Do you have a food/drink that you have to abstain from?
Javagal2778
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I thought this might be a fun discussion. My kids were teasing me last night because I haven't bought chocolate covered almonds in a long time. We used to have a Costco bag of them in the cupboard all the time. I can't have them in the house because that is definitely a food with no brakes for me! Any other chocolate, I can stop. Chocolate covered almonds are a buy just a serving from the bulk food section now. More expensive dollar wise but less expensive calorie wise.
Do you have a no brakes food and, if so, what is it?
Do you have a no brakes food and, if so, what is it?
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It's Oreos for me. If they are in my house, I cannot stop thinking about them. I will make 100 trips into the pantry and get "just one"...until the bag is empty. I swear if I'm really quiet I can hear them calling my name in there!!13
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Dairy. I love dairy, particularly cheese. It does not love me back.7
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CindyWard2 wrote: »It's Oreos for me. If they are in my house, I cannot stop thinking about them. I will make 100 trips into the pantry and get "just one"...until the bag is empty. I swear if I'm really quiet I can hear them calling my name in there!!
I so get it. "Just a few" chocolate covered almonds...until the bag is gone!
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Beer5
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Cheese flavored stuff like goldfish crackers, cheetos, cheese puffs. I just do not buy because I will overeat them.
There was some lime flavored potato chip that dh bought once that I demolished. I told him if he wants that he should not bring it home and he has not.8 -
Ice cream. I can eat it outside home in normal quantities, but alone at home with a bowl of ice cream? There is no way I stop after a "serving".7
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Sugar frosted cookies, I only buy them 2-3x/year. They are so good!3
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Bacon flavoured puffy snacks. Definitely for special occasions only.2
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Caramel covered popcorn.
It appears around my office around Christmas and if I start eating it I don't stop.3 -
Caramel corn and peanut M&M's. Really any chocolate covered nut.5
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Milk chocolate
Cheese
Crackers
I know if I have any of these in the house I will eat them non-stop until they're gone, so I don't buy them.6 -
I don't buy for home consumption: Ice cream or desserts, biscuits, cookies or cakes, chips or other snack foods, candy, chocolate or other sweets, soda, squash or iced tea, sweet breakfast cereal or spreads.
I eat any of these in controlled, social situations, on special occasions, out of the house.12 -
Honey Nut Cheerios. I've been doing better with portions but I really should stop buying it. But it was the staple of my childhood so if it's not in the pantry (where I keep it on the highest shelf, hidden behind things), I feel like there's no food in the house.4
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For the last 15 or so years I've "abstained" from:
Candy, pastries, cookies, potato chips, sugary drinks.
And I don't buy tortilla chips.4 -
I also have trouble with breakfast cereals, such as Frosties, any granola involving chocolate, and of course, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, which everyone knows contain some kind of narcotics.
ETA I don't actually abstain from these things, as banning things just makes them more appealing to me. I limit my access to them.8 -
Donuts and anything that is a peanut butter/chocolate concoction7
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Coke.2
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That's coca-cola! Lol22
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Cheese. I have to avoid a lot of foods how health and religious reasons, but cheese was the last thing to go. It is definitely something that I can't moderate at all, so I have to remind myself how it will make me feel everytime I'm tempted.3
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Caramel corn and peanut M&M's. Really any chocolate covered nut.
Costco sells a Chicago Mix (cheese and caramel corn) that is basically crack in a bag!
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Pizza . But I haven't ate that in awhile staying as far away as I can3
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Javagal2778 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Caramel corn and peanut M&M's. Really any chocolate covered nut.
Costco sells a Chicago Mix (cheese and caramel corn) that is basically crack in a bag!
Trader Joe's sells it too. I have just turned my head and walked away from it because I know even tasting it would be dangerous for me. I love salty/sweet combos.1 -
Angel food cake with whipped cream frosting.1
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Alcohol for just one reason.................................I quit drinking. Granted on a rare occasion I'll have a beer with pizza, but past experiences with losing people close to me from drunk driving incidents deter me from drinking so that I can be the sober driver.
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Javagal2778 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Caramel corn and peanut M&M's. Really any chocolate covered nut.
Costco sells a Chicago Mix (cheese and caramel corn) that is basically crack in a bag!
For some reason that combo always sounds ick to me, although it seems to be popular at the moment. (I really hate powdered cheese anyway, so am not the target customer.)
I always wonder why it's called "Chicago mix."0 -
Lattes, I realized what a color bomb they are so I am back to drinking black coffee3
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Gummy bears and other gummy candies.
Taiwanese pineapple cake.
Hagen Daazs icecream.
I've stayed away from them for 4 months now. Eventually I'll get to the point where I will trust myself to try reincorporateing them back into my diet, but for now I doubt my self control. I could easily sit and work my way through the whole
package in a few hours.2 -
Crusty bread rolls with salted butter. I eat one while eating out but never have them in the house6
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Utz brand rippled potato chips. Salty and crunchy....mmmmmmm. Basically any potato chip is bad news for me, but those Utz rippled ones are the worst. So I just don't bring them into the house. Every once in awhile we go to Subway and I will get a bag of chips there to go with my sub. But that's it.
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I like the description of "food with no brakes." Good one!4
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