I'm addicted to takeaways

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And it's starting to affect me. I'm overweight, I have gallstones. I should even be eating fatty food but I do, multiple times per week. I wake up the day after with pains in my tummy and back and have to run to the toilet. It's not worth it. I'm sick of my life being controlled by food.

I genuinely crave shitty takeaway food so much! I don't know if it's the salt or fat or taste or what. There is an element of laziness too but it's not all that because it takes seconds to stick something in the oven or make a sandwich.

Anyway, I've decided to go cold turkey. I don't want my children to end up like me, I want them to be healthy and eat nutritious food and be a normal weight. Any support would be so appreciated because I'm worried that I will fail.

Good luck! If you want extra motivation this podcast is excellent. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017tcz/episodes/downloads

Try making some fakeaways? Cheaper and less calorific!

Every time you want a takeaway put the money you would have spent in a separate acc- at the end of the month treat yourself to something, like a night out, clothes etc.

Pinch of Nom are excellent cookbooks and have a large selection of Fakeaways in all thier books ....also they are low fat and healthy

Salty sugary fatty food is so addictive, i ballooned during both my pregnancies because i was totally addicted, i lost a lot of weight after both pregnancies and found restricted them to say one day a week like a Friday worked for me.
Honestly the less you eat of them the less you will crave them.

The only advice i can give if you are lazy when it comes to cooking is find things that are easy but low fat, if I'm hungry and I'm out instead of grabbing a bar of chocolate I'll get a chicken stick or something

Learn to cook some of those dishes yourself! Increase consumption of fresh, varied fruit and veg. It’s more expensive than frozen but you could allocate all your takeaway money to that. Eat a different salad with each meal. Lots of lovely dressings (in moderation) - lemon, olive oil…

I went cold turkey after three very busy months at work where I simply didn’t have the time to cook or prepare food at home. I wouldn’t say I was addicted but I loved the convenience of a takeaway. After two weeks of eating fresh only, and lots of raw ingredients, I ordered my usual take out and could not stand the taste. It was so salty, so dull and so heavy!

You simply need to get your body used to more delicious, and healthy foods.

First Saturday of the month is takeaway night here. Makes it a special blowout treat, something to look forward to without having too many unhealthy hits in the month.

The decision to limit is the first step, so well done on that. Next time you crave a takeaway delay it one day.... or say to yourself, we'll have a takeaway on... whatever day is your busiest... something to look forward to.

Thank you everyone, I'll take all your ideas on board!

I nearly cracked today! First day!! I went out shopping without having had lunch and thought oh I'll just nip into subway side it's only a sandwich. Then I thought come on just wait til you get home and have a sandwich for goodness sake. I agree it's a habit I need to break and once I do I won't even want all that junk all the time anymore.