What are your trigger foods?

percolater

I know some lucky people don't have any and can eat anything in moderation . I also know that a calorie is a calorie and we can lose weight on 1000 calories a day of Hershey bars, it's just not that good for us. What I'm talking about are the foods that cause you to binge and go over your calorie limit.

For me it's sweets. By that I mean foods containing lots of that highly refined white stuff: donuts, pie, cookies, ice-cream, cake, brownies, pudding.

If only I could eat just one cookie but after one Oreo I find myself getting a big glass of milk and "doing a line." If you know what I mean.

DeguelloTex

I'm not sure it's "luck" so much as much as my refusing to be under the thrall of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate or Homemade Vanilla ice cream.

vivmom2014

Yes sweets. But it's a mental game more than anything. Summoning the refusal @DeguelloTex mentions. And summoning it during Christmas with a bazillion treats floating around has me vexed.

icemaiden37

percolater wrote: »

I know some lucky people don't have any and can eat anything in moderation . I also know that a calorie is a calorie and we can lose weight on 1000 calories a day of Hershey bars, it's just not that good for us. What I'm talking about are the foods that cause you to binge and go over your calorie limit.

For me it's sweets. By that I mean foods containing lots of that highly refined white stuff: donuts, pie, cookies, ice-cream, cake, brownies, pudding.

If only I could eat just one cookie but after one Oreo I find myself getting a big glass of milk and "doing a line." If you know what I mean.

Yes anything sweet for me - chocolate, pastries, cake, biscuits, cookies, ice cream. Can't stop once I've started so I have to not start in the first place but there's tubs of chocolates everywhere in my office right now as it's so close to Christmas, which is really testing my resolve!

sarkrisd

For me it's chips and dip. If I have dip of some kind, a bag of chips is gone before I know what I'm doing.

percolater

DeguelloTex wrote: »

I'm not sure it's "luck" so much as much as my refusing to be under the thrall of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate or Homemade Vanilla ice cream.

Oh I know it can be done. Many times I've gone to a party and stopped after only one small piece of cake and friends have been know to offer me a piece from their box of assorted chocolates while I've managed to stop myself from wrestling them to the floor and stealing the whole box. I just find life easier at home, if I don't deliberately put temptation in my way.

MelaniaTrump

Cereal. The kind that has a lot of SUGAR added.

Achaila

Carby foods. And sugar.

noobletmcnugget

Buffets of any kind haha.

Purplebunnysarah

Anything high calorie/low volume that I can easily get at. Which is why the Christmas baking is out on the deck (aka backup "freezer").

SLLRunner

percolater wrote: »

I know some lucky people don't have any and can eat anything in moderation . I also know that a calorie is a calorie and we can lose weight on 1000 calories a day of Hershey bars, it's just not that good for us. What I'm talking about are the foods that cause you to binge and go over your calorie limit.

For me it's sweets. By that I mean foods containing lots of that highly refined white stuff: donuts, pie, cookies, ice-cream, cake, brownies, pudding.

If only I could eat just one cookie but after one Oreo I find myself getting a big glass of milk and "doing a line." If you know what I mean.

I have a weird trigger thingy that I'm working on that involves food. I am triggered when at parties or social events and there are sweet goodies around. I think it's really less about the food and more about the social anxiety. I am working on this, though, throughout the holidays because we go to a lot of parties. I am to the point where I might avoid the sweets table at parties and actually allow myself the luxury of interacting with folks without a cookie in my hand.

missblondi2u

JanetYellen wrote: »

Cereal. The kind that has a lot of SUGAR added.

YES! Sugary kid's cereal like Cocoa Krispies or Golden Grahams will get me every time. The size of a single serving is truly laughable!!

Also Cheetos.

Bella0531

For me, it's salty foods! I can say "no" to sweets all day long, but if someone opens a bag of Fritos I'm done. They are truly my kryptonite! Snyder's cheddar cheese pretzel bits are a close second - I can't have them in the house.

DeterminedFee201426

Chocolate : chocolate cookies cakes ect

uwouldluvme2

Oatmeal raisin cookies or Reese cups

Hornsby

Sunflower seeds...although I wouldn't call them a trigger, just a food that I feel like I can eat non stop.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

Oreo cookies, tortilla chips and parmesan spinach dip. They even changed my favorite dip so that it's not as good as it was before and I still can't stop eating it if I buy it, and I can only find it at Costco so it's a huge container.

TrickyDisco

Peanut butter, liquorice, veggie fruit gummy sweets.

kayjajace

PASTA. Any kind of noodle dish really. Fettuccine. Spaghetti. Pastalaya. Even lo mein. And don't let me near a freshly cooked pot of Macaroni and cheese. NO CONTROL

Rdsgoal16

Ice cream and bread

dhimaan

cookies and indian sweets

prettygirlstorm1

Salty foods!!! Doritos, barbeque chips with french onion dip and cheddar cheese and crackers!!!! These food definitely send me over the top.

prettygirlstorm1

Hornsby wrote: »

Sunflower seeds...although I wouldn't call them a trigger, just a food that I feel like I can eat non stop.

oh yes forgot about those things. I like the Barbeque and the Ranch. I cannot do anything when I eat them, answer the phone, cook dinner, feed the dogs, nothing is getting done until I'm done with the seeds!!!

Francl27

Sweets but only when I'm PMSing, otherwise I do just fine having one cookie.

SuggaD

Anything that tastes really good. lol It's a will-power thing.

glassyo

Anything free....and carby. Or milk chocolatey. Or anything I don't usually eat. Or anything put in front of me. Or anything I end up standing in front of.

dkingdom1

Personally, I'm finding that things are a trigger for me only if I tell myself it's a trigger. Otherwise, if my mind is fully occupied on something else, I won't really care for the other foods around. Things that I have made a trigger for myself:

-buying boxes of Oreos because I think it will make me feel better
-having a plate of cookies, cakes, ice creams, etc.
-pizza (very recently, as I haven't had any in a long time)
-going to an event and I get less food than expected (weird right? )
-having food in my bag and eating it just because it's in my bag

I spent the last week succumbing to ALL of these and it gets really hard to stp, even when I know I am wiped out and exhausted. Today is a better day though because I didn't create any triggers for myself (even though I got free coffee, fruit, and granola bars at school. Didn't care for the chips). What helped me was listening to my hunger signals because I feel like I'm getting better at it.

VykkDraygoVPR

Salty foods, like chips, Cheetos, or Cheez Its. I work around it by buying the lunch packs. It's not that I can't restrict my intake with them. I'd just rather not mess around with it. It's easier to just say, OK, this bag is 160 calories, I can fit that in.


It's interesting, but things like ice cream and chocolate don't do this. I find them very satisfying, so I am fine with small servings. They actually help me keep my deficit easier.

JustMissTracy

Overall, I have pretty good self discipline. Until someone brings Nutella into the house. Then all bets are off!

VykkDraygoVPR

I forgot about salsa. I mean, I go out for Tex Mex several times a month, and I do moderate it... but I don't want to. I could just about drink salsa. I just limit myself to 10 chips at most (which is enough for me to finish a cup of salsa).

somegirlsdo

peanut butter, nuts, chips, pretty much anything with lots of fat and salt