What are your unhealthy food loves?

susan_mcconnell

For me I cannot stop myself from over-indulging in: Mac n Cheese, other pasta and noodles, gummy snacks, pudding, and Nutella, and this is a drink technically but calorie wise it packs a punch: soda. So I stay away from them, or I try anyway.

How about you?

ncfitbit

I also have trouble with pasta, especially tortellini for some reason--it's so tempting to grab just one more little piece--but tortilla chips are my absolute weakness. I'm trying to be pickier about these so I never waste calories on bad, greasy ones and I've even tried weighing them out ahead of time if we have them in the house, but yeah, it's tough to have them around!

I've grown to prefer diet soda, but if I'm out and see my favorite full calorie soda at a fountain somewhere I'll mix half and half and that often makes me like I've had a taste of it. It's hard to know the precise number of ounces this way though, so I hope I'm not fooling myself!

ariana_eatsandlifts

I don't necessarily consider them unhealthy because in theory I could portion them out to fit my calories, but... Doritos. I genuinely try not to restrict myself but it's one of those snacks that it's safer to just not keep in the house.

PeiDub

Oreos. Have you tried the brownie batter ones? Omnom.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Salted Caramel anything.
Chocolate anything.

Y'all can have your bread and pasta overload. Pass me that cake!

sarah_sarah05

For me I have a hard time not over indulging on breads/carbs (bread, buns, pasta, stuffing)

nvmomketo

My unhealthy love was soda and candies (jelly bellies, M&M, jujubes).

We broke up and aren't seeing each other anymore.

AprilRj123

ice cream

desweds

Booze. Solamente.

dinosaurparty

Peanut butter. Like the cheap kind with icing sugar and crap mixed in. I literally finished off the last of a tub of it just now, with a spoon

Time for a PB break I think.

cmtigger

Soda, so I work a can into my calories most days, or I can see myself binging on them.

Fast food. I really want a #2 animal style with a coke.

Kalikel

Now I want mac n cheese, dang it.

I do miss that. Also tortillas, tortilla chips, all things tortilla. And cornbread.

The things I used to love the most and had the hardest time giving up - candy, ice cream, donuts, that kind of thing - I no longer miss that stuff at all. But I miss cornbread, tortillas, ribs and mac n cheese.

This is a bad thread! It's making me think about eating things I shouldn't, lol. Bad thread! Sit!

elga_thres

Chocolate cake, french fries and white rice..

Soopatt

Bread and pasta. I eat carbs, but I feel sorry for myself when I only get one slice of bread when I actually want 4 and one tiny pile of pasta when I want a giant mountain. Every other serving size looks reasonable to me except these two.

I do okay with fitting chocolate in and I do ok with fitting junk in, those are not the things that blow my calories.

G33K_G1RL

Nutella! I just don't buy it anymore, because it always ends with a spoon. And with 100 cals per spoon...

However, when at someone else's house or restaurant, I'll indulge if it's available, on 1 or 2 toasts.

I do keep some high quality chocolate on hand, and portion it for snacks. But nutella gets me every time.

sashayoung72

Mine seems to change, like just sitting here I can think of things that maybe I would indulge in if available but nothing is really standing out. In the past it has been Ice cream, I simply cannot keep it in the house because even though I log it, I log alot of it!
Probably if you held a box of really fresh, warm eclairs up to me. I know I couldn't stop with one so I take none. but i'm gonna say i'd eat 4 if given the chance!!

yummypotroast

I love almost everything high in carbs and fat, particularly fried potatoes/rice, chocolate, chewy cookies, and cream. I give myself maintenance days every few days so I can properly enjoy them!

Faith4eva31

Birthday cake oreos, swiss rolls, anything chocolate. I try not to buy these things, but when I do I still track them as normal and try not to go over my limit. I say to myself "If you eat this now, what are you going to do later to burn it off!" This has actually helped because when I know I am not going to workout, most of the time I don't eat it.

19gabriela01

HARIBO!!!

melimomTARDIS

mac'n'cheese, white bread, chewy fudge brownies. i still eat that stuff now, mind you, but i watch the portions.

melimomTARDIS

yummypotroast wrote: »

I love almost everything high in carbs and fat, particularly fried potatoes/rice, chocolate, chewy cookies, and cream. I give myself maintenance days every few days so I can properly enjoy them!

carbs AND fat. they gotta be together, amirite? because i cannot eat 3 lbsof plain baked potatoes, thats for sure.

pondee629

Are there really BAD foods or just bad AMOUNTS of food? I mean is anything that doesn't kill you a BAD food? to wit:
"i still eat that stuff now, mind you, but i watch the portions"
" when I do I still track them as normal and try not to go over my limit"
"I give myself maintenance days every few days so I can properly enjoy them!"

saladcrunchy

fresh bread, cheese and wine >sigh<

melimomTARDIS

pondee629 wrote: »

Are there really BAD foods or just bad AMOUNTS of food? I mean is anything that doesn't kill you a BAD food? to wit:
"i still eat that stuff now, mind you, but i watch the portions"
" when I do I still track them as normal and try not to go over my limit"
"I give myself maintenance days every few days so I can properly enjoy them!"

food nazis will have you believe that eating foods like mac and cheese are bad, but i dont think there are bad foods.

yummypotroast

melimomTARDIS wrote: »

yummypotroast wrote: »

I love almost everything high in carbs and fat, particularly fried potatoes/rice, chocolate, chewy cookies, and cream. I give myself maintenance days every few days so I can properly enjoy them!

carbs AND fat. they gotta be together, amirite? because i cannot eat 3 lbsof plain baked potatoes, thats for sure.

YES! Haha turn those baked potatoes into French fries and they're gone. *o*

On a similar note I ate an entire rice cooker's worth of rice the other day. All it took was some spicy sauce, seaweed flakes, and sesame oil. Just that bit of fat and sodium made plain rice SO DELICIOUS!!

kommodevaran

I found out I don't love the foods I crave in unhealthy amounts, I just crave them.

So I have none.

saladcrunchy

Dear Ponde and Meli, alas, there are bad fats and bad sugars too


Good fats – Omega 3 – (EPA and DHA) Green veg and oily fish (not cod liver) crucial for good health
- Saturated fat – animal fats, meat and dairy, coconut and palm – solid at room temperature. These are only bad in excess of the RDA: 20 grams a day.

- Unsaturated fats – liquid seed oils only bad in excess of the RDA: 70g and optimum Om6 vs 3 ratio
- Bad fats: Man made toxic fats, trans-fats, hidden in processed food including low fat spreads.
- Trans-fats are synthetic fats that preserve shelf life in food and cause premature furring of the arteries
- In addition to other fats the average Briton is eating between 2 – 20g of trans-fats a day
- 20 grams of trans-fat a day more than doubles the risk of cardiovascular disease: heart, stroke, Lewy body dementia, vascular and arteria-sclerotic dementia; the second most common types of dementia.
- Trans-fats upset the liver; disrupt the balance of good cholesterol (HDL) and bad (LDL) and cause a build-up of plaques on the artery walls.
- Trans-fats are mostly hidden but on food labels are called:

1. Hydrogenated vegetable oil (Good unsaturated fats that have been Hydrogenated)
2. Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.
3. Vegetable shortening
4. Margarine

Types of sugar:
Just as there are types of fat there are types of sugar both good and bad.

Good sugar: Fructose found in nutrient rich fruit is good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23880701

Bad sugar: Refined white sugar and fructose derived from Corn syrup can be toxic, especially in combination with trans-fat. Amongst other things, fructose can suppress the production of Leptin, a hormone that makes you feel full and satisfied. Once Leptin is switched off, the brain thinks the body is starving and you are now in a viscous cycle of over consumption, addiction and disease.
http://authoritynutrition.com/why-is-fructose-bad-for-you/

If the scientists are right, it is the effect of fructose on the liver that is driving America's obesity. It is also associated with chronic illness including some cancers, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, elevated LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Americans consume about 90 lbs of sugar a year, twice what is considered safe.

But Pondee is right, ratio is relevant. Eg. Omega 6 is essential but in excess is inflammatory where are Om 3 is anti-inflammatory. The body can't differentiate between Om 6 and Om3 and so it's important to try and keep your diet in favour of Om3.

All seems a bit complicated to take in doesn't it but the facts are worth taking on board and once you know them, it is much easier to make informed choices without being obsessive about it. Hope this is helpful.

melimomTARDIS

lots of margarine on the market these days without trans fat. We use imperial sticks in our home, and its trans fat free. It is 89 cents a pound, versus butter, which is 4 dollars a pound at my local grocery store.

saladcrunchy

thumbs up - (is there a like button?)

FoodFitnessTravel

Nutella, oh how i miss you

lemurcat12

I don't really love anything I consider unhealthy in and of itself, as opposed to in overly large quantities, except perhaps some fried foods (as identified below).

My favorites that I have to watch quantities on: ribs, pulled pork, a good enchilada, guacamole, cheese, pie, ice cream, french fries, really well-made fried chicken (KFC doesn't appeal at all, ick), cornbread, homemade mac & cheese, Pequod's Chicago-style pizza (the only Chicago-style I really care about), po'boy, naan with a good curry, going out for Ethiopian and just getting a selection of dishes to share with the table. Sigh, more than I thought and I keep thinking of more. ;-) I still eat all this, however, just much more rarely and/or in smaller quantities.

Francl27

Sweets. Cookies, chocolate, ice cream, pastries, pudding... you name it. But I still eat the 'easier to fit in' stuff (pudding, couple cookies, a bit of chocolate, or one serving of ice cream) in moderation. Cakes, pies, croissants and pastries are a once in a while thing because it's tough to fit in 400+ absolutely not filling calories (but I've found Pillsbury toaster streudels a pretty good alternative for croissants and pastries).

Pasta I fit in pretty easily when a craving hits though - the other day I had pasta and meatballs for 400 calories, and it wasn't a tiny serving either. I just hit 1.5 serving worth instead of 2 or 3 (1 serving is just too sad).

Bread is tough and I avoid buying the really good stuff (fresh bakery bread, pretty much) because it just doesn't last long enough to eat in moderation.

And crepes. I love crepes. The problem is that when I make some, I can eat 1000+ calories of crepes (and I go light on the fillings too!). Nutella, cookie butter, caramel, you name it... So I save those on days when I'm not very hungry anyway and I have extra calories.