Weird habit I've developed in maintainence - anyone else do it?
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I'm not in maintenance, but I have acquired a weird hoarding habit too. Not for cookies and stuff, I don't want these often so I'm perfectly fine buying a single serving whenever I feel like it. I stocpile... wait for it.. BEANS! Don't ask me why.. Every time I go grocery shopping I buy cans of beans, even though I know for a fact that I have a whole bunch of them at home...0
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Haha that's me.
Eventually my kids and husband end up eating the stuff because I just don't have enough calories in my days to eat them all. And yeah I've wasted money doing that (I still have too many Quest bars that I just never eat anymore). And I keep forgetting about things I have...
I wish everything came in 1-2 servings packaging. I just like trying new stuff, but it's tough for me to finish a whole box/package.0 -
I can't eat gluten (autoimmune disorder) so when my favorite expensive gluten-free pasta (that tastes like the real thing) goes on sale that's what I stockpile. Other than that, I'm not really a food hoarder. But I can understand the concept.
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myfavoriteyear wrote: »That's actually a cool idea if it works for you...but there are certain foods I would not trust myself to have around like that. For example I love chinese cracker mixes and I pigged out on it almost every time I bought it. It would not be pretty if I had that stuff around in bulk!
I have that problem, too. I thought I was over it and bought a bag of rice cracker mix at Costco a few weeks ago. Bad idea. My teen boys didn't care for it and I finished off way more than appropriate. If I go there again, it will be with an Aldi size bag.rhtexasgal wrote: »I have two teenage boys and a hubby who is weak about anything sweet. I don't have to worry about stockpiling or hoarding! They eat everything. If there is something special I want just for myself, I hide it within an empty brussel sprouts box in the large deep freeze or I buy a pint of ice cream that I like (like mocha java chip) that they do not like so I don't have to worry about it being gone when I am in the mood for it.
I was just thinking that I could never stockpile anything. I have 5 kids in the house--3 of them teenagers. They eat everything immediately. The empty brussel sprouts box is genius!
Under the veggies in the crisper drawer also works well if you don't want your treats frozen solid. Just took the halloween candy stash out from under the spinach and put it in the kid's snack box to get rid of it. The were amazed that we still had some and I wasn't about to let them know it was right under their noses all this time!0 -
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Not in maintenance yet but I used to stockpile sweets and then realized it was all getting stale before I could get to it- yes candy gets stale. Now I take it to work so I can still eat the amount I would have, and the rest doesn't go to waste.0
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I thought I was the only one...!
The pic below is just a snapshot of my hoard.. I also have countless tubs of Ben and Jerry's and Haagen Dazs, loads of various ice cream bars, cones and sticks, frozen desserts that have been portioned that I defrost as and when, pop tarts, boxes and packs of biscuits.. the list is endless... amazing to think that as I now have control of food I can keep it all in the house.
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i eat the stockpile0
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.... I stockpile junk food.
Mostly candy and cookies, but also things like Doritos, fried chicken, etc. Re. the candy, I have a spot on top of my refrigerator and it currently has three gourmet chocolate bars of different provenances, a basket of valentines candies of various kinds I just cant part with, a package of Oreos, two boxes of Girl Scout Cookies, various bags of jelly beans, and three multipacks of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups stacked on top of one another.
I do eat them, but very slowly and very occasionally. I mostly just like to look at it, and then NOT eat it. Is that weird? Does anyone else do this?
I'm not in maintenance but I am squirreling away food like the zombie apocalypse is due to begin tomorrow. I'm not binging on it, the food just sits in my pantry or fridge and I eat it eventually. I figure if having it around makes me secure enough NOT to eat it, it's a bizarre quirk but harmless. Expensive, but harmless.0 -
David_2015 wrote: »I thought I was the only one...!
The pic below is just a snapshot of my hoard.. I also have countless tubs of Ben and Jerry's and Haagen Dazs, loads of various ice cream bars, cones and sticks, frozen desserts that have been portioned that I defrost as and when, pop tarts, boxes and packs of biscuits.. the list is endless... amazing to think that as I now have control of food I can keep it all in the house.
I think I just fell in love.
Wowza.
I don't quite stockpile but I do keep a good variety of stuff around. I'm currently working on resisting buying more things as I know I need to eat up what I have.
I sometimes wish I didn't live alone, just so someone else could be eating the food!
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David_2015 wrote: »I thought I was the only one...!
The pic below is just a snapshot of my hoard.. I also have countless tubs of Ben and Jerry's and Haagen Dazs, loads of various ice cream bars, cones and sticks, frozen desserts that have been portioned that I defrost as and when, pop tarts, boxes and packs of biscuits.. the list is endless... amazing to think that as I now have control of food I can keep it all in the house.
What a delightful looking stockpile!0 -
Wispa Bars = awesomeness0
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OMG I had forgotten about Penguins. And man I miss the Bonne Maman tarts so much.0
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I don't think I could handle stockpiling. I like keeping a reasonable supply of potentially bingeable foods.0
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snowflake930 wrote: »Dang, and here I thought I was the only one, LOL. Good to know there are others.
I have two bags of Dove dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt in the kitchen drawer, unopened. I do allow myself one piece per day. I also bought a bag of Dove white chocolate eggs that are in the candy dish.vivmom2014 wrote: »I get nervous if there isn't chocolate in the house.
I am the same way. If I don't have it in the house I get nervous.
I do this with books too. If I don't have anything to read, it makes me nervous, so I have multiple books waiting to be read.
Chocolate and books - that's ME!! I think we're twins . . . . !!0 -
Yes, top right shelf of the pantry. We tell ourselves it is HIS stockpile, but I know where it is. I generously make sure he does not run out of chocolate.0
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But my stockpile is not as big as yours, oh my! Right now all we have in there is one Dove chocolate bar, 70%.0
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Not in maintenance yet, but I tend to impulse buy junk at the store...get home intending to eat it, and then just never do. The urge passes, so it either sits unopened or I give it to the kids/DH. Before I would have opened and eaten the junk in the car on the way home.0
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.... I stockpile junk food.
... I have a spot on top of my refrigerator ...
Does anyone else do this?
I keep mine on my bedside table, where I will eat a portion after dinner / before bed.
I don't stockpile in quite as much bulk as David, but at the moment I've got:- a large box of Lindt balls
- a Curly Wurly
- a Chomp
- Two Cadbury Bubbly bars
- A few mini Cadbury Turkish Delight
I'm thinking a Bubbly bar tonight. Got the calories to spare so I may as well use them.
ETA: I haven't quite started maintenance yet (1 kg to go). I've been doing this for months. Getting into good habits, I guess!0 -
My husband has a food addiction so if I want something for just me I have to hid it away. It is not that I want it, I think as much as if I want it I have it. I eat some of it very slowly. Moving up North at the end of the month and wondering if I should take my little hoard with me. I know my son won't eat it so it is safe here. If I move it up North will my husband eat all of my little hoard in one day? Everything I have is frozen in the freezer here. Baking usually goes bad if I don't freeze it. Threw out half a pie the other day we never finished it. At home my husband will eat a whole pie in one day.0
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My new thing are the Easter "egg" York peppermint paddies. One has 50 calories and seems to really satisfy my chocolate and candy urge. On the other side, I can't keep peanuts in the house. If I have a couple, I'm going to binge on them.0
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No stock piles of candy here. My goal is to keep the house filled only with super healthy choices. Instead I go to the store and slowly walk the aisles, looking at all the junk food for far too long. Then I don't buy any of it. Makes me feel good to leave empty handed.0
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I do better if the chocolate is in the house, if we don't have any it makes me want it more. I keep a small stockpile that has biscuit bars, chocolate, full-sugar and sugar-free sweets. I keep them in an old biscuit tin so they're not on display (eating through them slowly).0
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I have a box of all the chocolate given to me for Xmas and am gradually giving it away for presents or I find hubbie has eaten one of the bars. That never used to happen ID eat all mine and he'd keep his and eat it in front of me amazing change. So far only had a very small amount and it's nearly Easter and I'm nearly at my goal. So surprised at myself hope it continues.0
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Nope I have a major stockpile lol bite sized Hershey's, recees, and dark chocolate candies from skinny cow. I also have snack packs of nutter butters, Oreos and crackers lol. Hershey's kisses and peppermint patties in my fridge lol it helps me to know they are there and if I want chocolate I can always have it just in moderation lol0
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Not a stockpile, but I definitely crave junk food *less* when I have it around, so I always have a few goodies available at any given time. Honestly lately whenever I crave chocolate sweets I'll have half a Think Thin or Luna protein bar (salted caramel e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g) and it satisfies my crave 'cause they're just so dang good! Candy cravings can only be satiated by Twizzlers or sour Skittles tho
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I'll not start maintenance until the end of this week. But I can't have a stash in the house. I WILL EAT IT ALL!!0
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Glad I'm not the only person that does this. I thought it was a sign of an eating disorder. I buy the same amount of junk that I did when I was fat but instead if eating it I put it in the cupboard. The kids know that is mom's stash and they can't touch it.
They're still getting through Halloween candy though lol. It will soon get thrown out and replaced with Easter candy.0
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