What is the best way to control the urge of shopping?
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don't bring your atm or your credit card with you when going to the mall it is harder to spend hard cash than plastic
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Try to create a habit that's not as bad to substitute for it.\n\nTry to find the worst consequence that could come out of your habit. Think about it every time your habit occurs.
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Hey Gigi! Found a 3-step solution:\n\n1. Find yourself something you really really liked in childhood then get that & indulge for a week, it doesn't have to cost a lot of money.\n\n2. Check whether stuff you want to buy truly matches what you value at heart. You can start out by tracking what you spend money on for a week. \n\n3. After that week, slim your expenses down to what you value at heart. & keep indulging in less-than-GBP 2 -fun!\n\nIt's great, worked for me & lots of friends
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I've heard various things, like wait 10 minutes or go for a walk.  I'd say wait the 10 minutes and if you still have the craving, go ahead and have whatever it is but try and make it a small portion.  I don't think there's any real way to stop a craving - but I have also heard that after a couple weeks of not eating something (sugar, butter - whatever), you won't want it any more.  I've never been able to hold out long enough to test that theory!
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Well first, you take a deep breath as you remove your head from mommy and daddy's ass.  \nThen, when you want something you rub the genie lamp three times while clicking your heels and say your question aloud.\nSince you're rich and you just want to show off on here, when you're in a store everyone will just run to you and hold your hand and get you a Starbucks because you're not quite sure what to do.
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don't buy silly stuff\n\nan easy way of doing that, is working out how much you want to spend on things from what you get per month.\nfor example if you hve 100$, spend 20$ on food, 20$ on coffee, 30$ on clothes and 30$ on going out. \nit all depends on your priorities and what you feel is important. \nkeep a note of it in your purse and keep track of what you're buying (keep receipts so you can check)\nif you want something but have already spent the money dedicated to that, eg if you want another coffee, but you've spent the 20$ dedicated to that, just get a glass of water: you know you can't afford it. \nand then you will learn to control your spending.\n\ngood luck
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Make a promise with yourself that you are going to spend only a certain amount of minutes a day of myspcae. Make sure to keep close count and don't cheat. The next day or two days lower the amount of time until you don't  get on barely at all. Soon you will learn that you don't need to get on all the time. Also finding another hobby or activity to do will help. Read a book or do homework. Something to take your mind off of it. This worked for me and one of my website addictions!
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- Do not finish your food when you start to feel you are full.\n- Eat at least 6 times a day.\n- Do not eat anything before you go to bed.\n- Drink water.\n- Walk 1 hour per day before eating breakfast.\n- Do not use elevator.\n- Do not have someone do something for you, do it by yourself.\n- Be patient. Do not give up if you don't see any changes in a month. Don't see this as a temporary program, this must be your lifestyle. You must associate this with your personality.\n- People associate pain with 'applying a diet' and pleasure with 'delicious foot'. You must associate pain with 'becoming overweight with these delicious foot' and pleasure with 'becoming an attractive person with this program'.\n- Do not go to shopping with an empty stomach.\n- Do not exaggerate. Do not starve to lose weight, just apply the program.\n- Make sure noone in your family brings junk food into the house.\n- Don't listen to your friends advice if they contradict with the program. Don't eat something you shouldn't because your friends want you to.\n- Learn from people who achieved what you want to achieve.\n- Don't just try, commit yourself. Give yourself no other option.
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you may have an underlying psychological disorder.  shopping a lot is often a sign of OCD or depression, especially when considering overeating in your past.  you should seek professoinal help immediately, a therapist can give you help specialized for you, and treat underlying problems.\nget rid of your credit cards, stay busy so you don't have time to shop, find something even more fun to do, allow yourself to go shopping sometimes, but no more than once a week, and limit the amount you'll spend (carry only that amount with you, plus enough for gas, emergencies, etc., but don't use that for other purchases), go shopping only if you need something, buy only that
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#1.) Buy things when they are on sale.\n\n#2.) Only buy things that you need not necessarily what you want or what you think you have to have BUT really don't.\n\n#3.)  Take your lunch to work instead of eating out.\n\n#4.)  Drive the speed limit dont accelerate a lot this will conserve on gas if you do not drive irradically.\n\n#5.)  Only run your air conditioner or heater when absoleutely necessary.\n\n#6.)  When you leave a room shut off the light.\n\n#7.)  Shop conservatively buy foods that are on sale or generic brands that usually taste the same anyhow.\n\n#8.)  Check your sales papers every Sunday and make a list of things you need from the sale papers and buy them while they are on sale.\n\n#9)  Use coupons\n\n#10.)  Buy an Entertainment book online and they have tons of buy one get one free coupons you can use for the area you live in such as for (restaurants, travel, shopping, movies etc.....)
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The best way would be to not put yourself in a position where it would be hard for you to say no.  Go to public places, have other people around you - that way you are not tempted to do anything.  Keep yourself busy by doing other things that interest you.
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the more sweets you eat the more you want. so try not to eat any. the secret to getting rid of the crave for it is drink a lot of water.
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When I shop I feel in control! I don't go crazy with my money but when I hit the stores you know a real DIVA was there. It also makes me feel good inside and takes away what problems I may have had in that day. Shopping can, NO shopping is a great outlet to stress for some people.
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Try to eat half vegetables, half meat/fish or whatever. Take reasonable portions of food. Try reducing the amount slowly if you believe you eat too much. Let at least half of the plate be vegetables. Snack on fruit or vegetables. Drink water when thirsty, but don't over do it. Try not to add salt to the food. Avoid reward food like candy and such unless you really fought for it, and then in moderation. Decide first what the rewards is gonna be and stick by it.
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Remove ALL junk food from your house. Make a deal with yourself that if you are going to get up, get dressed, get in the car, go to the store, walk EVERY aisle, you can have some junk food. I guarantee you are not going to want to do all that for a cupcake. ;-)\n\nAt work, it's harder because it's considered "rude" to not indulge. The way I handle it is to take ONE piece of something and eat it throughout the day.\n\nIt also helps if you keep a case of water under your desk and drink at least one bottle of water before indulging. It's almost impossible to pig out that way.\n\nAlso, use your lunch break to go for a walk around the building or run errands. You can't pick up junk just sitting around in the kitchen if you are not in the office.\n\nGood luck
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Well you get the certain urge to get something then the urge overwhelms your mind body and soul. At that point you cant control yourself any longer and when your about ready to explode you arrive at the store and buy what you wanted.
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Do you like to shop?  You could focus on two of your favourite stores.  \nDo you have two favourite pairs of jeans.  You could chose those.  I think\nyou are making it harder than it needs to be.  You'll think of something.