You're about to buy a doughnut .......................

KrazyKenny1967
KrazyKenny1967 Posts: 54
in Health and Weight Loss
You're about to buy a doughnut, do you have a mental strategy to shut down your craving ? What do you think of or visualize?
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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    How many calories I've allotted and if I want two of them.
  • 1stplace4health
    1stplace4health Posts: 523 Member
    is this within my calorie range for today?
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I think, "Do I want cake, jelly-filled or an eclair?"
  • cookmtn
    cookmtn Posts: 156 Member
    I'd rather have a glass of wine with my calories.
  • KrazyKenny1967
    KrazyKenny1967 Posts: 54
    good strategies, my only thought is to avoid it completely, I guess thats why I have guilt after I do buy it !!
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    How many calories I've allotted and if I want two of them.

    Marry me.
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    edited October 2014
    KrazyKenny1967 wrote: »
    You're about to buy a doughnut, do you have a mental strategy to shut down your craving ? What do you think of or visualize?

    I just visualize my fat, ugly body at 270+ pounds, and that stops all cravings immediately.
    I never want to go back to being that guy.
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  • cookmtn
    cookmtn Posts: 156 Member
    Don't eliminate anything completely! If it's something you really want, save some calories and go for it every once in awhile!
  • AmigaMaria001
    AmigaMaria001 Posts: 489 Member
    I count calories by how much exercise it would take to work it off...
    1 maple bar = 1 hard hour of zumba!
    Not worth it.
  • shai74
    shai74 Posts: 512 Member
    I think about how eating all that sugar is going to make me feel after 5 months of 20g carbs a day. So not worth it. Headache, bloating, generally nasty. NO THANKS.
  • DaughterOfTheMostHighKing
    DaughterOfTheMostHighKing Posts: 1,436 Member
    and decide to get 2 because if you buy one for one child you have to get one for the other… lol! donuts are not my thing. :)
  • sweetgamerchick4life
    sweetgamerchick4life Posts: 8 Member
    I think can I fit into my calories and can I stop after one
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    KrazyKenny1967 wrote: »
    You're about to buy a doughnut, do you have a mental strategy to shut down your craving ? What do you think of or visualize?

    I think of where I should eat the donut, because if i'm about to buy one, I know it fits in my calories for the day.
  • shardown
    shardown Posts: 258 Member
    Get one and share it with my husband if it fits our macros/calories cos you know I ain't gonna JUST have a doughnut.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

    And who the hell would argue with this......

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  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
    I'd be wondering why the heck I wanted to buy a doughnut when there are other foods I'd rather have. But say we're talking a chocolate bar instead, I'm probably mentally adjusting my calories and macros so I can buy my chocolate and eat it too.
  • hortensehildegarde
    hortensehildegarde Posts: 592 Member
    I visualize... the doughnut. And then wonder why I would get a doughnut because I don't even like doughnuts. Then might I pull out my car-snacks and eat some of those.

    Never leave the house without car-snacks. I eat random things I don't even want or really like when I am out and about and get unexpectedly hungry or craving something.

    If I'm not actually hungry and just craving a treat I get a fountain diet coke, preferably from McDonalds. Mmmmmm fountain diet coke. Or Sonic! They've got slightly less good fountain diet coke but highly superior ice.
  • cookmtn
    cookmtn Posts: 156 Member
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

    And who the hell would argue with this......

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    Does anyone else think the cream filling is a little skimpy!!
  • shai74
    shai74 Posts: 512 Member
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

    And who the hell would argue with this......

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    Each to their own I supposed. That picture makes me want to gag. I can't look at food without thinking about what's in it, and there's nothing good in that. Not to mention the sick, headachy feeling I know I'd get from too much sugar.

    This on the other hand ...

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  • Malforma
    Malforma Posts: 2
    I stand there and imagine the doughnut, I imagine the exact texture, the feel of the oil, the chewiness of the cake, the tingle of the sugar, and keep imagining it. After I've had a good meditation on the exact properties of the doughnut I'm usually satisfied with this. My imagination is USUALLY strong enough to set off those pleasure-centers in the brain and I feel like I've had the real thing.
  • johnnylakis
    johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
    no donuts unless its krispy kreme. lucky for me i am in NY
  • v_woolf
    v_woolf Posts: 33 Member
    I try to think about how I would feel after I ate the doughnut. I think about how my stomach would feel and how I would feel (would I feel guilty? would it help fulfill a craving I've been having recently?).

    This isn't a way to ensure that I won't have the doughnut. It's a way to make sure that if I get the doughnut, it's because I actually want it. Sometimes after going through this mental visualisation, I decide, yes, I really want that doughnut. Most of the time, I decide that I don't.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    shai74 wrote: »
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    I either make it fit, or I understand it's a treat. I so rarely have doughnuts anymore that having one and going a little over isn't going to be the end of my progress.

    And who the hell would argue with this......

    bite.jpg

    Each to their own I supposed. That picture makes me want to gag. I can't look at food without thinking about what's in it, and there's nothing good in that. Not to mention the sick, headachy feeling I know I'd get from too much sugar.

    This on the other hand ...

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    Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Bar.

    /thread
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    I usually see if I can fit it into my day or not (calories and macros). If I can't I'll wait for the next day to get it or get a couple of donut holes instead. Usually, the hardest part for me is deciding what kind I want.
  • RsBBBB
    RsBBBB Posts: 2
    If I'm going to splurge, I'll have a Milky Way.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    I think... This would go great with coffee in place of my normal breakfast. Love a good donut. I don't get good donuts often, just ****ty ones
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I would buy it and eat it, but only if I had got in some activity that day and it was an ex exceptionally good doughnut as I tend to prefer cake personally (but sadly, most slices of cake come to at least 500 calories, usually more like 600)
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I have to pass the Krispy Kreme table in the grocery store every time I walk to the checkout.

    My strategy is to not think about them. On occasion, I do stop and turn the box over and read the label. That's been enough.

    Like Nancy Reagan said, "Just say 'No'" :)
  • SteveMFP123
    SteveMFP123 Posts: 298 Member
    I'd think "Steve, what the hell are you doing? We both know you prefer Belgium Buns".
  • ThePhoenixIsRising
    ThePhoenixIsRising Posts: 781 Member
    When I want a donut it is usually when I have been low on my fat macro, so I eat it to satisfy the need and move on with my day.

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