Tips for people with vices

Like me lol. my vice is ice cream.


buuuut what ive done is instead of ice cream in a bowl (because our bowls are HUGE) i allow myself an iced coffee with a dessert spoon in it. or i put ice cream in a glass, its heaps less, but the glass is still full.


hmmm i make sure i eat breakfast before i go grocery shopping on a saturday morning and that cuts down on the splurges coz im hungry.


If im snakcish i make a banana smoothie coz i can sip it for ages and make it last so i dont feel like "hmmm banana's gone, what now?"


i will boil eggs and bake chicken breasts in the morning for lunch time sammies. (mmmmm)


i drink water from a water bottle not a glass. (if i drink from a glass i have less than i glass in a day, from a bottle i have about 2-3L a day.. i hate when water sits out. it gets a stale taste, and a water bottle i dont warry bout DS grabbing at it)


when we eat dinner, and i want seconds, i always go for salad (i make an awesome salad!!!) so that i fill up on healthy stuff (ohk mayo isnt healthy, but better than a full cream potato bake lol)




any other tips?

yeah im terrible at not buying. but i can make a tub last 2-3 weeks instead of 4 days lol. so im working on not buying it. but the yoghurt containers are a great idea!

Another tip for the ice cream - you will be amazed! Chop a fresh banana into chunks and freeze it. Once frozen, throw it in the blender and process until it looks like - soft serve icecream!! This is sooooo yummy you will feel like you are eating the real deal :-)

I also buy flavours of things I don't like if DF or the kids want something.

There are heaps of foods that I just wont buy as I know they are not safe in my house!

You can make variations on fave meals by using lower fat / sugar ingredients - this is always fun - nice to feel like you are eating your favorite food and its not breaking the rules.

It actually goes a bit whiter so looks like real soft serve - goes all creamy too. I usued to make that when I did body for life and would add protein powder to it too - sounds gross but = really yum!

I love baking and eat way way too much of it, but cant stop!

Cheese - I get a 1kg block and grate 1/4 of the block per week into a bag - so that is all we can use that week, and the block has to last 4 weeks not one week like it used to!

Hiya, hahaha where do I start..... chips are my vice so I try not to have them in the house, but that doens't always stop me as I live just up the road from a supermarket!!  And lollies seem to be making their way into my diet too!!!

Lately I've been making yummy green salads and making sure it fills up most of my plate, then I don't have much room for whatever dinner I've made to add to the plate.  Also I put my alarm on for 20mins after each meal and I can't get anything else to eat until the timers gone off.  That way my brain has time to register that I'm actually full and I don't overeat.  Usually I'd be at the kitchen cupboard straight after eating looking for something else to eat!!  It's working tho as I haven't been eating anything else after meals  

we have alot of pasta because its quick... when we do pasta, we add chicken stock powder, garlic stock powder and grated cheese (melts all together)

ummm cheese on toast (once or twice a week)

DP loves cheese sammies (but he cuts cheese like a doorstop. not thin like i do)

put it in scrambled eggs

a little bit in salads...

I try not to buy but that's not working so well at the moment!

Chips -- in my last PG I would eat a big bag each day . Now we (all 3 of us) go through one bag a week. I put them in a small ramekin and that's my serving if I have them.

Ice cream - usually don't have it in the house. We do at the moment and it's not a good situation!

Snacks - I'm spending money on nice spreads and chutneys and having corn crackers with spread, Edam cheese and tomatoes for snacks.

Lunches - making big things of soup and having them with toast or pita bread. Buying more expensive but yummy ingredients (like avocado) to make toasted sammies with just a bit of cheese.

I'm spending a bit more money on pre-prepared things (like soups if I CBAed cooking) and having them rather than takeaways for lunches. Buying lots more fruit and actually eating it for snacks! Turns out I'm craving salads and fruit so that works well.

Edited by Flissty

That is a lot of cheese, we take about 4-6 weeks to go through a block.

My biggest problem is chippies.

Has anyone tried the banana thing yet? I really want to but keep forgetting to freeze my banana!!

I am making pasta carbonara tonight but will use light evaporated milk instead of cream and a small amount of tasty cheese. I was thinking what else to have it with other than pasta too lol