I have no self control

[AngelAmy]

<p>this will be quick...im just disgusted with myself and my myspace is down so i cant blog about it</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm really trying to eat better since im workout out every day now again and i need to lose lots of weight....i just cant resist eating the wrong foods sometimes, and it just sucks cause ive been working out so well.</p><p>today i had some ice cream</p><p>yesterday i had mcdonalds</p><p>i just get a feeling and i just go for it...i dont understand why i cant just stop myself....it pisses me off so much.&nbsp; im just so ocd about things like this, ill obsess about it all day...i may have to do another workout tonight after i get home from work.</p><p>sometimes i can control it and sometimes i cant...i need somoene to always be with me and just slap my hand every time i go for a sugary or fatty treat.&nbsp; i will be interviewing people who are interested.. :)</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>don't sweat it Amy, a little cheating here and there is not bad as long as you don't overdo it and continue to exercise</p><p>i'd fill out an application but i wouldn't qualify, i'd just want to hold your hand&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Funk&nbsp; </p><p>44FFE</p>

[jax]

You should carry around a few healthy lo cal type snacks like a granola bar or the like so when you get a craving you'll have something better handy.&nbsp;&nbsp;

[Contra]

I feel for ya. I'm sort of going through the same thing. I just feel worn down all the time and crappy, and I know it's because of the shit I eat. I ate healthy for about a year and Ifelt great, but then I slowly just slumped back into my old eating habits. My will power sucks ass.

[walking joint]

i have the same problem...but with booze.&nbsp; i don't get drunk, but i feel the need to have at least a drink when i get home.&nbsp; we have our first child due to be born&nbsp;on Monday, so i'm hoping that will be the life change i need to stop...well lets not go crazy, life change i need to slow down.&nbsp;

[ChrisTheCop]

<p>Being single, its wicked hard to eat healthy all the time. I think I've finally found the answer for me. I'm guessing we're not allowed to advertise, so, I'll just make up a word that sounds like the program I've been using for the past 2 months (and have lost 10 pounds!).</p><p>SutriNystem.</p><p>They deliver a months worth of healthy, carb balanced food to your door, consisting of a daily menu of breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack. The best thing is, prior to delivery, you go online and order the exact stuff you want! Each entree takes about 1minute30 seconds to miccrowave (theres instructions for stove top prep too, but who needs that?)...the most work you do is make a side salad.</p><p>I addition to the provided snack, they also allow another snack of your own making (yogurt, fruit, whatever). This program has me eating more often than I ever have, but much healthier as well. &nbsp;</p><p>I used to stop at mcd's every day on my way home from work. The main reason I did that was because I had no food at home. The fact alone that theres good food waiting for me, and all can be ready to eat in 5 minutes (including unwrapping, nuking,&nbsp; and salad making) , is reason enough to keep driving past the arches. </p><p>The good thing is, once youve lost some weight, and are on a good excercise regimen, you CAN cheat once in awhile...you just have to be smarter about where you cheat. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Earlshog]

<strong>jax</strong> wrote:<br />You should carry around a few healthy lo cal type snacks like a granola bar or the like so when you get a craving you'll have something better handy.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p><font size="1">that is huge...</font></p><font size="1">Also try eating more small healthy meals... the lonnger you go in between meals the stronger the cravings get... </font><font face="Helv" /><font face="Helv"><p><font size="2"><font size="1">a big part of diet is in repetition. As your unconscious adjusts to the new eating pattens it will become easier on your conscious mind.</font> </font></p></font><p>&nbsp;</p>

[AngelAmy]

<p>ive been eating better meals...and even better snacks at times...its just that once i get an idea i get the darn thing....and not to mention FREE PIZZA AT WORK TODAY!!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>UGH!!!!</p><p>they love to torture me.</p>

[narc]

<p>I try to navigate a middle course. I cheat every once in awhile, but for the most part I eat at home. When I eat at home, it's certainly not salads, but I'm usually truly satisfied by what I'm eating so I don't snack that much. <br /></p><p>Honestly, I figure it's better to die young of a heart attack having really enjoyed what I've eaten than to die old having eaten things I don't like. &nbsp;</p>

[grlNIN]

<p>I'm not going to knock this...SutriNystem or any other prescribed/group method of losing weight. Whatever works for you works but I feel that there is no way to trick your body into losing weight when you simply do not practice the discipline yourself to do it.(i.e. fad diets, starving, binge/purge)-I know that's not the case here but i just wanted to say it.<br /></p><p>It's not hard to start AND keep a daily routine. I started one about a month ago, I do an array of situps/curlups 45 minutes before i go to sleep. I add 5 to 10 on each night depending on how tired i am. If i want to add more than that i simply add more. I give myself one night to not do them but i mostly don't use it because once you slack off a day you will probably make it a habit.</p><p>Exercise is not time consuming if you schedule it into your day properly. Eating healthy is not a chore or inconvenience if you take some time to think about what you're putting into your body and ultimately how YOU feel about YOU.</p><p>Allowing yourself half of cup of ice cream won't kill you, will it make you fat? If you you don't exercise and gorge on it every day then yes, it will along with numerous other foods. </p><p>Self control is always made out to be like some unreachable destination that you can never truly get to. It's really not that hard if you take it day by day, hell try hour by hour if you need to.<br /></p>

[Furtherman]

Losing It: Why Self-Control Is Not Natural (http://www.livescience.com/culture/090410-hn-self-control.html)

This article makes some good points.

Apparently, it's human nature to be out of control. Imagine our early ancestors roaming the savannah looking for food. They might bring down a gazelle, but that meat was probably not enough for some of the group. As soon as they wiped their mouths, those lacking self-control were probably off again on the hunt because they could not deny themselves anything.

Such an attitude was probably adaptive. It kept the group on the take, always looking, always wanting, always getting, and those who wanted more surely lived longer and passed on more genes that those who sat around the first gazelle and said, "We'll, I'm satisfied," not imagining they would be hungry again soon.

The need for self-control must have come much later, and in other spheres than food. Group living, for example, takes great self-control; it takes a lot to live with people day after day and not kill them, and so those more reflective humans who could keep their anger in check probably did well once humans settled into communities.

But that kind of self-control has become so painful in the modern world because there is so much to want, so much to tempt our restraint. We live in busy, complex communities surrounded by desirable goods and fun ideas, and so all day, every day, we hold back. And we see that most everyone else is holding back too. We are hit hard by both our own weary self-control as well as the exhausting empathy we apparently have for everyone else's self-control.

It really is too much. It makes perfect sense that we sometimes lose it and eat half, or even a whole, box of cookies in one sitting.


We're animals people, and sometimes we gotta roar. I think this is good for pointing out that sometimes ya gotta live a little, without any guilt.

[Ritalin]

I've found something that's really working for me: an application for my IPhone called Lose it!.

It's the easiest thing in the world. It counts calories. I set it at my starting weight, told it how much I wanted to lose and it tells me how many calories I can eat in a day. I can input the exercise I do and that's added to my daily calorie limit.

The great thing about it is how many foods are already programmed into the application. Calorie counting isn't new, but this thing makes it so goddamn easy to do.