Potato Chip addiction - HELPPPPP

Take your chips and pre portion them out into little baggies. Then eat your chips.. chips are yummy.

I believe no food should be off limits unless your allergic to it. LOL.

Balance it out with good foods I think you will be fine.

I used to crave cookies all the time. But instead I just limit it. Some days I have one or two some days none. When we tell ourselves we cant have it we want it more.

Either that or dont buy any more chips. But really in life can you really say you will never eat chips again, I know I couldnt. Moderation!

Yup, yup! I took the five worst foods for me that I loved and did comparisons. If I could only choose potato chips or ice cream, which could I give up to keep the other? If chips won, I compared them to another favorite, so chips or french fries...and so on. If chips won out to the bitter end, it deserved a place in my diet. But I portion it and account for it every time I eat them. EVERY time, knowing how easily I could chow down an entire bag.

Hey if you like them, just eat them, look at the back of the bag if you buy the big family one because of the kids then eat one of two servings and count the calories... eat them slowly, and enjoy them knowing that you will NOT have anymore only the servings you are counting, put the chips away drink water after eating them and walk away.. if you cant do that then yeahh getting rid of them completely is another solution.

As was suggested earlier.. Stop buying chips. You can't eat what you don't have... that gets you a win even in a moment of weakness.

In place of chips, I eat dry Total flakes.. they're almost as crunchy as chips and are about 120 cal for a cup

Lay's Light chips have very few calories or even Lay's Baked chips

Mmm....chips. Chips are my food, love them. What works for me is mind control and willpower.

I tell myself I will eat chips, but I have to eat something healthy first. I find that by eating an apple first, much of my want of crunchy food is gone, plus I'm not as hungry so I eat less chips. I also only eat chips at the end of the day when I'm usually full from the day. I eat less then.

Also, don't eat from the bag. I eat a lot more when I eat out of the bag, then if I put them on a plate.

Enlist your husband. Mine will politely take the bag, eat a few, then put it away if it looks like I'll finish off the bag.

How is it that you have arranged your life to be in the same room as a food over which you have no control? I don't have any danger foods like that anywhere near me.

this^^ if they aren't there , I won't eat it

stop buying them and don't keep them in your house = problem solved...

When a guy looks like this one you freakin listen! LOL no but seriously I know that I can not resist certain things so I avoid them. Like Olive Garden. I know there are healthy choices but I also know damn good and well I am ordering the Alfredo. So I don't even walk through the door!. You have to be in control of your choices. Not the other way around. Also if it is not hurting you (physically) then don't stress. But I know that food makes me feel like crap. Best of luck.

Make your own chips in the microwave...you can use potato but my favorite is sweet potato...slice them up thin...place on a paper towel in a single layer in the microwave and cook until crisp...I normally put them in for around 3 minutes..then you can spice them up as you see fit...way healthier than the store bought ones... Enjoy...

I've been doing so good eating healthy and watching my portions but the last few days I can't seem to get away from CHIPS!! Any suggestions on a good replacement/alternative that helps these cravings?

Wow I'm the same way. I wish an answer for us

First..Do not buy the chips or bring them in your home. Second find a healthier low calorie alternative to what you are truly craving. Be it crunch salt or whatever. I myself have switched to hot air popcorn and dried Veggies for my salt crunch chew fix, till you can gain some self control on portion size for your daily needs, if you choose to still include chips for your fuel for your body.

I eat the fat free sour cream & onion Pringles, they are very yummy, 70 calories a serving size which is 15 chips.

I haven't found anything that helps with that craving. I've tried baked chips, pop chips... nope.

I haven't touched a chip in 8 months though. I'm not sure I'd be able not to eat the whole bag.

I eat low calorie ones, they have about 70 to 80 calories in a bag.

And sometimes I soak chickpeas in vinegar, then drain them and lightly salt them, spray with cooking spray and bake, they're lovely for the cinema.

Tear kale off their stocks and rub a little oil on and season - I like smoked paprika, black pepper and sea salt, this is amazing

Or bake thinly slices beets and sweet potatoes.

If you sprinkle with nutritional yeast and onion granules for the last couple of minutes, it's tasty too

Thank u for the idea on the chickpeas. What kind of vinegar and how long in the oven? Thanks!

I soak them in regular white vinegar, the same kind you'd use to clean with, and a little balsamic because I love it, it colours them a bit though. Soak them a few hours at least, or you could simmer them for ten minutes but it really smells out the house, ha! You can bake them to your liking, I do it about 25 minutes and they are still have a bit of a chew but are crunchy along the edges

If you want them, EAT THEM! Just don't eat a whole family-sized bag...try to keep it down to 100-200 calories. Check the serving size. Don't deny yourself, you'll just binge later.

Try the special k cracker chips, they are yummy. You can also make sure you have the proportioned bags of chips and count the calories.