is this crazy?

just remember that those foods can actually KILL you over time.

Do you have a healthy snack you REALLY enjoy? Maybe you could try keeping such a thing in the car with you while you're out and about. Eat a good breakfast before you head out, take your snacks with you and just do your best. Maybe you should give yourself ONE day a week where you are allowed to stop at which ever fast food place is calling to you!

(PS...its easy for me to say because I prefer diet soda, but if you could bring yourself to switch to DIET Dr Pepper you would save yourself HUNDREDS of calories each day. Of course water is better...but I have to have my Diet Coke every day so I cant talk!) ;o)

Good Luck!!!!

I feel you on this one. I actually was doing the same thing with Baja Fresh and Taco Bell earlier cause I REALLY wanted mexican food. I opened this mobile app and looked up the calories on the item I was wanting to get and realized I could do without using 1330 calories on a chicken quesadilla.... It has been tough but saying no once will start getting you in the mindset to just stop looking at Fast Food as good/what you want. Also, if you can cut out soda do it as soon as possible. I did 2 years ago and the cravings for it are gone and it just tastes bad once you go without it! Good Luck AJ

LOL "lose" some McDonald's fries in the floor of your car and watch them... THEY DON'T ROT !!! That amazed me. Imagine how that affects our insides... all those preservatives. I'm bad about eating fast food, too. But I have cut back a lot. I try to remember those fries haha. Best Wishes!

I have a great love for Dr Pepper and Taco Bell. Eating out at fast food places was like my hobby. List or no list, the only way you will succeed on this site is if you can discipline yourself. I started at the very end of October 2010 and lost 21 lbs by the New Year. I still eat out on occasion, but I am very honest about logging my calories. I have almost given soda up completely, but if I have eaten well one day and I want a Taco Bell Pepsi, I get one. As long as you are aware of how many calories you have left for the day or are willing to exercise those excess calories off, you're good.
Honestly, I am not currently exercising. I eat 1200 calories a day and sometimes I go up to 200 over, but I do watch what I eat. When I grocery shop I now look at calories and sugar/sodium content. It all helps because if you choose foods that are lower in calories and have less sodium and sugar then you will be able to eat more during the day. Also, I buy 100 or 90 cal snacks and keep them for when I am hungry between meals.
My suggestion for you is keep some of those 100 cal snacks (which are really good) in your car so when you pass by those yummy fast food places you can reach for a snack instead to tide you over and away from the urge to stop or drive-thru. I promise you that if you make the choice to stay clear of those places (except for a treat yourself day here and there), you WILL see results within 2 months. I did without even trying too hard.
You have to want this bad enough to sacrifice. I LOVE food and it is my happiness, but I also would like to feel attractive and good about myself. Soooo... it is a choice. I hope that my little message makes sense and helps you. I was really surprised how well MFP works for you if you work for it. Honesty really is important when logging calories, otherwise results won't ever come. One more note, you may lose inches before you'll notice the scale dropping. It is normal! Good luck on your weight loss journey.

Kappyblu~~~ Very nice post:-)

I find after not eating junk food for a few months the cravings completely disappear, just like with cigarettes and alcohol

Take healthy snacks in the car & simply kick this out of your mind. Everyone without any exceptions have these cravings, if you wanna loose weight you have to be committed; this is not a one day journey its a life long journey.

Also, I posted this on another thread but honestly log it before you buy it just seeing the amount of calories some things have.... like the chicken quesadillas mentioned before can be enough to make you not want it. If not, look at this way .... think of the exercise you hate the most and think of how long or how many times you would have to do it to earn those calories to eat it.... is it really worth it????

Are you eating breakfast with your kids in the morning at home? If not, try that. Sitting down with the kids teaching them about a healthy breakfast is great already. And one thing I do (not necessarily with breakfast but with other meals or chores around the house I did not like/hated to do in the past): You are moving around preparing the meal. Check under "Cooking Food Preparation". Those are not a lot of calories you are burning but a few. So that is then the double-whammy: Eating healthy And burning calories ;-) You don't do that in a drive-thru

If it really is that big of a temptation that you can't ignore, I found what was easy for me is to make a deal with myself. First, no drive thru. If you reallllly want that Taco Bell, you can have it, but only if you park, go inside, order, sit down, and eat it inside the restaurant. This has persuaded me so many times I can't count. If I'm going to go through all that hassle and have to deal with all those calories, it'd be easier and faster just to go on home and eat. Try that out!

Have a look in your library or bookshop for "Fast Food Nation". This book put me right off fast food - learning about how they manipulate us into wanting their food, and manipulate food producers and suppliers into producing exactly what they need at ridiculously low prices made me mad as hell and determined not to go in there!