No one has described my particular situation yet, so I’ll give it a shot:
I do not eat junk food. No potato chips, cookies, desserts, candy, ect.
I do this primarily for health reasons, but also just to prove I can.
I will occasionally eat pizza and other borderline-junk food if there is no alternative. (I’ll drink Gatorade if there’s no water, or order a breakfast pastry if fruit isn’t an option). I won’t eat candy, desserts, or anything with trans-fats regardless of whether there are alternatives.
I know a few people whose parents prohibited them from having sweets as kids, and they ended up with cravings for sugar, a habit of deceiving people about their eating habits,, and no willpower. I think I’ll let my kids have desserts in moderation, and keep junk out of our house but let them have it when we’re out.
Most people who hear this think I’m insane; one friend attempted it for a week and gave up. I’ve never tried to convince anyone beyond describing how i did it.
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I also don’t eat meat from mammals, for moral reasons, but there’s no moral judgment attached to this diet, so i can’t say I’ve ever had any attitude towards people who are less restrictive.
I started this in 2009 for Lent (I had a friend who tried to convince me that non-Catholics just didn’t have the willpower to give something up for all of Lent), and kept going after Lent through the next 18 months. I quit briefly at the beginning of this year, feeling I’d proved my point to him. Eventually I decided to start again for the health benefits, but allowing myself home-baked 5-ingredient cookies occasionally. That’s where I’m at now.
I loved chocolate when I ate it. Loved it. Addicted to it. I also ate lots of other candy, but mostly because ti was there rather than because I liked it. The first few months I missed things all the time; now it doesn’t bother me.
Having religious people bet you that you can’t have willpower without God is an immense willpower boost. I highly recommend it.
No one has described my particular situation yet, so I’ll give it a shot:
I do not eat junk food. No potato chips, cookies, desserts, candy, ect.
I do this primarily for health reasons, but also just to prove I can.
I will occasionally eat pizza and other borderline-junk food if there is no alternative. (I’ll drink Gatorade if there’s no water, or order a breakfast pastry if fruit isn’t an option). I won’t eat candy, desserts, or anything with trans-fats regardless of whether there are alternatives.
I know a few people whose parents prohibited them from having sweets as kids, and they ended up with cravings for sugar, a habit of deceiving people about their eating habits,, and no willpower. I think I’ll let my kids have desserts in moderation, and keep junk out of our house but let them have it when we’re out.
Most people who hear this think I’m insane; one friend attempted it for a week and gave up. I’ve never tried to convince anyone beyond describing how i did it.
N/A
I also don’t eat meat from mammals, for moral reasons, but there’s no moral judgment attached to this diet, so i can’t say I’ve ever had any attitude towards people who are less restrictive.
I started this in 2009 for Lent (I had a friend who tried to convince me that non-Catholics just didn’t have the willpower to give something up for all of Lent), and kept going after Lent through the next 18 months. I quit briefly at the beginning of this year, feeling I’d proved my point to him. Eventually I decided to start again for the health benefits, but allowing myself home-baked 5-ingredient cookies occasionally. That’s where I’m at now.
I loved chocolate when I ate it. Loved it. Addicted to it. I also ate lots of other candy, but mostly because ti was there rather than because I liked it. The first few months I missed things all the time; now it doesn’t bother me.
Having religious people bet you that you can’t have willpower without God is an immense willpower boost. I highly recommend it.