Diet Destroyers!

ashandloggiesmom
ashandloggiesmom Posts: 92 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What are yours? The foods that you can't just eat a correct portion size of even if you try really hard?

Mine are a fresh, hot loaf of bread....pasta.....potato chips....and French fries (the burger that come with is good too :).....obviously BAD carbs!

Is it better just to abstain from foods that you lose willpower around, even though its necessary to treat yourself sometimes? Opinions?
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  • lucystacy71
    lucystacy71 Posts: 290 Member
    Mine has to be french fries. I try to avoid eating any at all or, if I really want some, make sure to share some with someone else so I don't eat too many.
  • rachseby
    rachseby Posts: 285 Member
    I'm on the fence...right now I want to lose weight, so I'm avoiding most sugar, aside from maybe one small chocolate every now and then...once I get to maintenance I might occasionally have a donut (my #1 weakness)...but I have to be careful b/c usually when I have sugar it turns into an addiction! I'm okay with other carbs--I guess I prefer protein though, I really don't have any super willpower :) I say treat yourself sometimes, just be careful that sometime doesn't turn into "every time"...I think that it just depends on what you can handle :)
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    My diet destroyer is too much cardio. Sometimes I'm so tired, and eating perks me right up.
  • willdob3
    willdob3 Posts: 640 Member
    Mine is cheese...dairy. I avoid dairy most of the time. When I buy dairy I do it with the understanding that it'll slow my progress temporarily.

    My choice of nutrition is minimally processed, natural foods so that already eliminates the other foods that used to be a problem for me - sugar, junk food, etc.
  • rachelc677
    rachelc677 Posts: 83 Member
    Potato chips are EVIL!!!! I can't just stop at a handful therefor I no long bring then into my home!!!!
  • tlou5
    tlou5 Posts: 497 Member
    God help me its anything that is a mixture of peanut butter and sugar (cookies, candies, bars) keep it away!!!!!!!!!
  • nobadkitty
    nobadkitty Posts: 95
    Mine are CHIPS and ICE CREAM. And, there are certain things I do NOT bring into my home: Cookies and sugary cereal. It's not easy with 2 little kids and not having these things, so we do a lot of chopped veggies and ranch. And ice cream I limit to those little serving size cups so if I MUST cheat, I have only one and its not totally damaging.
  • ashleyhigg396
    ashleyhigg396 Posts: 83
    Um, GELATO, french fries, any type of bready pastry. Ugh.
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    Bread at the dinner table. I know eating bread isn't a bad thing, but I have a hard time keeping it to one serving.
  • Shesaid_destroy
    Shesaid_destroy Posts: 128
    Cheese... And chocolate! If i start eating chocolate, it's over! I have to eat the whole thing. I get totally compulsive because it is soooo guuud ! ;-)
  • lavaughan69
    lavaughan69 Posts: 459 Member
    definitely french fries, or anything breaded and fried. Sweets and carbs are not really my thing. I've already decided that life isn't worth living if I can't have these things once and awhile so I just plan well so I can indulge once and awhile. The kids laugh at me when I make the 5 min. McCains oven fries and I meticulously count out my portion so I can account for it. :-)
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    wine and cheese
    any booze.
    not really food tho.
  • Atldale
    Atldale Posts: 1
    Chick-Fil-A Chicken Biscuits with cheese for me. I indulge a couple of Saturdays a month.
  • jfauci
    jfauci Posts: 531 Member
    Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey :love: :love: :love: :love:

    Can easily eat the whole pint in one sitting.
  • garber6th
    garber6th Posts: 1,890 Member
    What are yours? The foods that you can't just eat a correct portion size of even if you try really hard?

    Mine are a fresh, hot loaf of bread....pasta.....potato chips....and French fries (the burger that come with is good too :).....obviously BAD carbs!

    Is it better just to abstain from foods that you lose willpower around, even though its necessary to treat yourself sometimes? Opinions?

    Oy. A carb is a carb. Your carbs aren't bad unless they are bullying the other carbs or something.

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  • susanr613
    susanr613 Posts: 22
    Chips and chocolate, especially after a glass of wine.
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    Ice cream. If I want ice cream or gelato, I'll go out for a dish ... Keeping it around the house is too dangerous for me,
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    I just did this today .. 2 chocolate covered coffee beans
    bumped me up 43 calories. They were good though! :p
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,633 Member
    For me, it works better staying away from foods that control me ....... like anything sweet, salty, crispy, or fried :laugh:
  • KardioKim
    KardioKim Posts: 160 Member
    Definitely the vino.
  • knityoupants
    knityoupants Posts: 76 Member
    Rich, delicious beer... I'm talking like 250 calorie a pint or more.

    Also, I don't know if this counts, but anything free! Stuff like bread baskets, bar peanuts, big portions when I'm a guest at dinners... I don't know what mental gymnastics I'm doing, but if it's front of me and I didn't pay for or prepare it, I immediately want to eat it all.
  • dwh77tx
    dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
    ice cream. Finally stopping it has helped the scale move.
  • danivee33
    danivee33 Posts: 33
    RICE... I could have loads of it.
  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    Sugary cereals! I can munch forever. I have a lot of trouble portioning it out.
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
    It's actually a behavior for me: not getting enough to eat during the day. Means I come home from work starving and make a determined attempt to fit the entire contents of my pantry into my mouth. I actually didn't figure out what was happening until I started logging and realized how little I was eating during the /entire day/. Now I make sure I've got a big enough lunch and keep snacks (almonds, fresh fruit, yogurt, cheese sticks, granola) on hand in my desk or in the fridge.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Cereal. It's the only thing I intentionally 86'd out of my life. At one point I tried buying a box and made it two days before I ate the whole thing in nearly one sitting.

    Not sure what it is about cereal. I just can't do it.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Wine would be the closest thing. Or Cheetos. Any type of chips and dip, really. Though, since I've lost and maintained the loss, I guess nothing has really destroyed my diet.
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
    Cereal. It's the only thing I intentionally 86'd out of my life. At one point I tried buying a box and made it two days before I ate the whole thing in nearly one sitting.

    Not sure what it is about cereal. I just can't do it.

    whyyyyyyy is cereal so wretchedly delicious?! Golden Grahams, you are my crunchy downfall.
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
    I should say that I have heavily restricted crackers in my pantry, because they tend to become vehicles for high-volume peanut butter delivery.
  • marshmallow8978
    marshmallow8978 Posts: 57 Member
    Pizza. Cant just eat one slice, or two, or three. Its too yummy. I also have a hard time around fresh baked cookies

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