Only trouble is that the shit food tastes soooo good. I looked great when I was on a diet. But my cravings didn’t stop. Pizza, white bread, chocolate, fries, sugary müsli and cereals. I wanted it all. And eventually I caved and have been so stressed ever since that I lacked the willpower to eat healthy more often.
I find that quiting that junk food for a while makes it a lot easier to reduce consumption. When you cut out a lot of sugar, you suddenly notice if a particular bread brand has a lot of sugar in it. I find it nearly impossible to drink pop anymore because its just way too sugary for me now.
Same goes for other junk, i like the taste of most pizza, but it flies through me reminding me thats its trash food. Quiting junk and eating decent meals becomes a lot more satisfying once you make the habit and junk food can return to being a treat for yourself instead of a daily meal.
Because you were probably limiting how much (by mass) food you were eating instead of limiting the amount of calories.
If you start your day off eating a lot of fiber, even if you craze pizza and get some later, you’re gonna find it hard to eat as much as you used to because you just flat out don’t have room.
If you just skip breakfast because “less is better” then your gonna have the space for a whole pizza later. And it’s going to much worse when you indulge.
Seriously, try it.
The test of willpower stops becoming about avoiding eating, and becomes making yourself eat the high fiber food. Which is probably going to be a lot easier.
Even traditional breakfast food like grits or oatmeal is a huge help, just be careful they’re not choke full of added sugar.
I did that. For a year or so. I wasn’t hungry. I just wanted some flour and sugar. It was really a distinct craving for junk food. Fruits didn’t cut it. Whole weats didn’t cut it.
It wasn’t super bad. As long as my stress levels weren’t so high I could manage without junk food. But life happened and junk food being easier to make didn’t help.
Only trouble is that the shit food tastes soooo good. I looked great when I was on a diet. But my cravings didn’t stop. Pizza, white bread, chocolate, fries, sugary müsli and cereals. I wanted it all. And eventually I caved and have been so stressed ever since that I lacked the willpower to eat healthy more often.
I find that quiting that junk food for a while makes it a lot easier to reduce consumption. When you cut out a lot of sugar, you suddenly notice if a particular bread brand has a lot of sugar in it. I find it nearly impossible to drink pop anymore because its just way too sugary for me now.
Same goes for other junk, i like the taste of most pizza, but it flies through me reminding me thats its trash food. Quiting junk and eating decent meals becomes a lot more satisfying once you make the habit and junk food can return to being a treat for yourself instead of a daily meal.
Because you were probably limiting how much (by mass) food you were eating instead of limiting the amount of calories.
If you start your day off eating a lot of fiber, even if you craze pizza and get some later, you’re gonna find it hard to eat as much as you used to because you just flat out don’t have room.
If you just skip breakfast because “less is better” then your gonna have the space for a whole pizza later. And it’s going to much worse when you indulge.
Seriously, try it.
The test of willpower stops becoming about avoiding eating, and becomes making yourself eat the high fiber food. Which is probably going to be a lot easier.
Even traditional breakfast food like grits or oatmeal is a huge help, just be careful they’re not choke full of added sugar.
I did that. For a year or so. I wasn’t hungry. I just wanted some flour and sugar. It was really a distinct craving for junk food. Fruits didn’t cut it. Whole weats didn’t cut it.
It wasn’t super bad. As long as my stress levels weren’t so high I could manage without junk food. But life happened and junk food being easier to make didn’t help.