If you had virtually unlimited access to unhealthy food, how would you avoid eating too much?

I wouldn't. Or you can work harder and burn them off

Up the mileage.

"If the furnace is hot enough, it'll burn anything."

Self control

Teach yourself to eat other things. Buy more fruits, vegetables, etc. and make yourself snack on those when you're hungry. Eventually it will become normal to you. Snacks like yogurt, peanut butter, almonds, also work well. Even tortilla chips are better than cookies.

brits wrote:

I wouldn't. Or you can work harder and burn them off

This. Eat the damn cookies and say 'thank you'.

For me, unhealthy food just starts to taste disgusting after a while. When I travel, I often end up eating out 3+ times per day. The first few days are great, but by the third or fourth day I start to feel like I just swallowed a bowling ball and I start to crave a giant salad.

Have somebody break your jaw so you can't eat solid food.

skinnyfat HSer wrote:

That's pretty much my situation. I can walk into another room right now and gorge myself on like two dozen delicious cookies (my mom cranks them out like a small factory), but of course that leaves you feeling like crap when it's time to run. Trying not to eat the sweet stuff is incredibly hard. How would you avoid it?

Get mom a healthy cooking cookbook.

Every adult in North America has "virtually unlimited access to unhealthy food" (at least everyone that would be on this site does).

It is cheaper and easier to eat unhealthy food. Eating properly is a choice not what people do because they don't have "access to unhealthy food".

When I was in high school, it was the 2 am stops at nations, in n out, ihop, etc that was an issue.

My advice is keep yourself busy and make sure you don't miss meals. If you eat healthy and fulfilling meals with plenty of calories for your normal meals and you are busy, you won't feel compelled to eat a bunch of extra random junk food.

Do you homework, go out with friends, build an rc airplane, etc. These things combined with your running should keep you occupied. Then you will eat what you need, not extra food just to kill time.

God is a comedian wrote:

brits wrote:

I wouldn't. Or you can work harder and burn them off

This. Eat the damn cookies and say 'thank you'.

The saying I know is "you can't outrun a bad diet"

Depends on exactly what you mean by "unlimited access". Most people in the western world have unlimited access to unhealthy food in the sense that they easily have enough money to buy more unhealthy food than they're ever going to eat.

In part that's why there are so many overweight people.

man i love fritos

I would run mileage that is atypical of hobbyjoggers.

its interesting how some people have zero control when it comes to overeating. I've aways been the opposite, im very lazy towards it and have to force myself to eat the things i do it

megaranation wrote:

Up the mileage.

"If the furnace is hot enough, it'll burn anything."

I disagree, doing more track work will do more to boost metabolism. Unless you're only eating cookies after workouts though, the metabolism isn't running fast enough.

you could eat one cookie but that's stupid it's conditioning your taste towards the very sweet. Instead of a cookie have some apple slices. I mean, actually wash and chop the apple your self you're training the body and mind.

apple is one of the better options for fruits, because it is so high fiber that a large amount can be eaten without spiking blood sugar. Banana is also good if had one at a time. Unlimited? eat lots of different greens.

pr100 wrote:

Depends on exactly what you mean by "unlimited access". Most people in the western world have unlimited access to unhealthy food in the sense that they easily have enough money to buy more unhealthy food than they're ever going to eat.

^^^^

This. OP needs to realize that once in the real world and making money, you can buy and eat all the unhealthy food you could possibly want, if you wanted. The key is to not do it. I haven't bought a bag of cookies in over a decade. Don't miss them.

It's also like at work when they bring in "free" pizza or "free" donuts. It is not "free" in the sense that you pay the price for eating that crap, if on a regular basis.

It is your choice how you eat. wrote:

Every adult in North America has "virtually unlimited access to unhealthy food" (at least everyone that would be on this site does).

It is cheaper and easier to eat unhealthy food. Eating properly is a choice not what people do because they don't have "access to unhealthy food".

The difference is that most adults actually have to go out and buy that stuff. I don't have to go all the way to the store to get unhealthy food, I just have to walk a few yards.

I'd get off my lazy ass and cook healthy meals for my family.