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Originally Posted by imnotperfect24
Ugh.. Fast food is my downfall.. I cant resist stopping for some.. HOW do I stop!!! seriously even if I dont have the money i'm going to fast food..
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There's a couple of things: Firstly, you've got to really
want to stop. And that's a hard one. Who doesn't love fast food? I would be lying if I said I didn't. But you've got to want to have a smaller body more than you want that fast food in order to give yourself that push and finally break the habit.
Secondly, sometimes all of the above does not apply. You may have been doing well for weeks or months and then one day, out of nowhere, decide that you want to go and have a fast food binge. When these moments come along it's best not to have choices. I am lucky in that regard. I don't have a car and I don't drive; the nearest fast food place is not within walking distance. I also spend all of my money (I'm a poor student) on healthy food for the week and so rarely is there any funds left for a fast food binge, even if I wanted one. Basically -- make it as hard for yourself as possible, using any methods necessary, to have an unplanned binge. Though cheat days are different, which brings me to my next point.
Please remember that you do not have to say goodbye forever. There's nothing wrong with enjoying fast food. It's how often you enjoy it that will dictate your success. Look at it this way: you might give yourself one day, once every two or so weeks, where you can go out and have all the things that you like. Once that day's over you get right back on plan and the damage is minimal. You don't have to forsake everything that you love in order to lose weight; you just have to reduce how often you are having it.
I allow myself a cheat day once every two weeks and I find it very helpful. I get to eat what I like (though next time I'm going to seriously think about what I eat before I eat it -- the last couple of cheat days I have become extremely ill after eating something my body is no longer used to) and I don't have to feel guilty. I also don't have to deprive myself of anything.
Sorry for the long-winded response, but I know exactly what you're going through. I used to suffer from the uncontrollable compulsion to go out every day, without fail, and spend money that I didn't have on absolute junk from the supermarket. In fact, spending that money made me lose my apartment -- I should have been keeping up to date with my rent! Instead I was binging every day and I honestly, truly, felt helpless to stop, like I didn't have a chance in **** of ever breaking the cycle.
But you do. You just have to sit back and think about what you really want. What you're going to want and who you're going to be a year from now. Don't feel helpless and don't feel as if you're going to have to give up the things you love forever. You don't. All you need to do is sit down and come up with a plan.
This is 1 club I dont want to be in.
