I'm addicted to junk food!!

Hello,

Try incorporating a healthy food with some of the "junk food" you eat. For example if you are eating a hamburger, eat a small salad with it and skip the fries. Each meal eat something healthy with the foods you love. Do this for awhile and then slowly try to eliminate some of the junk food and eat only the healthy foods. Atleast try this with one meal a day and slowly try to eliminate that junk food.
Just a thought.......

I know this sounds really immature for a 35 year old woman to be saying but I absolutely HATE healthy foods and cannot bring myself to eat them. I was raised on junk food and have always eaten junk food. I LOVE food and it is very much a comfort for me and I also have a HUGE appetite. Eating low cal, low fat stuff does not satisfy me at all and I still end up eating the junk food anyway. I never feel full. How do I get past this???

Oh and I don't know how to cook.....at all! I can burn water. My idea of cooking is nuking something in the microwave.

It's a chemical addiction. Try forcing yourself to eat even moderately health for a week. You may find you don't crave the junk as much.

I used to be the SAME way, and it is a process that you have to learn. Just take baby steps and dont stop! Drink water exercise and slowly add healthy for non healthy one item at a time.......now I am totally satisfied eating healthy!

One day at a time! Good luck!

Hey, it's the FORMER soda queen here! I was lugging down at least two- 2 liters a day of diet mountain dew, along with chips and other junk. I was addicted to the dew, but then one day, a voice in my head (probably God) said to me, clear as a bell, "give up the soda." So I did. It has been 3 months and I'm eating healthier and drinking only water. I sometimes get an urge to have a soda, but I figure that it is bad for me and why ruin a good thing? My skin is better, my weight is down, and my energy level, even higher than when I was guzzling all that sugar in the dew! My advice to you is: Get rid of the bad stuff, and bring home the good. You will be amazed how your body will adjust to the new food, it is just a matter of getting your brain to follow suit. You can do this. You want to. You've made the first hardest step by starting this program for yourself. You deserve better. Go for it!

I know this sounds really immature for a 35 year old woman to be saying but I absolutely HATE healthy foods and cannot bring myself to eat them. I was raised on junk food and have always eaten junk food. I LOVE food and it is very much a comfort for me and I also have a HUGE appetite. Eating low cal, low fat stuff does not satisfy me at all and I still end up eating the junk food anyway. I never feel full. How do I get past this???

Oh and I don't know how to cook.....at all! I can burn water. My idea of cooking is nuking something in the microwave.

Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps. Your body is going to crave junk food because lets face it tastes delicious...or so you think, until you start eating healthy, reach for that twinkie and realize it doesn't taste as "great" as you thought.

Also look at the example you are setting for your children. In no way am I trying to offend you but you are reaching out because you are unhappy w/yourself...think of how this affects your children, their self-image, and how what YOU do has an affect on their future. If you don't know how to cook I doubt they can either.

I think it is very sad that our society considers "hamburger helper" a home cooked meal or these poor overweight children w/heavy parents not even having a fighting chance because they are fed obesity in the form of boxed foods and drive-thrus.

First of all, don't try to reinvent your universe. Take this on one thing at a time.

Look at your favorite junk foods and ask yourself what you can't live without. Start looking at what you can substitute and what you can eliminate. Do it one thing at a time.

Look at how you're eating these foods also. Portion control is critical. We don't buy the big bags of chips because one of us will eat the whole thing in one sitting. Chips are sparse, but when we get them, we get the individual bags so at least it's portioned out for us.

Cheese stays. Cheese is my go to snack. I've eliminated quite a few things I used to much on and substituted out some with granola bars. Eventually my tastes started to change and I'm finding I don't like some of the foods I used to live for...

As for cooking, get a crock pot. Crock pot cooking is painless. You dump stuff in it, put it on low, and it's ready when you get home. There are tons of good crock pot recipes and you can even find some on this website. You might also look at lean cuisine and stuff like that. It's high on sodium, but they're still a better option than some other choices out there. Many folks on this website have had success by eliminating their fast food with a lean cuisine.

THANK YOU for not getting offended! KUDOS to you for trying to make a healthy lifestyle change!!! DON'T GIVE UP!!! I was addicted to McDonald's for a good year!:sad:

Then I just decided enough was enough...haven't been back since.
Not to say I will not splurge but these foods ARE addicting...that's why they're billion dollar companies.

What helped me kick my Dorito nacho cheese and oreo fix is portion control. I buy the snack packs or pre-package in sandwich bags and if I absolutely cannot kick the craving (two weeks strong)...I grab a snack pack.

I have the same problem and hope I get some helpful answers from your ost...For example today I had m & m peanuts and crackers, for dinner a salad with shrimp, red peppers, pineapple, little cheese, hard boiled egg, and a few tortellini..ate half, I actually dislike food as well but give me junk anyday, not good I know.