i need some help with unhealthy snacks

Other nice snacks family might like too is greek yogurt, jello cups, 100 cal packs of well almost anything they have now a days (yogurt covered pretzels or even oreo cookies for a naughty yet low cal treat) also you could make your own trail mix, dry cereal is a tasty snack and you choose whatever you like. Beef jerky (just watch sodium) or baked pita and grated cheese. Veggies are great to nibble on the trick though is to have them cut up in your fridge so you have no excuse to not eat them!!

Apple slices dipped in natural almond butter or peanut butter with a little cinnamon. It's delish. Also good snack hardboiled egg whites filled with hummus and sprinkled with paprika-my answer to the deviled egg!

This sounds fantastic! Definitely gonna give these a go soon. Thanks for sharing :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

My son, who is 18, is telling me that I need to throw away all the unhealthy snacks in my house. He likes them, but he said he knows that I will eat them if they are here. When I come home from the store and he sees that I bought more Little Debbie snacks, he lectures me on how I shouldn't buy that. I say "I bought them for you" and he says well I don't need them and you don't either. He is more supportive of my weight loss than I have will power. I never craved sugars as much as I have in the past few months.

There will always be something more tempting than fruit. It boils down to making a conscious decision to grab the fruit instead of whatever else.

There will always be something more tempting than fruit. It boils down to making a conscious decision to grab the fruit instead of whatever else.

Simply this. There are no tricks. You have to choose not to eat the junky stuff. You are in control.

I START my shopping trip in the produce section lol. I snack on Kiwis, grapes, cherries (if they are on sale), strawberries, apples, etc. I keep them on my middle shelf at eye level so I see them first when opening the fridge. I also buy nuts (raw.. NOT roasted because that means they put a wax glaze of sugar on them).

We make our own snack mix - cereal, nuts, dried fruit. We also separate food into servings as soon as we get it home from the store so there is no guessing how much you are eating. It also makes packing lunches much easier - most of it is already to pack. We also try to keep plenty of fruit.

Make sure you are eating wholesome meals with plenty of protein and calories so that you stave away those cravings. And eat healthy snacks before you feel so hungry. That might be enough to get you to stop going for the junk!

I had the same problem: the hubby that loves to eat junk, eat out, and just treat himself and me to food always. I think that the most important step is that you recognize your weakness for junk food. It tastes good and sometime you just want to indulge; AND you have to be fair with yourself. If your going to eat a whole lot of junk food, then your not going to loose the weight you want to. BUT if you loose weight then you have to learn how to work with yourself and your own conscious to eat junk food sometimes and healthy others. Its a hard battle, but I'm sure if you can begin your journey to bettering yourself, then you can surely make the decisions necessary to make sure you meet your goals. Another trick, is simply to make sure you keep track of your calories and burn all of the junk food calories you put in. That may be a way to adapt so that you still meet your goals while indulging, and it may also make you realize how much work it takes to get rid of the fat from eating the junk food. As for the fruits, think of it this way, one candy bar = 2 oranges. and until you learn to love em, mix em. For example, make a smoothie with strawberries and if their not in season then just buy a yoplait smoothie pack and whip it up with some milk. Good luck!

It's tough because I've always had the exact same problem! If it was in the house I was going to eat it.....right now!!! My fiance can eat 5 chips and be satisfied - I need the bag. BUT I have changed my mindset. I don't know what happened, but it was like I woke up one day and said I wasn't going to poison my body any longer. So I have had very little junk food in the last month since I started (Christmas and New Years' was a different story ) Although there are leftover sweets in the house still, I only caved one night!

What I have found is if you are eating processed food, you crave more processed food. So the less prepared foods you buy for yourself (and your family!), the less you will want the junk. I haven't been craving it -- I have been eating a more Mediteranean style diet and I've been doing quite well. (I know 3 lbs doesn't look like much but I have neurologic/endrocrine problems that make it tough for me to lose weight).

Good luck!!

Can I have that recipe?!? I love gyros and the sauce!

I like to eat dry chocolate chex and cinnoman cereals (I mix them) or Reese's peanut butter cup cereal for a sweet fix

Don't keep it in the house and I live by the rule ...if you can get it from a vending machine don't eat it.

like i said i have a hubby and kids and they all love junk food to much and forget not to get it

That's rough! It's really hard to avoid sweets when your spouse keeps them around the house. It may be time to sit down and have a serious talk with your spouse about keeping treats around the house. And how old are your kids? You don't have to keep junk food around the house for them! All the sugar just makes most kids hyper anyway.

The best advice I can give you is to make sure you have healthy snacks available. So when you get a craving for potatoe chips, make sure you have some fresh fruit or pistachios (that havent' been shelled) around that you can eat instead.