In this episode, you will learn exactly how to stop junk food cravings with a multi-pronged approach that has absolutely NOTHING to do with restricting your "junk" food intake.

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Let’s jump in, but before I get into the details how to stop junk food cravings, lets talk about what happens when we ignore cravings, bc I  had a listener question come in (which you can submit at audreychristie.com/questions.

Juls asks, “what happens if I use my willpower and just push right through craving after craving?”  

The funny thing about these needs and these cravings, is that they won’t just go away, regardless of the cause. You have to deal with the root of the issue, so if it’s physical hunger, you have to feed your body. If its something else like stress or an emotional void, you have to fix that underlying issue and then, only then will the struggle stop.  What happens is that it begins a cycle...first your craving may come at you at first as a whisper. And then, as a tap on the shoulder. And then, as a nudge, then a forceful shove. And finally, if you keep ignoring the base need, the base emotion, the base nutrient, it smacks you like a mack truck. By the time you are at mack truck stage, many clients end up uncontrollably overeating to the point of binging. Hence the first step in getting rid of cravings, especially before they turn into an way out of control moment.

Okay to start, let’s review a little of what we talked about last week regarding cravings.

What is a craving?

A “craving can be broadly interpreted, but for our purposes, a craving is an intense and irresistible hunger for a particular food. A craving is most often driven by an imbalance, an emotion, or an emptiness, sometimes referred to a lack of feeling whole.

I also want to make sure we are all on the same page, so if you haven’t listened to last week’s episode, I encourage you to do so or to read the blog post. But I gave 3 ways to get rid of cravings.

3 Steps to Stop “Junk” Food of Cravings

First, Give Up.  I know, sounds crazy right? But I’m completely serious, here’s what I want you to give up: restrictive diets, diet culture in general, and killing yourself with cardio.  

Give up killer cardio. I have had clients come in and say, “I’ve been on the treadmill 45 minutes, twice a day for 10 days, you’d be so proud!” No! Stop that killer cardio, it's just not sustainable, and when you fall off the wagon, be it the killer cardio or the restrictive diet, you end up full of failure, guilt, and shame.

Give up on the body wraps. Those are fun, but they aren’t really helpful.

Give up on those silly shake programs.

Give up counting carbs, calories, and points.

Give up herba-plexa-level-thriving mess you are being sold.

Remember: Having a shake for example, occasionally, because it is tasty or convenient, or nutritious (which most aren’t) is okay. Taking a supplement because you recognize that it has health benefits for your body and it's bioavailable, also okay. But diving into this entire, take this diet-culture program because its good for you and you must adhere to the 1,200 calorie diet and killing yourself P90X style with cardio every day in order to lose weight is not sustainable.

You may reach some arbitrary goal with these methods, but when and if you do, you essentially have 2 choices - you can continue down that path on into infinity, taking your shake program or magic pills or counting...