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Do you feel shame when buying junk food?

chuckle_bunny
chuckle_bunny Posts: 496 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I notice whenever I put junk food in my cart I'll try to like cover it up with a pack of whole wheat wraps. And when I use the self-checkout I look both ways and then scan it very quickly.

Although one time it didn't scan right and I started freaking out like "oh *kitten* someone's gonna see me buying this bazooka of cookie dough"

I don't know why I care so much.

On Sunday mornings I like to go to Whole Foods and get 2 donuts and last week the clerk goes "Wow! Who are you sharing with!" I just laughed it off. I know they're trying to be nice but it's also like, why can't I have 2 donuts? This is a Whole Foods. They're healthier donuts. You don't have to scream into the intercom about my breakfast of choice.

Even the girl behind me in line, with her coconut water and basket of cherries, was giving me a look like "Seriously??? 2 donuts?"
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  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I don't cover it up, but sometimes feel like a crazy person b/c I'll put (whatever) in my cart, walk around the store a bit stressing about it, then go put it back on the shelf.

    Or I just go to the cracker or chips section and look at all of them, like pace back and forth, read the nutrition values on the package and shamefully reshelf them (...not today Vikka, not today)

    Truth - I have cheese crackers in my car trunk (bet you want to know why!)
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    @Vikka_V It's part of your emergency survival plan...just in case and I don't really want to go there but it's understood and appreciated. Really. <3
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    No. Kinda wish I did. Maybe I wouldn’t buy as much.
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    edited December 2020
    I eat way too much sugar. Yes, I'm aware of it...at the mercy of my Sweet-tooth. I have to do some mental gymastics to be content eating...IE glucose for my brain...glucose for my exercise. I burn most of it but its not really something you should do as an adult lol.

    Its okay to have a treat now and then. Have to live a little but yeah, I eat candy and clif bars on daily basis.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,801 Member
    Wow, I actually feel a little weird when it's only "healthy" food during a shopping trip. I once had a checkout guy comment on how well I eat and I told him that my cookie and chocolate inventory was backed up.

    I also remember the days my Walmart cart was full of those 100 calorie hostess mini cupcakes (1 point per package...3 to a package). No shame there either.
  • PlentyofProtein00
    PlentyofProtein00 Posts: 3,684 Member
    Now I wanna go get some donuts
  • KickassAmazon76
    KickassAmazon76 Posts: 4,679 Member
    I just think to myself... These are for the kids. Usually that is true.

    Except in a moment of weakness. Haha
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  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    No but I also rarely buy it. I do believe in moderation so on the rare occasion when hot Cheetos get in my cart, I don’t feel guilty.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,723 Member
    edited December 2020
    YES Oh I cannot tell you how many times I played games indulging in my ice cream habit. But it only happened(s) when I'm not at a good weight. :( Now that I'm climbing back up there, food trips are planned(how many things can I get at that store, then at the next store without people passing judgement or giving me that eye, that type of idiotic thinking :() When I was thin, it never bothered me what was in my cart. I could've unloaded the whole ice cream aisle onto the check-out belt and I wouldn't have batted an eye.
    I'd like to think nobody gives a Cr@p what's in my cart but I sure AF judge myself. :(
    ATM just trying to slide past this week then I'm jumping back on track and dragging my butt back onto the treadmill and throwing away leftover crap. If dh wants it, he better hide it.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,033 Member
    _MovesLikeJabba_ wrote: »
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    Last time I bought a box of 10,000 tampons at Costco, the cashier said, “Wow how many holes you gonna stick those in?!” and I was like “YOU SCOUNDREL!” and then I tore a leg off my rotisserie chicken and threw it at him.

    My history of hiding junk food and binge eating could fill a novel. Hey, you ever been to TWO drive-thrus for yourself and hidden the food from the first from the second cashier? Ha, ha. Good times. It’s been awhile since I did that but I still have related habits and tons of shame.
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    ^^Good point. I don’t feel the shame shopping anymore because I’m buying for both of us, not just me. I feel the shame eating, though, or getting junk from the drive-thru if it’s only for me. It amazes me that people can eat in their cars openly without shame. That is impossible for me.

    Thanks for starting this thread. It’s getting me thinking about some stuff I don’t like to think about but ought to.


    Omg so I'm not the only one

    <3
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    How fun! I've never even thought about it. I'm just trying to get through checkout as fast as possible. How do they know how many people you're buying food for? It seems to me that this is all in your head. I couldn't give two hoots what the cashier, or anyone else thinks. Maybe they're jealous, maybe they're having a bad day,....

    Buy what you want. I'd plan on how I'm going to budget it into my calories as I'm standing in line. A question. Do you look at other people's carts?

    I agree... such an odd way to judge someone's life. I shop for a family of 7. From the ages of 4 to 41. All types of stuff is in my cart. :laugh:

    Side note, I now look in other people's carts while in Costco to see if paper towels are in stock and should I grab that first before shopping. 🤷‍♀️🤣😂
  • MsCzar
    MsCzar Posts: 1,080 Member
    edited December 2020
    No shame at all here. I very rarely buy store-bought junk foods - but on occasion will bake myself a half batch of chocolate chip cookies or a pineapple upside-down cake. I enjoy it without guilt and realize that I won't be losing any weight that week. After it's gone, I go back to deficit eating.

    For me, it's important that indulging in food once in a while DOES NOT give me an excuse to skip my work-outs or not drink enough water or 'forget' to log the extra calories.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    No. But sometimes I do get a kick out of what people are probably thinking when they see my cart filled with goodies, probably thinking it's for a party or my whole family when it is all for me. ;)
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,801 Member
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    How fun! I've never even thought about it. I'm just trying to get through checkout as fast as possible. How do they know how many people you're buying food for? It seems to me that this is all in your head. I couldn't give two hoots what the cashier, or anyone else thinks. Maybe they're jealous, maybe they're having a bad day,....

    Buy what you want. I'd plan on how I'm going to budget it into my calories as I'm standing in line. A question. Do you look at other people's carts?

    I actually do! 😀 Either because something looks good (I tend to comment how I'll just be following that person home. NON CREEPILY!) or they have a bunch of random things and I'm trying to figure out how they go together.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,801 Member
    corinasue1143 wrote: »
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    How fun! I've never even thought about it. I'm just trying to get through checkout as fast as possible. How do they know how many people you're buying food for? It seems to me that this is all in your head. I couldn't give two hoots what the cashier, or anyone else thinks. Maybe they're jealous, maybe they're having a bad day,....

    Buy what you want. I'd plan on how I'm going to budget it into my calories as I'm standing in line. A question. Do you look at other people's carts?

    Back when— tips for finding a good man. Go to the grocery store. Hang around the frozen dinners. Look for single men and check out their carts. Nothing but TV dinners? Probably single and available. Mostly twinkies and ding dongs? Probably hanging on to the last relationship, leave him alone. Mostly healthy produce? Grab him fast! Not only is he single, but he cooks!
    Lol.
    I met lots of gay guys that way.

    ROFLMAO!
  • AndreaTamira
    AndreaTamira Posts: 272 Member
    Well, if I end up buying it I don't feel shame. That said, the idea that "I really shouldn't" does stop me from buying quite a few things. Like, I have an internal debate "this would taste nice. - Yeah, but if has high calories. You ok with that?" - And sometimes I think I am not and so dont buy it, but at other times I am fine with it and end up buying the stuff.

    The main thing I sometimes feel shame about when buying food is spending (too much, but is it?) money. - And the feeling is the same no matter if the food is some nice fresh cherries, avocados, beyond burgers, or ice cream.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    chuckle_bunny wrote: »
    corinasue1143 wrote: »
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    How fun! I've never even thought about it. I'm just trying to get through checkout as fast as possible. How do they know how many people you're buying food for? It seems to me that this is all in your head. I couldn't give two hoots what the cashier, or anyone else thinks. Maybe they're jealous, maybe they're having a bad day,....

    Buy what you want. I'd plan on how I'm going to budget it into my calories as I'm standing in line. A question. Do you look at other people's carts?

    Back when— tips for finding a good man. Go to the grocery store. Hang around the frozen dinners. Look for single men and check out their carts. Nothing but TV dinners? Probably single and available. Mostly twinkies and ding dongs? Probably hanging on to the last relationship, leave him alone. Mostly healthy produce? Grab him fast! Not only is he single, but he cooks!
    Lol.
    I met lots of gay guys that way.
    What does cat food and Ben & Jerry's say about me?

    How you doin? 😏
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