I need to stop buying junk food.

At least, not junk food that I like. I buy these packages of 60-cal mini chocolate bars, and then eat them. But all at once. I think it's hormonal. I need to practice more strict environment control.

I actually lost 3 lbs in February (against all odds), and I want March to be better, not worse.

Blah. Someone give me a pep talk. :(

i have the saaaame problem.  i don't buy junk food when i get groceries, but i always get cravings and go buy it seperatly and then i just sit around and eat it allllllll.

i want to eat healthy all the time, but i don't know how to convince myself to do it.

i need a pep talk too.

Gah.  I hate those days--I do the same thing, usually with something that's in a jar at work or something, if I'm in the office all by myself.  My (recent) godsend have been those 100-calorie packs of oreos.  Yeah, I know they're not the same as chocolate, but they actually taste really good--and you can grab one packet and WALK AWAY from the pantry.  Since there are little crackers inside, eating them one at a time is flavorful and much less detrimental than eating one candy bar after another.   Good luck!  I hate the evils of little 'good for you' snacks, too. 

I've tried the "packet" thing. Sometimes it works fine (which are the same days when I can actually take two cookies and leave the rest, so no need for packets). Other days I just keep eating more packets after the first one is gone. It's like the mini-chocolate bars, really.

My new "craving" foods will be (making it official!):
-fat-free yogourts (the ones I get are 35 cals each and tasty)
-fruit
-raw veggies (gonna have to convince myself, on that one)
-and the occasional soy latte

No more chocolate in my house. No more chocolate chips, either (their presence induces me to make cookies, and eat lots of dough). No more cookies that I love (cookies that I only like don't have this effect). If I really need chocolate, I will buy a single overpriced mini chocolate bar at the hospital, and I will feel like an idiot for spending 1.40$ for 80 calories, and that way I will make damn sure that I do not eat four of them (like I did while finishing off a box today). 

I'll only put sweets back onto the grocery list once I'm in maintenance. (Fortunately, I only seem to "sabotage" myself into maintenance, not into weight gain) :)    And I WILL take off at least 5 lbs in March. I used to drop 8-10 a month, and recently it's been 2-3. Enough. I'm getting back on the express train.

I am woman, hear me roar!

Thanks for your replies, folks. It's always nice to get these things off my chest and know that I've been heard by someone!!!

My boyfriend today stopped me from getting junky crap at the store today and at first I got upset because I thought he was saying I ate too much or that I was fat etc. but then I realized that he notices how much better I feel when I eat healthy foods.

I have found that whenever I bring those "low cal" snacks into my house, I way overeat them.  I keep telling myself to stick with whole foods, lean meat and lots of vegetables.  I really love to cook, so I prepare lunches in advance.  I had to "Just Stop!" on the snacky things, I just have no control.  Out went peanuts, low cal chocolate, Snackwells, low carb candy,  all that stuff.  The ONLY thing I allow myself to eat that is snacky are Luna Bars or Kashi Go Lean Bars, but one will do, especially the Kashi because it takes a while to eat.

Other goods:  Yogurt, Oranges, Cheese and Crackers (easy on the cheese!) and Tofu SHiratake noodles  = they fill you UP!!

 

Hellooo!

I guess we have all been trough that same situation , the problem is....when u do it day after day after day...or whenever you´re close to that kinds of foods.Ii´ll have to say I really don´t like that much chocolates, but I was totally crazy about mcdonalds!!! (wich is lot worse!)....I noticed that....since I was little someone (or something) tought me that eating it was like a sin (a ssuposedly desirable one) and I craved for it 24/7....then I joned CC and started changin my lifestyle....not only what I ate, I knew that I had to change the way I felt and thought about what I ate.

It´s really dificult to be eating healthy food, when you´re really thinking about all the other good stuff you´re missing! At first, healthy food gave me nausea!...then...I started changing my way of thinkin and my parameters of what was good and bad for me. Gladly, it worked!! I even go to macdonalds and buy a salad, the wonderful thing about it is...that I DONT WANT A BURGER ANYMORE! they even kinda look disgusting for me now!  

IM PROUD OF MYSELF!!!

good for you pao!!  it is really hard to give up fast food, esp when you are used to having it. and anything that is taboo tastes so much better.

 i have the same prob with snack attacks tho trust women--- if it is in the house i am going to eat it. sometimes i think just having it around is what drives my eating- like i feel it will go bad immediately.i think it is okay to go buy a candy bar if it is what you really want. for me when i want to eat something, its better just to eat it otherwise i eat anything and everything until i get what i originally wanted. 

I don't have any willpower to resist if I buy a bag of chocolates, so I usually just don't buy them. Also do not buy the 100 cal mini bags because I know I would just eat packet after packet. I had a bad streak the end of last month and succumbed to the chocolate in the office, piece after piece after piece. I'm ok the last 3 days, so I hope this good streak lasts.

Once I start I just can't seem to stop and the next thing you know I'm planning how to get more: stop at the drug store for a candy bar, buy some from the bulk bin, or go to See's. I'm better than I used to be but I think it's always going to be a struggle.

I can't buy the 100 cal packs of good stuff either.  I've had some success buying the tins of pirouette chocolate hazelnut filled cookies. I'll have one of them with a cup of coffee in the evening and am able to call that desert. I think the main reason I can do that is because they're pretty pricey and I'm just too cheap to gobble them down in a few days. To my shame, I actually chided my DH for eating them like potato chips once. He wouldn't have anything to do with them after that until I apologized and explained that it wasn't about his eating habits or weight --I just wanted to make them last. After all my years battling my weight with my ex being nasty about it, you'd think I'd know better!

I do make it a hard and fast rule to NEVER buy candy bars or other snacks when I'm by myself. It just turns into a really bad 300 calorie habit.