We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

How do you stay motivated to resist cravings/temptation?

ashleyfullum314
ashleyfullum314 Posts: 1 Member
in Motivation and Support
I would love to hear some of the ways you keep yourself motivated and stay away from tempting snacks/treats. I have high anxiety and when I am anxious I tend to reach for high sugar foods.

Answers

  • GoRun2
    GoRun2 Posts: 478 Member
    I don't have those things in the house. If I'm somewhere else, I try to delay it drinking 12 oz of water or eating an apple. I tell myself that I can have whatever after I drink the water or something. Sometimes it works.
  • mrandredparis
    mrandredparis Posts: 37 Member
    edited December 2024
    One thing that I have recently started/learned is to keep a cravings journal. It's relatively simple. I note down what I'm up to in the moment like what i was thinking for example like finding an accountability buddy and how I felt frustrated and angry that I couldn't find one then what I did, I set a timer for 10 minutes and then I either meditate, or listen to audiobooks/podcasts or exercise basically something to replace my thoughts of getting a snack/treat with something to replace it with
    Then later in the future I review it with AI to figure out what my triggers are and what's worked
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,350 Member
    ideas..
    1. empty your house of any snacks and foods you may binge.
    2. address your anxiety to rid yourself of nervous eating
  • jeri30
    jeri30 Posts: 88 Member
    I don't buy them to keep in the house. If I do have a craving that won't leave me alone, I must walk to the store to get it, get a single serving/pkg and eat it on the way home to help my body process the sugar. If I don't eat it all, I still must do some form of exercise after I eat it to help my blood sugar stabilize, so I generally try to eat it before I take a walk outside or do some form of exercise. I've noticed that it seems like sugar tends to increase/be a cause of my hot flashes.

    Also, I suggest googling craving + vitamin deficiency. I kept craving chocolate all the time, so I googled that out of curiosity, and it said craving chocolate might indicate a magnesium deficiency. I upped my magnesium intake and it did actually, make most of the craving go away. Now, it's an occasional craving/treat, not a daily monster I must slay or give in to.

    I've been trying to eat better, like subbing out bananas aka fruits for highly processed sweets like a cheap chocolate bar, and my cravings have been subsiding, which is not to say that I don't have some fun sometimes like a tortilla with peanut butter on it, chopped up banana, and some chopped up chocolate candy or chocolate syrup on it.

Categories