What are your trigger foods?

shell1005 wrote: »

PeachyCarol wrote: »

The thing about learning to believe in your own strength is that it is a thing that reinforces itself. You don't have to start with your trigger food, though. Tell yourself that you'll accomplish something with your fitness pursuits... when you have done what you've set out to do, realize that you're as strong as you think you are and OWN it.

I should add that I'm not an overly confident person. I'm shy and deeply insecure about many things about myself. I'm just... stubborn.

There is such truth in that. I once thought I would never be able to have control over my trigger foods or those that brought me often to binges. If I kept it that way....it takes away my power and control. In the beginning it was really hard, but the more I did it...the more it reinforced my internal strength and power of what I do or do not put in my mouth. It was like a mental muscle that each time I used and practiced...got stronger.

KisforKrista wrote: »

I've been fortunate enough to that since i have been hypnotised a lot of the foods i used to binge on have been removed from my mind and desire.

However, when i binged.. i binged on:

Chocolate
chips
cake
pie
donairs
big macs
subway subs
pizza
hot dogs
bologna
spaghetti
bread
ice cream sandwiches
cookies
chicken wings

It would be nothing for me to cook an entire package of pork chops, eat all 8 of them, plus 5-6 potatoes slathered in margarine and then cover those potatoes in a sauce made with hot sauce and brown sugar and vinegar eat all that and then eat a bag of chocolate and a big of chips and guzzle down a 2L bottle of soda and then later order take out or hit mcdonalds for 2 double big mac meals both with super sized fries and a large soda and large chocolate shake and eat that all in one day and still not be done eating.
32 hotdogs + 32 buns + condiments -- done that in one day too.

Hypnosis has allowed me to gain a huge perspective on my eating.
The only thing i eat from that list of things that used to consume my life and take me over is bread and i only eat 2 slices per day now, one at breakfast and one at lunch time. It has allowed me to get my diabetes finally under control. It has helped me feel like i am in control of my life again and hopefully with the help of a psychologist in a couple weeks i will finally figure out the reasons i spent years and years of my life out of control and consuming thousands and thousands of calories per day, even though the carbs and unhealthy amount of weight i put on was killing me slowly. To this day i am surprised i woke up everyday and wasn't in a diabetic coma.

Keeping things out of the house never worked for me.
im a 5 min walk from all conveniences and if i had the money, i spent it.
I guess this goes to show that sometimes it takes some unusual measures to help people gain some control on their lives when it comes to food.

MommyL2015 wrote: »

I love to bake from scratch and if I start, I go on a baking binge where I'll make snickerdoodles, cakes, brownies and whatever else I can come up with. I have to keep the ingredients out of my house or I'll get too tempted. I was going to make my friend a chocolate cake for her birthday but didn't have flour. It would have been a nice gesture but I would have ended up making one for my house, and I would have ended up eating most of it.

KisforKrista wrote: »

Yes, some people cannot be hypnotised unfortunately.
Mind you its not doing all the work, i work in a kitchen, sometimes i feel like i want to taste things but i find the process of saying no to it and throwing it out into the compost is a million times easier.
Its been 50 days today since i was hypnotised and I am very proud of how far i've come in that time.
being able to say no to a dessert or left over food from where i work like bacon and just stick to what i have planned for myself was not even an option 2 months ago.

kerricus wrote: »

Carbs carbs and more carbs. Anything bready or cakey. Cereal. Chips. Ice cream. Pasta. Low cacao % chocolate.

If it comes in my house, I will eat it. I live alone, so I know that I will eat the whole thing either in one day or one week. I have to make sure that I do not buy it. I don't even walk down most aisles of the grocery store. Unfortunately, I still have slip ups--like big time this past weekend--but then I acknowledge that I cannot buy that product again OR I need to plan ahead for it (like I can eat a whole pizza over the course of a day and not go over my TDEE).

I love to bake and I love to cook. The problem is that I also love to eat. I have baked things for friends too many times and eaten it all myself!