Which food is your self destruct button ?

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  • missblondi2u
    missblondi2u Posts: 851 Member
    For me its Cheetos (crunchy, not puffy) and sugary kids cereals like Cocoa Krispies or Fruit Loops. No way I can eat just one serving!
  • LZMiner
    LZMiner Posts: 300 Member
    SALT! Doritos--especially the spicy nacho. Cheese and crackers. Salt and vinegar potato chips.
  • lalepepper
    lalepepper Posts: 447 Member
    Cookies and bagged pretzels. I avoid keeping both in the house, but will have both on special occasions. Over the years I've tried to reintroduce them, but they're always a calorie sink and never are as satisfying as I build them up to be. I find a homemade cookie or a big pretzel a lot more satisfying than the endless amounts of pre-made stuff I used to eat! Most other foods I had issues with in the past have sorted out - I either don't care much for them anymore, or don't have problems with moderation.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    edited October 2015
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    I tend not to view food like this anymore - it's not a healthy way to relate to eating.
    Sure there are foods I'd ideally eat less of than others but regardless I make all the yummy stuff 'fit' :)

    QFT. There are foods that I love and are easy for me to over eat--nuts, trail mix, etc--but I learned over time to eat less & enjoy more. It took time, though. I totally get needing to avoid while moderation is in a work progress.
  • shrcpr
    shrcpr Posts: 885 Member
    Alcohol. It's how I gained my weight and what I've had to mostly give up to start losing it.
  • New_determination
    New_determination Posts: 1,460 Member
    Any kind of sweet carb, cakes cookies breads.... Get in my mouth!!
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    I don't think about self-destructive foods anymore -- there are self-destructive situations that I put myself in (and am learning to avoid). An example: if I let myself get too hungry, I often don't want to stop eating, especially if I have a super-palatable food available. The solution is to not let myself get too hungry.

    This is wise, too. For me, too much deficit for too many days+alcohol+ nuts=overboard.
  • galprincess
    galprincess Posts: 683 Member
    Nothing if I want it I eat it I either make it fit or I work it off or I cut calories a bit day by day
  • JustaJoe00
    JustaJoe00 Posts: 777 Member
    Jalepeno Cheetos....damn things! :) Also, milk chocolate...
    I'm getting over the bread/baked goods thing...
  • Paul699
    Paul699 Posts: 41 Member
    biscuits and milk. 2 or 3 biscuits is never enough, especially oreos or chocolate bourbons. Oh and cadbury bourneville.

    I just dont buy them any more and limit my milk to tea and coffe, with the occasional 100 ml glass.
  • EdB9992015
    EdB9992015 Posts: 18 Member
    Bread, especially when freshly baked, I can easily devour a whole loaf in a day. Oh and cake, bread and cake. Mmmmmmm cake >:)
  • esnider211
    esnider211 Posts: 30 Member
    Hard cider
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    edited October 2015
    Oh yea and cookies pretty much any kind especially Oreos. As long as they are not mint flavored.
  • SCP0914
    SCP0914 Posts: 74 Member
    Frozen yogurt. Usually a nice little treat until I shamefully eat the entire pint.
  • beachhouse758
    beachhouse758 Posts: 371 Member
    Ribs
    Porterhouse
    Guiness
  • norafinnland
    norafinnland Posts: 14 Member
    Cheese and bread and alcohol and Ben&Jerry's strawberry cheesecake.... But I do it reasonably nowadays
  • Nanogg55
    Nanogg55 Posts: 275 Member
    Wine. I love a good chardonnay. I used to have a glass or two of wine most evenings and the calories really add up. These days I limit the wine to special occasions and budget the calories for it.
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    I don't know about using the term "self-destruction", but I do have a tendency to eat more than a serving when it comes to bread (like French bread, or dinner rolls) and any kind of trail mix.
  • krithsai
    krithsai Posts: 668 Member
    Rice. Rice is my undoing. Unless I measure out an acceptable portion based on my calorie goals and put the remaining away.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Baked goods, although it's way worse during PMS, otherwise I can do moderation most of the time.
  • JustaJoe00
    JustaJoe00 Posts: 777 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Baked goods, although it's way worse during PMS, otherwise I can do moderation most of the time.

    I feel badly for you women and that time of the month....i can see it at work when someone is having the serious cravings because of hormones.....soda and chips and just stuff that you feel like crap after you've annihilated a bag already.....
  • JustaJoe00
    JustaJoe00 Posts: 777 Member
    brynnsmom wrote: »
    I don't know about using the term "self-destruction", but I do have a tendency to eat more than a serving when it comes to bread (like French bread, or dinner rolls) and any kind of trail mix.

    forgot about trailmix....i could live on that...lol...
    is anyone else getting hungry reading this thread? lol.....hold me back!
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    That's a really strange and unhealthy way to think about food.

    By self-destruct, do you mean binge eat?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    JustaJoe00 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Baked goods, although it's way worse during PMS, otherwise I can do moderation most of the time.

    I feel badly for you women and that time of the month....i can see it at work when someone is having the serious cravings because of hormones.....soda and chips and just stuff that you feel like crap after you've annihilated a bag already.....

    Meh I guess I can't talk for everyone woman but I actually don't use PMS as an excuse to eat junk. I actively AVOID junk during PMS actually because I know it won't satisfy me at all and will just be a waste of calories. The only thing that works is fruit and bready carbs (I suppose you could put those in the 'junk' category, although donuts don't do it for me at that time either, but croissants/bagels would).

    But I realize that some women might actually crave those things the way I crave those bready carbs, so yeah. That would suck to be them.
  • Montepulciano
    Montepulciano Posts: 845 Member
    livelovebbg wrote: »
    Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I can't seem to just have a single serving... For me - serving = the entire pint!

    wait, it isn't?
  • lucys1225
    lucys1225 Posts: 597 Member
    Almond butter!
  • knelson095
    knelson095 Posts: 254 Member
    Mmm...pizza...
    I try not to 'self-destruct' over any food, but I had to stop the pizza. I can't just have two slices or so and more just doesn't fit in my calorie intake. I started making cauliflower crust pizza, and that curbs the odd craving and fills me up better. Plus, I can make two personal sized ones and my husband and I can choose our own preferred toppings.
  • PeiDub
    PeiDub Posts: 77 Member
    Ice cream. Oh dear yes. Doesn't help that I'm mildly lactose-intolerant. Because if I'm going to willingly kill my stomach and intestines, you better bet I'm going to go all-out.
  • Eliz_99
    Eliz_99 Posts: 85 Member
    Cake and chocolate.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    The only thing I have issues with is white bread and pasta, but I haven't had either in like a year, maybe more. Wait, I did have white pasta once. But I ate it kind of late and went to bed shortly after, so I didn't have any uncontrollable cravings. Once I sleep, the cravings go away,so no issue there.

    I used to like cereal and donuts and a lot of things, but none were hard on me the way white breads and pastas are.

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