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[quote=Anonymous]NP. Sorry, but all these suggestions for homemade versions are nonsense. They are not "the same" or even nearly so, and they don't satisfy the craving for a specific fast food. Those who are satisfied by this method apparently already don't eat fast food or rarely do and just don't have the same experiences people like OP and I do.

Nevertheless, OP:  (1) the more you "just say no" and keep on driving by - not through - that drive thru when you're hungry or craving it, you will eventually crave it much less. It requires a deliberate mental thought and decision-making process. Do you "really" want that particular food because you are really craving it, or because you are hungry and it's faster and tastes good? Were you longing for that specific food well before you saw the restaurant? Were you thinking "I'm STARVING and have to eat something before I get home and can get something made - and therefore you're just searching for a fast solution?

Ask yourself, "Do I really really want to eat that?" If you have eaten well all week and know you'll get right back on track because this one indulgence will satisfy a real craving, go for it -- in small proportions. The kids' meal, or just the sandwich and not the fries, or the sandwich and fries but no soda, or...

This is how I frequently avoid the regret of fast food and have maintained my greatly-reduced soda consumption. If I have a taste for it, I keep saying no until I'm absolutely sure that yes, I do indeed want a soda. I can tell it's a real craving if I'm still thinking about having it 3 days after the first craving. If I don't succumb right away, the craving more often than not disappears by the next day, if not within a few hours or as soon as I've eaten something else with water and not soda.

It takes time to break habits and to lose the taste for certain foods. If you're only doing this on occasion, then so what? If this is a ore regular thing for  you, start by forcing yourself to say no and keep driving past. Then do it again the next time.

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