Junk food junkie crying for help!!

Abby01 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 11:42 AM

I have been a junk food junkie for years and try to eat better but never stick with it. Every morning, I have to have a can of Coke classic. I can't stand coffee and I've been drinking Coke for years!! I have tried to drink diet stuff but get bad migranes from the lack of sugar and caffeine in my body. I'm hypoglycemic, so I have to eat often to keep those sugars up. I make healthy meals at dinnertime like baked chicken quarters, veggie and some sort of rice sidedish. But I have to have my sweets and coke all the time as well. I easily drink 6-8 cans Coke daily. Everyday!! I'm 39 and I always feel sluggish and tired all the time. I've tried weening myself of the coke but only to catch myself going back to it twice as much. If there's any recovering Junkfood junkies out there, help me. It's frustrating!!

Mish · #2 (**permalink**) 05-27-2007, 05:37 AM

There is hope.I am a junk food addict too.I have weaned myself done to one glass of pop a day.Maybe you could just try to have 1 time to have the junk food a day??For me it depends on what is going on and what triggers it.Maybe try having some fruit and veggies to munch on too might help out.I am the same way with the headaches too except for i prefer the diet soda.

Mish

HAPPY6 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 01:26 PM

I love junk food but I do watch how much I eat. I could eat chocolate everyday, I love the dark chocolate! I love fruit and this does help me not to eat junk food. I always have a bowl of fresh fruit salad on hand. The Summer is a great time for fruits. Also when I go food shopping I won't buy the junk foods I like. If it's not in the house then you won't have it to eat, but I always buy some chocolat to have around the house. Also jello is good and I made sure I always have a bowl of Jello in the fridge.....

Bunny · #4 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 01:46 PM

I to am ajunk food junkie and love my choclate but I dont get all the other stuff as I try to eat fruits and healthy foods and if its not here I dont want it but I limit my self to only a small piece of choclate 3 times a week and no chips unless we are at a picnic and I only have 2 sodas a week when I am bowling otherwise I drink tea or water.

**Coll** · #5 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 06:43 PM

Junk food junkie here too. I am a Coke addict. But since being diagnosed with diabetes I have gotten down to 1 coke a day. I'm very proud of myuself for that. If I end up having 2 then the next day I go without. I will not drink the diet stuff.

BuddyBeanieBaby · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 09:24 PM

Sorry I am not a junk food junkie...I don't like chocolate or sweets and with all the baking I do I rarely eat any of it...I too love Coke Classic but discovered that I can live without it and have...I would drink up to 8 cans a day and that was not doing me any good...So 2 weeks ago I told hubby not to by me any more pop...I now drink 1/2 a cup of tea a day and 3 glasses of Peach Juice and water...I try to stay away from too much caffeine...and so far so good...

If you can cut out the coke you are on your way...I was getting bad headaches and it was from losing all the caffeine but I feel better for it...Good Luck...hugs

ewriggs · #7 (**permalink**) 06-02-2007, 04:31 AM

LOL! I'm sorry about your worries about Coca Cola, but I can't help thinking about my grandmother. She drank a carton of the old 6oz Cokes (in the classic glass bottle) every day of her life after she was grown. I can still remember her complaining that it "doesn't have the 'kick' that it used to" (when it actually had a little cocaine in it).

At least you don't have that to worry about!!

Cheerio!
Elizabeth

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**Coll** · #8 (**permalink**) 06-02-2007, 08:21 AM

When my doctor asked me if I went to drinking diet coke I told him no because I don't like the taste. he then asked about not drinking any at all. I told him that I have one a day so as not to deprive myself of it and wanting to drink alot more of it.
Elizabeth, my husband tells people that "My wife is a coke addict. After getting a response he'll say, she doesn't like Pepsi".

BuddyBeanieBaby · #9 (**permalink**) 06-02-2007, 01:20 PM

Coll that is too funny...my youngest daughter tells her friends..."My mom likes coke through a straw"...well doesn't everyone...lol...

I don't like pop in a glass so I drink Coca Cola with a straw...

SanDansMom · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2007, 07:54 PM

Abby01, if I drink diet soda, I get migraines from the artificial sweeteners. I love the taste, but I don't love the migraines! So if I drink soda, it's the regular kind. DH and I are both leaving it alone these days, though. I may have one occasionally. But I like Pepsi and Mountain Dew Code Red!