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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me, the only place I have to practice self control is the grocery store. I just don’t buy the crap. I never want to eat it enough to go out and get it if I’m home and feeling snacky.

Have you been eating out a lot? Just stop. Get some groceries and cook for a week. Make a salad for lunch every day.

It’s old school, but the other thing I’ve done a few times for a more dramatic reset is the first 2 weeks of the south beach diet. It’s hard, but totally changed the kinds of foods I crave and enjoy. Two weeks without sugar and a strawberry is kind of amazing. [/quote]

NP. I generally follow this.  I still eat out once a week, but all other meals are made at home.  90 percent of what I buy at the grocery store, I just choose whole foods that are nutrient dense.  I still allow snacks and allow indulgences, but in small amounts.

I don't know what the south beach diet is, but I also did a sugar and simple carb detox diet for 1 month and it helped reset my carb cravings so that I wasn't craving a snack every 2-3 hrs.  It also helped to reset my gut bacteria, and my digestion really improved.  Before, I would often get stomach aches and indigestion and so much bloat after a meal, and then be hungry a couple hours later.  After the reset, I was MUCH more even and it felt kind of freeing not to have cravings so often throughout the day, and to just simply stop craving sweets.  It's also good to get plenty of probiotics, especially helpful after a sugar detox.

All that said, I think every person is different and you have to figure out WHY you eat like crap (lack of time? stress? habit/routine? eating out? work lunches? late night snacking?), and then approach it from that angle and problem solve.[/quote]

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