Keep a food diary. If your anything like me if I eat something bad I don't wanna have to "admit it" by putting in down on paper so I don't eat anything bad to begin with. Kinda weird... I know... but it works for me!
2006-06-08 08:30:17
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answered by joencrystal 3
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This works for me: print out a picture of a model and tape it to your closet.
Then, every morning you get dressed, you can see it and think "I want to look like her"
Also, having one cookie isnt bad at all.
It's bad if you have an excessive amount (like 3 or 4 every day)
Just try reducing the portion and buy low fat ones.
And try eating before 6 pm.
Drink only water, ocassionally you can have soda.
My problem was starbucks. I would have a caramel frap WITH wipped cream like 2-3 times a week and I gained a LOT of weight.
That was last summer, after that I tried reducing it to once a month and after that it was once every couple of months.
I just had one today; the first one in about 3 months.
This is good because it's like rewarding yourself.
hope this helped
* and dont feel depressed.
2006-06-08 18:12:46
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answered by label_hore 2
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You need a strategy not will power. Fighting with yourself creates stress making you eat more. If you do a yahoo search for "weight loss strategies" they give you over 4 million sites. The first (#1) site on that list is the below site. If people learned this when they were young (around 10) then Americans would not be so fat.
You have to re-learn how to eat so it takes a few minutes to read the info. One thing is to find healthy foods that YOU love and CRAVE to eat. Maybe dried figs, raisins, cured olives like in displays, cashews and raisins etc. Also site tells most effective type of exercise to make you thin and strong.
http://www.phifoundation.org
2006-06-08 15:41:52
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answered by Anonymous
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So, here's the thing: you can start to feel good about yourself by accepting yourself. Focus on your good qualities and what a difference you make in the lives of your family, friends, etc...
One way to focus on eating healthy is to remove every food item from your house that isn't healthy. Toss out the junk. You can't eat junk food if it isn't there. Don't buy it, either! Ask your parent(s) to ONLY buy healthy food. Snack on fruits / veggies (grapes, carrots, celery, nuts, raisins, apples, oranges, etc...) Take responsibility for what you put in your mouth / body. I stopped eating red meat for almost 8 years. I've not had coffee in three years. How did I do that? I told myself these things would be bad for me and I simply stopped buying / eating them. If I can do it, so can you!
Only buy natural, ORGANIC foods. Look for this section in your local grocery store, or find a "Whole Foods" or "Trader Joe's" market in your area, or other local organic store.
Exercise 2 - 3 times a week. Nothing TOO demanding...just walk. Check with your Doctor before beginning any diet / exercise program.
Notice your body. What are you eating / doing when you feel good? Great? Sluggish? Start eating / doing more of the things that make you feel great and stop eating / doing the things that make you feel bad.
You can change how you feel...if you want to.
I wish you Peace.
2006-06-08 15:46:42
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answered by elon715 3
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You need to have a fat bank balance.Now because there is more awareness about healthy eating merchants and enterpreneers are profiting from this trend.The healthier foods are now sold in a special health food store and are more expensive than ordinary foods you buy in a supermarket.
However fresh fruits prices are not so bad yet.You could substitute your sweet and choc habit with some sweet tasting fruit and also eat more salads.Since you like the taste of sweet things try cooking your foods with a sweetish flavour.,make a sweet-sauce?Sweet salad dressing on your salad.For example try a Chinese sweet n sour recipe......
2006-06-08 18:36:54
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answered by DRACIAD 1
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Thin does not equal amazingly gorgeous. Healthy does. What you need most of all is regular exercise, not diets. It will make you feel better in so many ways. Join a dance class, take up aerobics, run up and down the stairs, ride your bike, run with a friend, skip in your garden... Do something every day if you can. You'll feel soooooo much better, I promise!
2006-06-08 15:43:58
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answered by R.I.P. 4
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i know how you feel, i'm 16 and have just changed my diet- given up crisps and cut down on chocolate but i feel alot better and now i don't get bloated around my period for the first time. If its cravings your worried about then watch "paul mkenna will make you thin" on sky 3 on mondays at 8 he gives some great tips on stopping cravings.
It seems to me like your snacking is down to one or both of 2 things- boredom or comfort eating so try and keep busy and if you really have to snack why not have fruit im loving melon at the moment
hope ive helped
2006-06-13 11:00:33
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answered by Lauren W 3
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I had a similar problem, but had gained a lot of weight due to a medication I had to take. I taped my least favorite pictures of myself to the fridge, the snack cupboard and right on the cookie, candy and snackies packages. It really helped discourage me from eating what I didn't want to and choosing better snacks. Plus, I devised myself a system where I could only earn a snackie (i.e. taking a 30 minute walk, using my weights for a certain number of reps) BTW, I lost weight, turned body fat into muscle and feel a lot better about myself.
2006-06-08 15:33:16
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answered by eskie lover 7
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Well I see your problem, I'm the same way! and I'm only a teenager. I would say to try to set goals for yourself. If you want to be beautiful then you can't do that with out clothes, right? So try to keep thinking of what a bea-utiful wadrobe you could have!! and try to keep all that other stuff outta the house. And Exercise and eat right
Good luck!
2006-06-08 15:31:50
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answered by Got_a_question? 4
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Sorry Honey but that's the million dollar question we would all have super body's if we know how to stop eating the things we like so much try not to get down over it it will just make you want to eat more goodies
2006-06-08 15:32:46
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answered by paul2ali 2
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