[quote]anthropocentric wrote:
It’s hard for me to avoid food that taste good. Therefore, I consider what I CAN eat… you’d be surprised how many nutritious foods are actually quite pleasing to the palate.
And as everyone else said, it starts with your shopping basket. [/quote]
Baklava
[quote]chillain wrote:
All the bases have been covered already, literally. (don’t keep it around in the 1st place, prioritize physique ahead of tastebuds, willpower)
Would also add to stop watching so much TV, esp commercials. (one can only watch so many DQ Blizzards/$5.99-large-dominos-pizza specials before going nuts)
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Never thought of the TV commercials before. I haven’t had cable since I moved to Idaho and haven’t had junk food cravings. Hm…
Also, like others mentioned, not having it in your house is the most helpful. Gorging on rice cakes and PB won’t hurt your nutrition too bad 
[quote]BeefEater wrote:
Plain old fashion avoidance, which is really hard with my wife baking cookies and cinnamon rolls. I am a full blown sugar addict. If decide to buy candy, I can’t buy just a little, I buy a ton and then smash it all. For the next several days my cravings for candy go through the roof, bottom line for me is to just plain avoid any sweets.[/quote]
She makes a great cinnamon roll too…wait; wtf!
Ask friends and family to support you. Really. Meaning tell them you want to break this habit, be healthy, tell them to catch you when you’re slipping. I’m all for will power and discipline but not everyone works this way and not everyone responds from the inside out.
Buy more good food to eat at home. I stock more eggs, salmon, cheese, nuts. And if I’m feeling like I want to pig out we pick a nice restaurant on weekends where I can have a great meal but it’s also laden with high protein. I think the 1/week cheat meal is important psychologically. The way I find successful is to start with lots of protein, then consume the carbs, sweets whatever and do it in one sitting, so that meal is it. And it’s a meal, not a day. Obviously the posters here are at different levels and I’m WAY behind JF, BlueCollar and Lonnie BUT I’ve got to do what works for me.
[quote]BlueCollarTr8n wrote:
I break out my Bullworker and do reps until the urge goes away. [/quote]
/lol
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote: The easiest way to quit “cold turkey” for me was on Day One, upon waking to just continue fasting (except for black coffee) and then eat a really high fat, moderate protein meal after sundown before going to bed. I did this again the next day and so on and then one day about a week later I almost forgot to eat before going to bed. I kicked my cravings for sugary and carbohydrate rich foods and have not had them since - even when I am around them in social gatherings. The first three days were the hardest.
Fasting throughout the day was also a revelation to me: I did not suffer loss of energy during intense workouts and had improved mental acuity despite not getting any calories for up to 20 hours.[/quote]
Same here. Skipping breakfast makes me hungry and ready to eat like a madman in the early afternoon, which means that healthier foods taste a lot better. So I still get the gustatory pleasure (and the fasting period isn’t uncomfortable at all once you get used to it).
And you don’t have to give up sweet-tasting food. Check the recent thread on cottage cheese for some ideas for making the stuff taste like a dessert.
Here are few tips how to stop eating junk food… #1 Get rid of the useless stuff that you donâ??t need #2 Read the labels on food products #3 Try decluttering and eating clean by eating fresh foods #4 Outsmart the hormone #5 Snack Right Source: http://www.sportsmediaportal.com/2012/09/5-Tips-to-Kicking-the-Junk-Food.html
PUT DOWN THE FORK!!
Seriously just don’t buy it. When you crave it just eat something healthy as soon as possible. You won’t feel like a McDonalds after eating a steak & veggies… unless you’re a seriously fat bastard.
learning to cook is the best thing to avoid eating crap I reckon.
I can cook something in 20 mins which is healthy and every bit as good as junk food