Do you eat junk food you crave?

not possible to cut it all and be happy, imho.

splurge every once in a while, find a way to be thoughtful about when and how you splurge, but learn to love/crave better things.

(sounds simple... but it isn't... I can say it, but I dont really live it... I eat LOTS of junk still!)

I've found alternatives to all of the crap I used to eat. I could eat a whole box of snack cakes in one day plus loads of other food. Since it's all about calories, find "healthier" things with lower calories you can sub. That way you can still enjoy treats but won't have to sacrifice so many calories.

I do still eat "junk" food, I just eat it less often, and sometimes in smaller quantities.

Your best bet is do what you can to remove emotion from food. Eating is not morality. You should not feel guilty about food unless you stole it . Someone isn't a better person than you because they eat certain foods. Food is just fuel, that we are lucky enough to be able to enjoy too!

I eat junk food all the time

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I know that if I cut out everything I enjoy that I will fail. Sometimes just having one bite satisfies that craving, then I just record it with the rest of my food.

I'm realistic with myself and know that totally cutting out "bad" food just wouldn't work. So usually once a week I'll leave a meal blank and fill that with a burger from McD's or whatever. Not a whole large combo or anything silly but I leave 4-500 calories open to enjoy something small. Every few weeks I might have a "cheat day" where my day consists of foods like that just to knock out cravings. Usually up my calories to maintenance and hit the gym hard that day so I'm still in a deficit. There's plenty of ways to go about enjoying your food, even the bad stuff if you do it in moderation

My first month I cut out most junk food, but I missed it and it does make your social life more difficult. Now I eat all the yummy things, just not all of them in one day.

kayleexbabeex wrote: »

Just wondered do you eat junk food such as chocolate crisps burgers, chips cakes, etc in your diet or do you completely cut it out? I started this week and have ate clean all week cutting out all of the above but now I'm starting to wonder how long I can keep it up competley cutting it all out but yet I feel so guilty to indulge in any of these treats x

First-I don't label foods. That's a slippery slope that leads to a distorted and unhealthy relationship with food.

Secondly-I eat all the foods I like, I've just learned how to fit them into my calorie goals. I focus on a varied diet and eat all sorts of things, including chocolate, chips and burgers. I'm now several years into successful maintenance and I'm in excellent health. I have a healthy relationship with food and I've learned how to do this whole thing in a way that's realistic ans sustainable for me, for the long term (40+ years)

Yeah I make room for them.

I think the one thing I miss the most, that I only allow myself to have maybe once or twice a year now, is little chocolate or cinnamon sugar doughnuts. One little package of those suckers can easily top 400+ calories. The other thing I used to love was those hostess apple pies, another easy 4-600 calories. Hell I used to eat the doughnuts along with my coffee after eating breakfast, which was usually waffles/eggs/pork sausage. That usually meant up to 1200-1500 calories before I left the house for the day. I miss it, but honestly I do just fine now. Now I tend to eat a bowl of bran cereal with almond milk (great start on fiber for the day) with a protein shake, then mid-morning I have a homemade sausage egg and cheese mcmuffin that comes in around 410 calories. The muffin is my blast from the past so to speak but I use turkey sausage, low cal muffins (usually multigrain) and it satisfies me. But I think about those little chocolate doughnuts a lot. haha. I usually have them on Christmas morning now because that day is usually screwed anyway.

I haven't cut anything out. Except alcohol. The drunk munchies were killing my calorie deficit, even if I planned the alcohol and logged it.

That being said, I don't waste my "delicious points" (calories) on sub-par treats. If I'm going to have a cheeseburger, it's not going to be from McDonald's. No supermarket bakery items - if I'm going to have a cookie, it's going to be delicious, not mediocre. Quality chocolate, not that waxy, nasty stuff. Etc, etc.

I figured that the key is to eat what you want, but less. Also if you just live an overall healthy lifestyle you probably will crave better things. This weekend I have 2 birthday parties. I am going to go and eat what they serve, but I will keep in my how much I am eating. Plus I plan on doing a longer workout that day as well.