I love food WAY too much!

The key is moderation. If I have a craving I don't completely deny it (unless it is a soft drink), I just have less. My biggest weakness is hamburgers. If I want one I have one, but I cut it in two or three pieces and spread out when I eat it over a day or two. That helps keep me on track and satisfies my craving.

Good Luck.

I keep finding myself wanting to fall back into my old habits! And it's not like I'm really craving those particular items, it's just that my rebellion kicks in and I eat stuff "just because I can". Or "just because no one's gonna tell me how to eat".

And I miss all my yummy cereals too. Kashi just isn't as good as honey nut cheerios!

Is this something I'm going to be able to stick with the rest of my life? I know someday I'm going to go back to 2% milk, and butter on my toast, and starbucks twice a week. So now I'm bummed. :sad:

you can have your cheerios- as long as you are loggin your calories-- I eat whatever I want in moderation and within my calories- I don't deprive myself what so ever- I also workout and I am seeing great results since I started being serious and came back to this site with a vengeance back in Febuary- I am now down 10lbs- It all comes down to portion control and moderation with exercise there is no special math to it- Its basic.

I got crabby recently and decided to eat whatever I wanted, in whatever quantity I wanted, without any regards to actually being hungry.

Thank goodness for fitness challenges that upped my calorie burning so that standing on the scale this morning didn't hurt too badly. But binging isn't worth it. I'm telling myself how to eat (and what to eat) because I'm tired of being plus size. Nobody else is telling me to do it (otherwise, I might just get violent).

I can't cut any food straight out of my diet, but I have started making myself burn the calories for it. With MFP, I can tell if I'm close to my daily calories and go and work out doing something fun and earn it. I did this recently with a church event; I had eaten a light breakfast and a light lunch and saved up 1500 calories so that I could have a couple of plates of that delicious food.

The other thing I have been doing with success is turning things down if it's just as easy to not eat as it is to eat. For example, I was offered a cookie after walking to a friend's house. I didn't need it, and while I enjoy cookies, I wasn't especially craving one... so I turned my friend down but gave her permission to give a cookie to my daughter (who is a little underweight really). I walked about a mile and a half to get to her house (and then another mile and a half back), so I could have had that cookie guilt free... but I didn't REALLY want it, so I turned it down, knowing that tonight there will be something I really want and can say yes to having.

Good luck with your food lust