I guess for myself I just got use to the habit of eating especially at night before I went to bed it seemed like second nature to me. If I would go to bed without eating I would just lay there and think how hungry I was. So for me I started to write in a journal and don't get me wrong I would still eat but I would fill a small plate with some almonds, veggies and a bit of fruit.

I know for myself that saying I would not eat after 8pm or 10pm just wasn't working for me so decided to start making slow changes by eating healthy snacks rather then the junk food I would normally eat. Fast food for me was a tough one too. So before I would eat fast food a lot of times I would eat a small salad or a yogurt and then I would order the regular size meal rather then supersize meals. I found that by doing that I wasn't eating the whole meal like I use to to do.

In all aspects for myself I found that cold turkey quitting wasn't the way to go for me. It was easier for me to start cutting back slowly giving my body and my mind time to adjust. It takes awhile but for me that is what has been helping.

It's crazy because I was just talking to my mother about this this morning and she was telling me how much my sister eats. You see I used to weigh 141 lbs more than I do today and have lost it and still unfortunately have more to lose but I eat completely different from how I used to eat. I went from being the biggest sister to the smallest. Here are a few tricks I've learned. 1. Food is an addiction and until you get used to changes you're going to have some withdrawls. Also you're human you are going to have cravings from time to time. I still have bad days when I eat too much of something I shouldn't, but those are a lot fewer and farther between and that's how I've been able to lose so much. It's a fight at first. Tips: Get rid of bad stuff in your house and don't buy more. Tell your bf to leave if he wants to go get something bad or to hide it from you and not eat it around you. The fewer temptations lying around the better. Tip: Try to avoid eating out, but when you do don't ask what he's getting and order first. If you don't order first then after you hear what other people are getting you change your mind to something less healthy. Fill up on lean proteins and veggies aka fiber. These foods are filling and it's easier to say no to bad foods. Which brings me to my next tip. Snack on healthy stuff. I've always been a 3 meal a day person. I'd eat so much at my meals that I wouldn't be hungry for hours and I didn't need snacks, but these days I've cut my portions down and so I get hungry before dinner. By having a healthy snack like a piece of fruit, cheese, etc... it keeps me from being starving at my next meal and it's really really hard to make good choices when you're starving, so don't let yourself get that hungry. It takes a few weeks at first to get used to eating different. Another trick I use is I love mashed potatoes but I know when it's covered in gravy or butter that it's not good for me so I'll get an otherwise healthy meal grilled chicked, green beans, and mashed potatoes and I'll eat the chicken and the green beans first to fill me up and then I'll eat about half the mashed potatoes. This way I still get a little indulgence, a bit of what I want, without depriving myself, but also while eating well. Lastly exercise. Do whatever it is you will do, be it walking or a video or taking a class. People don't realize but when you exercise it's actually a hunger supressant. For one you learn how hard you have to work to lose so you don't want to mess that up, but also you learn the food is fuel concept instead of the food is comfort/fun/indulgent concept. But mostly I find working out makes me feel better, stronger, and less hungry in general. Know that it's going to be tough at first, do your best, don't beat yourself up if you mess up, just start over the next day and know that it takes about 6 weeks or so to develope new habbits or change old ones. Good luck! You can do it. Ohh also a lot of people have this all or nothing attitude, but I've read several times over that doing anything like having a low cal breakfast everyday, or working out 10 mins a day is better for you than nothing at all and it will over time cause you to lose some weight without being too hard and just doing that, once you get used to it it's easier to bump 10 mins up to 30 and to start eating better at other meals. Don't forget that sometimes little changes can make big difference. No one is perfect. We all have cravings, we all eat bad sometimes, but the point is to do better more often then not and just keep going.

im gunna try but i dunno about keeping the junk food outa the house cuz its his place but im gunna try and have more healthier snacks there for my self