What is a good way to keep you motivated to stick to eating healthly?

I'm fourteen and I want to feel good about myself for once and not be depressed.





The problem is I just can't help snaking on chocolate, cookies or biscuits at least once every day. I seem to have 0 will power and it's beginning to bug me.





And no, I won't listen to people who say I'm to young, because I'm not, and anyway I'm also doing this for my strength and stamina.


If I can't be amazingly gorgeous, why not be stronger than the average girl?

What is a good way to keep you motivated to stick to eating healthly?
Keep a food diary. If your anything like me if I eat something bad I don't wanna have to "admit it" by putting in down on paper so I don't eat anything bad to begin with. Kinda weird... I know... but it works for me!
Reply:your same as me im 14 too and feel the same the way is with me what iev tried is removing all junk food from the house and when u see it at school think of disgusting things you hate and where ever you see junk food think of awful things it does help and do a lot of exercise get your friends to exercise with you too its fun


good luck!


xxx
Reply:I think the best way is to have a friend or family member to go on the diet with you. Talking honestly and friendly competition with your friend will give you strength.
Reply:you could always try the sugar-free stuff!
Reply:keep u motivated is a picture of u now and a picture of an over weight woman ,think that if you keep eating that way u will and I'm dead serious u will look like. 3 years from now thats what my best friend did and she about 350 now
Reply:I've been thinking about eating healthy, and actually healthiness is beautiful, so the healthier you are the more beautiful you will be. You will be killing two birds with one stone, good luck
Reply:Sorry Honey but that's the million dollar question we would all have super body's if we know how to stop eating the things we like so much try not to get down over it it will just make you want to eat more goodies
Reply:its hard. but think of those jeans you can fit in. get a friend to help you or your mum.
Reply:Take a peek at your flabby belly - that's a good motivating factor. Or go to a beach where you'll find loads of bronzed, tanned, slim girls. Motivating too..........
Reply:Most people snack becuse they are bored so when you want to snack find something else to do, and it helps if the some thing keeps your hands busy.
Reply:don't worry about it yet you r only young
Reply:So, here's the thing: you can start to feel good about yourself by accepting yourself. Focus on your good qualities and what a difference you make in the lives of your family, friends, etc...





One way to focus on eating healthy is to remove every food item from your house that isn't healthy. Toss out the junk. You can't eat junk food if it isn't there. Don't buy it, either! Ask your parent(s) to ONLY buy healthy food. Snack on fruits / veggies (grapes, carrots, celery, nuts, raisins, apples, oranges, etc...) Take responsibility for what you put in your mouth / body. I stopped eating red meat for almost 8 years. I've not had coffee in three years. How did I do that? I told myself these things would be bad for me and I simply stopped buying / eating them. If I can do it, so can you!





Only buy natural, ORGANIC foods. Look for this section in your local grocery store, or find a "Whole Foods" or "Trader Joe's" market in your area, or other local organic store.





Exercise 2 - 3 times a week. Nothing TOO demanding...just walk. Check with your Doctor before beginning any diet / exercise program.





Notice your body. What are you eating / doing when you feel good? Great? Sluggish? Start eating / doing more of the things that make you feel great and stop eating / doing the things that make you feel bad.





You can change how you feel...if you want to.





I wish you Peace.
Reply:I had a similar problem, but had gained a lot of weight due to a medication I had to take. I taped my least favorite pictures of myself to the fridge, the snack cupboard and right on the cookie, candy and snackies packages. It really helped discourage me from eating what I didn't want to and choosing better snacks. Plus, I devised myself a system where I could only earn a snackie (i.e. taking a 30 minute walk, using my weights for a certain number of reps) BTW, I lost weight, turned body fat into muscle and feel a lot better about myself.
Reply:Just start excercising. That should get you less and less wanting to eat junk food. If you lounge around you'll tend to eat more and more junk food because your body'll want it.
Reply:buy a pic of a celeb u want 2 be like and everytime you tuck into a chocolate bar look at the celeb. that shud put u off
Reply:EATING A HEALTHY DIET WILL NOT MAKE YOU STRONGER
Reply:Chocolate is heavenly... mmm, no, I do not have to resist because I can eat it if I balkance my food-habbits over the week.


I like to enjoy good things too and I really adore party-time and BBQ, but I keep a healthy balance by looking at myself in the mirror and saying 'do you feel great? do you feel awesome?'


Just find a way to motivate yourself but do not over-react... too healthy is not always healthy for your mood and mindset.


Enjoy life, there is only one!
Reply:imagine the heaviest person you have ever seen... and then picture yourself looking that way.





really works...
Reply:The thought that I will die if I don't eat properly is working for me. . .
Reply:You need to have a fat bank balance.Now because there is more awareness about healthy eating merchants and enterpreneers are profiting from this trend.The healthier foods are now sold in a special health food store and are more expensive than ordinary foods you buy in a supermarket.


However fresh fruits prices are not so bad yet.You could substitute your sweet and choc habit with some sweet tasting fruit and also eat more salads.Since you like the taste of sweet things try cooking your foods with a sweetish flavour.,make a sweet-sauce?Sweet salad dressing on your salad.For example try a Chinese sweet n sour recipe......
Reply:Well I see your problem, I'm the same way! and I'm only a teenager. I would say to try to set goals for yourself. If you want to be beautiful then you can't do that with out clothes, right? So try to keep thinking of what a bea-utiful wadrobe you could have!! and try to keep all that other stuff outta the house. And Exercise and eat right





Good luck!
Reply:You could a picture of a fat person on your refrigerator..Like Artie Lange!
Reply:This works for me: print out a picture of a model and tape it to your closet.


Then, every morning you get dressed, you can see it and think "I want to look like her"





Also, having one cookie isnt bad at all.


It's bad if you have an excessive amount (like 3 or 4 every day)


Just try reducing the portion and buy low fat ones.





And try eating before 6 pm.


Drink only water, ocassionally you can have soda.


My problem was starbucks. I would have a caramel frap WITH wipped cream like 2-3 times a week and I gained a LOT of weight.


That was last summer, after that I tried reducing it to once a month and after that it was once every couple of months.


I just had one today; the first one in about 3 months.


This is good because it's like rewarding yourself.





hope this helped


* and dont feel depressed.
Reply:You need a strategy not will power. Fighting with yourself creates stress making you eat more. If you do a yahoo search for "weight loss strategies" they give you over 4 million sites. The first (#1) site on that list is the below site. If people learned this when they were young (around 10) then Americans would not be so fat.





You have to re-learn how to eat so it takes a few minutes to read the info. One thing is to find healthy foods that YOU love and CRAVE to eat. Maybe dried figs, raisins, cured olives like in displays, cashews and raisins etc. Also site tells most effective type of exercise to make you thin and strong.


http://www.phifoundation.org
Reply:Thin does not equal amazingly gorgeous. Healthy does. What you need most of all is regular exercise, not diets. It will make you feel better in so many ways. Join a dance class, take up aerobics, run up and down the stairs, ride your bike, run with a friend, skip in your garden... Do something every day if you can. You'll feel soooooo much better, I promise!
Reply:just say i don't wanna be fat i don't wanna be fat
Reply:i know how you feel, i'm 16 and have just changed my diet- given up crisps and cut down on chocolate but i feel alot better and now i don't get bloated around my period for the first time. If its cravings your worried about then watch "paul mkenna will make you thin" on sky 3 on mondays at 8 he gives some great tips on stopping cravings.


It seems to me like your snacking is down to one or both of 2 things- boredom or comfort eating so try and keep busy and if you really have to snack why not have fruit im loving melon at the moment


hope ive helped
Reply:keep yourself busy join a sports team, (ex. track) shot put, discus are good I've seen some really small girls throw very well, if sports aren't for you, go outside, go to a park, bring a book, or just enjoy walking around only when things to eat are in front of you are they tempting. so go thru your house and get rid of the things you don't want to eat
Reply:i no what you mean but don't worry you can eat one snack a day if needed just exercise more and just think about how happy you'll be if you get in shape like you want and also the more over wight you are the greater health risks you have and if your over wight you have a risk of dieing early


good luck