disaster!...help??

[DreamOfThin]

i accidentally posted this earlier in the wrong forum category... >.< im sorry in advance if i annoyed anybody... =_="

so heres the deal, im starting back to college tomorrow, and i have a horrible habit of spending TONS on food! i dont know how to avoid it. sometimes i purposefully leave my wallet at home, but then i need to buy college papers and stuff, so that really doesnt work.

most of the time i can skip lunch. but its really the starbucks coffees that are just too tempting.( even though when i drink one, i feel really disgusted and dont wanna eat anything for the rest of the day. yay for suppressants!)

HELP!! how can i stop my horrible food spending habits!?

[LadyAmalthea]

I struggle with this myself.

Maybe only take a certain amount of cash to the store? And if the coffee helps you that's great. I drink an americano every day... and take 2 mg Klonopin lol...

[PresqueParfait]

I have that problem too... What I try to do is plan how much money I'll need and only take that much with me. If I'm not sure how much I'll need I'll take some money, and then have "emergency" money somewhere else, and I make sure that I won't use it... by picturing it as "forbidden" or pretending it doesn't exist, until I really really need it for work etc.

Hope that helps.

[samheree]

i actually struggle with that too.. i spend a lot on food, just for the taste. i chewspit everything that i personally buy at the store. its so addictive. you already said this but leave your wallet at your house... when you really dont need it... and only take the amount of money you need for college, and nothing more...


hope that helps, sorry if it didnt....:confused:

[shadowgirl]

Hi :)

I think you should adapt a life style and stay committed to it. I personally had a better control on what I ate once I became vegetarian. I also put some strict rules.. like:
I drink milk, but I don't eat anything that contains milk except yogurt, cereals, and soups.
I eat boiled egges (no more of one yolk/day), but I don't eat anthing that contains eggs.

Good Luck!
xoxo

[shadowgirl]

anddd cut refined carbs. They are so evil :@

[alexa]

i accidentally posted this earlier in the wrong forum category... >.< im sorry in advance if i annoyed anybody... =_="

so heres the deal, im starting back to college tomorrow, and i have a horrible habit of spending TONS on food! i dont know how to avoid it. sometimes i purposefully leave my wallet at home, but then i need to buy college papers and stuff, so that really doesnt work.

most of the time i can skip lunch. but its really the starbucks coffees that are just too tempting.( even though when i drink one, i feel really disgusted and dont wanna eat anything for the rest of the day. yay for suppressants!)

HELP!! how can i stop my horrible food spending habits!?

I have this problem too sometimes, what I do is make sure that I can't see my money. If I can't see it I feel like it isn't even there, then I don't spend it on food.