Top 5 Foods BANNED from my home ...

I really only try to ban things that are utter garbage with zero nutritional value. A little dark chocolate and/or red wine are welcome in my house. I think having temptations around to resist and/or enjoy in moderation are the key to long term success.

What foods have zero nutritional value?

Op: I don't ban anything, I just use self control. I wouldn't ban anything anyway because I don't live alone.

1) Brownies
2) Ice cream
3) Anything Chocolate
4) Candy Bars (Chocolate Bars)
5) Plain chips with Philadelphia Dip

There is 1 week a month where not only can I not control the sweets intake I also cannot stop myself from buying them.. I like chips with alcohol. Although both of those can be in the house and I'm usually ok.

Currently on a sweet bender.. NOT GOOD..

Soda
Ice Cream
Candy
Frozen pizza (i can put down the whole thing)
Did I mention Soda.

ANY kind of sweet. We can't keep them around because I would literally eat them all in one day. It has to be an occasional, I have to get up and actually GO somewhere to get it if I want it.

This!!! I can have a packet of chips in the cupboard for weeks on end never think about it...as soon as there is any sugar in there it's game over! And I also do the 'if I really want it, I'll get off my butt and go out and get it' routine!

Just curious as to the banning mentality...because you have an "issue", adversion, "problem", whatever you want to call it with a specific food... no one else in your household is allowed to enjoy it? Seems like it's your burden, not theirs.

I can only think of 2 things, Brussel sprouts and pickles...blech, blah, gah. In theory I should like pickles but I just can't seem to be enticed enough to want to try one.

Peanut Butter... I'm not sure what it is about peanut butter but if it's in the house I will find away to eat it until it's gone.... So I'll be like ohhhh pb toast for breakfast pb and banana for a snack pb sandwich for lunch pb and apples for a snack pb on anything for dinner... I've eaten a whole jar in 2-3 days... so now I just don't buy it. I have no control when it comes to Peanut Butter!

Peanut butter, in moderation, is an excellent source of protein and healthy fat. But only in moderation, like 1 serving (2 Tbl spoon) a day. Too bad it's s weakness for you.

Just curious as to the banning mentality...because you have an "issue", adversion, "problem", whatever you want to call it with a specific food... no one else in your household is allowed to enjoy it? Seems like it's your burden, not theirs.

I live by myself lol.

Really banned from our cabinets, not our whole home, except the ice cream because we all share the two refrigerators here:

for me, it is chocolate- if I want chocolate, I go buy one single serving bar at a time because I know I binge on chocolate

regular fried potato chips of any kind, same thing, cannot stop at one serving

ice cream, same reason.... but healthy yogurt is totally allowed and we eat lots of it

white fudge chips ahoy-- I cannot resist them, I eat the whole package in a day

extras of anything sweet- if we have flan, cupcakes, any other sweet dessert that is way high in calories then I make just enough for everyone to have one serving, no extras are kept (this is crucial because I own a custom cake bakery and I used to always have lots of cupcakes and frosting around here)

eta: I think some of these will change over time and be allowed back in the house, just not right now because I need more time to overhaul my thinking and my self-control. Anyone in my house that wants those things can buy them and keep them somewhere out of my sight, but they are not allowed in our regular cabinets, etc. where I have to get my food on a daily basis.