Not sure what to do.

This might seem like a ridiculous thing to do, but why don't you weight out small amounts of the skittles into portions and put them in sandwich bags (or something similar) so that if you're tempted you can eat the allotted amount, know the calorific value and treat yourself without knowing you haven't gone overboard.

I find that when something is in a pack it's easy just to say "I'll finish the pack" so in making the "pack" smaller it will mean you can do this without going over your calories or feeling guilty.

This. Or give it to a friend/relative. Throwing away food is a terrible habit.

Says you

Throwing away food has been one of my biggest diet aids

:huh: Way to waste valuable resources (and I don't mean your money, that's up to you). If you buy food and then not eat it, why not at least give it to a local food bank? Or plan and buy only food you're actually gonna eat?

To start with you need to relax and not yell at your father.
You're 18 and have a lot of life ahead of you, you're way ahead of the game in that you realize that you might have some issues with food. For the rest of your life you're going to be around food and maybe people that aren't good for you, learn to deal with the foods that you have issues with, learn to say no and if you fail don't beat yourself up over it. Skittles are just another food item that you can choose to eat or not, make your decision and trust in yourself.

Moderation works for some things and not for others, just as it works for some people and not for others. Its perfectly acceptable to be able to admit to yourself you simply can't have certain things as you know from experience they're simply too dangerous to overeat on them. If thats the case for you here, chuck them I say! Of course back when I lost weight years ago, I wasn't above spitting something out that I ate without thinking, and attribute it as a diet aid until I learned not to eat so compulsively.

Until you can safely handle having something like trigger foods around, I say keep them away as much as you can. One day you may or may not be able to deal with such foods better, but until that point, I say act like its guerilla warfare, and do what you have to!

EDIT: there are certain foods I know I will never have control over, and know its best to avoid them. Sometimes I can substitute things for them, for example dark chocolate for milk chocolate, but some things there are no substitutes for, and avoidance may be better altogether. For example, without dark chocolate, I know I would have to avoid chocolate entirely, as personally I could never stop at just a square or two of milk chocolate

I actually can REALLY relate to your situation. I am grown and married but my family enjoys eating all together and my Husband with a good heart is always subtly sabotaging my efforts. Does it make him a bad guy? Not at all...and I know he doesn't outright want to see me fail...he just wants to enjoy with me the same things he's enjoyed with me for the last ten years. I suspect Dad is feeling the same way about you ... even if it was insensitive.

I think giving them away is a great idea. I'm sure you get together with friends or even work...give them to a coworker or someone you know who has kids. They will be thrilled and you'll have saved yourself the stress of knowing they are in there.

Portioning them out is also a great idea. For me - I don't think I could keep myself from reaching in and grabbing a second or third portion...but that's just me. We are all different.

I know it's tough, it's a struggle every day for me. Learning to handle well intentioned family and friends is a whole other beast of it's own. Hang in there - try to keep your cool if you can. Parents and kids always have a tendency to butt heads at times...I'm sure Dad wants to see you succeed.

Also just touching on the "trash or give away" comments...I mean, it's a $3 bag of skittles. Do what you NEED to do. Do what will make you feel good and as if you've conquered your temptation. I know that I CAN NOT have diet coke or potatoes in the house. Those are just off limit trigger foods for me. I try to give away and get it out when I can...but if I really think that I just CAN NOT refrain from over indulging...I'd rather pitch them then take the chance of them calling my name the day before I'm supposed to meet up with "so and so" to drop them off. LOL

This is a trigger food for you, I am guessing that you can't just eat a few even if you divide them up into baggies. I understand this, cheese is my trigger food and no matter what I plan or what I tell myself ahead of time I will eat it all once I start.

So my advice is not to eat it. Thank your Dad, then explain that you appreciate him thinking of you but what you really need at the moment is for him to help you by not buying this type of food for you (obviously its his house, he can buy it for himself or other family members but from what I can tell he bought this for you).

Don't look at it, try to give it away as soon as possible.

throw them away!!!!!!! Don't wait to donate -- toss them immediately

NO!!!
Don't run or hide from your problems, face them head on! You win some and you lose some but if you don't at least try you've already lost!

lol throw them out as sad as that is
i get CRAZZY with food
i also am a pms ing female who has to have her BF LOCK up quest bars in a briefcase (that i dont know the code to) bc i can and will eat 4 in a row if the timing is righ..t or wrong really

sometimes i can controll it , sometimes i cant
its not worth it with how well you are doing!
id say thank yer pops and give them away or compost them to make yoursef feel better. burry them put a flower on top:laugh:

So I took on board the portioning, and separated them into 30g bags.



I've just put them in the fridge and told my family that if they want a bag, they can take as many as they wish, that way I am not drawn to eating them all.

Awesome job!

I would chuck them out. I couldn't sleep if I had that stuff in the house. I would eat it all. It's like one beer - no good to anybody. I really admire people who can have all things in moderation, and that's great if you can

Lol