Stopping Junk Food From Coming in my House

Blueseraphchaos

Wow. Well, i overeat and it's a problem, so my partner shouldn't buy food. Lol.

Actually, how we deal with this is my husband buys whatever and then hides it where i can't see it. I have found it quite often just because i wander the kitchen trying to figure out where, exactly, he put the pot that was supposed to be over here, or where he put the extra jar of mayonnaise that i told him to put on that shelf. Haha. But if i find it, i don't usually care. I do eat it sometimes, though. Fair game, right? ;p

Alatariel75

Blueseraphchaos wrote: »

Wow. Well, i overeat and it's a problem, so my partner shouldn't buy food. Lol.

Actually, how we deal with this is my husband buys whatever and then hides it where i can't see it. I have found it quite often just because i wander the kitchen trying to figure out where, exactly, he put the pot that was supposed to be over here, or where he put the extra jar of mayonnaise that i told him to put on that shelf. Haha. But if i find it, i don't usually care. I do eat it sometimes, though. Fair game, right? ;p

Haahaa if you win the game, you win the food!

WinoGelato

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

lizskwar wrote: »

Wow. I'm very suprised where this post has gone. To clarify for everyone I am not terribly overweight. Actually I am a college soccer coach who puts in over 10000 steps a day and strength trains twice a week with a personal trainer. I am just really trying to get over the hump of not eating that much processed foods like pop tarts. We do have a designated cabinet for the family where snacks are stored. My husband and I have a great relationship and I do agree with everyone who stated I should not ask him not to bring those foods in the home. Actually pop tarts have not been in our house for weeks. I could go on for awhile about my response but I will be honest wow some people on this site sure jump to crazy conclusions. Some that stick out in my memory is ..we should get a divorce...I'm a binge eater....I'm extremely overweight....I have a food addiction. For all of you that gave sincere caring comments I appreciate you and definitely took your advice. However we do not need to lock cabinets in my house that is a little extreme for me. Finally I am a healthy person just trying to become even more healthy lose some weight and tone up. Thank you to everyone who took time to give me supportive advice that sometimes people like me just need to hear at the time.

It might have helped if you had clarified these things in the beginning. But instead you chose to post something very vague and let everyone jump to conclusions.

Yup, your original post made it sound way more dire.

Yes, this.

Also, the clarification from the OP that her situation isn't dire, that she doesn't consider herself a food addict, doesn't have binge eating disorder, etc is precisely why people ask questions when someone posts on here that they want to cut out all sugar or go on an extreme diet. Often asking someone why they think they need to do that, or asking them if they've considered or tried moderation, is met with hostility from other posters saying that people are mean, unsupportive, and pushing an agenda. But this is a perfect example of why those questions are totally appropriate. This poster is someone who is trying to cut down on processed food and wants some strategies for dealing with it at home. I'd ask her to clarify her definition of processed, because I find that vague and not a particularly helpful label since almost everything we eat is processed in some way, but then I would probably get labeled as working for Big Poptart...

LaurenNotLaura

Ask him to hide the trigger foods when he buys them so you don't even know they are in the house. With that said, if you do see him eating it, try not to chastise him for it. I've had to learn that the hard way too. My hub supports me, but isn't quite ready to give up his terrible eating habits lol.

GaleHawkins

Folks our problems are NOT trigger foods on table/counter top etc.

Folks our problem lie behind our eyes and between our ears and we have to come to grips with that fact.

What my family wants to eat is their business since the kids turn 18 next month. What I want to eat is my business.

If we have to control others to lose weight we WILL die fat.

We either break the addiction or die younger than needed but FAT.

JoRocka

rhiannonarmstrong31 wrote: »

If my partner was an alcoholic I wouldn't buy alcohol for me and keep it in the house...

good thing eating candy isn't remotely the same as being an alcoholic.

SconnieCat

rhiannonarmstrong31 wrote: »

If my partner was an alcoholic I wouldn't buy alcohol for me and keep it in the house...

That escalated quickly and isn't even CLOSE to what OP's concerns were.

Kexessa

lizskwar wrote: »

Wow. I'm very suprised where this post has gone. To clarify for everyone I am not terribly overweight. Actually I am a college soccer coach who puts in over 10000 steps a day and strength trains twice a week with a personal trainer. I am just really trying to get over the hump of not eating that much processed foods like pop tarts. We do have a designated cabinet for the family where snacks are stored. My husband and I have a great relationship and I do agree with everyone who stated I should not ask him not to bring those foods in the home. Actually pop tarts have not been in our house for weeks. I could go on for awhile about my response but I will be honest wow some people on this site sure jump to crazy conclusions. Some that stick out in my memory is ..we should get a divorce...I'm a binge eater....I'm extremely overweight....I have a food addiction.

To be fair to the posters in this thread, this descriptions bears little to no resemblance to your first post and original question.

ndj1979

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Folks our problems are NOT trigger foods on table/counter top etc.

Folks our problem lie behind our eyes and between our ears and we have to come to grips with that fact.

What my family wants to eat is their business since the kids turn 18 next month. What I want to eat is my business.

If we have to control others to lose weight we WILL die fat.

We either break the addiction or die younger than needed but FAT.

wut...???

for the record, I don't care what your family eats...

when someone posts on a public thread about their diet, then they are going to get all manner of responses.

the rest of your post makes no sense.

ndj1979

lizskwar wrote: »

Wow. I'm very suprised where this post has gone. To clarify for everyone I am not terribly overweight. Actually I am a college soccer coach who puts in over 10000 steps a day and strength trains twice a week with a personal trainer. I am just really trying to get over the hump of not eating that much processed foods like pop tarts. We do have a designated cabinet for the family where snacks are stored. My husband and I have a great relationship and I do agree with everyone who stated I should not ask him not to bring those foods in the home. Actually pop tarts have not been in our house for weeks. I could go on for awhile about my response but I will be honest wow some people on this site sure jump to crazy conclusions. Some that stick out in my memory is ..we should get a divorce...I'm a binge eater....I'm extremely overweight....I have a food addiction. For all of you that gave sincere caring comments I appreciate you and definitely took your advice. However we do not need to lock cabinets in my house that is a little extreme for me. Finally I am a healthy person just trying to become even more healthy lose some weight and tone up. Thank you to everyone who took time to give me supportive advice that sometimes people like me just need to hear at the time.

this should of been your OP, as your original OP mentioned none of this.

Need2Exerc1se

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Folks our problems are NOT trigger foods on table/counter top etc.

Folks our problem lie behind our eyes and between our ears and we have to come to grips with that fact.

What my family wants to eat is their business since the kids turn 18 next month. What I want to eat is my business.

If we have to control others to lose weight we WILL die fat.

We either break the addiction or die younger than needed but FAT.

Gee, trigger foods are a psychological thing. Who'd have thunk it.