What ONE food habit... would you go back in time to stop.

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  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    It isn't a habit. But I can remember the day I started eating poorly...

    It was my sophomore year of college. I had a bad day with my classes, something didn't make sense, a teacher was being rude, I had forgotten something, I was feeling overwhelmed, so I was in a bad mood... And I go to my best bro to vent or whatever.

    We were planning on getting a two-bedroom apartment the next year and we had decided this a while ago (nothing romantic, just bros here.) And he goes "I'm thinking of dropping out." And I'm like O_O "wut." And I was so mad at him for ditching me like that, I went to the cafeteria and bought a cheeseburger, a large fries, chicken tenders, and a big thing of ben and jerry's - with the thought that I'm just going to have the cheeseburger and fries right now, and the rest later.

    Nope.

    I went home and ate all of it. Right then. I had no idea that that was even a thing. That a person COULD eat that much in that little time. I opened an entire world of over-eating that I had never seen before.

    If I could go back in time, I would go to my room right then and slap all of that food out of my own hands and stomp it into the ground and be like "STOP IT. STOP THAT RIGHT NOW. HE'S BEING A JERK AND HE'S NOT WORTH YOU EATING THAT CRAP. ALSO HIS PLACE IS GONNA SMELL LIKE DEATH NEXT YEAR. ALSO KELSEY WANTS TO LIVE WITH YOU NEXT YEAR AND SHE'S SUPER NICE AND IT'S GONNA RULE. YOUR PLACE IS GONNA BE CLEAN AND AWESOME - SO DON'T YOU DARE EAT THAT KIND OF CRAP! EVER!!!" And then run away so I don't cause too much of a paradox.
  • sweetpea129
    sweetpea129 Posts: 755 Member
    Drinking Pepsi. Ever.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Having papa johns on speed dial after a few cocktails was always bad news for me.
  • Sul3i
    Sul3i Posts: 553 Member
    Eating entire bags of m&ms or Hershey kisses... I'm talking the big bulk bags not single serv.... oh & entire containers of Ben & Jerry's ice cream :-/
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    Eating cereal. At least 10 pounds of me is grape nuts with raisins.
  • Brianna716
    Brianna716 Posts: 303 Member
    Eating from the container without measuring portion sizes/ having second helpings.

    I could easily finish off a bag of Doritos by myself in one sitting, and I might fill up a bowl to the brim twice with cereal.
  • Dulian25
    Dulian25 Posts: 19
    I'd say I'd go back to a VERY unhealthy relationship I was in in the past and not cope with my emotions by emotional eating. It's been a struggle to adjust!!
  • k011185
    k011185 Posts: 320 Member
    Fast food and delivery. I was sick for a really long time and wasn't up to cooking, and my husband was working out of town, so I was constantly going through drive-thrus or ordering in pizza or chinese.
    It got to the point where I was getting fast food sometimes 3 times a day, I gained so much weight so fast, and got myself so addicted to horrible food.

    There are so many healthier easy meal options I wish I have gone for instead, but hindsight is always 20/20.
  • Nessiechickie
    Nessiechickie Posts: 1,392 Member
    Eating for comfort..... eating when full.
  • jbesel
    jbesel Posts: 1 Member
    A BIG plate of tortilla chips covered in cheese, sometimes layered pepperoni too...
  • kaosvarkas
    kaosvarkas Posts: 46 Member
    For about 2 years in high school I ate Mcdonalds breakfast consisting of 2 sausage egg and cheese mcmuffins, 2 hashbrowns , and a large orange juice 5 days a week. How I wish I could take that back now.
  • dangerousdumpling
    dangerousdumpling Posts: 1,109 Member
    As a child I learned that food made me happy. Eating lots of it, especially sugar, made me feel good when things around me made me feel bad. Poor kid. I wish I could talk to her and teach her things that she wasn't being taught.
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    I CANNOT leave food on a plate. I will eat it if its in front of me. At a restaurant or something if I get full but the waiter/waitress doesnt come take it away from me, Ill keep picking at it. Same with finger foods and such, I just wont stop. I have never, ever been the type to just eat enough to feel satisfied. I must be stuffed before I am done eating. I wish I could un-do all my years of acting that way. Also, I have this habit of feeling like I need something sweet after I finish dinner. I know its purely psychological but it is a horrible habit, because again, im not even hungry.
  • tifferz_91
    tifferz_91 Posts: 282 Member
    Stuffing my face with artificially processed nutrient-lacking gmo "food" every single day :sick:

    If i only knew then what i know now *sigh*.
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    Using food as a reward. That's such a bad pattern to get into.
  • gwenr
    gwenr Posts: 139 Member
    My bad habits started only 3 years ago when I found myself in a stressful time in my life. I started drinking alcohol nightly which in turn revved up my appetite like crazy. Every morning I would wake up feeling sluggish and sick, then I wouldn't eat ALL day, come home at night, have a few drinks and eat literally everything in sight.
  • BrittaniNSt
    BrittaniNSt Posts: 9
    Binge eating. It didn't matter what it was. I would just sit and eat an entire box or bag of whatever is was, then go looking for more. It's horrible.
  • kanuckkim74
    kanuckkim74 Posts: 21
    Coffee!! If anybody has successfully quit it...please let me know :-/

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