I can't change my eating habits!!
Rajions
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Every week never fails. I go through the week thinking I'm going to start on Monday... Monday comes and I get through 1/2 of the day going strong and then the next minute I'm in a bag of chips, candy, etc. I know it takes a long time to develop a healthy eating schedule, but why can't my "being overweight" trump my eating habits. Maybe I need better motivation to not go back to my unhealthy eating?? I don't know.. any advice?
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At least you're consistent and never fail.
You gotta want this. Motivation is not always the answer.
Do you want it?10 -
Don't start on Monday, start today. Which I guess is Monday anyhow. And don't start big, start small. If you have trouble with a big change, maybe a small one will do. Good luck!14
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You have to decide what you want more/is more important to you: the short term gratification of the chips/candy or the long term accomplishment of reaching your goal?
You are the only one that can make that decision and take the steps to make it happen.6 -
Losing weight is hard. Being overweight is hard.
Choose your hard.
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Ironandwine69 wrote: »At least you're consistent and never fail.
You gotta want this. Motivation is not always the answer.
Do you want it?
Yes, I want it, but even then I go back.. I don't understand it. This has been going on for like 3 months now. I could've been at least 20 pounds lighter or something.. ugh.0 -
For now: Track it. Whenever it happens. All of it. Track how it influences your weight and measurements how you eat.
Then start to gradually change. Start planning the day beforehand instead of just tracking what you eat. Incorporate a portion of your favourite treat in your plan. If you want more, drink water. Drink so much it will fill you up.
Find new foods that satisfy you. It's a process, it is not going to change between Sunday and Monday at exactly 0:01 am.12 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »Losing weight is hard. Being overweight is hard.
Chose your hard.
That's deep lol2 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »Losing weight is hard. Being overweight is hard.
Choose your hard.
That's deep lol
Sometimes the simple truth is the most effective one.
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You're trying to do a diet you can't stick too. I eat chips and ice cream frequently. I just eat ONE SERVING, account for it in my daily calories. The rest of the time is food that I need to fulfill my macro/micro nutrient needs.
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Are you going for the chips and candy because you are hungry? If so, you may need to plan your meals to be more filling (more protein and fiber) or pack a healthy snack you can reach for when you get the munchies.3
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Look up the Stanford Marshmallow experiment and you'll go some way to understanding why...
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Do you by any chance eat chips and candy because you like it and because you have it available? What motivation does your self on Tuesday-Sunday have for being normal weight some time next year?
It will take forever if you don't get your things together. What can help, is not buying chips and candy, and planning meals that are in line with your goals, and not deeming foods you like, unhealthy, because that will only increase your desire for it.2 -
You're trying to do a diet you can't stick too. I eat chips and ice cream frequently. I just eat ONE SERVING, account for it in my daily calories. The rest of the time is food that I need to fulfill my macro/micro nutrient needs.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
When I start to eat my one serving, I eat an extra one and that how it starts going bad.2 -
Make the next choice. Then when the choice after that comes up, make that one. But.....only worry about the one right in front of you.
Start slow. If you want to lose 2 pounds/week, start at 0.5. Learn the process of making each choice before trying to do what you don't think you can handle.
If you have a bag of chips, log it. You might find, especially if you start off modestly, that you can fit a bag of chips into your goal. Once you reach a modest goal, if you feel like you want to cut those out in favor of something else or out completely, you'll have made some progress and know how to make a choice. Do what you can handle and practice doing that.
Just like anything else, sometimes it takes working your way into it. Just like running (not saying you need to run or exercise - only illustrating), you can't go out and run 10 miles after getting off the couch. You have to work your way up. You can do the same thing with your eating habits.
You can make individual choices with practice.5 -
Are you going for the chips and candy because you are hungry? If so, you may need to plan your meals to be more filling (more protein and fiber) or pack a healthy snack you can reach for when you get the munchies.
Sometimes I get a craving for something salty or sweet and that's how I end up going to the junk isle and eating the whole bag.0 -
So do you eat it out of the bag? Or do you measure it out on a scale, then CLOSE THE BAG and put it away? Eating out of the bag is the problem. You'll never stop. But it's UP TO YOU. If this is important to you, you'll do it. If not, you'll stay the same. That's how life works.You're trying to do a diet you can't stick too. I eat chips and ice cream frequently. I just eat ONE SERVING, account for it in my daily calories. The rest of the time is food that I need to fulfill my macro/micro nutrient needs.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
When I start to eat my one serving, I eat an extra one and that how it starts going bad.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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kommodevaran wrote: »Do you by any chance eat chips and candy because you like it and because you have it available? What motivation does your self on Tuesday-Sunday have for being normal weight some time next year?
It will take forever if you don't get your things together. What can help, is not buying chips and candy, and planning meals that are in line with your goals, and not deeming foods you like, unhealthy, because that will only increase your desire for it.
I work at a gas station so it's kind of hard to avoid it. We also get to eat the food we serve which isn't healthy at all. I basically live there so I think that's why I switch back to eating unhealthy. I can definitely see a difference when I'm not at work.2 -
kommodevaran wrote: »Do you by any chance eat chips and candy because you like it and because you have it available? What motivation does your self on Tuesday-Sunday have for being normal weight some time next year?
It will take forever if you don't get your things together. What can help, is not buying chips and candy, and planning meals that are in line with your goals, and not deeming foods you like, unhealthy, because that will only increase your desire for it.
I work at a gas station so it's kind of hard to avoid it. We also get to eat the food we serve which isn't healthy at all. I basically live there so I think that's why I switch back to eating unhealthy. I can definitely see a difference when I'm not at work.
Are they force feeding you? Could you just, Idk, say "no thanks"?4 -
Log it, log it.
Log all of it accurately. That's all4 -
Are you going for the chips and candy because you are hungry? If so, you may need to plan your meals to be more filling (more protein and fiber) or pack a healthy snack you can reach for when you get the munchies.
Sometimes I get a craving for something salty or sweet and that's how I end up going to the junk isle and eating the whole bag.
Then bring healthier choices from home to snack on.7 -
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Are you going for the chips and candy because you are hungry? If so, you may need to plan your meals to be more filling (more protein and fiber) or pack a healthy snack you can reach for when you get the munchies.
Sometimes I get a craving for something salty or sweet and that's how I end up going to the junk isle and eating the whole bag.
Get the small bag of chips and stop. You just have to learn to stop.6 -
I bring a little bit of everything to work incase I get a craving for example today:
Half of a caprese panini for breakfast (homemade)
Coffee
Lunch: Frozen meal (Amy's Kale & three cheese mac.) Normally I have left overs but didnt have any today so had to settle for this
Snack:
One cookie (homemade)
2 pretzel rods
1/2 serving of raw unsalted almonds
I have something sweet, something salty and something I can "snack" on (the almonds) throughout the day incase my breakfast or lunch are not filling enough.
ETA: I do all of this the night before and weigh everything so I know it will fit my day, if I bring something and I dont want to eat it, I simply leave it at work and copy the meal to the next day.4 -
Start with logging all of your food. And you're managing half a day? That's a good start. Try to extend that bit by bit or day by day. Take it one day at a time, don't wait for Monday to come around to start again. Start again now, whatever day now is.0
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Ironandwine69 wrote: »At least you're consistent and never fail.
You gotta want this. Motivation is not always the answer.
Do you want it?
Yes, I want it, but even then I go back.. I don't understand it. This has been going on for like 3 months now. I could've been at least 20 pounds lighter or something.. ugh.
I feel your pain. That was me about 3 months ago but I had to suck it up and make a change if I wanted to get the weight off. And so far have lost almost 30lbs in 2 months. And believe me when I first started it was hard and I was still eating a lot of processed foods those first few weeks but I made small changes.
You can start off small. Like still eat the chips but make it low cal baked chips or even kale chips instead, no sugar added candy, for chocolate candy bars...quest bars instead, for ice cream...halo top or enlightened ice cream, etc etc.
You don't have to change your whole entire eating plan right off, just try to find ways to make it healthier and to lower your cal content.0 -
Ok, I get it ... you are in an environment where you are surrounded by junk food and other unhealthy things. However, no one is making you eat them. Bring food with you to work and when you have a hankering for something crunchy/salty, eat what you bring. I remember in college, I worked in a country store/feed store and I was also surrounded by all that you are. However, I packed crunchy pickles (for crunch and salt) and pretzels (low fat and salty) and dipped them in plain yogurt that I jazzed up with ranch seasoning. I packed an apple for the sweet and dipped slices into peanut butter (measured out in advance and in a small container) ...
All the above was ... wait for it ... 20 years ago! I am 45 years old now and I adopted the same principles for weight loss a few years ago until I got a handle on my impulse control. While I work solo in an office now, there is a corner store only a 2 minute walk away AND my organization often has fundraisers so there is ALWAYS candy in my office. however, I am able to just say no! I bring my lunch to work every single day. However, I do make room each day for a treat like a scoop of ice cream or a brownie or something that is full fat (no since skimping on treats!). Sometimes I eat it and sometimes I don't.
I agree with the others. You have to want it bad enough and then when you do, you will go out of your way (like some of the easy ways I listed above) to make it happen.6 -
In the 3 months you have been playing I have lost 45 pounds. You are the only person who can put the chips down.13
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kommodevaran wrote: »Do you by any chance eat chips and candy because you like it and because you have it available? What motivation does your self on Tuesday-Sunday have for being normal weight some time next year?
It will take forever if you don't get your things together. What can help, is not buying chips and candy, and planning meals that are in line with your goals, and not deeming foods you like, unhealthy, because that will only increase your desire for it.
I work at a gas station so it's kind of hard to avoid it. We also get to eat the food we serve which isn't healthy at all. I basically live there so I think that's why I switch back to eating unhealthy. I can definitely see a difference when I'm not at work.
Bring your own snacks to work. If I can have a strawberry cake (and I love cake) and donuts in front of me at my job for days on end and avoid it by bringing in healthier options then you can too!
If you feel compelled to eat what you serve at work (which I can understand because my roommate often brings fast food in the house and it's taken me weeks to learn to curve it), you just might have to workout more and halfen how much of it you eat until you get the hang of meal prepping or picking up healthier options.0 -
Can you grab snacks from the shop without paying for them? If not then maybe also track all the money you spend. You can find a simple spreadsheet app for your phone I'm sure. Make a simple table with headers for food, transport, fun, snacks, others for example. Then see how much money you actually spend on snacks. That can be quite eye-opening.2
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okohjacinda wrote: »Ironandwine69 wrote: »At least you're consistent and never fail.
You gotta want this. Motivation is not always the answer.
Do you want it?
Yes, I want it, but even then I go back.. I don't understand it. This has been going on for like 3 months now. I could've been at least 20 pounds lighter or something.. ugh.
I feel your pain. That was me about 3 months ago but I had to suck it up and make a change if I wanted to get the weight off. And so far have lost almost 30lbs in 2 months. And believe me when I first started it was hard and I was still eating a lot of processed foods those first few weeks but I made small changes.
You can start off small. Like still eat the chips but make it low cal baked chips or even kale chips instead, no sugar added candy, for chocolate candy bars...quest bars instead, for ice cream...halo top or enlightened ice cream, etc etc.
You don't have to change your whole entire eating plan right off, just try to find ways to make it healthier and to lower your cal content.
I think my thing is also I try to set a high bar for exercising.. I think I'm doing too much at once.1
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