How To Stop Eating Junk Food?
We’ve all had days where seemingly all we can think about is ordering an XL stuffed crust pizza with extra cheese, or stopping off at the drive-through on our way home and picking up a few bacon double cheeseburgers with extra fries. We know how unhealthy and bad junk food is, which is why it’s referred to as junk food in the first place, but yet despite this, sadly it also tastes good, in fact, it tastes pretty great. Junk food is sadly all around us, it is cheap, it is convenient, and it tastes good in the process. The only downside, and it’s a pretty huge downside, is that junk food is extremely unhealthy and it can make us incredibly UN well and can even eventually kill us. If you’re trying to kick your junk food habit, or are simply looking to eat a little healthier and drop a few pounds, take a look at these handy hacks designed to help you stop eating junk food and get your diet back on track.
Make Your Healthy Meals Taste Great
One of the main reasons why we consume such vast quantities of junk food is the fact that it tastes good. Fat, unfortunately, does mean flavor, as does sugar, and various other chemicals that do us no good in the slightest. One common misconception associated with healthy produce, however, is that all healthy meals have to be dry, bland, and tasteless. If you’re faced with the prospect of heading home and tucking into a plate of dry steamed cod and veggies, of course grabbing yourself an XL bacon double cheeseburger meal on the way home is going to appeal to you far more. The trick is to make your meals taste great. Anybody who says healthy meals have to be bland and boring is talking complete rubbish because there are countless dishes you can make that taste great, and are healthy in the process. Use herbs, use fresh ingredients, use spices, and follow recipes and you’ll be amazed by what you can do.
Don’t Have Junk Food In The House
Ok, picture the scene. It’s late in the evening, you’ve already eaten a healthy dinner, but your stomach is rumbling, you’re hungry, and you’re craving something sweet. Now, you could perhaps go for a small serving of Greek yogurt and fresh fruit, or, you could go into your cookie jar and proceed to eat your body weight in cookies and various baked goods until you feel sick. Afterward, in hindsight, you will wish you’d gone for the fruit and yogurt instead, but you didn’t and now you must face the consequences of your actions. To help ensure this doesn’t happen to you, however, why not simply ensure you don’t have any junk food in your house? If you don’t have any, you don’t have the choice between healthy or junk, and you either have to eat the healthy choice or go hungry.
Don’t Go To The Shops Whilst Hungry
Another very handy tip to help you stop eating junk food is one that will help you to stop buying junk food in the first place. If you’re tired and hungry, but have to go food shopping, everywhere you look you’ll be met by something processed and unhealthy, that will look pretty darn good at that moment in time. If you’re tired and hungry, you’ll be far more likely to fill your shopping cart full of cakes, biscuits, chips, buns, ready meals, and various other examples of junk food that do the body absolutely no good in the slightest. If, however, you make sure that before you head to the shops, that you’ve already eaten a healthy and balanced meal, as you won’t be hungry, you’ll be strictly all business and will be far less tempted by the unhealthy junk food choices on offer. People say you should never go shopping whilst hungry, and they’re absolutely right. If you aren’t tempted to buy these foods, they won’t be in your house, so you won’t be able to eat them.
Make Healthier Versions Of Your Favourites
Ok, obviously you won’t be able to recreate the exact taste and consistency of your favorite junk food staples using fresh and healthy ingredients alone, but even so, with the right planning and ingredients, you can still make a number of healthy and delicious versions of your junk food favorites. For example, if you enjoy pizza, rather than ordering a greasy pizza dripping in grease, on a white flour base that is packed full of sugar and oil, why not make a healthy version instead? Instead of a white flour base, you can use whole wheat flour, which is much, much healthier. Instead of sugary tomato puree from a tube, you can make your own using fresh herbs and tomatoes, and rather than full-fat cheese, you can use a reduced-fat version, in much smaller quantities. Throw in some fresh vegetables and bake, and you have one incredibly healthy pizza that tastes great, satisfies your cravings, and doesn’t make you ill or fat in the process. You can make lean burgers, curries, baked French fries, kebabs, and much more besides.
