Things I can't have in the house :(
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-ben and jerrys half baked
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OMG Ben and Jerry's half baked is one of my faves...haven't bought it in at least a year but all ice cream is trigger food
Old Dutch dill pickle chips- my top comfort food
Doritos
Chocolate
Seaweed chips
Granola bars
Cookies/ baked goods
Chocolate chips
McDonald's- don't binge on McD's but cause me to crave everything else when I eat it
Cupcakes/ cake
I have never written this list down or really even thought about it! I am sure I am missing a few things but it is interesting to see it! These are the foods to keep out of my house!0 -
I was doing really well today (not wanting to binge, low cravings), til I read this thread. Note to self: must not remind myself of all those trigger foods. I can tell I'm going to spend the rest of the evening staving off a binge. Nooooooo. I hope I get through.
Trigger foods for me:
- Chocolate (even dark)
- Peanut M&M (I've been thinking about these for weeks, and haven't touched them in about a year)
- Ice cream (any variety really, especially haagandaaz and B&Js)
- Nuts
- Bread (though this is always in the house for my husband, and I generally can avoid it no problem, once I start, I cannot stop)
- Baked goods (cakes, brownies - anything with lots of sugar really)0 -
I cannot have nuts in any shape or form in my house. Chocolate of any kind is bad too. I've tried buying portion controlled sizes of peanut butter and the like, but I'll still eat 2 or 3 of them at a time during a binge. Honestly though, I still manage to find a way to binge even when I don't have my trigger foods, I can put together some crazy combinations. This is gross but the other night I wanted to binge on peanut butter so bad, that I mixed 2 things together that I would never dream of ... coconut oil and protein powder and spread it on apple slices. UGH!0
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Identifying triggers really helps, usually I can stay strong enough to not buy something. But then there I am at the grocery store staring at that jar of Nutella and it is all downhill from there. Every dang time too I think, "this will be it. I will buy this thing and maintain self control and just have a little every now and then." But as soon as I get home I rip it open and devour everything.
I found that things were a bit easier when I was vegan since most of my triggers involve dairy products. Although that is when I went nuts on cliff bars. Would just sit there and eat like three at a time.0 -
Thankfully, peanut butter and nutella haven't every been a binge food for me, so I'm still able to have both in the house.
Instead I tend to avoid buying:
- white bread
- chocolate
- pastries
- cake
- granola bars
- chips
- anything fried, really
- yogurt
- whipping cream
- pudding
- pie filling
- icing
The last two are especially toxic. When I was a kid, I used to horde food and those were the two sweet things that my mom didn't notice were missing, unlike the more typical sweets she would keep track of.0 -
Trigger foods for me seem to boil down to anything sweet (natural or artificial), anything with flour of any kind, and nuts.
Foods that are NOT triggers for me:
veggies (except really fresh sugar snap peas, but that's probably ok)
high quality protein: fish, chicken, beef, eggs (does NOT include bacon or sausage)
OK - if my diet can consist of those non-trigger foods with some fruit, I'll be just fine.
I have actually been able to get rid of all food in my house that fits the trigger category. I just can't seem to adhere to my "rule" to not go to the store or bakery alone.0
