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((Sorry for talking about junk food. xp ))

Anyway, if you have been reading my weight journal you can see that pizza is my worst enemy and the thing that comes up despise my diet. My college is literally one door down from a pizza joint (and a chinese to the left of my class).

I have tackled many sacrifices so far (biggest one being Dr. Pepper which actually almost put me through a withdrawl) but it seems this pizza/chinese is one that I can't break despise how hard I try and hate myself after eating it. I find myself craving it to death but when I eat it I'm just like "I was obessing over that?" and find it not really worth the calories.

My favorite pizza topping is green peppers with pepperoni.
Favorite chinese is seseme chicken.

So here are my questions:

-What is the healthiest type of pizza and chinese if I must eat it?
-How do I avoid the restaurants and the 70% of my class eating it every night?
-Any alternatives out there that is both low calorie and tastes like the real thing?

Thank you!

This place I normally go to is called Cici's and has already made pizzas. My favorite pizzas are ones with veggies so I think it's okay. I just have a problem of over-eating it.

The chinese place I really can't resist. Seseme chicken is like my god. LOL

Bring something with you to class to chew on that's healthier; it's only natural when seeing other people eating that you want to eat, and want to eat what they're having. If you can try to beat it by packing a snack or a meal to take with you, that's half your battle.

The other half is simply going to have to be pure will power, and I'm not the best cadidate to talk about that one. sweatdrop You'll have to work on getting it in your head that you can't have pizza or Chinese as regularly, but there's nothing wrong with treating yourself once a week to one or the other; just before not to gorge yourself on it when you're allowed to. One slice of pizza instead of two or three, that sort of thing.

Toppings you have control over aren't what you need to worry about. While veggie pizzas are typically a bit lower when it comes to calories, the meat is also important for protien. What you need to worry about on a pizza are the sauce (high in sodium, high cal.), the cheese (likely not low fat or partially skim), and the dough (dough made from whole wheat flour is better for you than dough made from white flour).

If you must have pizza, try and make it yourself if you're lucky enough to have access to a kitchen. That way, you can control what goes into and onto your pizza; using honey to sweeten the dough a little and whole wheat flour with low fat/partially skimmed cheese leaves you wiggle room with your sauce and toppings. Whether you're making/eating deep dish or thin crust will also give you a wee bit of wiggle room.

So far as toppings go, buy lean ground beef, grill chicken if you want to put that on, or try experimenting with alternative like turkey peperonie (I haven't tried this, but it's supposed to be very good, and it's very good for you; low fat and such).

When all else fails, add some extra exercise to your routine to burn off the calories of your splurge; hating yourself for eating pizza and Chinese is the surest way to sabbotage your diet, and is really hard on you mentally. With a little bit of planning, you can encorperate moderate amounts of the foods you love into your diet.