Hi,
I was wondering what motivates you to eat healthily and remain consistent with your eating habbits? For me it has always been an uphill battle, I am fairly well educated in nutrition but find that cravings/junk food are intrinsically tied to my mental state - like an addiction I guess. So when the cravings begin my mood will deteriorate rapidly until I get my fix. This has not always been the case, it has gotten gradually worse over the last decade as I have relied on food to help manage stressful situations.
Any advice on how to straighten this dependency out would be appreciated.
On a side note, I don't have trouble motivating myself to train and never had. Would train all day every day if I could:-)
Oh, and yes I do realise that I sound a bit like Bridget jones!
Cheers
Have you tried meditation? It can help
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Thanks for the great reply, it's very helpful to see how others are addressing similar issues. I'm actually doing a lot better since my original post, the post itself seemed to help me a lot. Peculiar!
If you give up all sweets, then after a few weeks it's much easier to avoid them altogether. Cheat meals make it tough for many people because it derails them for longer than a meal.
I really agree with focusing upon what you want to accomplish. Make it a goal with a deadline and you'll be more likely to stay focused.
I've had the same battle most of my life. Although I'm pretty good at working out, there are times my diets just suck. I can go through a whole bag of costco chips (40 oz) in week. Not to mention other stuff.
When I focus I can get in great shape and stay there for months, but when I get off track for whatever reason it really sucks getting back.
Just think of it like this; whatever you put into your body will be used for fuel. If you eat fried,processed foods with bad fatty components, you will get shitty fuel out of it.
I have used two of the methods mentioned above. I have meditated on it and just doing that strengthens my resolve.
I also treat my self as an addict mentally. But just with food. I know I can't have one biscuit or chocolate. It will be: Oh, today is a washout, start again tomorrow. And then the whole packet is gone.
So I don't have one.
One is never enough, a thousand is too many.
Currently doing really well and lost a shit ton of weight over a long period of time.
Fruit and dates give me the sweet taste I like.
Cheers really enjoyed the thread comments. I like the idea of treating it like an addiction! Might sound a bit overly dramatic but food has a huge impact on my mental state so I consider it an addiction of sorts. But certainly not to be confused or compared with other life threatening and family wrecking addictions! I've had far too many "start fresh tomorrow" (years of them) so really need to step it up and make this a good year! 
Def not saying it is an addiction like a real one, but just my method of thinking.