What is your biggest food obstacle?

kmalex
kmalex Posts: 39 Member
edited September 25 in Food and Nutrition
Hey!

So I am just wondering what everyones biggest food obstacles are? Are their things you can't live without, and how have you learned to cope with them while still losing weight?

My biggest one is ice cream! I love it and crave it whenever I tell myself I can't have it. So, I have learned to buy fat free, no sugar added, and skinny cow ice cream bars so that (while never good) they are better for me and have a pre-measured servings.

What is/are yours?
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  • deeharley
    deeharley Posts: 1,208 Member
    Carbs. Period. Refined carbs can ruin my diet in seconds. But people keep encouraging me to give up all carbs - wheat, rice, potatoes, etc. I think it would help me lose, but I'm afraid to give up the good carbs, because I'll get to craving them, and give in to the refined ones. AAAHHHH!!!!
  • VialOfDreams
    VialOfDreams Posts: 217
    Sodas - quit cold feet.
    Sweets - eat healthier options such as fruit, raw chocolate (yes, there is such a thing and it's AMAZING), dark chocolate
    Girl scout cookies - good thing they're only available once a year.

    Key is moderation. :)
  • VialOfDreams
    VialOfDreams Posts: 217
    Carbs. Period. Refined carbs can ruin my diet in seconds. But people keep encouraging me to give up all carbs - wheat, rice, potatoes, etc. I think it would help me lose, but I'm afraid to give up the good carbs, because I'll get to craving them, and give in to the refined ones. AAAHHHH!!!!

    Good carbs are necessary, just make sure you don't overeat. No need to completely give up wheat, rice or potatoes.
  • SarahofTwins
    SarahofTwins Posts: 1,169 Member
    My biggest food obstacle is Pastas...any kinds of noodles with sauce. When I do get the craving I use 1 cup of No Yolk noodles (98% fat free) and a 1/2 cup of whatever sauce I'd like. I make sure to not go over my calories though :)
  • KickassYas
    KickassYas Posts: 397 Member
    mine is sodium. i have a salt tooth. god do i love salt n vinegar chips and limon chips and salt in general LOL but then there's also the mindless eating. just eating to eat and not cuz i'm hungry.
  • nikki91950
    nikki91950 Posts: 647
    ice cream… chocolate… peanut butter… pizza… pasta… cookies… popcorn… need i go on? shoot, now i'm hungry :[
  • cflexen
    cflexen Posts: 20
    CARBS!!!..MY FAV is BREAD!!!! I LOVE bread but it doesnt love me!!! LOL... I just try to have better types of bread..I buy the sara lee delights 45 cal.per siice (for sandwiches) and I also buy thomas light english muffins 100 cals. per muffin..and when I go to a restaurant I will have bread but only 1 piece/slice and I refrain from asking the server for more..(which I always used to do in the past)..I have tried no carb diets and I was soo miserable and unhappy which intern would make me give up on the "DIET" now I am no longer dieting but rahter eating what I want but in small portions...Thats the KEY!:wink:
  • Maxylicious
    Maxylicious Posts: 226 Member
    BAGELS! I am obsessed with bagels....and Sun Chips. I can eat a whole giant bag of those. FML..
  • Dutchgirly
    Dutchgirly Posts: 57 Member
    you all are making me hungry!

    i really like crazy huge hamburgers stuffed with bacon-- all that bar & grill good time food! AND BEER!
  • afteil
    afteil Posts: 162 Member
    have you tried the skinny cow mint ice cream with the truffle chocolate around the outside? I seriously thought that one was creamier and nummier than regular mint ice cream....might have to get hubby to buy some when he goes to the store...
  • i_Dance
    i_Dance Posts: 30
    BURGERS!
    I used to dream of them even, been a vegetarian for 2 weeks and haven't had ONE meat craving.

    Nutella,
    god. that stuff is better than sleep. I miss it sooo much D: gave it up. Cold turkey, god, i could eat a whole jar of that stuff in a sitting.

    Potatoes.
    I know they are good in moderation, but I'm giving them up for a month. I'm a bit of a fry addict so this definitly cut down my sodium intake :)
  • soysos
    soysos Posts: 187 Member
    my biggest obstacle is meat. oh how I love meat, but it makes me sick now. one serving once, a day if that. the more meat I eat the less I can eat. more carbs more calories.

    trading meat and potatoes for bread and cheese is a bit of an adjustment.
  • amyd03
    amyd03 Posts: 129 Member
    Eating fast food. We are always on the run with my kids we eat out every night. Even though I am losing I still want to stop eating it.
  • bbygrl5
    bbygrl5 Posts: 964 Member
    I didn't really ever think sugar was a trigger food for me until recently. I still try to allow for some in some form every day to every other day, especially if it's just a little bit of dark chocolate. This would be perfectly fine and acceptable if it didn't trigger such bad cravings in me.

    I've done without sugar for long periods of time in my life before (several months at a time) and sometimes I think I just need to get to that point again. I'm not sure if the theory of allowing myself a little bit so I don't go on a crazy binge is actually working for me. It just seems to make me want it more.
  • simplyxaddicted
    simplyxaddicted Posts: 292 Member
    Mine would have to be bread... I have to have some everyday... Bread is the devil lol
  • mrmarius
    mrmarius Posts: 1,802 Member
    sweeTs and potato chips
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    Hey!

    So I am just wondering what everyones biggest food obstacles are? Are their things you can't live without, and how have you learned to cope with them while still losing weight?

    My biggest one is ice cream! I love it and crave it whenever I tell myself I can't have it. So, I have learned to buy fat free, no sugar added, and skinny cow ice cream bars so that (while never good) they are better for me and have a pre-measured servings.

    What is/are yours?

    Bread (dinner rolls in particular) - I just can't live without it. If I cut this out entirely I will not stay on track. So I just plan ahead to have 1 90 calorie dinner roll with dinner most nights of the week. If I have a sandwich during the day for lunch I do not eat the sandwich roll anymore.

    Pizza - I haven't given this up completely but I do not have it often anymore. I used to eat it at least once a week and now I have it maybe once every 4-6 weeks. As long as I know in my mind that I can have it again at some point in the future I won't crave it too much.

    Burgers - I used to eat a burger every week but once I realized how many calories are in them I just stopped all together. I haven't had one in 3 months! I'm sure I will at some point this summer but for now I'm quite content without them.

    Cheese Steak Subs - This used to be a favorite lunch item and now it is completely gone from my diet. I'm betting that if I were to have one right now it would not be as good as I used to think. Overly fatty foods just don't taste right anymore.
  • EbonyGemstoneHealth
    EbonyGemstoneHealth Posts: 249 Member
    Starchy refined sweet carbs!
    If I'm not getting enough from fruit(which is also a carb),I start to crave pancakes,biscuits,cakes and all sorts,
    which drives me insane(since I am in no position to moderate them yet,I just devour them),I usually curb this with some bananas or if I'm bored of them bread,of the seeded variety only.
  • octoberschilde
    octoberschilde Posts: 21
    Wine. I could have a glass of wine every night after work. Now I'm just having some on the weekend. And not buying any during the week. If it's not in the house I can't drink it. So hard though. I love it!
  • ukgirly01
    ukgirly01 Posts: 523 Member
    Eating out: I hate making the "healthy choice" when what I really want is something covered in sauce with buttery mash potatoes, I am making the healthy choice at the minute but I am intending on compensating the naughty foods with A LOT of exercise when I've eaten out once I'm at my target.
    If there isn't a healthy choice at the minute (eating out at a friends etc) Im burning the calories before hand, I burned 1300 before dinner on saturday, it seemed to work.
  • amohon
    amohon Posts: 39 Member
    Carbs. Period. Refined carbs can ruin my diet in seconds. But people keep encouraging me to give up all carbs - wheat, rice, potatoes, etc. I think it would help me lose, but I'm afraid to give up the good carbs, because I'll get to craving them, and give in to the refined ones. AAAHHHH!!!!


    I have to agree. Carbs are my worse. Being part Italian I grew up eating pasta at one grandparents house and on the other side of the family we had our potatoes. GRRRR. Than in the fruit that I love more Carbs, sometimes more than the pasta or potatoes.
  • steveoh99
    steveoh99 Posts: 3
    Mine is beer (LOL). I'm a big guy and can drink like it's no body's business, but once I put the calories into MFP I cry. Each of those delicious bottles has 130+ calories, which QUICKLY add up after a night on the town.

    And carbs, of course...
  • mrscjwilson
    mrscjwilson Posts: 252
    Unfortunetly for me, Its just food in general, there's not much I dont like, healthy or junk! Its portion control that I must watch cause Ill try almost anything to eat.
  • kld1624
    kld1624 Posts: 20 Member
    My obstacle is both ice cream and carbs. The carbs I've learned to control a little better by eating more fruits and veggies. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time kicking the ice cream. I've been switching to low fat, lite, or fat free types, but will still occasionally go right for the regular.
  • ladybug1620
    ladybug1620 Posts: 1,136 Member
    Carbs like bread, pasta, crackers, tortillas. I tend to binge on things like that (pizza, etc). I am trying to cope by allowing myself one meal that contains one of those things per day, and get the rest of my carbs from fruit or other things.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Pasta
    Cheese

    Combine them together and you get nature's perfect food....macaroni and cheese. *drool*

    I have a very hard time eating a measured serving of pasta. Previously my serving was a 1/4 pound dry! I have been avoiding it because I am not sure I can eat such a minuscule amount.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    Alcohol....not that I "HAVE" to have it. I like having friends over on the weekend to chat, catch up, and have a few (or sometimes a few too many) drinks....
  • CARNAT22
    CARNAT22 Posts: 764 Member
    Not a food as such but wine was my main obstacle.

    I'd normally have a few glasses of wine, a big dinner, a few more glasses of wine and then nibbles... Next day I'd feel a bit rough so stuff my face.

    Doing that a few times per week meant I put on 6lbs in just a few months!

    I don't drink wine at all now!
  • TRACYW2002
    TRACYW2002 Posts: 33 Member
    chips and dip, especially mexican chips with queso dip
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  • Contrary03
    Contrary03 Posts: 289 Member
    Thank god i don't have a sweet tooth per say, never have... my weakness is vodka, steak, & cheeseburgers. I have drastically changed my diet but the one thing thats killing me is my coffee creamer and i havn't given it up. I'm fighting an inner battle with that one.
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