Bread Is The Enemy

BetterThanBest · May 2017

I've always known this, but today at work, I had a conversation with myself and finally admitted that I have a REAL PROBLEM. I'm addicted to bread. The conversation went like this...

Self1:"You don't need those tasty kings hawaiin rolls."
Self2:"They're only 100 calories a piece. Go ahead, have two."
Self1:" So what! There is fruit right beside it, go for the fruit! You already ate a half loaf of bread from longhorn steakhouse today!"
Self2:"Get the fruit and the rolls, that way it balances out."
Self1:"Wowwwww, the lies you tell yourself just so you can have bread. You should be ashamed!"

Needless to say, I ate both and I know it doesn't "balance out" but I have a real problem. I am ADDICTED to bread. Does anyone have any advice for me to help curb this problem? Anyone else have the same addiction? I know for a fact that I'd be much more successful on my weight loss journey if I had more control over the bread problem. I'm on the verge of just cutting it out all together because I can't seem to set limits. Please help me.

-Bread Lover

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld · May 2017

I'm bad with bread, I have to buy wraps (I can easily moderate them) and just treat myself to a fresh baked crusty roll smothered in butter now and again.

If I bought a tiger loaf I could easily devour the thing whole with a pack of salted butter. It's not an addiction as that is just silly. It's just the fact I bloody love the stuff.

sijomial · May 2017

You are a bread lover that struggles with self-control around a delicious food item.
Recognising that you aren't addicted or helpless would be the first step to gaining that control.

You could limit bread to being part of one meal a day only or try total exclusion.
But think long term, what will you be able to stick to for years? Not days or weeks.

brodiez · May 2017

Yup I love it too, I have limited myself to homemade or artisan bread, it's well made but even then I find it hard to resist toasting it, with butter and honey. I am going to try and leave it as a treat for weekend but I have a hubby and daughter with very high metabolisms and boy can they eat

mtek94 · May 2017

Buy high protein bread

Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel · May 2017

I would limit the bread to one serving a day. I don't recommend cutting it out completely. It would only make you crave it more and end up going on a crazy bread-fest. That's what happens to me anyway.

Machka9 · May 2017

BetterThanBest wrote: »

I've always known this, but today at work, I had a conversation with myself and finally admitted that I have a REAL PROBLEM. I'm addicted to bread. The conversation went like this...

Self1:"You don't need those tasty kings hawaiin rolls."
Self2:"They're only 100 calories a piece. Go ahead, have two."
Self1:" So what! There is fruit right beside it, go for the fruit! You already ate a half loaf of bread from longhorn steakhouse today!"
Self2:"Get the fruit and the rolls, that way it balances out."
Self1:"Wowwwww, the lies you tell yourself just so you can have bread. You should be ashamed!"

Needless to say, I ate both and I know it doesn't "balance out" but I have a real problem. I am ADDICTED to bread. Does anyone have any advice for me to help curb this problem? Anyone else have the same addiction? I know for a fact that I'd be much more successful on my weight loss journey if I had more control over the bread problem. I'm on the verge of just cutting it out all together because I can't seem to set limits. Please help me.

-Bread Lover

What helped me was that I entered my details into MFP, chose to lose 0.5 kg/week, chose sedentary as my activity level, and MFP gave me a calorie limit.
I could eat anything I wanted within that calorie limit.
And if I exercised, I could eat half my exercise calories back too!

I could eat my calorie limit in chocolate if I wanted.

Of course, if I did that, I would be very hungry and not feel too well.

So that's where good choices come in. I discovered that most nuts and pears are high in calories and provide me with no "feeling full" staying power. They are not worth it.

But slice of good quality bread at the end of the day with honey on it fits within my calorie limit and does seems to satisfy me.

And a few Ryvita crackers with margarine for an after work snack are really good too.

And if exercise happens to give me some more calories, a nice slice of bread and cheese might be just what I'm after.

For me, it's all about staying at my calorie limit.

firef1y72 · May 2017

If you find you can't control yourself when it comes to a certain food then limit the amount you have in the house. That way if you want more you'll either have to make it yourself or go out and buy some, either way (as long as you walk to the shop), you'll have offset some of the Calories.
Or buy bread products you're less likely to binge on, I have to say I used to eat a lot of bread but now only have it a couple of times a week in the form of pumpkin rolls, and I make sure I only buy myself one at a time because if I bought more I'd eat more.

bunnyluv19 · May 2017

I once ate an entire tray of kings hawaiian rolls by myself in one sitting,with nothing on them_they're so delicious! I couldn't control myself with them at all_i switched to Sprouted grain bread for everyday use _and now only buy the Kings for special occasions

Chef_Barbell · May 2017

Yeah bread is my weakness. Especially homemade with butter.

Sheisinlove109 · May 2017

Bread and cheese my weaknesses. Eat them reasonably and they are just fine.

Athijade · May 2017

I learned to eat it reasonably as I refuse to cut anything I love out of my diet.

King's Hawaiian Rolls with spinach dip... mmmmmm.

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Btheodore138 · May 2017

Sara Lee makes 45 calorie a slice bread, which makes it so bread fits into my daily caloric intake. There are certain foods that I can't stop eating...Cheez-Its, warm french bread and butter, soft oatmeal cookies. So I just stopped buying them and step away from them at parties. It really is a whole "out of sight, out of mind" thing. It's easy enough to say "well, just eat a little" but the mind is tricky and will try to rationalize all sorts of things to get you to cave in. If I do let myself have a treat, I make sure it's not when I'm ravenously hunger but just mildly hungry. It makes a huge difference.

crazyycatladyy1 · May 2017

I'd have chosen the bread over the fruit because I don't like fruit and I like bread. Nothing wrong with bread as long as you're fitting it into your calorie goals. I have 2 slices of sprouted grains bread every day-it's only 60 calories a slice and has a solid nutrition profile. Maybe find a lower calorie bread option?

callsitlikeiseeit · May 2017

bread is not the enemy. eating too much (of anything or in general) is.

peanut butter cups though.THOSE are the enemy

that said there are low cal options for sliced bread. sara lee makes one i think and so does natures own.

jenilla1 · May 2017

I've never been a bread person. Not even sure when the last time I had bread was. But I LOVE pasta! I still eat it most days, but I keep it within calories so it's not a problem.

blackcars7411 · May 2017

My problem was not with bread, but with white chocolate kit kat minis. Every weekend I would buy a bag & eat it & it derailed all my weight loss efforts becuz I couldn't stop eating at one serving size with was 9 minis. The only solution was to cut them out completely. Since doing that, my weight loss has resumed.

4homer · May 2017

The jalapeño Hawaiian king rolls are freaking amaze balls

Rebecca0224 · May 2017

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

bread is not the enemy. eating too much (of anything or in general) is.

peanut butter cups though.THOSE are the enemy

that said there are low cal options for sliced bread. sara lee makes one i think and so does natures own.

I had king size Reeses stuffed with peices, yum.

Running_and_Coffee · May 2017

I'd stop eating it as part of my daily routine and just have a piece every once in a while at a rest aunt if it's a special occasion or a place known for their amazing rolls.

YvetteK2015 · May 2017

Bread and butter. I could eat that all day long. Before I started losing weight, I was eating bread all the time. Anything bready. I had to cut the amount of bread that was in the house, and get bread that had less calories. I got to the point where I'm ok to have 2 slices of bread in a day if I want it. Sometimes I have no bread for days. But I knew I had a control problem, and I just dealt with it. I didn't try to, I just did. It's a decision you make everyday.

bbell1985 · May 2017

I put everything I'd eat in a sandwich or roll in a salad. Eating a hot dog salad right now. Gourmet AF.

I stopped snacking on bread by itself long before weight loss.

Geocitiesuser · May 2017

I find any sort of "simple sugar" including simple flours like bread, drive my appetite crazy. "You can't stop at one" isn't just pringles for me. So for me, bread is the enemy, as long as I'm not eating it, I don't really miss it. But you're not alone. Bread is weird, it has some weird effects.

kellyfeb78 · May 2017

I buy Danish bread now as it's much lower in calories per slice that way I can still eat it and not think crap used 200 calories on nothing

mom22dogs · May 2017

I quit buying bread a few years ago, and don't miss it. I found I really didn't like it anyway, it was just a way to eat peanut butter and jelly way too much. But I do love the King's Hawaiian rolls. I don't buy them because I would eat them all within a day and then would be miserable for 2 more days.

RoteBook · May 2017

Athijade wrote: »

I learned to eat it reasonably as I refuse to cut anything I love out of my diet.

King's Hawaiian Rolls with spinach dip... mmmmmm.

King's Hawaiian Rolls are like bacon or chocolate-delicious with anything (except each other-a Hawaiian roll bacon chocolate sandwich does not sound appealing).

150poundsofme · May 2017

Someone with a binge eating disorder can have an addiction to bread plus other foods. It is best not to have it in the house. I stopped keeping butter in the house and that has stopped me from eating a lot of bread.

callsitlikeiseeit · May 2017

Rebecca0224 wrote: »

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

bread is not the enemy. eating too much (of anything or in general) is.

peanut butter cups though.THOSE are the enemy

that said there are low cal options for sliced bread. sara lee makes one i think and so does natures own.

I had king size Reeses stuffed with peices, yum.

yeah. ive had one of those.

To. DIE. FOR.

lololol

lemurcat12 · May 2017

You need a good reason not to pick one thing over another. If you think you are eating too much bread, the question is why: do you think you aren't getting in enough nutrients, are you going over calories, are your carbs higher than you'd like? IMO, focusing on those things and not simply eating less bread is the way to do it. Do you want to have 2-3 servings of fruit per day? That's why to eat the fruit, not that you've had too much bread. Do you need more veg, more protein?

I think structure really helps too -- are you snacking on bread unplanned between meals? Maybe consider whether grazing is working for you or leads to bad choices. Would it help to have rules (with real reasons that you understand) like one serving of bread per day, at whatever meal works best for you? Try that. If you tend to eat it at home, maybe not having it there, as others have said, would help.

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