How to resist?

I've been trying to cutback (stop actually) on the amount of junk and bad food I eat.

But I cant resist! Where I work its free and I love it so much How can I stop?

it's hard to beat the convenience of ready-made free junky food
and rare to find an in-shape person that works around it all day but it can be done!

where do you work ?
what are the hours ?
how long is ur commute?

do you have a freezer/fridge? and access to the major supermarkets?

i was the same a couple of months ago completely addicted to junk food and if someone had of given me a piece of fruit or veg i would of thrown it in the bin but as time progresses in your new healthy lifestyle your taste buds change and you will begin to like fruit and veg until the stage you would like a bag of fruit from the shop than a mars bar or a bottle of coke

my advice is start the transformation slowly even if its only eating 1 piece of fruit a day and gradually building up another and another until the thought is automatic of having a piece of fruit or veg and you wont even think of junk food now what i do to settle the cravings is have a cheat meal on a sunday afternoon/evening whether that be a takeaway or a can of coke and a bag of crisps it just settles my head for sugar and if you do that will stay on the straight and narrow

I understand you, it is hard to leave something when you are being exposed to it.  I do not eat junk food but I allow myself cheat meals once a week or once every two weeks  (this is pizza for me lol).  There are some junk food that should not be consumed even in your cheat days).


Here are some tips I can give you:

1) research and keep researching about how junk food has/will affect your health and your appearance.  Remember your body is like your temple, you have to take care or it, also people not only judge you because of how you are but how you look.

2)Keep hydrated.  Drink a lot of water during the day.  Sometimes when we are not well hydrated the body confuses it with hunger.   If you are only drinking water when you are thirsty you are doing it wrong.  Don't allow yourself to go thirsty.

3)Do not starve.  If you are starving you are going to run to the foods you are craving.  So have a healthy diet with fiber in it.  Here it is a secret,  the brain is constantly looking for 2 aminoacids to determine hunger: triptophan and glutamine. Whey protein is excelent for this, not only to build muscle. How often do you get hungry? every 3 hours or so?  Thats how often you should take your whey protein.   If you are craving sweets? take your protein,  if you are craving fats, take your efa (essencial fatty acids).

Finally stop hanging out where you know there is junk food. I you are full there is no problem because you wont want more food when you are full.  But if you are starting to get hungry and you still are weak thats not a good choice.   I can walk around and not consume but its because that type of food grosses me now that I know what it does. It does not help me in my goals and I dont want it.  Write your goals and stick to them.

I also suffer from this lol.  Eating unhealthy is a habit and also an addiction which is hard to just give up cold turkey.  It's like giving up smoking cold turkey.  What I personally did to get of the junk is I started eating portion sizes.  I looked on the back and I actually followed what it said.  I started with 2 snacks a day for a week then 1 snack a day for a week then 1 snack a day for only 5 days a week then 3 then 1 then 0.  It took me about 6 weeks to fully detox off the junk but I don't even have cravings now   Stay safe!

All this advice is really spot on.

Something that's helped me personally is doing what I like to call, "translating your cravings". And what I mean by this is that, before you start snacking on anything, ask yourself what you're really craving. So if the answer is "a doughnut", break down the craving into the essentials. Well first off, a donut is sweet. It's also a carbohydrate and a fat. So find something that could suitably match this and also counter your craving. For most folks, this would be something like some whole grain toast with peanut butter and honey (or real maple syrup). I use this technique a lot. I crave something and then I break it down into its simplest form. If it's chips, break it down into what chips are. You're craving fats, carbohydrates and probably some heavy flavoring. So have some whole grain rice (or quinoa), with some olive oil, herbs, spices, and a touch of sea salt. Our cravings are very important and we SHOULD listen to them. But we should satisfy them in ways that are optimal to our health.

Self control ?

Hire a Marine drill instructor for a month, to scream in your face and verbally abuse you when you feel like eating junk food. After about 3 weeks, your will power would have increased from 30% to 100%.