Can't stop eatting cookies

reyeswanda151
reyeswanda151 Posts: 9 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I work at subway and I'm just so obsessed with those cookies. I'll eat like 5-8 a day at work and I'll even put some in a bag to eat the next day. How do i control the madness!!?!?!?!?!
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Pre-log one and try harder not to eat so many. I struggle with things like that as well, but 8 is quite a bit. Can you bring your own snacks? Or even a couple oreos instead? I'm sure 2-3 oreos will be less than even one of those cookies.
  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 356 Member
    You can take one bite and throw the rest of it away or plan for it in your daily calorie count.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    You can eat as many as you like, so long as you stay within your calorie limit.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    You can eat as many as you like, so long as you stay within your calorie limit.

    The OP is eating 5-8 of these cookies. I see they are about 210 calories each for the chocolate chip cookies. I'm all for eating cookies, but 1500-1800 calories per day coming from cookies is not really the BEST way to go about weight loss. We don't know the OP's stats, for all we know that could be close to TDEE
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    You can eat as many as you like, so long as you stay within your calorie limit.

    The OP is eating 5-8 of these cookies. I see they are about 210 calories each for the chocolate chip cookies. I'm all for eating cookies, but 1500-1800 calories per day coming from cookies is not really the BEST way to go about weight loss. We don't know the OP's stats, for all we know that could be close to TDEE

    Thanks for typing that out.

    I'm just assuming that the OP will soon get sick of the cookies at that rate of consumption, so it won't be a big deal in the scheme of things.

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    How many calories in 5-8 subway cookies? 210

    So that's 1050-1680 calories

    Eat them but log them nd stick to your calorie goal

    You will soon get hungry

    And then it becomes a cost - benefit ratio

    Do I want this cookie more than I don't want to be hungry later?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    An oreo is 47 calories by the way
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    You can eat as many as you like, so long as you stay within your calorie limit.

    The OP is eating 5-8 of these cookies. I see they are about 210 calories each for the chocolate chip cookies. I'm all for eating cookies, but 1500-1800 calories per day coming from cookies is not really the BEST way to go about weight loss. We don't know the OP's stats, for all we know that could be close to TDEE

    Thanks for typing that out.

    I'm just assuming that the OP will soon get sick of the cookies at that rate of consumption, so it won't be a big deal in the scheme of things.

    True true
  • melonaulait
    melonaulait Posts: 769 Member
    Eat them one day out of the week instead of all your work days. :) You'll get out of the habit.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    What rabbit says is a good approach. Usually I'd say if you screw up write off the day, but if you are trying to stick to a calorie goal and continually eating the cookies, try to stick to the goal with them. I think you will realize why that doesn't work and why you need to eat more satisfying food.

    Related to that, you CAN stop eating the cookies. You just have to want to more than you want the cookies. It can be hard because the benefit of eating the cookie is immediate and right there in the moment, and the benefit of not (losing weight or eating something else later and not being hungry) is more abstract or farther away and easy to forget about in the moment. What helps me is to really focus on why you want to lose weight and how you are doing it (the concrete steps you are taking) and how it will help -- I don't usually like time tables for weight loss, but it might help to remind yourself that if you stick with it you will be down X lbs in 3 months (and think of something you will be doing then) and X more lbs in 6 months and so on. Maybe think of the clothes you will buy or some other concrete plus. (And if there are more important reasons, like specific health things, for the weight loss think of that too.)

    Some people find it easier not to eat the cookies at all when they have been a trigger food (by which I mean there's a strong habit of eating them in unlimited quantities in a particular environment). What works for me is more like this: decide you can fit in 1 or 2 a day and save them for a special time (I think at the end of the day is good, and then you could bring the cookie you are eating home with you, so there aren't more available) and then eat them after a full and balanced meal, when you aren't as likely to overeat because hungry or to have cravings. Knowing you have that treat waiting for you if you don't blow your calories (so long as there is the space you carved out for them in your day's calories) is incentive not to blow those calories on other things (or the cookies) sooner.
  • reyeswanda151
    reyeswanda151 Posts: 9 Member

    Orphia wrote: »

    Thanks for typing that out.

    I'm just assuming that the OP will soon get sick of the cookies at that rate of consumption, so it won't be a big deal in the scheme of things.

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »

    Thanks for typing that out.

    I'm just assuming that the OP will soon get sick of the cookies at that rate of consumption, so it won't be a big deal in the scheme of things.

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume

    So what?

    What do you want?

    Cheesecake or weight loss?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    My answer would be both which would mean eating as much cheesecake as my calories allow for
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited December 2015
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »

    Thanks for typing that out.

    I'm just assuming that the OP will soon get sick of the cookies at that rate of consumption, so it won't be a big deal in the scheme of things.

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume

    I eat chocolate or dessert every single day. I make room for it in my calorie allowance. Lost 25 kg and counting since April.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »
    I work at subway and I'm just so obsessed with those cookies. I'll eat like 5-8 a day at work and I'll even put some in a bag to eat the next day. How do i control the madness!!?!?!?!?!

    If you feel out of control and if you feel you can't moderate your portions, you might consider getting professional help. Are you severely restricting your intake otherwise?

    I've been there before, and what helped me was to learn portion control and that the only power food has over me is the power I give it. It's taken a lot of hard wok to learn not to unconsciously reach for food, but it's been worth it.
  • reyeswanda151
    reyeswanda151 Posts: 9 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume

    So what?

    What do you want?

    Cheesecake or weight loss?

    I'm just saying when I start to eat something sugary like those cookies its hard to stop at that moment. And also I did hit a plateau of weight loss somewhere around october, I hadnt lost a pound in like a month even though i was eatting 1200 calories everyday. I ate 2100 calories for a week just to see if it would fix that problem, but i found it difficult to get back on track. I have reduced my intake of cookies to 1-2 a work day these last 5 days. But its harder to ignore the cookies then it was when i was dietting and i dont know why.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »

    Thanks for typing that out.

    I'm just assuming that the OP will soon get sick of the cookies at that rate of consumption, so it won't be a big deal in the scheme of things.

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume

    I eat chocolate or dessert every single day. I make room for it in my calorie allowance. Lost 25 kg and counting since April.

    Me too. I used to severely restrict food groups instead of calories and still gained weight. It was only when I swapped food restriction for calorie restriction have I felt free to moderate those portions. I'm not perfect at it yet, but I lost weight eating sweet stuff each day, and I've maintained for two years this way as well.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume

    So what?

    What do you want?

    Cheesecake or weight loss?

    I'm just saying when I start to eat something sugary like those cookies its hard to stop at that moment. And also I did hit a plateau of weight loss somewhere around october, I hadnt lost a pound in like a month even though i was eatting 1200 calories everyday. I ate 2100 calories for a week just to see if it would fix that problem, but i found it difficult to get back on track. I have reduced my intake of cookies to 1-2 a work day these last 5 days. But its harder to ignore the cookies then it was when i was dietting and i dont know why.

    So at 1200 calories you weren't eating cookies cos nutritional balance is tougher at that level

    But now you're using 210-420 calories out of 2100 to eat your cookies ...I assume this is after hitting protein and fat macro minimums?

    That seems manageable

    If you really can't stop though, don't start
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    reyeswanda151 wrote: »

    My sweet tooth is ridiculous you don't even know. I could eat an entire cheesecake if my stomach could take all that volume

    So what?

    What do you want?

    Cheesecake or weight loss?

    I'm just saying when I start to eat something sugary like those cookies its hard to stop at that moment. And also I did hit a plateau of weight loss somewhere around october, I hadnt lost a pound in like a month even though i was eatting 1200 calories everyday. I ate 2100 calories for a week just to see if it would fix that problem, but i found it difficult to get back on track. I have reduced my intake of cookies to 1-2 a work day these last 5 days. But its harder to ignore the cookies then it was when i was dietting and i dont know why.

    When you get money out of the ATM, do you then hold up the tellers at gunpoint to demand more?

    When you have a couple of drinks at your end-of-year workplace party, do you then chug a six-pack of beer and do a strip-tease for the boss?

    You don't, do you?

    You have the ability to control excesses.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Personally, I find it more helpful and I have fewer out-of-control moments when I focus less on what I'm cutting out of my diet and more on what I need to put into it. Counting my calories, getting enough veggies in my day, trying to reach 90-100 grams of protein daily, watching my micronutrients, etc naturally leaves less room for sweets (though I still make room for them) without the added stress. I used to bring home cookies and eat them all in one sitting. Over time that desire has waned by concentrating less on the cookies and more on the other foods I need to include.

    Though I'll agree that if you find yourself seriously unable to stop then it might be time to look at alternate, psychological triggers.
  • dkingdom1
    dkingdom1 Posts: 60 Member
    I hear you. I really do. I could've written that exact same post as you. Everytime I go to an event at school and there is a plate of cookies, I end up eating 8-9 of them! 2 weeks ago I had 8 and yesterday I had 9 (plus trail mix too). Monday I'm not even sure how many I had. I know how "exciting" it feels to have a plate of cookies in sight and to just gorge on it because nobody else really takes any. I know that it gets to the point where the Cookies are the highlight of the day, even when they shouldn't be. I know that, when you try to spend the last couple of days not going over on calories, that the Cookies are the only things on my mind. And I know that having just 1 or 2 of them isn't worth it if you are trying to keep a "budget", so you say forget it and have a ton. But then again I know that I shouldn't beat myself up for it, but then again, Iacknowledge that something *might* be wrong. I can't give much advice, but I want to say thank you for writing this thread. (:
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    I've always been in the "enjoy all the food you can within your calorie limit" boat. But 5-8 cookies at 210 calories a pop is almost a whole day of calories for someone trying to lose weight. And in my experience those cookies don't keep you full.

    Sometimes, and I know I'll get flogged for this, when I notice I can't stop eating something, I don't start. As in eat none. Like say, at a party, people have good chips and salsa out. I'm a "I could eat Chips and Salsa all day everyday" kinda girl. But if I'm watching my weight, I know that those things will be a trap - I'll have one, it will be good, I'll want more. If I don't have 1, I don't know what they taste like, and I eat the carrots instead. Or I eat before I go to a party and not eat anything - just get a vodka/soda and sip it...

    I noticed I had an issue with eating the free food in our department at work...even though I'd log it, it made it so I couldn't eat much more later, so I just told myself free work food was off limits. If I didn't bring it in, I didn't eat it. Problem solved. It works. If don't start, I don't over eat.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    My answer would be both which would mean eating as much cheesecake as my calories allow for

    Those who can eat the most cheesecake and still lose weight wins! :) I ate two pieces on Thanksgiving and two the next day and I'm still down .9 pounds this past week. I win!

    If you want to be successful (at least from my experience) it comes down to making allowances for things you want without going overboard. Making good choices all around but not being overly restricting.
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    I do not work at Subway but I love those damn cookies!! Sometimes I go there for lunch just to also get cookies. I've had to develop self control. Like Rabbit said, if I eat a bunch of cookies I won't have calories left for meals. Just log every cookie you eat and have it in your head that you can't go over your calorie amount. Once you see that number get high from the cookies you will be more inclined to stop eating. I usually eat one with lunch and save the other for later, but almost for sure I end up needing to work out on those days because I run out of calories!
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    When you want to lose weight more than you want to eat another cookie, you will stop.

    I suggest you stop and log each cookie before you eat it and really look at the numbers. Then decide if you still really want the cookie.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    Pick your favorites, or the flavors you would like to have most that day, and limit yourself to 1-2 per day. Look at the calorie count -- that is a LOT of calories to be spending on just cookies, especially if your goal is to lose weight. Those cookies are delicious but you really should start working them in, especially since you work at Subway they're not going away! ;)
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,518 Member
    I agree with taking just a bite out of one and throwing the rest away. You will still get the feeling of the cookie in your mouth and stomach, but in the end you might only wind up having 2 or 3 cookies in total rather than 8. I'll do that a lot, take a bite out of something and throw the rest away.
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    victoria_1024 wrote: »
    I do not work at Subway but I love those damn cookies!! Sometimes I go there for lunch just to also get cookies. I've had to develop self control. Like Rabbit said, if I eat a bunch of cookies I won't have calories left for meals. Just log every cookie you eat and have it in your head that you can't go over your calorie amount. Once you see that number get high from the cookies you will be more inclined to stop eating. I usually eat one with lunch and save the other for later, but almost for sure I end up needing to work out on those days because I run out of calories!

    Logging and sticking to calorie goal has helped me stop overeating 10 high calorie cookies (and candy and other high calorie foods) at a time. Running out of or being over calories at 1pm sucks!!

    Subway cookies are delicious! It would be difficult for me to resist if I were around them all day. Does Subway allow you to have that many for free? If not, maybe save the money you spend on the cookies for a new outfit or something you really want.

  • bfanny
    bfanny Posts: 440 Member
    Don't start eating cookies as soon as your shift starts! Allow yourself to have one or two at the end and really take the time to enjoy them! I bet rushing to eat 6 is not much pleasure anyways
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    I agree with taking just a bite out of one and throwing the rest away. You will still get the feeling of the cookie in your mouth and stomach, but in the end you might only wind up having 2 or 3 cookies in total rather than 8. I'll do that a lot, take a bite out of something and throw the rest away.

    I take one bite and toss. I scoffed at that idea at first but one bite can be better than nothing. It is very wasteful but my trash can has an unlimited calorie allowance unlike me!

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