like for the long term.

nwingr · January 2014

Log them before eating them. Then ask yourself is it worth it? If yes, then measure out the quantity you logged, then ask yourself is it worth it again?

noelr56 · January 2014

Whenever I want to eat something that is unhealthy, especially if I don't have any calories, I'll do a few squats, lunges or pushups.. Then reassess how I feel, am I actually hungry, or do I just want it because it's there?

BlueBombers · January 2014

I don't! I just fit them into my day once in a while. Everything in moderation.

FindingMyPerfection · January 2014

Unless you are truly willing to never have these foods again don't label them bad. Label them food to be consumed in moderation.

mccindy72 · January 2014

there are chemicals in natural foods too.

Ainar · January 2014

Go and watch fat people videos, like the biggest loser or something, online and think about eating that food. Then after few min go watch sports motivation videos online instead. Do that and I bet you won't want to ate it anymore.

Or just closing eyes for a min and think about how bad you will feel if you ate that stuff. Then switch and think how good you will feel about yourself and how fit you will be if you don't ate it.

Videos or just imagination, whatever works for you. But the key is to focus on how bad doing it will make you feel for few minutes and then switch and focus on how good not doing it will make you feel. Puts your mind in right direction. You wanna ate your cake only because you focus on how tasty it is and not on how unhealthy it is. Switch your focus and want will go away on its own. And make sure you really feel it not just intellectually (yea, eating it will make me fat) but with your heart (omg, I wanna cry even thinking about how week I am and how much I wanna change).

This is what I used to do for me. After a while it becomes easy not to ate foods you don't want. Just first few months are the hardest. Kinda like recovering from drugs. ^^

randomtai · January 2014

Bad food smells rotten and usually is not that appetizing to eat in the first place.

rassha01 · January 2014

Have yet to have a food bite at my ankles but if it did I am sure it would be followed by swat on the behind and "No, bad food, now go lie down!" :drinker:

mccindy72 · January 2014

Depending on the size of the apple, there can be as many calories and as much sugar in the apple as there is in the Little Debbie. How is that a better option? Have the Little Debbie and just account for it in your daily log. If you just eat apples every time you have a craving, you'll eat a ton of apples and blow your calorie count.

sweetpea03b · January 2014

I try to keep a very minimum of these things in the house... that's #1. The only chips that come into my house are the snack bags so I can indulge but only let myself have 1 bag. But honestly.... looking at my "deadline" on the calendar of when I want to be at my goal weight... and then looking in the mirror... is enough motivation in itself.

If you're a "snacker" like me.... get yourself snacky foods that are super low cal. The other day at work I polished off an entire bag of baby carrots... but it was only 170 calories.

Overcomer68 · January 2014

I agree with this.

TwinMamma09 · January 2014

This!!!

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alechua · January 2014

get them out of your sight as soon as you can! LOL! well, thats what i do

ninerbuff · January 2014

Bad foods? They are just snacks with high calorie values. You can eat them, just don't eat ALL OF THEM at one sitting or a whole bag. It's not bad foods that's the issue, it's over eating them. Just learn to have a small portion of them and not finish off more than a serving.

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happysherri · January 2014

As others have said, I still eat some of the yummy stuff!

I just make sure that my "healthy" food tastes just as yummy! I try new recipes and now I have new favorites that I actually look forward to! My fave is chicken kabobs! Sooo yummy!

cwolfman13 · January 2014

I pretty much get my nutrition on and then I enjoy a little "junk food" now and then. If you've met your nutritional requirements, you don't get extra credit or anything.

That said, if these foods trigger binges and what not, I'd just step away from them for awhile. A lot of these issues with food are just habitual...it only takes a few weeks to break a habit.

navyrigger46 · January 2014

I'm a little fuzzy on what bad foods are. Help me out here, what makes a food good or bad, other than taste?

Rigger

shmulyeng · January 2014

I've done this in the past. Besides for forcing you to reconsider, I find that it also help keep to the amount you measured out.

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