What things trigger YOU to wreck your eating habits?
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Going to the bar will ALWAYS put me over on calories for the day. I just live with it.0
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If I have a craving, typically I'll have some of it. Otherwise, all this is too negative and restrictive and life is too damn short for that. I don't let any food or craving "wreck" my eating habits because splurging once in a while doesn't "wreck" anything. I chalk it up to a needed refeed and call it a day. In fact, I have refeed days built into my program to prevent something like that from happening.
All that said -- cheese. Everytime. Cheese. Can't get enough.0 -
Stress... No doubt about it... Which, being a teacher, is everywhere!!! I know that cops, and firefighters, and doctors have it rough, but go into a public high school classroom and see what we deal with...
Always causes the downward spiral of bad food choices...0 -
The smell of food. Like, I could be doing great, but when I smell it...things change, Lol. Last night, for example. I was in the living room doing school work and my mom took a pizza out of the microwave. It smelled amazing, so I walked over to the fridge and got a cheese stick and some beef jerky. Dx Was tasty though. :P
Aggravation and nervousness also gets me.0 -
Sorry your friends aren't into the birthday celebration, but Happy Birthday! Sometimes I eat due to emotions, I usually know if I am doing that.
I get cravings sometimes, but if they are for something like donuts, I try to ignore them. If they are for something healthy, I will go ahead and eat it.
Right now I am on a diet that only allows me certain foods, that makes it easy.0 -
Boozles - I will go over my cals that day and the next eating my way out of a hangover.
Feeling sorry for myself - I'm not dieting today life has been too hard, all the things.... DON'T JUDGE ME!
Work overtime - provided with free takeaway, you always get too much even if you attempt to go for something healthy.
Friends - friends are b*stards they invite you round to their house and cook you delicious food and ply you with booze ;P
My mantra is try to have more good days then bad, and I look to have a deficit over the course of a week rather than daily I am usually over at least 2 days out of 7, I'm on the fun 5:2 diet :P0 -
Pizza. Its the only food I can't turn down. EVER.
God I love pizza.0 -
Stress, I quit smoking a little over 3 years ago... guess what I replaced it with?
Also, allowing myself to get too hungry before I eat then it seems almost impossible to feel satisfied.0 -
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Boredom, Stress, Emotional eating and mostly bad macros0
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alcohol.0
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If I bring my "trigger" foods into the house, I binge. I am fine if I eat them in a controlled environment outside of the house. So, if I want ice cream, I go get the best freaking ice cream in town and have one scoop in a waffle cone *at the ice cream shop* instead of buying a larger container to eat in the house. I feel like thinking of treats as an indulgence that i eat for an occasion works better for me than trying to keep them around and moderate my use of them in my home. If I make a pie for a holiday, I don't take any home, etc. I just eat my slice, enjoy it with guilt, and move on.0
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being tired... i will look for sugar or crap for that instant 'pick me up'0
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I was doing so well until I got sick. In the last three days I've had Wendy's, Tim Hortons, McDonalds mcflurry... And there's probably more
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I am putting my foot down after today, as I logged my Wendy's dinner and realized I am over by almost 1000 calories. But oh well, one day doesn't make or break you! 0 -
Traveling. I travel a lot and when I'm exposed to so many new foods I'm like...WOW I want to try that!! Then I diet and diet and finally give in and binge. Also the pressure to stay thin I find to have the opposite effect on me. (Ex. People telling me to loose weight)0
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I also fall into the "My day is ruined so may as well eat whatever" trap. Like today, I knew I had a birthday party where I was going to be pigging out on pizza and booze (and sure enough, I put down like 1,800 calories during the party alone), so while out at the mall earlier, I also stopped at Burgerville for lunch, under the belief that today was just going to be crappy for my diet.
It's a bad habit and I intend to break it.0 -
Either boredom or stress for me. I have been known to practically inhale a big "perfect for sharing" size bag of crisps in one morning at work if things are particularly bad...
Also TOM usually makes me crave sweet stuff like there's o tomorrow. Not ideal if you have a family history of diabetes.0 -
1) Alcohol. I'm in college, so that makes it difficult enough. It's high in calories just by itself, so I usually spend the day saving my calories for it, and not only to I over-drink, but then I'm starved for real food because all I've had all day is a damn salad and a protein bar! Thursday through Saturday is a vicious cycle.
LOL This exactly!!0 -
My better half and her "shall we have a take away?" and when she offers me a bit of her cake/chocolate, etc and I say "No Thanks"...she responds with "but I saved it for you because I love you".
How can I say no after that?0 -
as weird as it may be, the thing that triggers me to wreck my hard work is reaching a goal, i can fall off the healthy eating wagon for weeks on end and ultimately undo some of the hard work, i eat rubbish and stop exercising, i don't know why i do this, and i don't know how to stop it :sad:
another thing that wrecks my eating habits is my husband being off work, he always trys to feed me, lots! he doesn't do it deliberately, he's just one of those annoying people that have never dieted lol, he's had this last week off work, and despite the fact that i have told him numerous times about it (portion control, types of food) he still insists on piling my plate up, also i can't exercise (other than my normal walking) while he is around because i feel so self conscious
it could be worse, i could be like some of you who's trigger is stress, if that was the case i'd be the size of a whale because i live in a very stressful environment (oldest son has behavioral/mental problems) i must have just somehow over the last 14 years become used to it, that said when he has one of his really bad "episodes" (last year he disappeared for 36 hours) i just stop eating and get an upset stomach
op i've had it before where i've tried to organise something for my birthday, and i know how hurtful it can feel when your friends don't seem bothered, please don't let it send you into a spiral, tell them how you feel, if they already know, then find somebody else to celebrate with, or some other way of celebrating, don't let it drag you down x0 -
:devil: Demon Alcohol...:devil:
Oh, and kitten gif's.....
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Boredom. Being near kitchen. A change in usual routine!! Really easy things! I'm just really trying to chose healthy options when I'm eating extra calories, x0
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1) When I lose control of my routine, I just quit my healthy habits.For example, if I plan to go to the gym but I can't because I have some unexpected things to do, I will feel frustrated and quit.
2) Also, I am an emotional eater and when I feel overwhelmed, I just want to eat.0 -
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For me (this is quite personal and potentially triggering) it's when I've been upset by something, and have then had even just 1 "bad" thing, so then I figure I can just screw it all and think "it's ok, I can throw it up anyway" (recovering from an ED) so sort of take advantage of the fact that I know I can throw it up, and go a bit crazy eating whatever I want...upside is that I've now gotten to a place where I then manage to not go throw up (haven't in like a year now!), but because I've had the thought that I can eat whatever I want because I'm planning to throw it up, it does tend to wreck my eating, as by the time I convince myself it's not worth it to slip back into the ED habits, I've already gone way over.0
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Actually if I don't eat enough and end up working out anyway. I can become uncontrollably ravenous. I sometimes have a 2 scoop protein shake with water to keep me sane (when I can't make it back to my kitchen)0
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alcohol.
Yeah, same here :blushing:0 -
Stress at work combined with crap sitting in the break room.0
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I'm not an emotional eater but my fiance and I love to go out to eat. We always plan our meals ahead of time but once we get to the restaurant we just want different meals and end up going too high above our goals. Once you cheat one time, its hard not to cheat the next day...0
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Emotional eater here. I will eat when stressed, when anxious, when bored, when lonely. Or sometimes I will eat when I'm perfectly happy and just want a hit of sugar to make me feel a little better.
I'm here and once I start its hard to stop
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