My horrible diet!

What about preplanning your meals? Example, Sunday night, write down what you'll eat for bfast, lunch and dinner on Monday. Make your lunch, and have it ready to go. Even enter it in MFP so that you can see what is what. Also, for fried foods, if you are making it at home, try baking. You can do lots of baking of foods rather than frying.

Stop eating out and don't buy/bring home problem foods- that's what works for me. If the food isn't around you can't be tempted! Plus fried food is just awful for you anyway.

Try this... Give yourself 3 days. Eat only healthy proteins (plain chicken, fish, eggs), fruit, and vegetables. Make what you eat as clean as possible. This will allow your body to detoxify, getting the sugar out of your body. If you can get through the first 3 days, you should be able to do better. Good luck!

i workout. when i workout i eat much better because it feels like a waste of time if i exercise and then eat horribly. and also when you eat the wrong foods it makes your workouts harder and you feel sluggish. when i eat properly my workouts are so much easier because you have fueled your body properly. and like everything else it becomes a habit and before you know it you don't even want that stuff as much. i still eat some of my favorite foods but not very often and not as much because my body does not like it anymore and it lets me know!!!!

Try this... Give yourself 3 days. Eat only healthy proteins (plain chicken, fish, eggs), fruit, and vegetables. Make what you eat as clean as possible. This will allow your body to detoxify, getting the sugar out of your body. If you can get through the first 3 days, you should be able to do better. Good luck!

This is what I did. The first three days were terrible for me, but after that, it got easier to eat healthy. In fact, I crave natural foods over junk food now.

Good luck, you got this!

This is what I did. The first three days were terrible for me, but after that, it got easier to eat healthy. In fact, I crave natural foods over junk food now.

I'm the same way. Read an oldy but a goody "Sugarbusters"-book, it's all about how sugars wreak havok with your body and how to get healthy , where your appetite goes back to normal.

Pack a lunch every day then you aren't tempted to eat awful fast food. It's made a huge difference for me because I can control my calories. I include lots of bright fresh fruits making a colorful bowl with a soy yogurt dressing and a big salad or sandwich on thin breads like Arnold's. Usa a spicy mustard instead of mayo, lots of fresh lettuce like romaine and light cheese 2% with lean meats (I eat vegetarian so I eat Smart Deli) and you'll have a terrific lunch. Allow yourself snacks, a fat free chocolate pudding cup is 90 calories, a baggie of 18 quaker rice cakes is about 140 calories and drink lots of water or very low calorie beverages like tea. Pop especially diet pop is bad, too much sodium.

To make your lunch fun and portion controlled, buy a bento box http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=bento+box&_sacat=See-All-Categories or a EZ Freeze Smart Salad http://www.amazon.com/Stay-Fit-Deluxe-Salad-Freeze/dp/B003N3IF30. It's perfect for making a wonderful salad. I make a fruit and nut salad that rivals anything from Panera Bread and much less calories! Make your lunch the night before so you're not rushed in the morning.

My co-workers are always checking out my lunches and saying "Wow that looks so good!" Make your lunch the highlight of your day and the envy of coworkers :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

the drive-through was my WORST enemy, lol. That is what gets ya. if you like sugar like i do then you probably would like a lot of different kinds of fruit. i like apples and bananas, and berries, which are really sweet {to me at least}. and adding water, lots of it to any diet is the best addition you can make

I'll never understand the "frying is bad" concept. Frying, when done properly, is a very efficient, healthy way of cooking. Use a healthy oil, maintain proper temperatures, and don't overcook what you're frying, and it's very healthy. Fried food does not absorb oil, unless you overcook it (because when you fry, the water inside the food converts to steam, and as long as the steam is in the food, pushing out, the oil will not go in to the food,) or if the temperature is too low, which will cause oil to absorb in.

Properly done, frying might add 10 calories or so to whatever you made, and using a healthy oil like olive oil will actually make the food healthier to eat.

Now I'm not suggesting restaurant deep frying is healthy, but there's no reason frying at home is automatically bad for you.

yeah, well we're not all scientist chefs ya know. Fried foods=fast foods for the majority and I'm sure there would be no argument as to the danger they pose.