craving fast food.

Check out the Cracker Barrel menu before you go and find something that fits your goals - don't forget to account for the cake!

My husband's birthday is this weekend, so I do understand. We will be having fondue and cheesecake. But we, are also planning to rent kayaks and possibly go for a bike a ride.

Well just eat what you crave but measured portions. Fried Chicken, just eat the breast or whatever and tear off the skin. Cracker Barrel cake, scrape off the frosting ( rich frosting is greasy and not appetizing to me anyways) . And get your body walking and burn some extra calories. All in all, get over the falls and pick up and continue the journey.

:flowerforyou: you need to eat plenty of high protein and low fat foods! stop the fast food eating! that stuff will kill you! cracker barrel is not a healthy eating place but plan in advance by leaving off the high carb foods! eat egg omelet with fresh veggies! it sounds to me you don't have your heart into healthy eating like you should! do the research, before you put things in your mouth that is not good for you! we all have to make our mind up on what our priorities are, healthy living or overweight eating junk foodie! the choice is yours to live or die at an early death!

I look at my calorie goals by the week rather than by the day because its not feasible for me to eat exactly 1700 calories every day, sometimes I'm over, sometimes I'm under but over the course of the week it balances out. This helps because I tend to eat out on Friday & Sunday pretty much every single week, and I enjoy these meals out and am not willing to give them up or be stuck with just a salad and a glass of water (which is ok sometimes but sometimes I want those onion rings!!)

Remind yourself "I didn't gain this weight in a day, I'm not going to lose it in a day, and one bad day isn't going to ruin my chances of being happy and healthy and fit"
So: don't eat 3 pieces of cake but dont feel bad about enjoying every bite of the piece you do eat! Plan to eat a little lighter the rest of the day and/or throughout the rest of the week to make up for the bad.


Also with fast food: I highly recommend becoming a snob! Think of the place that has the best french fries around. For me its five guys, tell yourself those are the only fries worth eating and make it a point to not waste your time on inferior fries (or burgers or cupcakes or whatever your vice is). I wont say that I never go to burger king anymore (there is one literally a 90 second walk from my home... sometimes it happens) but since I started cultivating the snob in myself I have found that I really dont like BK as much as I used to, and it really isn't worth it and that gives me the ability to say no more often than not.

IIFYM.com

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Interesting BK double cheese burger is about the only fast food I crave at times. I love the char broiled flavor! It gets easier the longer you stay away but something you remember and love is good to keep yourself from being deprived as long as you work it in. Seems when I have to stop and eat fast food it doesn't come close to being as good as I remembered. At least for me that is. Celebrate the Birthday and don't beat yourself up. Tomorrow is another day. One day at a time.

Why not split an order with someone or do what I do: burn to earn. Eat light that day or spend some extra time at the gym (elliptical is great for eating away calories).

Just keep in mind that although you are going to celebrate your mom, ultimately you are what you eat. Why would you want to be junk? Next time try finding a restaurant that has a healthier menu and encourage your family to go there instead. Face it, fast food goes against your goal of eating healthy but it also does a disservice to the people you are going with. If you love them, encourage them to get healthy too! And if they supported you they would agree.

I love going to Chenoys, it's a restaurant near my gym that is open 24/7. But I always go with my sister or my friend Jay, so when we get there we order something like the rib'n'steak or the shrimp'n'chicken. I'll have the shrimp, they'll have the chicken and we split the sides. Baked potato rather than fries (plain with the sour cream/butter/etc on the side), steamed veggies, and salad (dressing on the side, cause face it, restaurants always put too much on) And it cuts the calorie content in half.