Slow squared, you say you've tried to quit but just can't....so why quit?
Are you too heavy? Is it affecting your swimming? Less than stellar annual physical?
You've probably already tried going cold turkey or some sort of reward scheme other posters have suggested. They never work for me. I can't stay on an "ideal" nutritional dietary program for more than 48 hours before severe cravings start.
The key is to do something that is sustainable and realistic. It's not realistic to quit. It's not realistic to go cold turkey. Or substitute some crappy healthy snack for cheetos.
The most effective thing is....have a dessert every day! Just do so in moderation. And your mindset...think, "I can have a bowl of Cheetos everyday!" And you can! You just won't BINGE and eat the whole bag and then be filled with self loathing afterwards! You can actually say, "It is on my to-do list to have my bowl of cheetos after dinner!" And guess what! Ditto for tomorrow, and the next day, and the next!!
It totally works for me! Except I make a "personal dessert sampler" so I don't have to choose just one!
Buy smaller bags one at a time. It is just as satisfying when the bag is gone. You may have the empty the bag syndrome. You just want to see that bag empty so you can rip it apart to lick up all the crumbs to make you happy.
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We're all a little masochistic, otherwise why would we subject ourselves to such pain in the pool. That rubber band method could be dangerous and end up achieving the opposite effect. oooooh... . oh!! ....
now where did I leave those cheetos?
buy one of those new gaddets that vaccum seals ziplock bags.
look at the nutrition label on the back and divide your entire bag into servings. Write the number of calories, amount of fat, sodium, etc per serving on the outside of each ziploc bag (not necessary to put the entire nutrition label on the ziploc bags.) Put one serving in one ziplock bag and seal it up.
Now, when you want to snack you can have one bag. The trick is to stop at one bag. I do find it easier to stop at a serving if the whole darn bag isn't right next to me. It is also easier to stop at a serving if you have planned the snack in your food for the day. So if one serving of cheetos is 150 calories, you will have to leave off a 150 calories somewhere else... you might tell yourself something like, if I have this snack I can't have _________.
If you really want to cut down or stop, try this.
wear a nice strong rubber band on your wrist. EVERY TIME the thought of cheetos pops into your mind, snap the rubberband good and hard. If you are eating cheetos, snap it EVERY TIME you put one in your mouth. Pretty soon you will associate the darn sting of the rubber band snap with the cheetos and you will not want them any more.
Lainey
Lainey
If you really want to cut down or stop, try this.
wear a nice strong rubber band on your wrist. EVERY TIME the thought of cheetos pops into your mind, snap the rubberband good and hard. If you are eating cheetos, snap it EVERY TIME you put one in your mouth. Pretty soon you will associate the darn sting of the rubber band snap with the cheetos and you will not want them any more.
Lainey
Lainey
.....Or.................. he might get addicted to the pain and become
a masochist instead. :afraid:
