From ellie, Age 15 - 06/07/08 - IP#: 212.30.5.xxx Click here to reply Ht. 5'5", Start: 165 lb, Today: 154 lb, Goal: 119 lb - ahhh i cant believe it i just broke my diet by eating a huge great slice of lemon drizzle cake. i am so annoyed at myself yet all i want to do is have another slice. how does everyone stop cravings and stop from blowing the whole diet
Reply from Flower Fawn, Age 15 - 06/09/08 - IP#: 71.175.123.xxx I read a really good quote in a Weight Watchers success story called Take Me As I Am: "Think of a lapse as if you broke a plate of your best china; Would you go and break all the rest of your dishes or do you just mourn the loss of your broken plate and move on?"
Reply from jacquie, Age 18 - 06/08/08 - IP#: 75.13.32.xxx craving are something very hard to get rid of... try 1. bruching your teeth ( most people dont want to eat right after 2. chew gum it has about 5 cals per stick depending on the brand 3. chew mints there are some suger free cal free mints 4. go for a walk 5. start doing somethign else 6. drink water 7. remind yourself how far you have gotten and how far this could possiblly set you back if you eat it 8.find something else healther to snack on 9.look at a pic of yourself or look in the mirror 10. give in have a very little peice of what you want
Reply from Melissa, Age 17 - 06/07/08 - IP#: 208.83.215.xxx when i have a craving i pop a piece of minty gum in my mouth and that usually helps a bit bc then you are chewing on something
Reply from Jessica, Age 22 - 06/07/08 - IP#: 12.149.100.xxx The average craving only last about 10 to 15 minutes... find something to occupy your time and I would also recommend putting the cake away! Good luck! You can do it!
Reply from Motivated, Age 19 - 06/07/08 - IP#: 71.192.26.xxx just keep telling yourself that cake was in the past- and one more slice is one more slice farther away from where you want to be.