How to Deal With Junk Food Cravings

Our hectic lifestyles and money shortages make us angry. Nobody has time to eat properly. The result is a complete over-reliance on junk food and fast food restaurants.  It is not rational for an overeater to be anywhere near a junk food place but in this day and age, they are very hard to avoid just because the food source is so cheap and convenient.

Although avoiding fast food restaurants altogether is great if you can manage to do it, it is good to know that you can still eat in one as long as you have some strategies in place about how and what you are going to order before you go inside the fast food restaurant. If you have a plan you will be less likely to binge on an old fattening favorite or order something fattening because you were persuaded to by a mouthwatering looking piece of advertising.

First of all practice some type of portion control. The last words that any dieter should be saying in a McDonald’s is Super-Size Me. Get used to saying words like “small” when you are ordering anything from any fast food restaurant.

Secondly, find out what is in the junk food before you order it. Most of the big chain restaurants such as Wendy’s, MacDonald’s and KFC now have a nutritional menu that they publish. These brochures or posters are also sometimes posted right on the restaurant wall so you can see how many calories, carbohydrates, vitamins and how much sugar is in the product you are about to order.  Try to order or customize a dish so that it is mostly meat and vegetables and stay away from sauces and gravies.

It is also a good idea to nix the soft drink when you are ordering junk food and order a soda water instead. This will save you about 17 tablespoons of sugar per 8 ounce serving that could potentially end up as fat on your plate.

You should also skip the bread. If you end up having a Quarter Pounder With Cheese, take the top of the bun off to save yourself calories. Stay away from anything fried! This cannot be emphasized enough. Instead opt for foods that are steamed, baked, boiled or roasted.

Finally remember that if you are an angry overeater that your absolute best strategy is to completely stay away from these places! Like an alcoholic taking that one drink, just one bag of French fries could lead to a break in your diet that lasts for month.