Do you have any binge trigger foods?

alexmose

dave_in_ni wrote: »

For me I have caught on I can’t have chocolate or french fries. I simply can not moderate these foods, for me they trigger a binge usually consisting of 2-3 days eating all in sight. I’ve caught on that if I simply avoid these foods I can stick to my diet fine.

Peanut butter. I’ll kill a jar and not think twice.

jean133mjg

Mine tend to be from carbs, other than from fruit and veggies--like cookies, candy, ice cream, donuts, etc. If I stay away for a while, then I don't crave them, but if I start, then I crave them to the point it's hard to stop thinking about them.

grinning_chick

Nuts and seeds. Or used to be, anyways. Back when if I derailed for the day calorie-wise, I'd keep going since the day was all blown to heck anyways so mind as well eat what I wanted right? - and as a result had several magnificent 12-15K kcal binges. I can and have eaten pounds of cashews, pistachios, pinyon seeds, etc., without any great difficulty by going back for "single servings" over and over and over ad nauseam. That would be the initial derail leading to a binge once I calculated and entered the damage done. It would have been awesome if they caused GI issues for me, but none of them do.

Anyways, I don't keep either in quantity in the house anymore dam the money saving deal of buying in bulk and definitely will never again eat as an independent and sole "snack".

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teranga79

ceiswyn wrote: »

I'm kind of curious about what definitions of 'binge' the different responses here are using.

When you say that a food makes you binge, do you mean you finish the packet and go like 500 calories over goal?

Or do you mean that you finish the packet, open a packet of something else because the food craving now has you in its terrible claws and you literally can't stop eating even for a minute, and end up like 5,000 calories over goal and in bed with a painful stomach trying to figure out whether you hope you don't throw up, or hope that you do?

Definitely the latter for me. Once I get started I will just eat all the food - not just all the fopd I have in my hand at that particular time, but all the food. A couple of days ago I was stuffing bran flakes and currants in my mouth, I'm not even that keen on either of those but it was all I could find.

ariamythe

Doritos. Of all the salty, carb-y snack foods, those demon chips have some fiendish power to kill my healthy eating resolve like nothing else.

almostsuperpowered

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msbridgetteanne

saraonly9913 wrote: »

msbridgetteanne wrote: »

I can't think of anything that triggers me on a regular day, but on a 'free day'--like a celebratory event--kettle chips, snack candies you can grab a handful of (like M&Ms), summer sausage with cheese and crackers... basically any snack foods that are out and about, lol. I don't binge for days, but I will binge for that whole day. You'd think I'd been starving myself up to that point.

It's silly. On any other day, I can eat all of those things in moderation with no problem! But I guess it's a mental thing, where I tell myself, "Well, it's a birthday; I'm not counting today. May as well eat all the things!" And then I just can't control myself, no matter how much my stomach regrets it later.

Just wondering. How many calories do you normally consume on your free days? How often do you have them? I have unwanted binge days where I can go as high as 9000 calories that sabotage every other days calorie limits. Thanks.

For me, a true 'free' day is a day I don't count how many I'm consuming. My own birthday is usually one of them, Thanksgiving, and a few days during Christmastime. I have no way of knowing how far over I go. I would say maybe a couple thousand, probably a lot more during Christmas because of cookies and other goodies. I usually just cut my losses and anticipate a gain those weeks, because trying to make up for it at all during the rest of the week would involve eating too little.

There are other special occasion days where I still count my calories but know I'm going to go over. On those days, I go over anywhere between 500 and 1000 calories. I do what I can to make up for it the rest of the week.

How often do you have binges? Do you know what triggers them?

_Paparazzi_

Any food can trigger me to binge eat .

hapeximendios

Doritos. Every time.

VegjoyP

Peanut Butter.

I manage better with most foods in portion sizes- if I buy a jar, bag or container I measure the entire contents into portion sizes. I would rather have 12 mini cups of something (especially nutbutter and powdered peanut butter) than try to fool myself by keeping an open jar thinking it won't be gone. Usually futile and its gone unportioned in a day or two. Lol

Allgaun

Brownies
I have 2 boxes in the cupboard and I'm afraid to bake them because I know I will eat the entire pan. The smell of them baking has me salivating.

SugaSugaNooo

Sour jellies, the really tangy ones

spyro88

Chocolate and chips (fries to US people!)

ceiswyn

Did I mention cake, with buttercream icing? I need to mention cake with buttercream icing.

Particularly DISAPPOINTING cake. Apparently if I've blown a load of calories on a treat that didn't even feel particularly treatlike, I will go searching for substitutes...

(Why did I eat the cake if it was so disappointing? Because I didn't want to have to explain to everyone else in the open-plan office why I was throwing away the perfectly OK-just-bland cake made by the nice lady from downstairs...)

etherealanwar

I have yet to come across a food that causes me to binge thankfully. Moderation has been working just fine

fitoverfortymom

Cereal and chips. Sometimes cookies. Snacky foods like that. Occasionally I can moderate them, but typically I just avoid them unless I have chosen to go over my calories for the day.

gradchica27

Doritos. Can’t just eat a handful...I will methodically work my way through the bowl/bag a little at a time until it’s gone. Hence I refuse to buy the Costco size bag, even when it’s on sale for less than a small bag...which I won’t buy either

culkin1

Definitely pizza and fried chicken. And keep me away from Donuts. I can make a meal of that.

Lukdbestucan16

Biscuits....my evil pals
Granola....
Tortilla chips

Kupla71

I can’t have ice cream in the freezer. I just keep going back for another helping all day until I’ve finished off the whole tub. Tortilla chips and salsa is something else I binge on so I don’t buy it. I love salsa so I have it with scrambled eggs instead of the tortilla chips. And I’ve started making homemade ice cream with frozen banana and frozen strawberries. It satisfies my craving.

ProvenceBelle

Popcorn. Seriously I can’t stop once started

Lazy_Bones_85

Homemade vanilla cupcakes with chocolate icing, Entenmann's Popems, and my mother's homemade spaghetti sauce with Italian sausage.

stephierue

Chicago mix popcorn. You know the stuff that has both cheese popcorn & Carmel corn in the bag? Absolutely no control. I can’t stop thinking about it until I eat the entire bag- like the huge Costco size. It calls me from the pantry...just a small handful...you know you want it....a few now and you can skip lunch...ok just a few more...

seltzermint555

My dad's neighbor made a carrot cake, super gourmet, crazy rich frosting, loads of nuts and raisins and coconut, from-scratch. It was like no other carrot cake I have ever had. He called and said, "come and get this cake or we'll eat it all today". My husband picked up 2/3 of the cake and ate it between the two of us in one night. I never want to see another fancy carrot cake like that again. It was so heavy and so delicious...dang. Usually cake doesn't call to me like that!

JennJ323

Kettle chips... well really any chips.

cdudley628

Chocolate chip cookies and chocolate chip cookie dough. Also, M&Ms and Hershey Kisses. I find that those are the only things that can really cause a binge for me. I can eat other chocolate and sweets with no problem. Heck, I can even eat chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream in moderation and be fine.

kellisng

Anything sweet that isn't a single serving if that makes sense? A bar of chocolate I'm fine but give me a bag and expect me to just have a few, not happening! Same applies to biscuits. Then I figure if I've eaten the packet I may as well have another.......

Jamie2663

French fries, pizza and starbursts. Starbursts were my breakfast for many years....

OhioViking79

Any type of fresh, still slightly warm from the oven breads or rolls. With butter. And homemade jam. I have a serious issue with that. I can easily eat the whole lot!
Pizza and anything Haribo i cannot have in the house either. It's true with Haribo says: Children and grownups love it so!