how often do you eat junk food?

I also don't like labeling foods "junk" "clean" "good" "bad". I eat all foods in moderation. That includes wine and something sweet pretty much every day. Fast food or pizza maybe once a week. Nicer restaurant meals or bakery treats every couple of weeks.

I lost the weight I set out to lose and am currently maintaining.

In my world, nothing is junk food. It's all food. Nothing off limits. I want it, I eat a bit. Been maintaining for a long time so I guess it's working.

it depends what you call junk food? if its chocolate/ crisps, then yes, every day I enjoy a little as long as it keeps me within my calories.

I agree there's no such thing as 'junk food'. Some food is calorie dense with limited nutritional value. But it can taste great! I have some most days. I often have a 1/4 cup of ice cream around 9. I really like coconut covered cashews and have 1/3 of an ounce when I get home from work. I'll drink a glass of wine or have cheese and crackers. I'll split a McDonalds hot fudge sundae with my husband. One of those thing happens most days.

I always indulge in a treat - cake or cookie or milk shake or pie - when I'm with a group who is eating or when I'm out and celebrating and just feel like it. But I can't eat much of it any more. So half a piece of pie is plenty - and I'm even having trouble drinking half of a small shake now. It tastes great, but it's really rich and I only eat around 1/4 of it.

Now that i think about it, it seems as if with any big weekly indulgence like that what I really want is around 200-300 really tasty calories. After that my stomach (not my head) tells me it's too much. So I try to listen.

My little indulgences go around 75 calories.

i fit things like burgers and pizza into my calorie goals every couple of months. but i make room for smaller treats almost everyday. i make sure it is something i can stay on portion with. i cut things into portions. keep them in the freezer. every couple of weeks, i buy those little squares of cake from the supermarket and cut them into four, so i can have them all week. i have three slices in the freezer right now i make little rules about some treats to keep myself from over doing. for example, one of my fitness pals mentioned nutella brownies. i had never had nutella before, but the stuff sounded delicious. it fit into my calories, so i gave it a try. i immediately wanted to binge on the stuff. so i made some rules for it. i keep it in the back of the fridge. i can only eat it when it is soft. i can never eat it straight from the jar. and i only have one spoon. the back of the fridge and freezer are a good place for my daily treat items. since it is a bit of work to get to them, i don't consume them mindlessly. that is what i think is the problem with what you call "junk food". not consumption, but mindless consumption that can turn into binging. when i plan it i can usually make any food i want fit into my goals.

areallycoolstory wrote: »

that is what i think is the problem with what you call "junk food". not consumption, but mindless consumption that can turn into binging. when i plan it i can usually make any food i want fit into my goals.

This is a great point too.

Daily. Chocolate, chips, McDonald's, whatever. I just budget for it.

Once a month I go pretty crazy. I have a little "something" almost every day. Usually a handful of chocolate chips

I had ice cream last night and woke up to a 1.6 pound loss. I'll take it!

I don't use the term "junk food". In the last few weeks I've been eating things like Girl Scout cookies, ice cream, chocolate, etc. every day. I just check it fits my calories. I'm eating at a deficit too. (Just realized this is in the Maintaining Weight forum.)

Next up are Cadbury creme eggs. (Which are some of the most divisive candies ever! People love 'em or hate 'em.) I have every intention of eating at least one a day through the end of April. Delicious.

I have been off refined sugar for over 60 days now... just dropped 19 pounds and 15 inches.
I plan on consuming a cheat meal once a week

I eat things like candy bars, pizza, frozen pre prepared dinners, etc, when I am invited to, as in, someone's house, or I am given things, like a cake, pie or a package of something as a gift, or invited out to a restaurant where diffrent things are served along with what other people ar eating at the occassion. Otherwise I really don't appreciate the flavour and so I prepare and eat fresh fruit, veg, cooked meats and fish, rice and pasta and bake my own breads. I do purchase cheeses, yogurt when I have to, but in some seasons we make our own cheeses and yogurt.

Never really it's not worth the chemicals and gmos going into my body.