Nutrition help!!!!

Try a weekly free day. It might help get those urges out of your system so you can stay on track the rest of the week.

Something we all deal with at times......I've been dealing with it a lot myself lately.I think we just have to reach the point of wanting to reach our goals more than wanting those foods.

Try a weekly free day. It might help get those urges out of your system so you can stay on track the rest of the week.

Yeah, I agree with this. Also, you may try alternating high calorie / low calorie days.

I have read that when you have sugar, you crave more sugar. So, I try to cut it out. I am making substitutions. For example, today I wanted a brownie, but I had sugar-free, fat-free hot chocolate instead. Also, I eat low carb or Greek yogurt when I am having a sweet craving. Good luck!

Try a weekly free day. It might help get those urges out of your system so you can stay on track the rest of the week.

Personally,I can't have the free days.....I know it works for some,but it just starts a free week for me.

Exercise self discipline.
Not having the free day is practicing self discipline

I am not in the camp of eating whatever in moderation... I can't keep Oreo's or Chips or whatever in the house and say oh I will just have 2 or just a handful. I came from a place where that food almost cost me my life. I was eating boxes of Little Debbies at a time and bags of chips... Heck a light meal for me was 3 Big Mac's, 2 Large fries, and a Large Strawberry shake and then 30 minutes later I was reaching for chips and cookies. So when I had that AHA moment I had to rid the house of all that junk and replace it with fruits, veggie, nuts, etc.... If it wasn't in the house I turned to my other options to fill my hunger and to tell you the truth over time I stopped craving the junk and would sooner grab a cup of Almonds or some Cuties, etc.... I know to each their own and what works for one doesn't always work for others that being said if you can't control your cravings having those foods around maybe you need to try something different....... I also have aloud myself a cheat meal (spike meal) the rules are we have to go eat out, I can order whatever I want off the menu but have to eat it there and nothing comes home... We do this on Friday nights. On wednesday we have another eat out night but this meal is of the healthy variety ( normally like applebee's 500 calorie lite menu or fresh salad bar at Ruby Tuesday's..... These 2 meals a week help me stay on track and give me something to look forward too.... Good luck......

I am not in the camp of eating whatever in moderation... I can't keep Oreo's or Chips or whatever in the house and say oh I will just have 2 or just a handful. I came from a place where that food almost cost me my life. I was eating boxes of Little Debbies at a time and bags of chips... Heck a light meal for me was 3 Big Mac's, 2 Large fries, and a Large Strawberry shake and then 30 minutes later I was reaching for chips and cookies. So when I had that AHA moment I had to rid the house of all that junk and replace it with fruits, veggie, nuts, etc.... If it wasn't in the house I turned to my other options to fill my hunger and to tell you the truth over time I stopped craving the junk and would sooner grab a cup of Almonds or some Cuties, etc.... I know to each their own and what works for one doesn't always work for others that being said if you can't control your cravings having those foods around maybe you need to try something different....... I also have aloud myself a cheat meal (spike meal) the rules are we have to go eat out, I can order whatever I want off the menu but have to eat it there and nothing comes home... We do this on Friday nights. On wednesday we have another eat out night but this meal is of the healthy variety ( normally like applebee's 500 calorie lite menu or fresh salad bar at Ruby Tuesday's..... These 2 meals a week help me stay on track and give me something to look forward too.... Good luck......

Wow! Your doing an awesome job! I never buy those kinds of foods, it's just that I go to the first fast food restaraunt I can think of and gorge myself......Although it's too the point now I dont even get any satisfaction out of it.. I still like the french fries but everything else just tastes bland......and I feel guilt after eating it, the feeling of wanting it is still there....that's what I don't understand!

You don't know how many times I have been there and done that, but for me I literally had to hit rock bottom this last time for that vicious cycle to finally be broken.... I use to wait for my wife to leave for work and I would crawl to my truck and drive myself to my favorite pizza place and get a 21 inch pizza and a 14 inch pizza, a box of swiss cakes, and a gallon of chocolate milk.. I would head home eat all the 14 inch pizza and half the swiss cakes and all the milk then take the 21 inch pizza break up in tupperware and hide it and the rest of the box of swiss cakes in the coat closet. Take the pizza boxes and cut them into little pieces and put them in the garage trash can, then eat a big meal with my wife at supper time and when she went to bed and left me playing xbox live with my army buddies (she thought at the time atleast he is socializing with someone) then I would dig into the pizza from the closet. Eat it cold right out of the tupperware..... I did this atleast 3 times a week that final 2 years right up til the point I couldn't fit in my truck anymore, let alone walk into the pizza place anymore... Fast forward 32 months and 302 pounds and Now I split train most days and I drive past that same pizza places going to the Y and coming home and there still isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about that and someday's even say just one time for old time sake..... You see those demons never go away, you just have to find a way to deal with them and tell yourself you are worth more than it.... So I NEVER go through with those desires because when you know where I came from and how hard this journey has been I know it is not worth it.... Food will never have that control over me EVER again.....

WOW, thank you for sharing that. You like many of us, truly had an addiction to food! I LOVE food! I would occassionally eat in my car only because I was too hungry to wait for the ride home but would be embarassed if I was stopped at a red light and someone saw my fat cheeks chomping away at my food. I would literally stop mid chew out of fear that someone was watching me eat. I was and still am, ashamed at eating my food in certain instances. I guess its because I had gotten so big and felt like if someone saw me eating, even if it was healthy food they would look at me in disgust :-(

Still working on it - I guess we all have to find what works best for us - Trial and Error is the only way to go :-)

I am not in the camp of eating whatever in moderation... I can't keep Oreo's or Chips or whatever in the house and say oh I will just have 2 or just a handful. I came from a place where that food almost cost me my life. I was eating boxes of Little Debbies at a time and bags of chips... Heck a light meal for me was 3 Big Mac's, 2 Large fries, and a Large Strawberry shake and then 30 minutes later I was reaching for chips and cookies. So when I had that AHA moment I had to rid the house of all that junk and replace it with fruits, veggie, nuts, etc.... If it wasn't in the house I turned to my other options to fill my hunger and to tell you the truth over time I stopped craving the junk and would sooner grab a cup of Almonds or some Cuties, etc.... I know to each their own and what works for one doesn't always work for others that being said if you can't control your cravings having those foods around maybe you need to try something different....... I also have aloud myself a cheat meal (spike meal) the rules are we have to go eat out, I can order whatever I want off the menu but have to eat it there and nothing comes home... We do this on Friday nights. On wednesday we have another eat out night but this meal is of the healthy variety ( normally like applebee's 500 calorie lite menu or fresh salad bar at Ruby Tuesday's..... These 2 meals a week help me stay on track and give me something to look forward too.... Good luck......

Wow! Your doing an awesome job! I never buy those kinds of foods, it's just that I go to the first fast food restaraunt I can think of and gorge myself......Although it's too the point now I dont even get any satisfaction out of it.. I still like the french fries but everything else just tastes bland......and I feel guilt after eating it, the feeling of wanting it is still there....that's what I don't understand!

You don't know how many times I have been there and done that, but for me I literally had to hit rock bottom this last time for that vicious cycle to finally be broken.... I use to wait for my wife to leave for work and I would crawl to my truck and drive myself to my favorite pizza place and get a 21 inch pizza and a 14 inch pizza, a box of swiss cakes, and a gallon of chocolate milk.. I would head home eat all the 14 inch pizza and half the swiss cakes and all the milk then take the 21 inch pizza break up in tupperware and hide it and the rest of the box of swiss cakes in the coat closet. Take the pizza boxes and cut them into little pieces and put them in the garage trash can, then eat a big meal with my wife at supper time and when she went to bed and left me playing xbox live with my army buddies (she thought at the time atleast he is socializing with someone) then I would dig into the pizza from the closet. Eat it cold right out of the tupperware..... I did this atleast 3 times a week that final 2 years right up til the point I couldn't fit in my truck anymore, let alone walk into the pizza place anymore... Fast forward 32 months and 302 pounds and Now I split train most days and I drive past that same pizza places going to the Y and coming home and there still isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about that and someday's even say just one time for old time sake..... You see those demons never go away, you just have to find a way to deal with them and tell yourself you are worth more than it.... So I NEVER go through with those desires because when you know where I came from and how hard this journey has been I know it is not worth it.... Food will never have that control over me EVER again.....