Help on quitting junk food

Date: 27-11-2012 8:31 pm (11 years ago) | Author: Nate
- at 27-11-2012 08:31 PM (11 years ago)
(f)
We all know that healthy food is the best for us but we have problems keeping away from junk food. Using willpower cannot help in staying away from junk food. I know because I have tried will power and believe it doesn’t work for me. My junk food is plantain chips (you know our normal 9ja chips, I don’t fry them I but it from Indian shops and its sooo delicious). 100g of plantain chips contains 33.6g fat, 519 calories, 2.3g protein and 58.4g of carbohydrate. Calorie breakdown: 56% fat, 43% carbs, 1% protein. Once I start eating it, I don’t stop, sometimes it gives me sore in my mouth but I found it difficult to quit. Imagine eating that for a whole week. Here are some ways that has helped me in
quitting junk:
What is your reason for wanting to quit junk food? You need to have a reason to quit because if you don’t, the junk will over power you. Write your reason down on a paper and view it daily. Thereby constantly reminding yourself what your goals are.
Quitting junk means changing your lifestyle so it is important to plan yourself. Go food shopping, have a list of what you want to eat. Ask yourself ahead of time maybe weekend:

What food will I eat?
What will you eat at work?
What will you cook?
Make sure you cook your meals and prepare meals for work too or you will end up eating rice and stew packed with oil or junks. It is common sense and its very important.
Believe in yourself; don’t think that quitting junk food is easy because it’s not. It’s a gradual process. It’s vital to understand that by making healthy choices, you are giving your body what it needs.
Be active, you don’t necessarily have to register in a gym, get workout DVD, or skip. I Am not a gym person like I said but I have DVD’s that have worked for me, not boring ones. In order to change your body shape while dieting, I suggest you do strength training. Take a walk, climb the stairs or dance, all these are exercise that works. You don’t have to spend hours working out, 30mins 3 times a week combined with your diet is what will show you results. Don’t think that it is ok for you can eat junk and workout 3 hours that it is ok, well you are just sabotaging your diet.
Choose a healthy environment. Your environment can affect you eating habit.
Banish all form or type of junk food from your house, say no to Mr Biggs and Co. what is the most important thing to you, winning or losing its entirely up to you.

Healthy food should be about eating carrot or cucumber. Make your food tasty, even more tasty than junk. The secret is do you know how to cook. Am not among those that believes that diet=salad. I don’t want to spend my entire life eating grass. So people, enjoy food. If there is something you want to cook but don’t know how to make it tasty, please drop a comment or contact me.
A little junk food doesn't kill. You don’t have to ban it from your life. I love baking and when I do, I sure do have some piece. As long as you eat 90% of healthy food, you are great. What I do is that during the week, I eat all healthy but Saturday or Sunday I can decide to have one cupcake or my chips, though not every weekend. Once you start eating healthy, your taste will change. Most times when I eat little junk, I get sick because my body no longer wants it.
Lastly, control yourself. Temptation will come just remember why you want to quit eating junk. Which one do you want? Having junk or living a healthier life. If you think you don’t care, in future you will care.

Remember “what you do not know might be killing you slowly”

source:http://skinnyymi.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/help-on-quitting-junk-food.html

Posted: at 27-11-2012 08:31 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie
- Vectorcy at 14-03-2016 09:36 AM (8 years ago)
(m)
Yea,,,junk food is the cause of many of this ailment we are facing presently
Posted: at 14-03-2016 09:36 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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