cant contol it :/

My husband is a snack food distributor. Guess what he brings home all of the time?

The good thing about it is he also distributes for Kellog's so I get the 90 calorie bars and the good cereals...bad thing is, he distributes for Keebler too, and Jay's potato chips...ugh.

I have had to learn the ULTIMATE self control.

What I usually do is grab a string cheese or a few baby carrots and some water. Carrots are kind of sweet, so it helps. Also, I immediately give myself a task. "Ohh a cookie! I better get that toilet clean!" By the time I am done, I have forgotten about it.

Think about how you're going to feel right after you eat the cookie. It's fun for a few seconds, but then there's the guilt and (if you have three more) that uncomfortable, bloated feeling. Now think about how you'll feel when you hit your next fitness goal. Ask yourself whether the temporary rush you get from a cookie binge is worth the guilt you feel later, or whether it's better than the pride you'll feel when you hit that goal.

I always advocate having a little bit of what you want. If possible, try to have just one, and work it into your daily calories and macros. if you absolutely can't limit yourself to just one (I've been there many times!) resolve to do an extra five minutes or ten minutes of exercise to earn back the calories. Sometimes it IS worth it to have some fun and pay the price later!!!

I had the same problem with diet coke. I was a diet coke addict. Like really. I grew up drinking soft drinks and switched to diet in high school sometime. I don't drink coffee or tea, so that was my only source of caffeine. In February, I decided that I could break my diet coke addiction. I would just constantly tell myself I didn't need it. That doesn't mean that i didn't crave it, because I definitely did. But whenever I'd crave it, I'd think "I can drink something else instead. It's no big deal. Diet coke doesn't have any power over me." and after a couple of weeks I found myself satisfied with water or sugar free lemonade. I went with absolutely no diet coke for 3 weeks before I gave in and bought a can. I drank it over like 3 hours.

Now I have diet cokes occasionally. I don't keep it in the house because then I want to drink it more. When I'm out at a restaurant I might order one, or I might have water.

That's how I'm attacking this weight loss. The incredible satisfaction of knowing that I went from drinking LOTS of diet coke to next to none is what's fueling me forward. I use the same tactics. "I don't need french fries...I'll have ______" Or "I don't need a cookie....I'll have a little frozen yogurt instead...."

I've only been at this a little over a week, but it helps considerably! And when I think about caving, I just remember the good feeling of ditching diet cokes, and remind myself that I DO have willpower

My advice would be something like this. Find something that you've beat and felt good about and just constantly remind yourself of those feelings. And a little sugar doesn't hurt. Sweets are sweet for a reason! Just make sure not to overindulge.

I also found that making something sweet and promising to take it to someone's house or putting the rest in individual bags in the freezer works. I don't buy packaged sweets. Too easy to go overboard. But when you have to pull something out and defrost it...it requires a little more foresight (and calorie saving for dessert!). Hope this helps. You can do it!

My advice (which has worked well for me) is to take foods like this and divide them into plastic bags by serving and clearly label each one with the calories. I usually do this the day I buy my groceries and after I have eaten dinner so that I'm not still hungry. Then, whenever I'm contemplating eating that cookie or sweet, I have it already broken up by serving and if I decide that the calories are worth it, I'm not tempted to eat more than the serving. It has really helped me break my Cheez-Its addiction. Looking at a bag of cheez-its looks a lot less appealing to my stomach than a whole orange or bag of veggie straws!

I love this idea. I might try this, but write how many miles I'd have to walk/run to earn the calories for the snacks. That should do it. lol

I find that when I'm overeating reason isn't terribly powerful. I know I'm consuming calories I don't need and recognize vaguely that there will be payback, but part of me simply doesn't care. That's why I'd rather not have the temptation around.

On the other hand, if I'm extremely fit, am feeling great and am doing everything I need to do, I'm more likely to be able to resist empty calories because it seems silly to destroy my momentum. But I don't like to risk it.