What has been / is your biggest food pitfall?

135

Replies

  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    Chinese Buffets. Go at least once a week, sometimes more.
  • xilka
    xilka Posts: 308 Member
    Right now it's the key lime pie I have in the fridge, but I've been very disciplined about eating one small slice a day.

    Big BBQ style lunches - chicken, ribs, green beans drenched in butter, and lots of beer. That's what I miss the most.
    Last time I did one of those - I was paying for it all week, doing an extra 30 min of exercise every day.
    That's how much I love it - I'm willing to do 7 extra workouts for it.
  • runfatmanrun
    runfatmanrun Posts: 1,090 Member
    I like to binge on cereal but I guess it could be worse. And lately honey roasted almonds so I decided not to buy them again.
  • Angie_Fritts
    Angie_Fritts Posts: 263 Member
    reeses peanut butter cups or anything chocolate.
  • dogo187
    dogo187 Posts: 376
    ice cream...if i get a pint, i will eat the entire pint to myself in one sitting...

    so i dont buy it at the grocery store, EVER!!!!!

    if i want icecream i get one of those little Edy's single serve cups and thats it...

    i have ZERO self control when it comes to icecream!
  • littlesis412
    littlesis412 Posts: 314 Member
    Fast food. As a student that commutes and has a job, sometimes it's hard to find quick and healthy foods on the go. I'm still working on finding a good solution. Like today I had to go straight from work to campus for a meeting and drive--thru was my only real option at the time.
  • Lormic98
    Lormic98 Posts: 33
    Yes, me too, and of course office birthday cake!! I did resist a cookie yesterday, of which I was very proud.
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    Chinese food, sushi, cheese, cider, Sunday roast dinners, Friday night curries,crisps, wine, olive bread, polenta... Counting calories has made me much more aware of what I was consuming - I didn't think I was eating badly compared to lots of people I know, but the evidence stacks up once you start on this path. Plus being out of work and short on money has helped, lol
  • LeRevCooper
    LeRevCooper Posts: 122
    Ice cream and mexican food. Both high in calories and fat. But they're so good!!!
  • MichelleLaree13
    MichelleLaree13 Posts: 865 Member
    Hot Tomales candy. Like the box I'm working on as I type this!

    So far I haven't figured out how to avoid them. Probably won't try. Gotta treat myself every now & then!

    Try the fire balls jaw breaker. They are small, low in calories and take forever to finish.
  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
    Swweeeeettttssss!
    :sad:
  • souperficial
    souperficial Posts: 122 Member
    Booze, hands down.
    Oh, and cheese. Booze and cheese.
  • joriha92
    joriha92 Posts: 22 Member
    Cakes and cookies.. I get tired of chips and candy relatively quickly, but man, can I eat cake!! xD
  • fizzletto
    fizzletto Posts: 252 Member
    Whenever I go into a supermarket which has a bakery section, and they pump the smell of fresh pastries and home-made cookies through the heater at the door so that as soon as you walk into the supermarket, you smell all of the goodies, it makes my mouth water.

    This morning I was in the supermarket picking up a bottle of water and a healthy snack, and I had to battle with myself not to buy a big bag of freshly baked huge chewy cookies. I'm usually all in favour of everything in moderation and I allow myself to have naughty things regularly as long as I don't have too much of it. However, these particular cookies are about 350 calories each and you get 5 in a bag; I would honestly put them away in one sitting if you let me, I can't control myself with them. So I couldn't let myself buy them. I actually paced up and down the aisle for about 5 minutes, trying to rationalise to myself why I deserve them, until I just forced myself to walk out of the door!
  • BelleHeart
    BelleHeart Posts: 281 Member
    Cheese, bread and all things crunchy =) I have recently discovered carrot sticks in order to have the crunch without the calories =) they work for me
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Vanilla creme sandwich cookies, or caramel delites girlscout cookies, or Danish butter cookies, or swiss chocolate, or snack cakes. Cookies, chocolate, & cake.
  • smpgetsfit
    smpgetsfit Posts: 38 Member
    Pretty much anything chocolate and plain Lay's potato chips. I can have them in the house &/or be around them at work and be fine. Unless...I eat "one." "One" is the gateway to several and, in the case of the potato chips, the entire bag. I'm incapable of consuming these foods in moderation so I just steer clear completely.
  • benandgillsmom
    benandgillsmom Posts: 15 Member
    Chips and dip! Oh how i miss thee!
  • RhineDHP
    RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
    Any kind of noodles or pasta is my weakness. I've started to try to substitute anything I make pasta wise with shirataki noodles, as they have virtually no calories or anything, but satisfy my cravings for noodles. Its a hard transition, because I LOVE LOV E LOVE noodles.
  • m_wilh
    m_wilh Posts: 362 Member
    Mine would be Oreo cookies. I absolutely cannot eat one or two. If I eat one, I'll eat the whole bag so I don't ever buy them. I just don't have the will power to have them in the house.
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    The other day at Applebee's I had a Cowboy burger...That was after an hour at the gym plus a 1.5 mile walk....
  • stargazer008
    stargazer008 Posts: 531
    Ice cream
    Chips
    Chocolate
    Bread

    All these foods are in my home currently though I only had about five chips today.
  • niknokd
    niknokd Posts: 127 Member
    ANYTHING chocolate. Or with peanut butter. Crave these 2 all the time =\
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    Alligator is always my most difficult challenge
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxz7JipRHR-ZxGD2v0IaM9cjnBudB8IUj1KA2iVhQwqkAwqLQM
  • TheCaren
    TheCaren Posts: 894 Member
    Candy (fruity is my favorite). Crackers. Chips.
  • HerBravado
    HerBravado Posts: 392 Member
    Pizza, & Cheez-Its.

    :(

    But, for both, I've just learned to limit myself.
    Like...for pizza, I'll only get a personal pan, or just one giant slice that'll satisfy that craving.
    For Cheez-Its I never buy the box--I always get the vending machine sizes, so I won't overeat them.
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    pain au chocolate
    crispy bacon

    its a terrible addiction and one I am really trying to contain, but when I go down for breakfast and I get a sniff of bacon, eggs and all those goods turning to the cereal cupboard is almost the hardest thing to do
  • photojunkie28
    photojunkie28 Posts: 292
    Anything and everything after 7 pm....I do good alll day, but the second I settle in for the night I can't say no any longer and will make trip after trip into the kitchen for 'snacks'....blah
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    I would have to say pizza and sweets like cake, brownies and cookies. At times, I can pass up desert at the church I babsit for but harder to do it if my husband cooked them. I normally get at least one serving and possible a tiny bit the next day. He eats that up pretty fast so its not a major problem.
  • kayfrog
    kayfrog Posts: 109 Member
    Twizzlers and Sour Gummie Worms are my trigger foods. Once I eat them, I can't stop. It's the two things I absolutely can not buy for myself.

Categories