Weight-Loss How do i avoid cravings?

[pink_fashion116]

Okay i started school recently and im exposed to junk food !
i'm so craving but i don't want to be the old me! I FEEL Great losing 16 punds but im scared i might gained them again

- I have cheated myself a couple of times by eating chips [but i dont eat them as frequently as i used too]
- Nachos as lunch in school so hard to avoid i get salad but i still i have to get the nachos so theres no way i can avoid them in my plate i eat some then eventually i think in my head "what did i just eat"

- I feel that during summer break i was eating healthier than i am now
- I cant exercise anymore as i used to for the same reason at school
i Know that theres no excuse for exercising its just that i get home so tired from homework etc

SO what can i do!

To stop my cravings?

will i end up getting fatter even if i am eating healthy yet no excersing


[btw i walk alot in school& climb alot of stairs by the time im up on all of them i am exhausted ]

i have also started being more active every friday i go to the park and play a good game of volleyball

 

[KaraCooks]

- Nachos as lunch in school so hard to avoid i get salad but i still i have to get the nachos so theres no way i can avoid them in my plate i eat some then eventually i think in my head "what did i just eat"

I don't understand why you "have" to get them? Is someone forcing you to? If these are part of a lunch plan, there is no reason that you can't walk from the serving area directly to the trash and throw the nachos away before you are even tempted by them.

Can you bring healthy food with you to school? Apples, pears, grapes? Chopped veg? Anything that doesn't need to be refrigerated will work.

Also as far as exercise, try to build exercise into your day. I work at a desk all day, and even though I go to the gym 3x-4x a week, I still add things in each day. I do a set of 10-12 squats when I go to the bathroom. I do walking lunges down the hall when I have to walk somewhere. I do a set of 12 pushups against the edge of my desk every so often. I do dips from my office chair about 2x a day. Anything to just work the muscles. It's not hard to add a set of 10 things here and 10 things there. And it really does make a difference.

 

[Omega]

I found that wearing a pedometer for every step of the day encouraged me to walk more - even though I was already walking a lot... It is the challenge of seeing the number of steps for the day so far and wanting to get higher than the number of steps for the previous day.

I agree with Kara - a packed lunch would probably be the best bet. It can be hard to throw tempting food away if it is sitting on your plate. Much easier to prepare a healthy packed lunch the night before and work your way through a lunch box where you know that you can eat everything in it. I cook wholemeal pasta and chop in some lean meat, celery, tomato, red onion, spring onion etc plus some low calorie mayonnaise for my husband to take to work with some yoghurt for dessert.