Breaking the cycle...

Don't buy the *kitten* you'll end up feeling bad about eating.

Sorted!

My husband likes to eat things I don't like having around in the house. We make a compromise that I buy it for him and he keeps it at work or somewhere I can't find it.

Yeah I would do that if my partner didn't eat it... My partner isn't what I call an healthy eater. We have a junk food draw as that was my way of minimizing where I saw the crap food. My son also has snacks in the drawer.

Are you the one that does most of the grocery shopping? If so, then stop buying it and tell them "tough luck."

You should be setting a good example for your son, anyway. And if your partner really wants the junk s/he can go out and buy it themselves.

As someone who has managed to turn an "I don't eat no rabbit food" man into a true omnivore, it is entirely possible to change their habits, too. You just have to put your foot down, and be willing to work with them (by getting/making substitutes for the bad stuff).

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Again, getting rid of the food from the house isn't an option... I can't force the way I want to eat on other people and I wouldn't want to. It will be in the house its just finding a way to manage this... was hoping for some constructive supportive suggestions and some solutions that might help.

Well, advising you to steer clear of it if you can't moderate it is a constructive suggestion.

Replace your son's snacks with healthier ones - you can start setting a good example for him now. As far as your partner goes, ask him to keep it somewhere else, hidden from you. Maybe the garage or someplace like that? Just temporarily while you get your moderation issues under control. There's nothing wrong with a few treats here and there, but if you can't control it, you need to avoid it. He should help support you in that. You're not saying he can't have it, you're just asking him to help you learn to control it.

Again, getting rid of the food from the house isn't an option... I can't force the way I want to eat on other people and I wouldn't want to. It will be in the house its just finding a way to manage this... was hoping for some constructive supportive suggestions and some solutions that might help.

I started my first response before yours got posted, so it wasn't a matter of me ignoring your followup. It just wasn't there when I wrote what I wrote.

That said, I stand by what I've said. Additionally, talk to your partner about your struggles and try to get them to work with you. They may not even know they're currently part of the problem. You don't have to do this alone, and you'll be more likely to be successful if you have some support from the people you live with.

If they are really stubborn, tell them it's a temporary thing, until you can kick the cravings. Then you can reintroduce their favorite snacks occasionally. In the meantime, they can keep it at work, or somewhere you can't get to.

Changing your diet, especially something like this, isn't that much different from trying to quit any other addiction - you can't just "moderate" the thing you're addicted to. You have to stop it completely. Only once you've done that and conquered the cravings, can you consider reintroducing it at a moderate level. It's much easier to do this when it's not even available to you, especially at the beginning, when the habit and cravings are still embedded.

If you can't get the food out of the house, and the other people in the house won't compromise on the type of snacks you keep around, you could buy yourself some healthy snacks and go to them instead of the junk drawer. You can also force yourself to log your daily snack before you eat it -Seeing the calories that the less healthy snacks will take may make it easier to limit your intake or avoid the food altogether and eat a healthier item.

I get into "binge mode" as well, quite often. I try to immediately text/call/get in touch somehow with my fiance and get him to talk me out of it or say something positive. Have a support person. I can't get rid of the binge food, because he and his son eat it, but we can moderate the behavior. I realize that I can't treat the food as "bad". It gives the food too much power over me. I need to recognize that it's ME, not the food that has the problem, and I can't "blame" the food. Avoiding the food tends to just mean I'm avoiding the problem. I'm trying to break the cycle myself. It's hard, but if you have good support, you'll make it.