I *honestly* do NOT understand...

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  • cheeky0122
    cheeky0122 Posts: 38 Member
    I'm with most of you on the salty snacks and I've found that, for me, putting what I *plan* to eat in a bowl and then rolling the chip bag up, clipping it shut, and putting it back up into the cabinet keeps me from coming back for seconds.
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    What has and is helping me is putting a picture of me at my biggest on my fridge, on my stove, my pantry and anywhere I go to reach for food. I have written under it.... Is it worth the calories? Is it worth the extra time in the park or in the gym? It has brought me to reality actually and I have done very well with it. And it isn't just for my trigger foods, but it is for all other foods also that I seem to binge on because I'm bored or upset.

    The photo idea has worked wonders with me...and I don't want to continue to look like that, so that is my motivation to stop while I'm ahead so I don't keep looking like that. It has worked.

    Good luck and I do hope that some of these ideas you are getting helps you. :flowerforyou:

    Will try that!
  • faithsimmons526
    faithsimmons526 Posts: 162 Member
    So, how do YOU manage to not totally inhale your trigger foods? I would LOVE suggestions/ideas/advice! My waist begs you!

    I don't. But -- like you apparently -- somehow I get past it and stay on the journey. As long as we're winning, who cares, right?

    Btw ... did somebody say ... BUGLES???? Aww, crap, another bad day coming up lol.
  • Azurite27
    Azurite27 Posts: 554 Member
    I try not to buy too many. When I do, I portion out a serving and then put the bag/box away and out-of-sight. Not to say this works all the time but it really helps when I'm otherwise able to control my cravings.
  • aklove907
    aklove907 Posts: 118 Member
    I have found that if I put a handful into a sandwich baggie and not have the entire bag in front of me, it works. I do not deprive myself, just watch the serving size. Good luck! I know it can get hard at times, but you can do it!
  • nikkylyn
    nikkylyn Posts: 325 Member
    Great.....now I want chips
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    I'm baffled too, but for the opposite reason. I wish I had some advice for you. I'm more likely to not eat, because I'm busy with something else and didn't think about it. For me; three bites of something like chocolate, apple pie, etc., is enough to enjoy the flavor, four if it's really good, but I don't have any trouble stopping there. I don't like salty crunchy things, so I never eat potato chips, pretzels, that sort of thing, don't enjoy it. I honestly can't understand continuing to eat until you've finished the whole bag, as my husband can. Him: "It's just 120 calories a serving." Me; " But you ate the whole box, that's 10 servings, do the math!" Literally, I'd never do that because I don't want to and have no urge to do it. I can't tell you how to stop eating something you love, because three or four bites of whatever and I feel satisfied. MY problem is not wanting to get out of bed on a cold morning, go downstairs, and build the fire back up, because I didn't get up in the middle of the night and throw a few more logs on!! If I didn't force myself I'd put on weight all winter because I don't want to go out in the cold.
  • FrauHaas2013
    FrauHaas2013 Posts: 615 Member
    For salty cravings, I eat popcorn. The Fit Popcorn approved by the Biggest Loser is very taste and a serving is almost 4 cups. That's a bowl full. Or I eat a sheet of dry roasted seaweed from Trader Joe's - or crumble it onto something that I want to add a salty flavor to. A package is only 99 cents.

    For chocolate, I eat Kashi chocolate almond sea salt with chia bars. NOM NOM NOM

    For whatever I'm craving, there's usually some sort of better alternative (for me, anyway). I like crunchy stuff, so I snack a lot on these mini edamame crackers from Trader Joe's - one serving is 36 crackers. I also picked up a box of their pumpkin cranberry crisps and snack on those (12 per serving) with the Philadelphia whipped cream cheese - that's my new fave snack, I must say!
  • Naturebeckles
    Naturebeckles Posts: 44
    ...how someone (not me) is able to STOP eating chips or bugles or cookies (insert trigger food here.) My trigger food: potato chips - or anything salty really. If there is a bag or box of something salty in the house I cannot NOT finish the entire bag or box. I am baffled by people that can eat just a few. My husband, for example, will eat just 4 or 5 chips and that's enough for him - I sit and look at him with awe. I generally don't have my "trigger" foods in the house but last week was a bad week and I went on an emotional eating roller coaster of a ride which culimanated in my finishing ALL chips in the house last night (not logged - too ashamed) and polishing off a bottle of wine (logged.) So, how do YOU manage to not totally inhale your trigger foods? I would LOVE suggestions/ideas/advice! My waist begs you!

    My trigger food is cookies. I love cookies. Cookies are God.

    So I don't buy cookies. If my father in law brings them over, or on the off chance I'm motivated enough to bake some, I will take one and put the rest up out of sight. Out of sight, out of mind - or at least takes more work to get them down from the top of the cupboard. I let myself have one a day until they're gone. I let the kids eat more of course.

    Not buying them ever makes them more of a treat and makes me enjoy them more when I do get to have them. that's what works for me.

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