What has been / is your biggest food pitfall?

VictoriaWorksOut
VictoriaWorksOut Posts: 195 Member
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What has been / is your biggest food pitfall and how do you avoid it?

For me it is office food (cookies, doughnuts, granola bars, candies, and all other free food). This week I have not eaten any at all, thanks to MFT calorie tracker, and feel a big difference in how my jeans fit.
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  • msfaithful
    msfaithful Posts: 88 Member
    Flavored chips/crackers....

    I can resist plain chips/crackers...but the flavored versions scream my name!! :noway:
  • alvalaurie
    alvalaurie Posts: 369 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!
  • painauxraisin
    painauxraisin Posts: 299 Member
    Bread and chocolate. If they didn't exist, I don't think I'd need MFP !!!
  • P05T5CRIPT
    P05T5CRIPT Posts: 285 Member
    Crisps - especially Tayto, I could eat 12 bags in one sitting! They are my achilles heel, so much so, that I have cut them out from my lifestyle altogether, haven't had a single crisp in nearly 5 months.....and don't miss them one bit :smile:
  • VictoriaWorksOut
    VictoriaWorksOut Posts: 195 Member
    Crisps - especially Tayto, I could eat 12 bags in one sitting! They are my achilles heel, so much so, that I have cut them out from my lifestyle altogether, haven't had a single crisp in nearly 5 months.....and don't miss them one bit :smile:

    WOW...and look at your weight loss! That's awesome!
  • toya316
    toya316 Posts: 137 Member
    SWEETS, SWEETS AND MORE SWEETS..
  • bananabrownie
    bananabrownie Posts: 32
    Grocery shopping. I feel like I have to taste everything I buy...right after I buy it.
    Ex. once bought a bag 175g container of dried figs. Finished it within the next hour.
  • P05T5CRIPT
    P05T5CRIPT Posts: 285 Member
    Crisps - especially Tayto, I could eat 12 bags in one sitting! They are my achilles heel, so much so, that I have cut them out from my lifestyle altogether, haven't had a single crisp in nearly 5 months.....and don't miss them one bit :smile:

    WOW...and look at your weight loss! That's awesome!

    Thank you! I just replaced crisps with healthier treats, at the moment Kallo Chocolate rice cake thins are my fave, and only 55 calories.
  • cvillneauve
    cvillneauve Posts: 65
    For me, it is anything with sugar in it. I am good at work but then I get home and that is a struggle. I have 3 kids so we usually have some kind of sugary treat around. Not much... my daughter has type 1 diabetes so we do keep the sugar to a minimum in our household but the Halloween candy!!!
  • HotMummyMission
    HotMummyMission Posts: 1,723 Member
    Giant bar of dairymilk will be gone in 40 mins I stay away ow x
  • Fatbuster205
    Fatbuster205 Posts: 333 Member
    Cheese!
  • Saiava
    Saiava Posts: 68 Member
    SWEETS, SWEETS AND MORE SWEETS..

    ^this...and junk food in general. Now, actually, it's just candy, chips, cookies, and peanut butter by the spoonfuls!
  • Julettashane
    Julettashane Posts: 723 Member
    chinese food, cupcakes, doughnuts, mtn dew, bread!!!
  • FullOfWinToo
    FullOfWinToo Posts: 34
    O pasta where art thou?
  • ShaunnaTroop
    ShaunnaTroop Posts: 13
    Carbs!
  • mhouston2011
    mhouston2011 Posts: 155
    Jiff peanut butter....not bad in small amounts I know but becomes a problem when I start eating it with a spoon
  • VanessaHeartsMasr
    VanessaHeartsMasr Posts: 727
    Oreos. My son BEGS me to buy them every time we go to the store and I never say no. Guess who eats the most of them? Not my son. Lol.
  • Julettashane
    Julettashane Posts: 723 Member
    Jiff peanut butter....not bad in small amounts I know but becomes a problem when I start eating it with a spoon

    mmmmm i love PB :love: :love:
  • MsNewBooty83
    MsNewBooty83 Posts: 985 Member
    Donuts. 110%. Especially Persians (something you only find in Thunder Bay). uuuuuugh! i ate one today actually.
  • Colstriper
    Colstriper Posts: 71 Member
    Pizza. I even the healthier pizza is high in calories.
  • loserbaby84
    loserbaby84 Posts: 241 Member
    WHITE BREAD. Whether it's naan, homemade, store bought, bagels .. This is my weakness.

    How do I avoid it? Simple - I do not BUY it. No bread touches my plate while eating at a restaurant nor do I have it on my grocery list, which I have stuck to religiously.

    If I eat bread it is always whole grain and only one slice (I have slipped once of twice on this rule and eaten a whole whole grain bagel) but mind you before I would eat TWO sandwiches - FOUR pieces of WHITE BREAD!

    Keep your weaknesses as a treat or, like me, do not purchase them due to pure temptation.

    Good luck! :)
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    donuts all the way...I can avoid all sweets if needed but donuts are my kryptonite!
  • bananabrownie
    bananabrownie Posts: 32
    -Fox's viennese melts
    -Bourbon creams
    -Jam sandwich creams
    -Mr. Kipling's battenburgs
    -Almond croissants, custard croissants
    -Cinnamon raisin bagels, everything bagels, bagels
    -Donuts
    -Pringles (bbq flavored...)
    -Yummy all natural oat bars!!
    -Lindt truffles

    I actually really enjoy listing all the food I wish I could eat right now but can't :O shocking
  • jpuderbaugh
    jpuderbaugh Posts: 318 Member
    Oh yeah, sweets of any kind, whether it be candy or baked goods. And pizza. Pizza is freaking awesome. I'm still working on self control so in order to keep my eating under control, I usually have to avoid them altogether if I want to stay on track. One day maybe I will get the out of control eating under control. I can have these foods in the house, but as long as I don't have any, I'll be fine. 2 items I cannot have in the house at the same time ever is chocolate ice cream and ridgies potato chips. I can have them in the house separately and avoid them. But when I have them in the house at the same time, the overwhelming desire to dip those chips in the melted chocolate ice cream is too much to resist. And then I really can't stop eating them.
  • AmberJo1984
    AmberJo1984 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Bread.... Lots of bread.

    So far, I haven't learned how to completely avoid it... but, I've done alright with watching my portions. (Most of the time.)
  • AXAGEM
    AXAGEM Posts: 56 Member
    For me it's icecream I still have it once in a while, however I only buy by the (one) scoop and no more tubs as I can't be trusted.
  • jonwv
    jonwv Posts: 362 Member
    Pizza..i love the stuff

    enchiladas also...lol
  • Mindarin
    Mindarin Posts: 93 Member
    Ice cream, milkshakes, gummi bears. I sound like a giant second grader. :P lol.

    and I just refuse to buy milkshakes and candy for myself.

    The ice cream...I hide in the back of the freezer under everything else. If I can't see it, I don't think about it. And if I know I have to dig it out of there, I'm less likely to go to the trouble! :)
  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
    dunkin' donuts iced coffees and coolatas...
  • Fit_NYC_
    Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member
    pizza and baked goods

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