The Kitchen Safe - time lock for treats and other goodies!
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Oh, sure, I can see myself using this! I'd put the cookies in it in the morning. Set the timer for that evening, when I'd plan on taking out TWO cookies for my evening snack.
And then I'd obsess about the locked up "forbidden" cookies all day and when the timer went off, I'd take them all out.
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There could be 373636 devices and inventions to lock up the food but it all comes down to self control.
Learning portion control and moderation are important and stuff like this wouldn't even be thought of.
I practice both ( it takes a lot of practice ) and could have an entire cookie factory in my kitchen and wouldn't have a problem . I know what calories I have to work with and make it work.
Someone would just drive to the market if they really wanted treats bad enough and the cookies where locked up. Stuff like this teaches nothing.
Its laughable and ridiculous. If someone wants something like staying within their calorie goal bad enough then they must work for it. There's no easy way out or quick fixes0 -
Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »If I need that, then I'm not ready to change how I eat. If I'm not ready, the food safe won't help.
The point (for me at least) is that I could have that second slice of pizza, or piece of cake, or even cheese and apple, but I choose not to. I'd go nutso if some person, gadget, or diet told me I couldn't have ____.
I changed how I eat by not having trigger foods in the house.
So you made the choice not to have them. You're still the one making a choice every time you buy groceries, not some device, and someday you'll probably be able to have those "trigger" foods in the house again. Hell, to use your Ben 'n Jerry's example, you could buy the single serving cups, and see if that satisfied you and worked with your goals.
I do buy the single serve cups and am able to moderate them, partly because they do not come in my favorite flavors.0 -
thorsmom01 wrote: »There could be 373636 devices and inventions to lock up the food but it all comes down to self control.
Learning portion control and moderation are important and stuff like this wouldn't even be thought of.
I practice both ( it takes a lot of practice ) and could have an entire cookie factory in my kitchen and wouldn't have a problem . I know what calories I have to work with and make it work.
Someone would just drive to the market if they really wanted treats bad enough and the cookies where locked up. Stuff like this teaches nothing.
Its laughable and ridiculous. If someone wants something like staying within their calorie goal bad enough then they must work for it. There's no easy way out or quick fixes
Regarding the bolded, actually, studies have shown people eat more candy if it is visible and close than when it is further away or out of site.
If I don't have trigger foods in the house, I don't think about them. This strategy works for me and many others. What's ridiculous is to suggest that your strategy is the only way to achieve a calorie goal.0 -
kdcomstock89 wrote: »I like the idea of being able to lock up a teenager's cell phone or game system controller when they're grounded but my kids are little so I've got some time before I have to worry about that!
They have found ways around this. You said your kids are little now but here is a heads up for when they get bigger-
They have a duplicate cell phone and pop the sim card out of the first one and pop it into the second. They then can call the provider and have their service temporarily swapped to the other phone.
And they also buy cheapy controllers as back ups. So when the parent takes away the controller they use the back up ones.
Where there's a will, there's a way !! Lol !
And the same saying holds true for this lock box. If someone wants something badly , they will find a way to make it happen. If my cookies where locked up and I wanted one , I could just go buy more. Or if I really wanted to remain focused on my goals, I could control myself by using portion control and moderation so wouldn't need this device.
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thorsmom01 wrote: »There could be 373636 devices and inventions to lock up the food but it all comes down to self control.
Learning portion control and moderation are important and stuff like this wouldn't even be thought of.
I practice both ( it takes a lot of practice ) and could have an entire cookie factory in my kitchen and wouldn't have a problem . I know what calories I have to work with and make it work.
Someone would just drive to the market if they really wanted treats bad enough and the cookies where locked up. Stuff like this teaches nothing.
Its laughable and ridiculous. If someone wants something like staying within their calorie goal bad enough then they must work for it. There's no easy way out or quick fixes
As for driving to the store to get a treat, I could do that today (since I keep certain foods out of the house), so the device wouldn't change that. I actually used to do some late night runs for single servings of ice cream and cashew nuts. I enjoyed those as much as I could until I didn't need them anymore. Now I can barely get out of bed to get a treat from the cold kitchen sometimes
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Nope. I want to make those decisions myself.0
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I could see how this would be useful. I used to take a once-a-day injection of long-acting insulin, and I could use the lockbox to prevent accidentally double dosing (did I take my Lantus? Lemme go take it just to be safe... when double-dosing on insulin could easily kill me and not taking the long-acting insulin could also kill me) by locking away the long-acting insulin once I inject it. It could also be used to prevent children from accessing medications/supplements.0
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I could see how this would be useful. I used to take a once-a-day injection of long-acting insulin, and I could use the lockbox to prevent accidentally double dosing (did I take my Lantus? Lemme go take it just to be safe...) by locking away the long-acting insulin once I inject it. It could also be used to prevent children from accessing medications/supplements.
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I have one, and I love it! I have maintained an 80lb loss for about 2 years ( just now starting work on the last 15 or so) and feel that my portion control and will power with food are pretty good. That said, I will never be perfect, especially when it comes to chocolate. For a long time I simply did not keep it in the house, and was pretty good on the occasion that it was in the house, but that was rarely. Now I occasionally buy a bag of chocolates and have one serving with my morning coffee and then set the timer for 24 hours. I don't think about it once I lock it, and don't have trouble taking only one serving. I think it is a great tool for allowing yourself a small treat and I don't feel as though it will be detrimental to my long term success with managing my eating. Mine is currently full of candy I received as gifts around the holidays that I probably would have given away if I did not have the food safe.0
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I can see how this could be a helpful stepping stone to decrease sugar intake gradually but for long term success a person must develop the will power to say no to certain foods
I totally agree. Don't want to offend anyone who believes in not giving up all the junk food , but my belief is the only way to a healthy lifestyle change is to give up forever your problem foods. The foods that made you fat in the first place. Otherwise you will wind up repeating the cycle
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Haha, I was going to buy one for my mom on Christmas until I saw the price. I think it's genius and hilarious though. xD0
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This. Or just not putting the cookies in at all. IMO, if they can't control, then it's probably better not to have any cookies in the house at all.I don't see the point, as nothing prevents you from taking 10 cookies out at a time or something.
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I support anyone that wants to have as unhealthy a relationship with food as they want. Everyone that wants one should share contact info so they can get a group order discount. You should see if MFP and UA can brand them special. That'd be awesome way to encourage logging.0
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I've seen it before and think it's a great idea. But I'd like a feature that would allow other people to access the food if desired, in addition to the countdown timer.
I prefer not to having junk food in the house at all, but that's not possible. I'm surrounded by food that others buy.0 -
I've seen it before and think it's a great idea. But I'd like a feature that would allow other people to access the food if desired, in addition to the countdown timer.
A workaround I saw in a review was to lock the item in another container, and keep the key in the kitchen safe. Another person could then have a spare key. But for the safe itself, there's no defeating the lock (other than smashing or otherwise damaging the container)0 -
The least they could do is make the safe opaque so you can't see the cookies. Or maybe they did that on purpose. It would make the likelihood of smashing it so you could get to the cookies more likely. Then you'd have to go out and buy another one. And then it would happen again and again. And by the end of the year, you've bought, like, five. A moneymaker.
This was my thought when I saw it.
No. I am slowly reintroducing foods that I have found challenging to control myself around. Ice cream has been going well for a few months. I brought in some nuts a few weeks ago. Today I brought home some cheesecake. That will be the big challenge. Worst case scenario, I'll be 340 calories over goal tonight :laugh:0 -
Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
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thorsmom01 wrote: »kdcomstock89 wrote: »I like the idea of being able to lock up a teenager's cell phone or game system controller when they're grounded but my kids are little so I've got some time before I have to worry about that!
They have found ways around this. You said your kids are little now but here is a heads up for when they get bigger-
They have a duplicate cell phone and pop the sim card out of the first one and pop it into the second. They then can call the provider and have their service temporarily swapped to the other phone.
And they also buy cheapy controllers as back ups. So when the parent takes away the controller they use the back up ones.
Where there's a will, there's a way !! Lol !
And the same saying holds true for this lock box. If someone wants something badly , they will find a way to make it happen. If my cookies where locked up and I wanted one , I could just go buy more. Or if I really wanted to remain focused on my goals, I could control myself by using portion control and moderation so wouldn't need this device.
The lock box is pointless
This takes me down memory lane. I took the power cords to the game system and locked them in the trunk of my car. I got an enraged phone call from my teenage son. Nothing I can do until I got home I told him. In the meantime maybe he would like to wrap up the undone chores that had got him in this pickle in the first place.
Almost as satisfying as overhearing two young men trying to get replacement drivers licenses after an officer confiscated theirs. They had racked up impressive speeding ticket fines. They tried begging; they didn't have the money and they needed the ID to go drinking. Heh heh heh.
I'll use any gadget if it helps. After all, I've used MFP to more easily track calories.
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thorsmom01 wrote: »kdcomstock89 wrote: »I like the idea of being able to lock up a teenager's cell phone or game system controller when they're grounded but my kids are little so I've got some time before I have to worry about that!
They have found ways around this. You said your kids are little now but here is a heads up for when they get bigger-
They have a duplicate cell phone and pop the sim card out of the first one and pop it into the second. They then can call the provider and have their service temporarily swapped to the other phone.
And they also buy cheapy controllers as back ups. So when the parent takes away the controller they use the back up ones.
Where there's a will, there's a way !! Lol !
And the same saying holds true for this lock box. If someone wants something badly , they will find a way to make it happen. If my cookies where locked up and I wanted one , I could just go buy more. Or if I really wanted to remain focused on my goals, I could control myself by using portion control and moderation so wouldn't need this device.
The lock box is pointless
This takes me down memory lane. I took the power cords to the game system and locked them in the trunk of my car. I got an enraged phone call from my teenage son. Nothing I can do until I got home I told him. In the meantime maybe he would like to wrap up the undone chores that had got him in this pickle in the first place.
Almost as satisfying as overhearing two young men trying to get replacement drivers licenses after an officer confiscated theirs. They had racked up impressive speeding ticket fines. They tried begging; they didn't have the money and they needed the ID to go drinking. Heh heh heh.
I'll use any gadget if it helps. After all, I've used MFP to more easily track calories.
Touché
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I recently bought two of these. I haven't locked food in it (yet). I locked my mobile and (the power supply) to my computer away so that I could clean the house without distractions. My house hasn't been this clean in ages. In the other safe I currently have my credit cards and money locked away.. For me, it is much easier to make a commitment in advance and lock the device. That way I can get on with whatever I need to do (cleaning, saving cash etc) without having to constantly battle distraction and temptation. I like it.0
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I did buy one but haven't used it yet. The battery has been put in and everything, it's ready to go. I got it after demolishing a pack of cookies within a few hours. I got the cookies from a friend who had ignored like four packs of them for weeks if not months. Why me.0
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I don't see the point, as nothing prevents you from taking 10 cookies out at a time or something.
Why stop at ten?
If I got into a that kind of mood and the safe was open, I'd take the whole pack. Or pint, or cake. Whatever. And if I were in that kind of mood and it was closed, I'd go out and buy 2-3 times what I actually want on impulse. So the safe might even make things worse for me.
Now, I'm fortunate. I don't have 'eat all the things' moments hardly ever. And when I do, right after my stomach gets uncomfortable, I want to stop so the overeating is never too bad. Plus, then I don't eat feel like eating much the next day so it's kind of self-correcting. So no reason to even think I should try such a thing.
I get it could work well for others, though.0
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