I want to reduce my weight but am not able to control myself from the temptation to eat high calorie food.?
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^^ Don't listen to the guy who posted the first answer.  Diet pills and other stimulants (speed) will reduce your appetite, but you risk all kinds of dangerous side-effects.\n\n1) Start walking to places that are close-by (the store, etc.) rather than driving, as long as it doesn't interfere with your back problems.\n\n2) Ask your doctor about various methods of exercise that won't hurt your back.\n\n3) Start buying healthier foods from the store.  If you don't have junk food available in a convenient place, you'll be less likely to eat it.\n\n4) Join a weight-loss group.  If you have support, you'll be less likely to give in to the cravings.
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Maybe try a new program that gives you more options..  From what i have learned..  you should never make anything off limits  but instead take in small does things you like..   Diet should not be an awful experience.  I wish you luck..
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Hi, you have two options! Eat less! Or exercise more!\n     Gary H.
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Hey Dale Im in the same predicament I am 260 and Im only 5'8 so I need to loose about 120 pounds.  Now tomorrow I am going to begin with my diet which includes counting calories under 1200 a day but you just need to make sure you eat three healthy meals a day and dont waste them with stupid stuff like sweets or eating fast food. I dont know how much exercise you get a week but try to get some walking, jogging and if possible about 15 minutes of aerobics every other day.  Its good that you quit the soda now make sure drinking lots of water....Good luck maybe we can motivate each other Richtorres_2000 IM
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Ok first off, calm down. This is simply nothing, just dont let yourself consuming anymore. Your body is simply craving for more energy, which means your diet is wrong. Best to eat full with 4 to 6 little snacks in a day. This keep you going with an energized body all the time without letting you slip off the routine. Now we have to plan how we are going to do this.\n At first, start with a journal what kind of food you're usually thinking of. If it's bad, replace it with something more healthy. Like when you're devastated for a coke, go make/buy yourself a nice strawberry smoothie that not only helps your sking but also your skin and diet. When think of a burger, take off a trip to your kitchen to make yourself a delicous sandwich filled with lettuce, 1 to 2 slices of fresh ham/turkey and a bit of nonfat cheese. See? Easy. Be creative and think of some more. Not only that, you also save your money by eating food that makes you slim. If you are desperately craving for food, that means something is wrong in your HEAD. Your brain is invaded with some sorts of stress. Think about it, why am i eating when i'm not even that hungry? Am I stressed about something coming up or already happend? You can certainly consulted to your psychologist about this too. Remember, control yourself in any circumstances.
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First of all, you need the will. You have to really be determined and you need to WANT to really really passionately lose weight. It is like quitting smoking, unless you put your mind to it, it aint gonna work. Do a lot of cardio and change your diet. Stay away from heavy carbs and fast food. Eat more lean meat and veggies. Fruits contain sugar so I would stay away from that for now. Low carbs, high protein, maintain a balance portion throughout your daily eating habit, and do cardio exercise.
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You need to set some rules for yourself.  Don't leave food out on the table, and don't look in the fridge between meals and snacks.  \n\nSet snack and meal times -- sometimes just knowing you only have to wait 30 more minutes will give you the will power to not eat now.\n\nTake a walk before you eat something.\n\nMake rules about no eating while on the computer. This is a no-brainer.  You can also make it a rule not to eat while watching TV.\n\nFigure out why you are craving.  It's not physical hunger -- you feel like you need to treat yourself.  Are there any other ways you can treat yourself without resorting to food?\n\nAlso, make sure that you do eat 5 veggies, 5 fruits, three proteins, three calciums and five grain/starch things every day.  And plenty of liquids.  Maybe you do have a nutrition problem, but snack foods won't solve it.\n\nAnd, don't beat yourself up about it.  Be kind to yourself -- just try to find a different way to do it than by eating.  Read a book, treat yourself to a movie, take a walk in a beautiful place, go visit (or call) a friend.\n\nGood luck!
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My theory: everything in moderation.\n\nDon"t deny yourself. People who obsess about what they eat generally give up quickly. If you really want ice cream, have ice cream. Not "once a week". Just when you REALLY want it. But before you choose a high-calorie, low-nutrition food, think about it.\n\n1. You should be eating six small meals a day - not three large ones. Even if you arn't really hungry, sit down and eat a small meal. Eat at 8, 10, 12, 3, 6 and 8. And if you want to snack between, and don't think you can wait, go ahead. And I fully endorse a bed-time snack.\n\n2. When you eat, eat foods that will keep you full. ie: whole grains.\n\n3. If you want that snack in-between, but arn't sure you need it, drink an 8 oz glass of water or juice or tea and wait 15 min. If you still want a snack, have one. Often, you'll find that your body was saying "drink" and you heard "eat".\n\n4. Consider a healthier alternative. That's healthier - not low-fat. If you want strawberry ice cream, no amount of non-fat strawberry yogurt is going to help. But a rich, creamy Dannon Fruit-on-the-Bottom might just satisfy that craving. (or two- those cups are small) And since it provides the nutrients your body wants, it just may keep you from craving more, especially if you add some whole grain cereal on the top, or pair it with some whole-wheat toast or a granola bar.
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Bad habits? lol\nTry increasing the amount of carbs you eat at the meal and see if that makes a difference.  If not then just exercise some self control...;
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Why would you feel sick?  Are you cutting back your portions too much?  You can't go from one extreme to the other when trying to control your weight.  Maybe you should get some help:\n\nOvereaters Anonymous:\nhttp://www.oa.org
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I must admit that I am in no way familiar with "The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity", however, I am currently a Dietetic Intern and have a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. \n\nWhen anyone tries to eliminate entire food groups or classes of foods it is very hard. I would recommend that when you get those urges to make your own desserts/cravings at home. If you are not a big cook try the Kraft Foods website or other recipe websites. Kraft has simple, easy recipes and you don't have to use Kraft products to actually make the recipes, they just recommend that you do. Making your own cravings at home is usually cheaper and healthier and may be an excepted part of the regime you speak of. \n\nTruly healthy eating is not the elimination of foods but smart thinking and moderation. Many times distractions come when we place ourselves in places/situations where the distractions are. These may include television commercials, friends/family who do not follow the same regimes, etc. You may have to turn the TV off or inform your friends/faily of your regime and ask that they respect you and not take offense if you decline. \n\nSome more tips for resisting the urge include\n-chewing gum\n-sweet candies like Jolly Ranchers (just a few)\n-snacking on fresh fruit/vegetables\n-water or flavored water\n-exercise\n\nGood luck. As I said before, I'm not familiar with your regime, but the more you deny yourself, the more you will want it, so do everything in moderation and when all else fails, make it at home yourself.
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The best bet is to have a "cheat day" where you allow yourself to indulge in some of the foods that you really love.  I wouldn't say eat a whole bag of candy or 1/2 gallon of ice cream, but allow yourself a meal or two a week where you go to your favorite restaurant, have a burger and fries, or whatever your favorite may be.  Just be sure you keep up the weightraining and cardiovascular exercise, and after a certain amount of time it becomes cyclical, and the desires for the sweets gradually fade away.
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You need to just cut down first of all. Exhibit some self control no matter how hard it is.\nAnd yes I know it is hard.\nBut the thing about it is the more you eat it the more you crave it. The less you eat it you will find yourself not wanting it.\nSugar is addictive and makes your body want more. So unless you have great self control you can not just tell yourself just one and leave it at that.\nEat less and you wont really want it!
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You're going to hate me, but eat less and exercise more.\n\nI mean, find something you like to do and promise yourself you will do it at least x times a week. (I promise myself I'll run at least 3 times a week, take at least two long walks and do yoga 4 times). \n\nAs for food, I am a huge snacker, so my big thing is to write things down when I eat them. It keeps me remembering that I'm eating (yes, I know that sounds lame, but otherwise, I tend to stand in the kitchen and stuff things in my mouth while I'm reading the mail or whatever.) I count calories, but I think I'd do that in my sleep at this point.\n\nMy last suggestions is to find something you adore and make sure you make room in your "diet" for it. I adore really great dark chocolate. I end each evening with a small piece of wonderful chocolate (about 75 calories). It makes me feel good to know that it is waiting for me. It also makes it easier to say "no" to the rest of the temptations in the day.\n\nOK - one more "final" suggestion. I try to remind myself that this is not a case of deprivation, but rather that I'm taking care of myself. Pampering my body with good food and good exercise. I try to work in things like doing my nails and taking bubble baths, but that seems to fall off the page often.\n\nBefore I risk sounding like I have this all figured out, let me admit that I would love to drop 5 - 10 pounds, but... I'm energetic, my husband thinks I look great (yes, he's a guy, but still...) and my doctor tells me that I'm at an ok weight (although she'd love it if I were a bit lighter, too.)\n\nHope this helps.
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You must check the calorie content on them.  I love Slade dressing as well but I use low cal types.  Keep in mind the following when trying to lose weight:\n\nDiets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.\n\nP.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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The key here is "Everything in moderation!":) Try to limit yourself to like one sweet a day, and then if the urge comes to have another, snack on something healthily sweet, like fruit or a granola bar or some yogurt. Read the back of the sweets container to see how much is equal to one serving, and try to stick with eating only that much. It is hard, but denying yourself of any sweets will make it much worse in the long run. Good luck and Good health!
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If you think there is a problem there probably is. It sounds like you are addicted to the sugar that is in the food you like to eat. It is however not healthy to be eating these foods exclusively. By doing so you are depriving your body of nurishment it needs, and soon you will not be feeling well. Everything in moderation, it's not a "fat" issue but a health one.