Need tips to avoid bad foods/grazing!

Do you leave signs everywhere?  Do you put a lock on your fridge/pantry?  Do you chew yourself out??

I have to tell myself DAILY, "you do not NEED this food (unhealthy stuff)"  But I still give in :(  I feel like I need massive banners all over my kitchen saying DO NOT EAT! or putting a lock on fridge or pantry.  UGH.  I don't keep many bad things in my house, but even the kids' food of Nutrigrain bars or peanut butter get me!!!

 For me, the key is having my own ready-to-eat options available just like those other convenience items.  If I can grab it and run, then I'm likely to make a better choice.  I cut cheese into cubes, make deviled eggs, salami roll-ups, SF custard, ricotta fluff and flourless peanut butter cookies.  They are all packed with protein and mine Mine MINE.

Would love your flourless peanut butter cookies recipe.  MB

I mix 2 cups peanut butter, 1 cup splenda, 2 eggs and about 2 TBS chia seeds (optional, but it helps with consistency, and all around good for you).  Mix and form in balls then flatten.  Now I do roll them in real sugar to cut the splenda taste, but they're perfectly good rolled in the half/half splenda stuff or nothing at all.

Baking is tricky.  I do mine at 325 for about 12 minutes.  Be careful not to overcook, for without flour, they get very crumbly.  If this happens, no worries.  Add those crumbles to some yogurt and it's delicious!

 Great ideas!

That's a great idea Valerie. I am going to start doing that - if I am prepared, I do well. (granted I am only  3 weeks out and can't have much yet, but I will put it to good use in the next month or so.

I made a list of 25 things to do besides eat and I put myself on an eating schedule.

I was like the monkeys at the zoo....if it wasn't time to eat, I didn't eat.
I did something on that list instead.

Plan your meals, then eat to your plan.

Being prepared, like Val suggests is key to staying on the plan.

I just don't keep stuff that I know will cause me to lose control. 

If I want an Oreo bad enough, I'll have to go the store and get 'em.  (and I have!!)

I do keep cheese pre cut, natural PB, Greek yogurt and lots of fruit ready and waiting....so I do have good options when I want something...

Oh, and I always have a big bowl of pistachios on the counter so a few nuts will often chase away the hungries.

Hey Kim,  I am with you on NOT KEEPING THE OFFENDING FOOD STUFF in the house.   If the food is calling for me, it is a long distance call from the store, not from my kitchen cupboards!

Judy

Besides what the others have said I think this is where we have to take responsibility for our actions. We have the choice to do what we know we have to or we blow it off and make a bad choice. Now if this is beyond your control maybe you need to see a counselor to help you find out why you make the bad choices even when you know you can't afford to take them. There is nothing wrong with counseling and many, many find it helpful. We didn't get this way because we had a healthy, normal attitude towards food!