What are your trigger foods?

percolater
percolater Posts: 55 Member
edited November 27 in Health and Weight Loss
I know some lucky people don't have any and can eat anything in moderation . I also know that a calorie is a calorie and we can lose weight on 1000 calories a day of Hershey bars, it's just not that good for us. What I'm talking about are the foods that cause you to binge and go over your calorie limit.

For me it's sweets. By that I mean foods containing lots of that highly refined white stuff: donuts, pie, cookies, ice-cream, cake, brownies, pudding.

If only I could eat just one cookie but after one Oreo I find myself getting a big glass of milk and "doing a line." If you know what I mean.
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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I'm not sure it's "luck" so much as much as my refusing to be under the thrall of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate or Homemade Vanilla ice cream.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    Yes sweets. But it's a mental game more than anything. Summoning the refusal @DeguelloTex mentions. And summoning it during Christmas with a bazillion treats floating around has me vexed.
  • icemaiden37
    icemaiden37 Posts: 238 Member
    percolater wrote: »
    I know some lucky people don't have any and can eat anything in moderation . I also know that a calorie is a calorie and we can lose weight on 1000 calories a day of Hershey bars, it's just not that good for us. What I'm talking about are the foods that cause you to binge and go over your calorie limit.

    For me it's sweets. By that I mean foods containing lots of that highly refined white stuff: donuts, pie, cookies, ice-cream, cake, brownies, pudding.

    If only I could eat just one cookie but after one Oreo I find myself getting a big glass of milk and "doing a line." If you know what I mean.

    Yes anything sweet for me - chocolate, pastries, cake, biscuits, cookies, ice cream. Can't stop once I've started so I have to not start in the first place but there's tubs of chocolates everywhere in my office right now as it's so close to Christmas, which is really testing my resolve!
  • sarkrisd
    sarkrisd Posts: 60 Member
    For me it's chips and dip. If I have dip of some kind, a bag of chips is gone before I know what I'm doing.
  • percolater
    percolater Posts: 55 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    I'm not sure it's "luck" so much as much as my refusing to be under the thrall of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate or Homemade Vanilla ice cream.

    Oh I know it can be done. Many times I've gone to a party and stopped after only one small piece of cake and friends have been know to offer me a piece from their box of assorted chocolates while I've managed to stop myself from wrestling them to the floor and stealing the whole box. I just find life easier at home, if I don't deliberately put temptation in my way.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Cereal. The kind that has a lot of SUGAR added.
  • Achaila
    Achaila Posts: 264 Member
    Carby foods. And sugar.
  • noobletmcnugget
    noobletmcnugget Posts: 518 Member
    Buffets of any kind haha.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Anything high calorie/low volume that I can easily get at. Which is why the Christmas baking is out on the deck (aka backup "freezer").
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    percolater wrote: »
    I know some lucky people don't have any and can eat anything in moderation . I also know that a calorie is a calorie and we can lose weight on 1000 calories a day of Hershey bars, it's just not that good for us. What I'm talking about are the foods that cause you to binge and go over your calorie limit.

    For me it's sweets. By that I mean foods containing lots of that highly refined white stuff: donuts, pie, cookies, ice-cream, cake, brownies, pudding.

    If only I could eat just one cookie but after one Oreo I find myself getting a big glass of milk and "doing a line." If you know what I mean.

    I have a weird trigger thingy that I'm working on that involves food. I am triggered when at parties or social events and there are sweet goodies around. I think it's really less about the food and more about the social anxiety. I am working on this, though, throughout the holidays because we go to a lot of parties. I am to the point where I might avoid the sweets table at parties and actually allow myself the luxury of interacting with folks without a cookie in my hand. :)
  • missblondi2u
    missblondi2u Posts: 851 Member
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    Cereal. The kind that has a lot of SUGAR added.

    YES! Sugary kid's cereal like Cocoa Krispies or Golden Grahams will get me every time. The size of a single serving is truly laughable!!

    Also Cheetos.
  • Bella0531
    Bella0531 Posts: 309 Member
    For me, it's salty foods! I can say "no" to sweets all day long, but if someone opens a bag of Fritos I'm done. They are truly my kryptonite! Snyder's cheddar cheese pretzel bits are a close second - I can't have them in the house.
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
    Chocolate : chocolate cookies cakes ect
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  • uwouldluvme2
    uwouldluvme2 Posts: 188 Member
    Oatmeal raisin cookies or Reese cups
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Sunflower seeds...although I wouldn't call them a trigger, just a food that I feel like I can eat non stop.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Oreo cookies, tortilla chips and parmesan spinach dip. They even changed my favorite dip so that it's not as good as it was before and I still can't stop eating it if I buy it, and I can only find it at Costco so it's a huge container.
  • TrickyDisco
    TrickyDisco Posts: 2,869 Member
    Peanut butter, liquorice, veggie fruit gummy sweets.
  • kayjajace
    kayjajace Posts: 9 Member
    PASTA. Any kind of noodle dish really. Fettuccine. Spaghetti. Pastalaya. Even lo mein. And don't let me near a freshly cooked pot of Macaroni and cheese. NO CONTROL
  • Rdsgoal16
    Rdsgoal16 Posts: 302 Member
    Ice cream and bread
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    cookies and indian sweets
  • prettygirlstorm1
    prettygirlstorm1 Posts: 721 Member
    Salty foods!!! Doritos, barbeque chips with french onion dip and cheddar cheese and crackers!!!! These food definitely send me over the top.
  • prettygirlstorm1
    prettygirlstorm1 Posts: 721 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Sunflower seeds...although I wouldn't call them a trigger, just a food that I feel like I can eat non stop.

    oh yes forgot about those things. I like the Barbeque and the Ranch. I cannot do anything when I eat them, answer the phone, cook dinner, feed the dogs, nothing is getting done until I'm done with the seeds!!!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Sweets but only when I'm PMSing, otherwise I do just fine having one cookie.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    Anything that tastes really good. lol It's a will-power thing.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,760 Member
    Anything free....and carby. Or milk chocolatey. Or anything I don't usually eat. Or anything put in front of me. Or anything I end up standing in front of. :)
  • dkingdom1
    dkingdom1 Posts: 60 Member
    Personally, I'm finding that things are a trigger for me only if I tell myself it's a trigger. Otherwise, if my mind is fully occupied on something else, I won't really care for the other foods around. Things that I have made a trigger for myself:

    -buying boxes of Oreos because I think it will make me feel better
    -having a plate of cookies, cakes, ice creams, etc.
    -pizza (very recently, as I haven't had any in a long time)
    -going to an event and I get less food than expected (weird right? )
    -having food in my bag and eating it just because it's in my bag

    I spent the last week succumbing to ALL of these and it gets really hard to stp, even when I know I am wiped out and exhausted. Today is a better day though because I didn't create any triggers for myself (even though I got free coffee, fruit, and granola bars at school. Didn't care for the chips). What helped me was listening to my hunger signals because I feel like I'm getting better at it.

  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    edited December 2015
    Salty foods, like chips, Cheetos, or Cheez Its. I work around it by buying the lunch packs. It's not that I can't restrict my intake with them. I'd just rather not mess around with it. It's easier to just say, OK, this bag is 160 calories, I can fit that in.


    It's interesting, but things like ice cream and chocolate don't do this. I find them very satisfying, so I am fine with small servings. They actually help me keep my deficit easier.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    Overall, I have pretty good self discipline. Until someone brings Nutella into the house. Then all bets are off!
  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    I forgot about salsa. I mean, I go out for Tex Mex several times a month, and I do moderate it... but I don't want to. I could just about drink salsa. I just limit myself to 10 chips at most (which is enough for me to finish a cup of salsa).
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