To all those no junk fooders

I have stopped eating many foods, and not just for the purpose of weight loss.

If you want to lose your appetite for a certain food, learn more and more about where it really comes from and what it really is until it is gross to you.

The most junk food I'll eat on average is one desert(small peice of cake, a cookie, half a muffin, etc)
How i did it? I ate healthy, all healthy one day, and realize just how much i felt like **** when all i ate was junk food.

I have stopped eating many foods, and not just for the purpose of weight loss.

If you want to lose your appetite for a certain food, learn more and more about where it really comes from and what it really is until it is gross to you.

Wow, that's really good advice. It's so simple and direct. I honestly never even thought about that. I going to start doing just that, because I am a sugar junkie. Thanks!

I have the MFP app on my android and I open it and carry it with me to the vending machine. . .

Also I eventually realized the difference between eating a snickers and my blood sugar crashing and making me hungry again, and eating something healthy that made me feel full for a long time.

I still crave junk and eat it on occasion, but I try to keep other things close by (like on my desk at work/home) so I don't even have an excuse to get up/ go to the store and be tempted.

I allow myself a little treat everyday, but I enter it in my fitness pal before I eat it. Then I can decide if it is worth either the extra exercise or depriving myself dinner time. Or sometimes I say, okay, but a smaller portion so I can fit it into my calorie goal. I did a lot of mindless eating before I stared on MFP.

:happy: When I have a craving, I eat what I am craving and only eat 1/2 of it!! I don't ever feel like I'm dieting because I eat what I want in small portions! I need to learn to do that with alcoholic drinks :drinker: :laugh: Good luck!

for some reason, i have NEVER liked cookies, chips, or most other junk foods. my weakness is actually tacos and i agree that learning about how awful those junk foods are is a great way to stay away from them. good luck

I say educate yourself, thats what I did. When I started to look at the ingredients and realized what junk they are, I didnt want to put that in my body. If the ingredients look like a science experiment, its probably not a good idea to eat it. Also , by eating healthier foods, and eating more often, 3 meals and 2 snacks, I found I didnt crave that stuff anymore. I try not to go over 3-4 hours without eating my snack or a main meal. I made exercise as important as brushing my teeth. do it everyday. Realize you are worth it , and get it done!

i haven't totally cut out junk
but if you plan to, i think it's best to slowly wean yourself off it.
it's ok to indulge once in awhile -- just my 2 cents.

I find if i cut everything out, i binge majorly!! But if i want some icecream, measure it out the serving size & eat according during the day so that u dont go over & evercise the day u cheat. SEE, i know this but im having trouble the last couple weeks to take my own advise! :ohwell:

i cut cokes out almost completley, dont even have to have 1 anymore! :0) Had 2 on the day of my sons party, but thats the only time ive had them in months.

I've done it both ways...white knucking it (went the whole month of January with no sugar, no alcohol and nothing "white (flour, potatos, rice, etc) just ot detox from the holiday season. And I've done the eat whatever I want but make it fit into my calorie count for the day (there has been several evenings when I worked out late at night to have a snack!).

I have to say the second way is easier on my psyche. The minute I can't have anything, I want it. If I say I'm not going to have sugar for a month, I start craving it NOW. However, if I say I can have sugar, but only 1 serving or I can only have 1 drink with alcohol, it feels less stressful to me. I just need to plan for it or all my hard work goes out the window.

I also think the idea of understanding what the junk food is that you are eating is a good idea. I read Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules, and it really helped put alot of my cravings in perspective. And it pissed me off that I ate all the "fake food" in the 80s just to be thin and I did more damage to myself and created more cravings, than if I had eaten the REAL food, junk food or not!

Eat real, eat healthy and eat for energy vs. cravings and it will get easier as time goes on, I promise you!

Good luck!

PS - Keep the junk food out of the house so that when you have these debates in your head, at least you have to go out and get the crap you are craving vs. having it readily available :>)

I personally just don't have the cravings anymore and every once in a while when i think i want a candy bar or something i just think to myself "is it really worth eating when it will mess up what i am trying to achieve?" in the back of my mind i have a picture of the body i want and having that keeps me on track

For me it is all about vanilla ice cream! I have ONE tablespoon a day (at night before I brush my teeth and go to bed) so I never feel like I am deprived of it/"can't" have it. Other than that I just don't buy the crap anymore. I go to farmer's markets to get produce, eggs, etc, and then the grocery store for anything else but stick to the OUTside of the store and don't go down the isles!

My two strategies are to just not have in the house, and also before I eat anything I think about how I will feel about logging it here... if I will be ashamed to see it in my diary then I don't eat it... Also it helps to think about my goal. a cookie is not worth it

Self control.

Practice it.

Use it.