Not sure what to do.

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  • JG762
    JG762 Posts: 571 Member
    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!
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    My downfall is M&Ms. So I actually COUNT OUT a portion (between 15 and 50, depending on what my calories and macros are for the day) and then put the rest AWAY.

    This has worked well for me, knowing I don't HAVE to give up a favorite fun food. And just knowing they are there, I can actually ignore them for a week or two at a time now.

    I wish I could do that. I count them out... then I count them again.... then the bag is gone...

    I feel your pain, OP. When that's happened to me, I've not only thrown them away, I've been known to open them up and douse them with dish soap so that I can't (let alone won't) change my mind.
  • forrealthistime0
    forrealthistime0 Posts: 8
    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: :wink:
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    I am a big believer in mastering moderation. I think the highest success in long term weight loss, comes from that principle. The all or nothing mentality is why a lot of people often rebound in their weight.

    I do however think though, that sometimes people might need to stay away from certain things for a season until they are ready. Only you know that for yourself.

    I doesn't hurt to give it a try, figure out a portion thats fits into your goal for the day, and a time when you'd like to have them (movies, etc), and see if its something you can do. Don't expect to be perfect right away, moderation DOES take practice.
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    So I took on board the portioning, and separated them into 30g bags.

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    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!
  • jjdiggy
    jjdiggy Posts: 172
    I just had a small 30g portion now, and I am gasping for more. Dang they tasted SO good and it did not feel like ENOUGH to me. I want more :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

    I should probably go exercise to take my mind off of them. My dad also said he'll take them off my hands, along with his own personal two bars of chocolate...:laugh:
  • opalsqueak007
    opalsqueak007 Posts: 433 Member
    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 :)
  • jjdiggy
    jjdiggy Posts: 172
    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 :)

    I've had my 30g portion, my father is now eating them hahaha.
  • opalsqueak007
    opalsqueak007 Posts: 433 Member
    Lol
  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    Good luck jj,

    I've mastered portion control over most foods, but there are some foods (cookies, chips & salsa, etc) for which I have a nearly irresistible desire to eat the whole bag once I've opened it, so I my solution is to never open the bag.

    We have a snack food cupboard in the home, which was always well stocked, and overly tempting. My fix was to stop buying that food, and to give my boys (your age) money each week from which they could buy their own snack food. Two outcomes:
    - Since it was "their" snacks, I was no longer tempted.
    - Since they had to take a little extra effort to get it, they eat fewer snacks overall, and if they run out, it's a mile walk (round trip) to the closest market, so they can't be complete couch potatoes (which they're not, but the extra walk doesn't hurt either).

    About once a month I have something (yesterday was 5 Dark Chocolate Digestive Biscuits ... one of my favourites), but overall, my plan helps me to avoid the temptation.

    Best of luck.
  • snikkins
    snikkins Posts: 1,282 Member
    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!

    So much this. Hiding and/or running from problems doesn't solve them.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    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!

    So much this. Hiding and/or running from problems doesn't solve them.

    Throwing the item in the trash is a highly efficient problem solution. It's just one that you happen not to agree with
  • SusanKKO
    SusanKKO Posts: 45 Member
    Just an idea, I buy the Centrum flavor burst vitamins. I call them "my skittles" as they taste just like skittles. A daily dose is four. If you buy these you are getting vitamins and enjoying the candy taste, but won't be tempted to over dose because that would be dangerous. They have two types of flavors.
  • gotolam
    gotolam Posts: 262 Member
    So I took on board the portioning, and separated them into 30g bags.

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    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.

    For all the talk on MFP about the dangers of disordered eating, how is this not the definition of an ED?
  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    I think next time (and there will be a next time as your dad appears determined to undermine your efforts) you should give the bag away to a foodbank, colleagues at work or just some people you think do a great job with thanks such as the bin collectors. For goodness's sake don't throw good food away.

    What's really important here longer term is your dad not only not supporting your healthy eating but actually sabotaging it. Do you feel you could talk to him about why he's trying to undermine you?
  • alicemrichards
    alicemrichards Posts: 3 Member
    Love this bit and think it is very applicable in this situation ->

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSbpyxFC24k
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    So I took on board the portioning, and separated them into 30g bags.

    789LLQGl.jpg

    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.

    For all the talk on MFP about the dangers of disordered eating, how is this not the definition of an ED?

    You think this is worse than pouring dish soap on them as previously suggested? I'm not overly concerned with weighing out a portion size. But I think his reaction to eating them is a little concerning.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I think next time (and there will be a next time as your dad appears determined to undermine your efforts) you should give the bag away to a foodbank, colleagues at work or just some people you think do a great job with thanks such as the bin collectors. For goodness's sake don't throw good food away.

    What's really important here longer term is your dad not only not supporting your healthy eating but actually sabotaging it. Do you feel you could talk to him about why he's trying to undermine you?
    Or maybe his dad loves him and was being nice by buying his son a well loved treat he thought he would enjoy?
    No, that would be utterly ridiculous and unlikely.

    Sabotage!!!!!
  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    I gave his dad's intelligence more credit than that OdesAngel, but you may well be right.
  • mnora0586
    mnora0586 Posts: 3 Member
    I used to have the same problem with my father. Unfortunately, some parents only know how to show their love by buying you food you like - even when you are trying to watch what you eat. I have a sweet tooth so my dad would buy me all kinds of sweet things. In the end, I would kindly except what he would get me, and then I would throw it away. Mind you this was after trying to constantly tell him that I don't want these foods because their not good and I'm trying to cut back on these types of foods. Didn't work, so now I just kindly thank him for it and then when he wasn't looking I would throw it out. Seems harsh but he never listened and would still buy foods I didn't need.

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