Some specific foods are SOOOOO tempting!!!

amother

OP ↓

Yesterday at 11:11 am

I have been doing low carb and eating healthy for a while, but some foods are still soooo tempting.

I was just doing the food shopping, some foods are still so tempting, random foods.
Milk chocolate, pretzels with milk chocolate, sushi, ....

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 11:33 am

Oh, and chocolate covered jelly rings!!

hodeez

Yesterday at 11:39 am

You know what they say, nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. I see to it as a way of practicing self control and saying no to my taavot

amother

Brown

Yesterday at 12:25 pm

I second hodeez. I did this for a while and I actually stopped wanting specific foods. If you stop giving in for a while and get used to something else healthier it resets the mind wanting those foods to a big degree. It's hard though

zaq

Yesterday at 1:13 pm

Are you venting or asking for advice? If the latter, there are some things you can do to avoid temptation:

1. When shopping, stay away from the aisles in which your trigger foods are sold.

2. At checkout, look away from the rack of candy bars and snacks deliberately placed there to generate impulse buying. Read the front pages of the National Enquirer or other rags instead. Or your smartphone. Or a paperback you stash in your purse for this purpose. Or, best of all, a piece of paper on which you've written words of encouragement to yourself.

3. Never go food shopping hungry. Before you go, make sure to have something healthy and moderately filling: a glass of milk, a bowl of salad with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil, a fruit, half a sandwich, something like that. Or indeed a full meal if it's time. And maybe even a small indulgence like ONE piece of candy, then get out of the house.

4. Go with a list and discipline yourself to buy only what's on the list and nothing else, no matter how good it looks.

5. Stall. Tell yourself you'll go back to buy the trigger food, but only after checking out. Chances are that by then, either the urge will have dissipated, or you won't want to bother with the hassle of going back.

6. Chew gum.

7. Before and during: visualize yourself slim, supple and healthy, valiantly resisting temptations like some samurai princess wielding a razor-sharp sword and annihilating obstacles in her path.

As temptation will always be there, like snakes in the jungle, you need to learn how to handle it. Practice makes ...maybe not perfect, but pretty darn good.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 7:46 pm

hodeez wrote:

You know what they say, nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. I see to it as a way of practicing self control and saying no to my taavot

I like this, I will use this as my mantra lol

amother

↑ OP

Yesterday at 7:49 pm

zaq wrote:

Thanks! Happens to be that what prompted this post was my shopping today, which I did do while I was very hungry. So I will try to incorporate tip #3 about not shopping while hungry. That should help reduce temptation.

As for #4 and #5, I don't buy it. I never do. I stick to my list with a lot of self control. But I always stick to my list. That's why I'm wondering why it's still so hard!

Rappel

Yesterday at 7:53 pm

amother OP wrote:

Even when I'm not in a diet, shopping hungry is very hard! You've got this, girl!

amother

Crimson

Yesterday at 8:10 pm

Hu chocolate, made w coconut sugar. I allow myself 2 squares to help me wake up in the morning.

And Cocomel caramels (DE I think) also coconut sugar or allulose.

And - how's this? Cocoa made w stevia. I use unsweetened soy milk, you may like others. I pit a stick of cinnamon, cut up, in the pot. Or some peppermint tea essence foe a minty cocoa.

amother

NeonBlue

Yesterday at 8:48 pm

I find it easier to limit amounts than to limit foods. So for example I buy a bag of the "unwrapped bites" chocolate bars every so often, and as a treat once or twice a week, I might have one or two.

If I cut out foods entirely, I will be too resentful to maintain this for any length of time. (I have been eating low carb for some 5 months now.) In my understanding it's better for me to eat a sliver of birthday cake and an occasional few bites of chocolate than it is for me to drop the whole thing.

amother

Oak

Yesterday at 8:52 pm

amother OP wrote:

Oh, and chocolate covered jelly rings!!

Mango covered chocolate (by kleins)
Good dupe, way healthier, most importantly no food coloring. Not cheap

amother

Dahlia

Yesterday at 8:54 pm

It’s crazy how the body won’t eat real food when we are full. You can’t overeat and steak or chicken. But can easily eat processed foods even when totally full. .. “always room for dessert”. Just shows how much you don’t even need it. Even an apple you can’t eat if you’re not hungry.

amother

DarkPurple

Yesterday at 9:19 pm

amother Crimson wrote:

Thank you so much for these recommendations! I’m excited to look into them!

amother

Crystal ↓

Yesterday at 9:29 pm

amother Crimson wrote:

I used to heat up unsweetened chocolate almond milk (very low calorie per cup...maybe 40 calories?) I added a little splenda....it was delicious! I completely forgot about that drink! nice for Motzei Shabbos!

amother

↑ Crystal

Yesterday at 9:30 pm

amother Dahlia wrote:

I can totally overeat steak if I'm not careful!!