M&M's...

TheNavet
TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have no control over those, they're like crack. Without even realizing, I downed a little over a 100g in a matter of... minutes I guess :embarassed:
Do you have any tips on how to stop eating them/get disgusted by them? And no, eating as many as I can and then feeling sick does not make me cease in anyway :grumble:
As a side note, I also have to add that I cannot get rid of them as the rest of my family does also eat them, just veeeeery slowly :grumble:

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  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    They sell individual packs that are 100 calories. It's much easier when they are portioned out.

    Edited to add - I tend to stack up on individually wrapped candy at Halloween since that is the main time they sell it. It still takes some self control, but it's much easier to throw a bag in my purse to eat in the afternoon rather than get a full bag from the vending machine.
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  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Or use a digital scale to portion them out ahead of time, so it's not a temptation to keep grabbing from a bag.
  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    Unfortunately, I haven't come across those in France and smaller containers usually are far expensive than our budget for 'junk' allows :ohwell:
  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    Unfortunately, I haven't come across those in France and smaller containers usually are far expensive than our budget for 'junk' allows :ohwell:

    Then do what another person suggested. Portion them into ziploc bags yourself.
  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    Oh you can believe me if I tell you I have quite some self control :laugh:. The only things I seem to be unable to mount up any resistance too are grapes and M&m's. I guess it's the 'pop in your mouth' concept that is getting to me :grumble:
  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    Unfortunately, I haven't come across those in France and smaller containers usually are far expensive than our budget for 'junk' allows :ohwell:

    Then do what another person suggested. Portion them into ziploc bags yourself.

    Yes, I guess that it might be the best option~ thank you :smile:
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  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    Oh you can believe me if I tell you I have quite some self control :laugh:. The only things I seem to be unable to mount up any resistance too are grapes and M&m's. I guess it's the 'pop in your mouth' concept that is getting to me :grumble:

    You just said you have self control and also lack self control in the same paragraph. Does not compute.

    I... I believe I can say that I do have self control over most aspects of my life (food being included). However I seem to lack said self control over two things, as cited above
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    If you have to have some, take some out of the bag, weigh them, put them in a bowl, then put the bag away. And tell yourself you only have this to eat, and to enjoy it.

    They're crack though, I agree, I avoid buying them or start to eat them when I do, lol.
  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    If you have to have some, take some out of the bag, weigh them, put them in a bowl, then put the bag away. And tell yourself you only have this to eat, and to enjoy it.

    They're crack though, I agree, I avoid buying them or start to eat them when I do, lol.

    I wish I could avoid having them around the house too :laugh: .

    I guess I'll have to afford some self-discipline - let's see how long I'll be able to make the remaining 380g last~
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Very important question: peanut or plain?

    Because plain are just so boring they're just gone in a second and you need another one.

    But peanut is a whole different experience. I suck on it first, and when the candy shell is thin and fragile, it cracks and dissolves in the most wonderful way. Then you have to wait for the chocolate to melt away...without chewing. Then, when your mouth is all sweet and sticky from the melted chocolate, you bite into the salty peanut to even things out. In my experience it takes like a whole 30 seconds to eat one M&M this way. Very delicious. If you count out, say, 10 M&Ms and eat them this way, you'll be satisfied by the time you get to the last one.

    And then sigh and light a cigarette.

    :love:
  • WeepingAngel81
    WeepingAngel81 Posts: 2,232 Member
    The trick for me is to put them in a cupboard so that I don't see it. My kids have candy my mom sends them and there will be more for halloween. My daughter packs her own lunch and is allowed 1 piece in her lunch. We still have Easter candy leftover because even though it's within reach it's out of sight out of mind.
  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    Very important question: peanut or plain?

    Because plain are just so boring they're just gone in a second and you need another one.

    But peanut is a whole different experience. I suck on it first, and when the candy shell is thin and fragile, it cracks and dissolves in the most wonderful way. Then you have to wait for the chocolate to melt away...without chewing. Then, when your mouth is all sweet and sticky from the melted chocolate, you bite into the salty peanut to even things out. In my experience it takes like a whole 30 seconds to eat one M&M this way. Very delicious. If you count out, say, 10 M&Ms and eat them this way, you'll be satisfied by the time you get to the last one.

    And then sigh and light a cigarette.

    :love:

    Dark chocolate peanut :happy: . And I definitely eat them in the same way but some times it just get's too tempting and I end up chewing them at once :tongue: :embarassed:
  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    The trick for me is to put them in a cupboard so that I don't see it. My kids have candy my mom sends them and there will be more for halloween. My daughter packs her own lunch and is allowed 1 piece in her lunch. We still have Easter candy leftover because even though it's within reach it's out of sight out of mind.

    We do to! Probably because it is on the bottom shelf, which is, more than probably, going to be the place in which the M&M's will be eclipsed too~
  • MissDeeDee78
    MissDeeDee78 Posts: 415 Member
    How about M&M minis? They're the ones that come in a tube. I think it's 150 cals in 1 tube.
  • conniemaxwell5
    conniemaxwell5 Posts: 943 Member
    When my husband has candy in the house, I ask him to keep it buried in the freezer. It's out of sight, out of mind there and I don't get into it.
  • kjoy_
    kjoy_ Posts: 316 Member
    well something that may hinder you..you have to walk the length of a football field to burn off the calories in 1 M&M. although that doesn't stop me eating them :laugh:. usually binges are tied to emotions, so evaluating your emotional state may be the first step.
  • kjoy_
    kjoy_ Posts: 316 Member
    There's this thing they sell called self control. I think it's in the same isle as the Cheetos in the supermarket

    MODERATION SUCKS! :drinker:
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    Happy to report that i have not taken a hit off the M&M dispenser at work in over 2 weeks. :~) but same thing. One turn of that thing turns into 2 and 7 really really fast. They are the bomb! Also grapes. i count them out and put them in a bag or in my yogurt for work.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    CR@P, I forgot Halloween is coming up.
  • FrauMama
    FrauMama Posts: 169 Member
    Get yourself some GOOD dark chocolate and eat a little bit of that instead. Then you might end up thinking the M&Ms taste like crap and being less "addicted" to them. I think they taste like sugary wax now after eating more quality treats for the past few years. Maybe the same will happen to you. And it's much different to pop a whole Green and Black or Ritter Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts bar (or whatever you decide you like) in your mouth than it is to polish off a bag of M&Ms.
  • DrewMontoya
    DrewMontoya Posts: 77 Member
    Oh you can believe me if I tell you I have quite some self control :laugh:. The only things I seem to be unable to mount up any resistance too are grapes and M&m's. I guess it's the 'pop in your mouth' concept that is getting to me :grumble:

    You just said you have self control and also lack self control in the same paragraph. Does not compute.

    Try picking up some of that Reading Comprehension™ next time you're restocking your supply of self control.
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  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    Very important question: peanut or plain?

    Because plain are just so boring they're just gone in a second and you need another one.

    But peanut is a whole different experience. I suck on it first, and when the candy shell is thin and fragile, it cracks and dissolves in the most wonderful way. Then you have to wait for the chocolate to melt away...without chewing. Then, when your mouth is all sweet and sticky from the melted chocolate, you bite into the salty peanut to even things out. In my experience it takes like a whole 30 seconds to eat one M&M this way. Very delicious. If you count out, say, 10 M&Ms and eat them this way, you'll be satisfied by the time you get to the last one.

    And then sigh and light a cigarette.

    :love:

    I think I love you...and I feel way less silly for my crazy ways of indulging with every. single. peanut. M&M.

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