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What food is most likely to derail your diet?

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  • savannxhsmiles
    savannxhsmiles Posts: 3
    lemon pepper wings from wing stop (ugh :love: )
    pizza topped with mushrooms, sausage & bell peppers
    { i'm not tempted by any other pizza so i'm good with that. }
    chocolates. which was a problem for me this valentines day.
    sour punch straws, strawberry flavored.
    sour patch kids: berries.
    green monster energy drink.
    potato wedges covered in cheese & bacon.


    ugh


    i avoid ALL of them, because i am still learning portion control. but once i know how to control myself better, i'm hoping i'll be able to eat those foods from time to time.
  • kk_140
    kk_140 Posts: 518 Member
    McDonalds. I love it. It is my go-to fast food. I ate it about twice a month before this. Now I just can't even go. I even show up with my low calorie choices written down on a note, but the second I walk in I order my 1000 calorie usual lol. Now I reserve it only for special occasions or days I worked out a lot lol.
  • shutterbug282
    shutterbug282 Posts: 588 Member
    Crisps. I just prefer not to have them around the house.
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    Nope, Cereal is not a strange food to binge on! I do it ALL the time........I am addicted to them!

    Especially

    Crunchy Nut
    Granola
    Shreddies
    Fruit & Nut
    Cheerios ETC

    All full of sugar and naughty ; )

    Also like a binge on chocolate & chocolate biscuits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • RUNNING_AMOK_1958
    RUNNING_AMOK_1958 Posts: 268 Member
    Pop chips!!
  • esugrue
    esugrue Posts: 9 Member
    Pizza - I can't resist pizza!

    And Pop Chips - but I get them in portion control single serves and can stop at just one!
  • melmckay99
    melmckay99 Posts: 358
    Pastries (muffins, cookies, scones, etc...),
    & chocolate,
    & ice cream
  • RetiredAvidHiker
    RetiredAvidHiker Posts: 5
    Pizza!! Pizza!!
  • laurelboynton
    laurelboynton Posts: 104 Member
    To fit the British stereotype completely.. It has to be biscuits and tea for me. Nothing as comforting as a milky cup of tea and biscuits to dunk in!

    I do not buy biscuits as I will eat the whole packet. Especially maryland cookies or chocolate digestives etc.. SO good.

    I also find it hard to resist any bread that is given with main courses or before starters at restaurants etc...

    These are also pretty tempting:
    Cake
    Chocolate
    Salted nuts
    ICE CREAM. Forgot this one. This is majorly hard to only have a small bowl of. Ben and Jerrys you are pure evil.

    :) xx
  • toomanireasons
    toomanireasons Posts: 84
    Starbucks Venti Caramel Frappuccino ! Yum...Cannot even drive toward a Starbucks !
  • micheleld73
    micheleld73 Posts: 914 Member
    Homemade pizza. I always intend to eat only one serving and end up eating at least 2 (but oh so good)!!
  • Arydria
    Arydria Posts: 179 Member
    Krispy Kremes and double IPA's
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    I try not to let any food derail my eating. I enjoy everything in moderation and budget for those foods. If there is one vice, I'd have to say dark chocolate.
  • Lennonluv2
    Lennonluv2 Posts: 956 Member
    It used to be potato chips, or anything in the chip family---Fritos, Doritos etc. it seems as if I've gotten a handle on portioning even these however. We had a large bag of Lays chips and it was hanging around for almost a week. I actually put them on my food scale and weighed two servings at a time.

    Normally that bag wouldn't have lasted the night, salty and crunchy, love it. Add creamy. like some onion dip and holy moses diet derailed!!
  • Anonycatgirl
    Anonycatgirl Posts: 502 Member
    Good cheese. I can portion out a reasonable amount of a decent but not extraordinary cheese, like a sharp cheddar from the grocery store or American "Parmesan", but get me near the really high-end artisanal stuff and I'm a goner. Luckily that's a self-regulating problem since artisanal cheese is so expensive it would be a special-occasion treat even if I wasn't trying to lose weight.

    Homemade cookies are dangerous too, because each one is so small my brain refuses to accept they're as full of calories as they are.
  • starkitty4
    starkitty4 Posts: 17 Member
    Pretty much any carbs: pasta THE WORST FOR ME bread, noodles, potatoes.. And cake OH DEAR GOD I OOVE CAKE.. Chocolate not as bad but I still love it..
    I eat carbs in some form (usually pasta or bread) pretty much every day but I make sure I fit it into my calorie goals and if I go over I know I have to work it off :-)
  • happysherri
    happysherri Posts: 1,360 Member
    CHIPS and SALSA - not so bad if you can quit after a few. Oh, those never ending baskets at Mexican restaurants!
  • MaggieTor3
    MaggieTor3 Posts: 50 Member
    Bread for me. I like any kind of bread, but my favourite is soft fresh white bread with cold hard butter - in about equal quantities!

    I had multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in both lungs) and the haematologist I saw on January 31, 2014, told me to lose weight if I wanted to prevent any more. So that's why I'm here, and that's why I have whole-grain low-sodium bread in the house. And some unsalted Matzos for when I'm totally desperate! :)
  • MaggieTor3
    MaggieTor3 Posts: 50 Member
    Good for you Lennonluv, having the chips there and not eating them! I stopped using salt last December and I'm just astonished that I can now eat eggs just plain, fried or poached or scrambled, when before I used to eat them crunchy with salt. I'm hoping to learn that same thing about quantity of food. Good luck to you!
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