[lixximajig]

Hi hi all!

I'd thought I'd just share something that helps me by whenever I'm feeling the urge to binge. I'm constantly surrounded by food and most of the time the food isn't great. Like I always pass by five cafes before reaching my work place, and their displays are looking oh-so-yummy... And yesterday my aunt brought some Tiramisu to my place and it's sitting in my fridge now...

Every single time I look at these foods and I feel the itch to eat them, I think to myself, "Maybe tomorrow," or "Maybe later," or "Maybe after I finish my workout."

Most of the time, when tomorrow or later rolls around, I forget that I want to eat that food, or I'm in some other place, not in the vicinity of the food, if worse comes to worse, I'll just repeat it all over again and go, "Maybe tomorrow."

Though when it's after my workout, I'd think to myself, "You went through all that pain just so you waste it away on a -insert food item here-? I don't think so!"

One more method I use though not often is I go stuff myself with water and healthy foods and go and look at that food that I want to binge on and I'm so full I just go, "Urghh... No... Too... Full...."

So yeah, I just thought I'd share this with everyone, and hopefully it'll work for someone out there too!

[Windchime]

I do the "maybe later" thing, too. At the grocery store tonight, they had all these cakes and cookies on a table right in front of the milk cooler. I thought, "Maybe next time." Another thing that works for me is reminding myself, "I have already tasted that many times. It will always be available, so maybe I'll get it another time. Just not today."

It really helps me to not feel sorry for myself. As another thread that I just read reminded me.....it usually doesn't taste as good as I imagine it will, and I sure don't feel good after I eat it. I feel sad, disappointed with myself, and fat. Reminding myself of all these things usually really helps me.

[shrinkingleah]

When I feel like something small and sweet, I go for a granola bar that's 100 calories, instead of a snickers which is like 500. I eat fruit instead of cookies, quakes mini rice cakes instead of chips... It's prety easy to fool myself into thinking I'm spoiling myself, when really, I'm eating delicious foods at less then half the calories.

"Will it make me TRULY happy?"
No.
Then shut up, Leah."

Mind over matter.

[sindy9001]

Don't buy the hight fad food or hight calory food. When you want to eat something you should eat some low carb food.