Do you not keep certain foods around?

Christismylife · September 2017

Do you have foods that are too much of a trigger/temptation so you just don't keep them around the house? I understand eating in moderation and no foods are truly off limits with counting calories. But do you personally find it helpful to keep certain foods out of your house?

_piaffe · September 2017

peanut butter

estherdragonbat · September 2017

Jelly beans. Cheese that isn't already cut into servings (string cheese is fine. Slices are usually okay. A block or a wheel will undo me.)

diannethegeek · September 2017

I don't keep nutty bars, m&ms, most cookies, and block cheese in the house. Just because I believe all things are fine in moderation doesn't mean moderation can't use a little help now and then.

JustRobby1 · September 2017

I used to buy huge boxes of 48 Nature Valley bars from Sam's Club. Kind bars also. Yeah, ummmm, that was a bad idea. Those things just taste too dang good too keep around in mass quantity. Quest Bars I can keep around because they are about like chewing on road tar and I just eat them for their ability to hold me over. I do buy those in bulk

seltzermint555 · September 2017

So many sweets. Ice cream (hubby's weakness) as well as cookies, snack cakes, etc (my weakness)...and we have to be careful about what chocolate we have on hand. Fun size Snickers or Kit Kat? NO. Nutella? Generally no...that's gotta be for a recipe or specific meal usage, like banana hazelnut crepes once a year. Semisweet baking chips? Sure. Nice blocks of better quality dark chocolate? Yes, often, we can control ourselves with that.

Nothing else poses an issue though. We're both sweets freaks.

Hichiko · September 2017

I can't have chips/crisps, sweet junk food, or things like pizza rolls in the house. I binge them baaaaaad.

tomteboda · September 2017

I used to have to eliminate things from the house. Now, well, my diet could probably use fewer cookies but whatever.

DEBOO7 · September 2017

In 3+ years I have only had to ban one thing...... but I'd probably be ok now as I have new habits.
Peanut butter (or any nut butter for that matter).
One teaspoon leads to two... three... four... half a jar!

estherdragonbat · September 2017

JustRobby1 wrote: »

I used to buy huge boxes of 48 Nature Valley bars from Sam's Club. Kind bars also. Yeah, ummmm, that was a bad idea. Those things just taste too dang good too keep around in mass quantity. Quest Bars I can keep around because they are about like chewing on road tar and I just eat them for their ability to hold me over. I do buy those in bulk

I ration the Nature Valley bars. One crumbled on my Greek yogurt and grapes six days out of seven for breakfast.

Forgot to mention I don't buy many vegetable dips anymore. I am perfectly capable of sitting with a pint of cherry tomatoes and a sliced English cuke and dunking them into a container of chipotle dip (a local deli makes it. It's probably mayo with chipotle blended in) until the veggies or dip are totally consumed. It wouldn't be terrible if my husband ate it too, but he doesn't like spicy the way I do.

SCoil123 · September 2017

There are certain cereals that I will eat the box in a sitting so I just don't buy them anymore

seltzermint555 · September 2017

We buy so many things in bulk (rice, lentils, beans, spices, certain produce & even cheese) but when it comes to anything sweet we're more likely to be out at an ice cream shop paying full price for 1 scoop. My husband always says that one pint is a serving and Halo Top just won't cut it.

JustRobby1 · September 2017

estherdragonbat wrote: »

JustRobby1 wrote: »

I used to buy huge boxes of 48 Nature Valley bars from Sam's Club. Kind bars also. Yeah, ummmm, that was a bad idea. Those things just taste too dang good too keep around in mass quantity. Quest Bars I can keep around because they are about like chewing on road tar and I just eat them for their ability to hold me over. I do buy those in bulk

I ration the Nature Valley bars. One crumbled on my Greek yogurt and grapes six days out of seven for breakfast.

Forgot to mention I don't buy many vegetable dips anymore. I am perfectly capable of sitting with a pint of cherry tomatoes and a sliced English cuke and dunking them into a container of chipotle dip (a local deli makes it. It's probably mayo with chipotle blended in) until the veggies or dip are totally consumed. It wouldn't be terrible if my husband ate it too, but he doesn't like spicy the way I do.

Oh yes, sweet and salty cashew nature valley bars crushed up and topped on yogurt is pure heaven. Though I was just about certain I was not the only person on the planet that had that idea, and now my hunch is confirmed

Kind makes bags of clusters that are similarly wonderful for this purpose. The peanut butter is a fav. 120 cals per 1/4 cup, which is more than adaquate for single serving yogurt cups

ladyrkill · September 2017

Chips and ice cream are always my downfall so I am trying very hard not to have them in the house anymore. Whenever I was bored or going through a stressful time I would sit on the couch and munch on a bag of low sodium kettle chips the entire day!!

MarziPanda95 · September 2017

Crisps. I can't really buy multipacks, or I'll eat them all, or at least 2 or 3 packs. So when I feel like crisps, I'll usually buy a singular pack. If I keep any foods in my room other than dry stuff (I'm a student, my shared kitchen is very small and doesn't fit everything in) I'll just eat it. Jam is my undoing, too. I'll eat it out of the jar. With a spoon. Sigh.

asianolikeyou · September 2017

Crackers. Chips. Peanut butter. Red meat. White bread. Cheese.

amusedmonkey · September 2017

All kinds of whole nuts. Oddly, nut butters are fine. Peanut butter can sit in the fridge for weeks and separate before I feel like having some. That's why I buy the smallest containers of it or make my own in smaller quantities.