What is your Evil food?

Zoocachoo
Zoocachoo Posts: 23
in Food and Nutrition
***EDIT - Evil was a poor word choice, I meant trigger.

I'm interested to know what food/food groups are your archilles heel and possible get tips from each other on a healthy alternative that won't have us craving.

For me I am a cheese fiend, love the stuff but the funny thing is (to some) that I'm lactose intolerant but sadly this hasn't stopped me hence the massive weight gain. When I found this out years ago and cut out lactose I lost around 3 stone but have regained it and more as my habit has come back. It's like I'm a cheese junky.
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  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:
  • queenspanda
    queenspanda Posts: 4
    Any type of sugar. I feel like my day is incomplete unless I have a sweet treat. Now, I just try to reduce my portion size and allow myself to indulge a bit each day. THat will stop me from binging somewhere down the line.
  • astradford1
    astradford1 Posts: 8 Member
    sooo easy for me, RICE
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I wouldn't say it's evil, but I have a hard time slowing down on the Kraft Mac and Cheese. The kind with the cheese in the aluminum pouch instead of the powder. That's always been a favorite of mine. I still have it once a month. I can still eat an entire box in one sitting and actually have a hard time slowing down once I've started. Plus it reheats like crap! But then I realized I don't have to cook the whole box at once. So now I make a little bit at a time. But a close second is beef stroganoff with homemade egg noodles and sweet onions. That's also a treat because it takes me forever to make, but my husband and I will eat all of it. Now we invite friends over when we make it. That usually insures that we get to have some wine with it too! But I would have hated to give those up, so I'm glad I found a way to make them work for me!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:

    this..but thankfully I am not allergic to any foods….
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    french fries. I can eat 2 large orders of fries in a sitting and not even get overly full.

    oh, peanuts freak me out because they can kill my kid.
  • miqisha
    miqisha Posts: 1,534 Member
    Candies and I am not picky, any candy will do...lol
  • Zoocachoo
    Zoocachoo Posts: 23
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:

    I agree about the moderation, if you completely rid yourself of the food you most crave the cravings will increase and you're more likely to binge. But cheese makes me ill hence it being my evil food. Maybe Evil was the wrong word to use but hopefully people take it as being light.
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:


    Good grief, the woman is obviously talking about trigger foods. I'm sure she doesn't really think cheese is "evil". Some people do have incredible difficulties managing particular foods, even when they've wrest control over their overall diet. Not everyone successfully eats every single food under the sun "in moderation". Some people do come to the realization that, for examples, they have such a hard time eating just one Oreo that it's best they severely limit them, if not all together eliminate them.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    For me I am a cheese fiend, love the stuff but the funny thing is (to some) that I'm lactose intolerant but sadly this hasn't stopped me hence the massive weight gain. When I found this out years ago and cut out lactose I lost around 3 stone but have regained it and more as my habit has come back. It's like I'm a cheese junky.

    Not to send you into a tailspin... but most aged cheddar cheese is naturally lactose-free! See the label. :smile:

    lacose-free-cheese2.jpg?w=500
  • zoquo
    zoquo Posts: 75
    Indian restaurants/take outs OMG keep me away if i can smell a good curry cooking i will follow my nose and eat 2 days worth of calories in one sitting! I know that no real food is EVIL however i think what they mean is what food do you lose control over. For me its a good curry. I just cant have a small portion.
  • Zoocachoo
    Zoocachoo Posts: 23
    ***Evil was a wrong word to use but can't think of anything else so apologies to anyone misreading into what I'm trying to do here.

    So did any of you try to find a substitution or have you found it easier just to indulge every so often?
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:


    Good grief, the woman is obviously talking about trigger foods. I'm sure she doesn't really think cheese is "evil". Some people do have incredible difficulties managing particular foods, even when they've wrest control over their overall diet. Not everyone successfully eats every single food under the sun "in moderation". Some people do come to the realization that, for examples, they have such a hard time eating just one Oreo that it's best they severely limit them, of not all together eliminate them.

    Wow, is it so wrong to state my opinion? I'm not frowning down on people who have a hard time with it. I understand that and can sympathize with them. The OP was saying that cheese is their "evil food" because it makes them ill.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    I am gluten and lactose intolerant, so I avoid them, but they are fine for other people. No food is evil, as food really can't have a consciousness to plot to do harm to you. We choose whether or not to eat in moderation. If I do choose to eat a lot of one food, and go over my calorie goals, it's usually something like the special pizza my husband makes for me with gluten-free crust and non-dairy cheese, or some nice saucy chicken wings. But it's only one day, and I know that's not going to make me gain weight.
  • Zoocachoo
    Zoocachoo Posts: 23
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:


    Good grief, the woman is obviously talking about trigger foods. I'm sure she doesn't really think cheese is "evil". Some people do have incredible difficulties managing particular foods, even when they've wrest control over their overall diet. Not everyone successfully eats every single food under the sun "in moderation". Some people do come to the realization that, for examples, they have such a hard time eating just one Oreo that it's best they severely limit them, of not all together eliminate them.

    Thank you, cheese isn't evil it's lovely to people that can eat it but is my trigger food. That's the word I needed :)
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    For me I am a cheese fiend, love the stuff but the funny thing is (to some) that I'm lactose intolerant but sadly this hasn't stopped me hence the massive weight gain. When I found this out years ago and cut out lactose I lost around 3 stone but have regained it and more as my habit has come back. It's like I'm a cheese junky.

    Not to send you into a tailspin... but most aged cheddar cheese is naturally lactose-free! See the label. :smile:

    lacose-free-cheese2.jpg?w=500

    ALL aged cheese is lactose free. When cheese is aged more than 30 days, the lactose ages out of it.
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    ***Evil was a wrong word to use but can't think of anything else so apologies to anyone misreading into what I'm trying to do here.

    So did any of you try to find a substitution or have you found it easier just to indulge every so often?

    I'm sorry your thread took a turn of events :(. I'm sorry! Forgive me :flowerforyou:

    My trigger would be sweets and potato chips. Very hard to resist esp during TOM.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    Popcorn, especially this guy
    evilpopcorn.jpeg
  • bethanycopley1980
    bethanycopley1980 Posts: 75 Member
    SALT. I am utterly and completely addicted to and adore salt. I even have a collection of finishing salts...I am a salt connoisseur. Add rich/creamy or crunchy in with that and I am screwed.
  • sapicsr
    sapicsr Posts: 69 Member
    I have no problem with food but Wine, Jamison and Vodka wreck havoc on my diet.
  • Zoocachoo
    Zoocachoo Posts: 23
    For me I am a cheese fiend, love the stuff but the funny thing is (to some) that I'm lactose intolerant but sadly this hasn't stopped me hence the massive weight gain. When I found this out years ago and cut out lactose I lost around 3 stone but have regained it and more as my habit has come back. It's like I'm a cheese junky.

    Not to send you into a tailspin... but most aged cheddar cheese is naturally lactose-free! See the label. :smile:

    lacose-free-cheese2.jpg?w=500

    Ahh, I should have specified the cheese that is my trigger, it's coloured cheddar. I hate mature/sharp cheese. I've tried to lactose free cheese and milk we get in the UK but I always end up back at the supermarket drooling over the coloured mild chedders like a mad woman.
  • JonnyQwest
    JonnyQwest Posts: 174 Member
    Red, red wine
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:


    Good grief, the woman is obviously talking about trigger foods. I'm sure she doesn't really think cheese is "evil". Some people do have incredible difficulties managing particular foods, even when they've wrest control over their overall diet. Not everyone successfully eats every single food under the sun "in moderation". Some people do come to the realization that, for examples, they have such a hard time eating just one Oreo that it's best they severely limit them, if not all together eliminate them.

    so you can't have an opinion that no food is "evil" and moderation is key? wow….
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    Anyway OP, my "evil" food is ice cream. It's also my favorite food. It was so bad once upon a time that I went through a period of losing total control over eating Haagen Dazs dulce de leche ice cream, which became a pint-a-night habit in my senior year of college, kicked off a slew of poor eating all around, and eventually led to close to a 100 weight gain in less than a year.

    I have impeccable control over my food now, but to this day ice cream (and desserts in general) must be monitored. I'm not a big eater, yet I can smash through a ton of ice cream. I can't do the nightly moderation people around here brag about, where they have half a cup and are totally satisfied. When I have ice cream now I tend to buy it only occasionally, but allow myself to eat as much as I want during the times I do get it. That's as close to moderation as I'm getting.
  • Zoocachoo
    Zoocachoo Posts: 23
    [/quote] This was the quote: (I messed up and broke the post :D
    I'm sorry your thread took a turn of events :(. I'm sorry! Milk products actually have the same affect on me, but I don't really like cheese. I do love ice cream and frozen yogurt. though. I find that the way a food is processed can sometimes make it easier to eat if that makes sense.
    [/quote]

    No worries :) It's late here and I'm really good at not explaining what I mean lol. Milk gets to me too but I can't stand the alternative.
  • kmshred
    kmshred Posts: 393 Member
    dairy milk chocolate
    sushi
    fro yo
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    No foods are evil. You can have anything in moderation imo. The only foods I will "demonize" are the ones I'm allergic to and can kill me :grumble:


    Good grief, the woman is obviously talking about trigger foods. I'm sure she doesn't really think cheese is "evil". Some people do have incredible difficulties managing particular foods, even when they've wrest control over their overall diet. Not everyone successfully eats every single food under the sun "in moderation". Some people do come to the realization that, for examples, they have such a hard time eating just one Oreo that it's best they severely limit them, if not all together eliminate them.

    so you can't have an opinion that no food is "evil" and moderation is key? wow….

    You can have whatever opinion you want. I'm not the gestapo.

    But do you think the OP literally thinks cheese is "evil"? Did you fail to gather that she was obviously using hyperbole to make a point about foods people have difficulty controlling?
  • TylerAvenger
    TylerAvenger Posts: 83
    everything
  • Zoocachoo
    Zoocachoo Posts: 23
    ***Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I may not like what you say but I stand by your right to say it :D Honestly it was my wording that started it so just keep swimming.
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    I'm sorry your thread took a turn of events :(. I'm sorry! Milk products actually have the same affect on me, but I don't really like cheese. I do love ice cream and frozen yogurt. though. I find that the way a food is processed can sometimes make it easier to eat if that makes sense.

    No worries :) It's late here and I'm really good at not explaining what I mean lol. Milk gets to me too but I can't stand the alternative.

    I totally get you. I've heard that a lot of cheese alternatives just don't stack up to the real deal.

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