How do you just have ONE??

The way I see it is , is it really worth the 600-700 calories... Every Saturday is my cheat day, so I know that if I eat healthy all week and drink my water intake every day that on Saturday I can cheat... Thats how I do it!

i have that stuff so rarely now that when i do ill have a regular size. and if i am going to have a dessert its going to be a high quality dessert instead of something from a place like Dairy Queen.

just my 2 cents.

Your body doesn't need more than a mini or a small.. its your mind telling you you have to have it or else you'll just die! I was surprised how easy it became once I started ordering smalls, or just taking one candy instead of 15... it satisfies the craving without the guilt of binge eating.

Before I eat it, I log it, and then I take a look at my end-of-day totals. If I like what I see, I'll have the treat. If it makes my totals awful, I'm more likely to feel good about NOT indulging.

My biggest thing is ice cream - I love it!

I've found a frozen yoghurt place in my local shopping centre. If I want something like ice cream, I go there. I do have a topping, usually rainbow sprinkles, but it gives me that feeling of eating ice cream.

Most other things, I can be quite restrained with. I just have problems choosing healthy options when out, rather than portion control. I'm working on it, though

I can't usually limit like that. I just try to limit the opportunities and use my splurges on high quality things. My goal is to eat healthy 80-90% of the time, and enjoy the treats I do eat to the fullest. This means that I try to stay away from processed diet desserts and those high carb, fat free things people claim "taste just like brownies". Those don't satisfy me, and trigger binges. Instead, I bake healthy things with no added sugar and a good mix of protein, complex carbs and fat for every day. At a party or an occasional ice cream outing, I eat a normal sized portion and enjoy it to the fullest.

I also try to make sure my indulgences are in public or with friends, because they can trigger binges, and I do not binge in public.

I remember why I'm doing this, I ask myself if it's worth the taste of it. A large won't taste any different to a small, you don't *need* all that in you if you're just craving the taste. I've read here many times that "Nothing tastes as good, as skinny feels", which is true I suppose. I don't deny myself anything, and of course, sometimes I go over my calories, but at the end of the day, it's down to me whether I stick to this or not. I don't want to be back to where I was this time last year. Or even this time last month lol!

I'm looking for tips for how some of you handle just eating one of something or going to Dairy Queen and get a mini instead of a small, etc. What are your methods for reining yourself in and not over indulging once you get a taste of whatever little goodie it is you can't completely say no to??

I cannot have just the one, hence I cut it all out - I am the habitual "just one more" :laugh:

I'm an abstainer--- if it's something I know I'll want more of, it's easier for me just to not have it at all!

I have a problem with snacking. So at work I don't bring any cash so I can't get anything for the vending machine. If I want a treat I walk the long way to the bakery and get something yummy from there. I don't deny my self anything (because I know I will obsess about it and then binge) but I try to make everything myself so I know exactly what is in what I'm eating. Pizza, cookies, pies, cakes. If I go to the bakery it is at a natural food store I know it's not healthy but I know they use good ingredients (I used to work there) and everything is made right in the store. Sometimes this does not always work out but I try.

Does anyone know a good recipe for granola bars?

Usually, once I get a taste, I'm satisfied. It is hard sometimes but ice cream isn't my thing. Now, if it's a cookie and the serving size is only one...I don't even bother...unless its a big cookie :happy:

I look at the nutrition info before I go. If I want to choose the dairy queen small or large I remind myself that I will have to work out that much harder. I am lazy and don't want to work out any longer than I have to. This reminder usually works.

Great idea! Also - eat slowly and look around inside the DQ at the people. Do you want to look like (some) of them???

^^:grumble: well that is hurtful...I'll just finish my double cheeseburger, jumbo fries , chocolate shake and large diet coke and leave

My trick for chocolate is to buy the one bit size (dark and good quality of course). Then let the ONE piece melt slowly in my mouth to savor the flavor. If DH wants to share his dark hershey bar, I take only one square and do the same.

I look at the calories of whatever it is. If it's a high amount I think about the amount of exercise I'll have to do to make the day work and the other foods I could have instead. That usually makes me decide against it.

I don't dey myself anything so instead I have small amounts. I'll have some of hubby's blizzard from DQ for example. I'll get a small cone instead. Little things like that.

At restaurants, I decide ahead of time what I'm going to have. I might decide in the morning that I'm going to have a regular size ice cream that evening and then make slight modifications to my meals throughout the day to better fit in into my calorie allowance. I try to be the first one to order so that my choice isn't influenced (negatively) by what the others are getting. I try to eat slowly to make it last, and enjoy each bite.

At home, it's harder for me. We have a candy bowl on a high shelf (I have to jump onto the counter to reach it), and sometimes I make the candy harder to get to by, say, triple-bagging it, or wrapping multiple rubber bands around the bags. Also, a photograph of myself on the cupboard door can be helpful--either an unflattering "before" picture to remind me where I don't want to go again, or one from when I was happier with my size to remind me where I'm trying to go.

It's hard, though!