Originally Posted by mandalinn82:
Want chocolate? Go to a chocolate or candy store (Sees is great for this) and buy 1-2 pieces. Leave before you eat them so you're not tempted to buy more when your portion is gone.

LOL I go to the book store...kill two birds with one stone. They have those Lindt/Lindor? raspberry and hazelnut balls on the counter. Course they sometimes have this special, 3 for $X. But I always say, nope, just the one. :D

Yep - I have a local store that sells the single Lindt truffles too. And I'll buy ONE, eat it, and thoroughly enjoy it. But I will not bring more than one home. Ever.

Originally Posted by mandalinn82:
Yep - I have a local store that sells the single Lindt truffles too. And I'll buy ONE, eat it, and thoroughly enjoy it. But I will not bring more than one home. Ever.

HOME?! How in the world do you find the willpower to get home with it???? :D

"No eating unhealthy foods in the car" rule. It has helped me to stop eating semi-crap foods when I'm running out and about and has prevented the "I'll just go through a drive through and save time because I am so busy and there just aren't any other options that are fast enough" thing that I used to tend toward...makes me plan better. So I can have a southbeach bar, piece of fruit, string cheese, etc. in the car if I'm running around, but not food with less-than-stellar nutritional value. If I have a treat (a truffle, a sourdough roll, or even once every 3-4 months a chocolate-dipped eclair) it gets put on a PLATE and eaten at a TABLE.

I focus on foods that take a long time to eat. I have a 100 calorie bag of microwave popcorn almost every day around 3. I focus on eating one piece at a time and it takes me 1/2 hour. Soup is another food in this catagory. Also salad. I add a little Fiber One cereal to yogurt and oatmeal to make it cruchier, add fiber, and also just slow me down in eating it.

I also have dessert every day. I save about 150 calories for this which I have about 8 at night. I look forward to it all day and have something at this hungry hour. THere are all sorts of light ice cream products like Skinny Cow and Blue Bunny and fat free pudding. Sometimes I eat fruit for dessert (depending on how healthy I was the rest of the day). Even then, I focus on apples and oranges which are slow to eat compared to bananas.

Originally Posted by mandalinn82:
"No eating unhealthy foods in the car" rule. It has helped me to stop eating semi-crap foods when I'm running out and about and has prevented the "I'll just go through a drive through and save time because I am so busy and there just aren't any other options that are fast enough" thing that I used to tend toward...makes me plan better. So I can have a southbeach bar, piece of fruit, string cheese, etc. in the car if I'm running around, but not food with less-than-stellar nutritional value. If I have a treat (a truffle, a sourdough roll, or even once every 3-4 months a chocolate-dipped eclair) it gets put on a PLATE and eaten at a TABLE.

LOL Well I don't have that rule, but I don't even make it to the car. My bookstore is in the mall, and it's generally when I've made a day of it...Lowes, Wal*Mart, etc. So I have lunch at Ruby's or Applebees while I'm in the area. The chocolate ball is my "dessert". :D

I allow a treat, a snack that I'm not supposed to have, every week or so, so that I don't feel deprived enough to quit my diet. It helps keep me on track, and one little treat (nothing big mind you, maybe 2 or 3 scoops of ice cream or a piece of fried chicken, whatever) will not really mess you up, as long as you get back on the wagon the next day and don't continue doing this every day.

If you totally deprive yourself of the things you really want, then when you finally let yourself have that cookie or whatever, you won't be able to eat just one, you'll eat the whole bag. Then you'll beat yourself up, then look for something else to pig out on... Been there, done that...