You're about to buy a doughnut .......................
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KrazyKenny1967
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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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How many calories I've allotted and if I want two of them.0
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is this within my calorie range for today?0
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I think, "Do I want cake, jelly-filled or an eclair?"0
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I'd rather have a glass of wine with my calories.0
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good strategies, my only thought is to avoid it completely, I guess thats why I have guilt after I do buy it !!
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »How many calories I've allotted and if I want two of them.
Marry me.0 -
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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Don't eliminate anything completely! If it's something you really want, save some calories and go for it every once in awhile!0
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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.0 -
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.0
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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.0
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I think can I fit into my calories and can I stop after one0
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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.0 -
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.0
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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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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.0
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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.0 -
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......
Does anyone else think the cream filling is a little skimpy!!0 -
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......
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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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.0
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