Page 1 - Junk food
Feb 8th, 2010 by shaila
So, this is a problem I have, my sweet tooth.
I see a kitkat bar, or a aero bar, and I’m gone….gone to reach for it and just eat it. When I see a bag of chocolate chip cookies, I say “Okay, I’ll just have one” - and then I have two, three, and then I say, “May as well finish the whole pack so that I don’t feel tempted anymore. If they are gone, no temptation, right?”. So, I finish the whole pack of sweet yummy chocolate chip cookies.
When I reached 165 lbs, I decided enough is enough. So today I went to the gym and tried the tread mill, this time, REALLY tried it, and made myself sweat. I hit the weights, and REALLY pushed.
My youngest daughter helped me by putting up a calendar ON THE FRIDGE where I would write down every bit of junk food, food, drink, tea, etc.
After a day of telling my colleagues, friends and family about my “new start” on life, I am worried that I may go for the kit kat bar sitting on my counter before I go to bed. So, I made myself a cup of tea with honey in it. I am hoping that it will curb my sweet tooth.
When I finally lay on my bed, knowing that I have not touched any junk food today, I will rejoice and fall into a sleep of sweet bliss. Wish me luck. More o this tomorrow.
The calendar/list on the fridge is a terrific idea, because you will be forced to really face exactly how many sweets you eat. I should do that myself.
“Diets” tend to fail because we start off with the best of intentions but we are too hard on ourselves, and the goals are unrealistic. Don’t try to cut out all junk food from day one. Maybe a small treat every other day, then once a week, and so on. I used to allow myself either a package of cookies or a bag of chips at the end of each week. But once I saw my body improve, that was great incentive by itself not to eat junk, and it got so that I would forget to get even my once-a-week reward.
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Kim, thank you so much for the advice. I will take that into consideration. I don’t want to “crash” and then binge on junk food. Today, I was sharing my new “no junk food” theme with others, and everyone kept urging me to do everything in moderation. So, I will try not to do the ultimate extreme of eliminating every bit of sugar and butter from my meals, but I am going to try!
Let me know if you end up doing the calendar thing.