Impulse buying and cash register sweets

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  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    Leana088 wrote: »
    I should start buying olives...

    Sure, why not?

    Instead of sweets I use high-flavour morsels for my treats. 6 olives show up regularly as one of my snacks. Sodium aside they aren't too bad. I made some spicy roasted chickpeas yesterday - I'll have a small handful of those today.

    A nice crisp apple doesn't leave me feeling guilty like a chocolate bar would.

    Try to find some interesting alternatives before you hit the check-out line and maybe the self-control will be there too!

    Something that works for me... If I find myself being tempted by something that shouldn't be in my intake for that day, I look at the nutritional info panel. That almost always causes me to put it back, whether it's at home or in the store.

  • adamitri
    adamitri Posts: 614 Member
    I'm great in the grocery store but Trader joes gets me all the time. Nuts? Sure why not, seaweed? Yes! Yum.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    250 calories for that chocolate bar? I'd have to run for half an hour to burn that off! Nope, not worth it today.

    That's what goes through my head when face with this situation. Amazing how the self control kicks in when you realize the work involved to burn off a treat.
  • uvi5
    uvi5 Posts: 710 Member
    edited April 2015
    Leana088 wrote: »
    I'm an impulsive person. That means I sometimes do things on the first thought without thinking first. I do things on a whim.

    And sadly, this includes buying sweets at the cash registers without thinking.

    Any ideas on how I can stop myself from impulse buying stuff?

    I'm really not all that impulsive, but I do over think buying something as a treat. Just yesterday I was considering getting a bag of baked lays 6 servings per bag at (I think 120 per serving) I picked it up, read the nutritional info, then picked up bbq (same calories), then the cheddar brand (same calories) then shook the bag slightly, sqeezed it to try to feel how much was air and how much was chips, then I thought to myself, damn the whole bag would be 1 serving for me @ 720 calories, I got anxious, put it back and walked away. I should have just got the snickers bar for 250 calories. I had enough exercise calories to have it and still would have only eaten 1/2 the exercise calories for the day. Haha, if you took the time to read my babble, you could imagine what I put myself through in the store over chips (baked ones at that) :lol: Next time I'm getting the snickers bar. For only 250 calories, why not. :smiley:

    "squeezed"
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Self control...if that doesn't work, send your hubby to the store :smiley: !
  • uvi5
    uvi5 Posts: 710 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Self control...if that doesn't work, send your hubby to the store :smiley: !
    no, he'd eat my snickers bar :lol:
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    My personal rule is that once I'm in the line, that's it, the trolley is closed. No more gets added. The shop is finished.*

    Rolling my eyes at the dumb headlines on the stupid "women's" magazines like No Idea also works as a useful diversion technique.



    * - unless I realise I've forgotten something actually important. Like the time I got the whole way around and then realised I'd forgotten to grab the potatoes.
  • JordisTSM
    JordisTSM Posts: 359 Member
    Most supermarkets here in NZ have half their checkouts stocking candy, and half that stock healthier stuff like nuts, protein bars etc. I always make sure we head for one of those.
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