I just ate a whole large Pizza... yuck!

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Indigo88

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Hey there.. I'm around 20-25 lbs overweight and I'm trying to put it off... since I came to college I've gained most of that weight...

I'm trying to eat healthy and I have healthy food in my fridge but every now and then I get this big pizza craving and I call the pizza place and order a large pizza and eat it all by myself. When I do it I know that I shouldn't be doing it, but I still do it. It feels like and addiction to it... I ate a whole pizza today and a whole pizza on Saturday... any advice?


Thanks.
 
Don't order a whole pizza...we all have cravings which must be satisfied, otherwise we'll go nuts. Next time order by the slice and maybe you can treat yourself to two slices of pizza on Sundays...
 
Indigo88 said:
Hey there.. I'm around 20-25 lbs overweight and I'm trying to put it off... since I came to college I've gained most of that weight...

I'm trying to eat healthy and I have healthy food in my fridge but every now and then I get this big pizza craving and I call the pizza place and order a large pizza and eat it all by myself. When I do it I know that I shouldn't be doing it, but I still do it. It feels like and addiction to it... I ate a whole pizza today and a whole pizza on Saturday... any advice?


Thanks.
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Ha! Don't feel bad. Everyone has their weakness. Of course, yours is pizza.

I wouldn't really worry about it. Don't stress yourself into believing that one move outside your diet is bad. This leads to people thinking that they can't lose weight and just give it all up.

If you eat badly on one day, you can always make up for it the next. Just remember, that you should try portion control. Granted eating 2 large pizzas in just two days is pretty bad. Next time, if you have a pizza craving, try "tricking" your mind into thinking that you just ate pizza by eating a slice or perhaps ordering a small pizza.

Everyone likes food, just don't make it a habit into thinking that eating a particular kind of food is bad for your health. Eating pizza everyday will be bad, but I personally think if every two or three weeks you order a pizza, you should be ok if you fit it around your total cals per day.

If you eat one junk food everyday (like eating McDonalds every morning), it will be bad for you. Just control the portion and the amount you intake each time and span it out during the weeks.

Also, have you thought about making an organic pizza yourself? They have all sorts of great pizzas that are healthy for you and you can make it with little effort. Try going to your grocery store and picking up some toppings for yourself and you can make some great pizzas mixed with veggies and some meat/chicken. *EDIT: I'm not talking about the frozen stuff, too.

Good luck.
 
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I dont intend to be mean in this post:

Either you want to lose wgt or you dont. Either you want that wgt off more than you want that temporary taste of the pizza. Either you want that pizza more than you want to lose the wgt (the flip side). The desire to binge or desire for unclean food must be BELOW the desire to lose wgt, and if it is not, than your on the wrong path.

If you have a weakness get something in place to combat that problem to prevent giving in. Presently the mentality you have toward your goal is not correct, and one can get mad if they wish. You must desire it and make sacrifices to win, and that is the bottom line.

I am not saying one cant have an occasional pizza, but if this pizza is the cause of eating over the caloric limit, and you know it at the time---then there IS a problem to be solved---unless there is a plan in place---to balance this caloric overage with an offset program.

You must set a solid mentallity state of mind to succeed, and not let the mind fail you by acting things out in the wrong manner.

You must get OVER IT! Your not going to get, "now, now, there, there, its all better" pity from me.....for what its worth. You know you have a problem....now deal with it right! (its more of a DR. Phil approach here)

I agree there are good healthy choices when it comes to pizza (veggie, etc), and if you think about and organize a plan, you can inlcude a healthy choice----now do it!

The best service I can give to you, is to get yourself to get your mind off of its @ss. And this is meant in a good and appropriate manner.

I dont care if there is a large pizza in the fridge ready to be eaten and you know it (boo hoo). You must sacrifice not eating it, IF it doesnt fit the equation.

Your post proves one point: You did not sacrifice and you ate it, and now feel guilty and sad because you did--just your post proves this point. On the flip side, if you had a plan in place, and made a sacrifice (and appropriate amount of accumulated sacrifices), you will quickly learn, that the same feeling that you now feel will be 20 times the greater on the opposite side, and this I promise you.

Do this to those inappropriate type of cravings:

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There is always options other than ordering a whole pizza. Common sense...first - why a large ?!? Second, there are pizzas you can get at heath food stores that are 100 times better than deliverry. Even 'healthy choice' frozen meals have a pizza. You could go to the pizza place and get a single, or by the slice etc.. Again, common sense stuff. I'm curious as to the reason for this post.
You must get OVER IT!
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Good post Chillen
 
at first i had compassion for this post big time because i am battling with sweets. But! I am not eating the sweets and fighting to get thru the cravings and curve.

Once you've eaten the pizza it's a bit futile eh! Are you looking for congratulations or punishment! hahahaa!! I crack myself up!!

Hey, i coul use this thread as an excuse to go and have a pint of Chunky Monkey!! Maybe later!!

FF
 
I think you answered you own question in your thread title. Why do you eat it if it's "yuck?"

Everyone gets cravings but it's up to you how you handle them. Moderation is key.
 
Chillen said:
I dont intend to be mean in this post:

Either you want to lose wgt or you dont. Either you want that wgt off more than you want that temporary taste of the pizza. Either you want that pizza more than you want to lose the wgt (the flip side). The desire to binge or desire for unclean food must be BELOW the desire to lose wgt, and if it is not, than your on the wrong path.

If you have a weakness get something in place to combat that problem to prevent giving in. Presently the mentality you have toward your goal is not correct, and one can get mad if they wish. You must desire it and make sacrifices to win, and that is the bottom line.

I am not saying one cant have an occasional pizza, but if this pizza is the cause of eating over the caloric limit, and you know it at the time---then there IS a problem to be solved---unless there is a plan in place---to balance this caloric overage with an offset program.

You must set a solid mentallity state of mind to succeed, and not let the mind fail you by acting things out in the wrong manner.

You must get OVER IT! Your not going to get, "now, now, there, there, its all better" pity from me.....for what its worth. You know you have a problem....now deal with it right! (its more of a DR. Phil approach here)

I agree there are good healthy choices when it comes to pizza (veggie, etc), and if you think about and organize a plan, you can inlcude a healthy choice----now do it!

The best service I can give to you, is to get yourself to get your mind off of its @ss. And this is meant in a good and appropriate manner.

I dont care if there is a large pizza in the fridge ready to be eaten and you know it (boo hoo). You must sacrifice not eating it, IF it doesnt fit the equation.

Your post proves one point: You did not sacrifice and you ate it, and now feel guilty and sad because you did--just your post proves this point. On the flip side, if you had a plan in place, and made a sacrifice (and appropriate amount of accumulated sacrifices), you will quickly learn, that the same feeling that you now feel will be 20 times the greater on the opposite side, and this I promise you.

Do this to those inappropriate type of cravings:

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While this does make you sound a bit like an @ss, its probably exactly what he and other people who have a tendency to binge eat needed to hear. I have been where he is, and that feeling is extremely strong, but you are right when you say that losing the weight exceeds this feeling ten fold. oh yeah, you can make your own pizza with whole wheat wraps and low fat cheese that can satisfy this intense craving that you have. I do the same thing with ice cream. i eat 1/2 cup of low fat ice cream. its not the super sundae that i used to eat, but being down 75 lbs feels a lot better than eating that ever could. good luck with losing the weight, you can do it if you put your mind to it!!
 
I crave sweets (especially that one week a month:eek: ) It sucks. Bad. Sometimes I give in, and sometimes I over come the urge. Sometimes the "tricks" (like only having a little bit) work, and sometimes they just make it worse.


Maybe 1 or 2 slices, or some health food pizza just ain't gonna cut it when you can actually eat an entire large pizza by yourself. But, chances are, if you allowed yourself a small or medium pizza once a month, you could handle it. Try setting a date at the end of the month, physically circle it on your calendar. Then, when you get the urge, remind yourself that you just have to get to that day, then you can indulge.

Granted, a major part of permanent wt loss is changing how you look at food - and thereby teaching yourself not to desire the pizza in the first place. However, that takes a very long time, and sometimes we have to find ways to wean ourselves off the foods we currently love (and will eventually not like).
 
Deschain,
I am on day two of eliminating sweets. You suggested putting it off... has that workded for you... I am affraid I am going to binge or something.... Kinda funny to think i am sitting here, nailing this keyboard, over sugar, and I am in shape, but want the vanity element.

good grief,,, I am on it again today,.... sorry,,, please tolerate me ALL, I will tolerate you when you need it...

oh boy--- throw more words at it.... heheheheehehe

FFF
 
Just go cold turkey...suffer now > payday sooner than later. After all the hard work and sacrafice, you'll tend to look at junk food much differently. Look at it like work .... I think of how hard I'll have to work and how many hours it would take me to pay for some little thing I want to buy...suddenly, it's not THAT important. Don't be a slave to food cravings. You are in control, not cravings.
 
Johnny said:
Just go cold turkey...suffer now > payday sooner than later. After all the hard work and sacrafice, you'll tend to look at junk food much differently. Look at it like work .... I think of how hard I'll have to work and how many hours it would take me to pay for some little thing I want to buy...suddenly, it's not THAT important. Don't be a slave to food cravings. You are in control, not cravings.
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Excellent points. You are absolutely right on with the hard work and sacrafice-- and it really is a matter of using your mind muscle.

Wasn't too long ago (after starting serious workout/diet) that my wife and I were tired after a long day...didn't want to cook...looked at each other and thought "pizza"...then we looked up what a pizza would be from Papa John's on Calorie King...

We opted for cooking that night. And believe me, every time I think of pizza I now think of how many frickin calories just ONE slice would be (knowing that I'd have at *least* 3-5 slices).

Live clean and your body will reward you--
 
Plus, once you eat you are not hungry anymore...cravings or not. Eat a tuna sandwich and some fruits/veggies...then see if you still want pizza/etc... after that, those cravings tend to lose their voice.
 
I dont necessarily agree in "suffering" (in diet terminology) in general.

The key thing is reducing the "Sufferring Elements" that cause cravings and thus bad "knowing" behaviour which in turn affects how you feel (which is a dual edge sword). If you SEE what I am saying.

Geesh, most persons KNOW there going to crave food when going on a caloric deficit diet, and just "Wing it" when it surfaces, and is one key element in most peoples failure when they give in and over eat. They just dont have a mental and physical plan of attacking---this weakness point in the diet plan that is suited and adjusted for them. If one is serious they do this. Most (not all) cant just "wing it" when it surfaces, and I dont agree in winging it; however, I also understand there are exceptions and some persons have extraordinary will power and cam wing it, but in general this is not the case.

Some persons over eat due to different stimulous during the day. Some over eat for other type reasons. But in any event, if this is a "thorn" or a hindrance in the diet--preventing results, than one needs to do something. What I did was write down ALL, in brutal honest terminology, all of my weaknesses concerning this topic and my strengths. I then looked at my work hours and off time. I then ate 4 to 6 times aday, when an event surfaces that makes me crave something, I had alternative choice present (and over time, my mind and body got mentally stronger, and it wasnt necessary anymore), but it STILL maintained within the caloric limits.

You have to understand, that the body has been used to a way of eating for quite some time and it will resist the change; however, once you start the change, and give it time, the body WILL adjust, and it wont be as hard later and you can mentally deal with it better. Its better to look at a diet as a life change, rather than a diet.


THe body would love nothing more than to sit around and do nothing and eat its ass off. It doesnt like to change, and you have to FORCE IT!
 
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Man, I'd rather kill myself before eat ONE slice of pizza (though by no means should you take my idea and implement it yourself). Even though I love the *taste* of pizza, I haven't eaten any...for a very very very long time.

Basically, I think it's sort of like a process.
When you begin (the whole extreme fitness thing), you will want to eat chocolate, pizza, etc.
As you get more into it, you develop the mental power to say no to anything and everything you know you should not eat.
By the end, it's like automatic and you have no problem, even if some bring you a free pizza, you can just slam the door in their face.

The middle stage is obviously the trick, and I think that's where you really need a motivation of some sort...a goal - something in your mind which is so strong, it can overpower any craving for less than adequate food.


When you have no specific motivation or goal, it really becomes a problem, because you can get into an argument with yourself over why you should pass on the opportunity to eat something very sweet / good tasting. What will be the consequences if you have no specific location to get to in terms of fitness, fat %, strength, etc.


My advice to you Indigo88, is to find that thing which will keep you going.
 
Indigo,

Although that is unacceptable if you really want to lose the weight, don't beat yourself up too much. I believe people can become addicted to food, especially foods loaded with fats and simple carbs. Why else are there people who are morbidly obese? No one would freely choose to live that way.

That being said you have to fight it. Lean on people here in the forum or your friends/family (unless they are the ones encouraging you to eat that way). Talk to a doctor. Decide you're not going out like that and you're not going to quit because you have a slip up.
 
Yea, I agree on that. Don't beat yourself up just because you had 2 large pizzas in just 2 days. Just remember to correct yourself next time and fight the cravings for pizza. If you must, hide your money or spend it on nutritional food so that when it comes time you're craving for a large pizza, you'll have no money for it...
 
Thanks again for the words of advice.
 
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