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    Self-Soothing Dieting Coping Mechanisms

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    • Posts: 228 Member
      nowine4me wrote: »
      If there is a butter croissant on my counter, there’s no f’n way I just walking by it.
      This is the grisly fate that befell the hazelnut cream stuffed croissant that was on my counter this morning. The butter croissants will live to fight another day. #thecalories
    • Posts: 18,878 Member
      edited October 2017
      jelleigh wrote: »
      I have some meals that are super yummy (potacos!) but healthy and I eat them frequently. .

      I watch cooking shows.

      I search for X program before and after pics a lot. Seeing people's success keeps me motivated .

      I drink soda water instead of straight water. It feels more ... Special. Lol. Plus it helps keep me full longer.

      Recently started IF. Typically i have a bad night time snacking habit but now my eating window ends at like 6:30. I tell myself I can have any snack I want in that window. Chips, chocolate, whatever. Im always too full for it but when it's night time I don't feel bad not eating it because I could have had it earlier if I wanted.

      I try to have meals where I can incorporate small "indulgences". I know no food is "bad", but certain foods add up fast and I don't have a lot of self control so I try to avoid them. So if I can have a meal with a bit of cheese, or eat my tuna on crackers, etc, then I feel like I'm both being balanced AND beating the system (by satisfying a craving without ruining my deficit. Silly really cause those foods fit within my deficit but ita a mental thing)

      If that's not a typo, I NEED to know what you're talking about.


      Another meal planner here. I also bake insanely decadent goodies and give them away, and indulge in time consuming food preparation, like smoking, curing, drying, making my own small goods etc. The action of making it is far more satisfying than even the eating it. I plan and execute 5-6 course themed dinner parties for friends about once a month. I spend hours wandering food stores, and spend the kind of money on specialty foods other women might spend on shoes.
    • Posts: 870 Member
      I window shop in grocery stores now. Sometimes I carry stuff in the basket then put it back before checkout or if I find a lower calorie substitute.

      I drink a lot of flavored teas and coffees. And sugar free creamers. I stock up on seasonings whenever I'm in Trader Joe's. I've also started hoarding, I mean seriously hoarding seasonal bagels and English muffins in the deep freeze. Great for weekend breakfasts when mega muffin cravings hit. Same with hoarding instant oatmeal at work.
    • Posts: 35,753 Member
      davidylin wrote: »
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      This is probably the most true, but, for me, it'll never happen. Live to eat. Eat to live. I have in the past successfully replaced food with bedroom activities, but that's a special chemistry that I don't have anywhere near as much control over as what I eat.

      Granny sez: You might want to re-think your ossified self-definition, even if just a tad. Change is good.

      Food and sex are Pretty Swell, but you're missing out by not deeply appreciating some other very pleasurable stuff, in addition.

      Reconsider pan-hedonism. Seriously.

      ;););)
    • Posts: 101 Member
      I second the coffee thing!
    • Posts: 1,476 Member
      I buy really expensive food stuff that is sold in mini portions. My favorite at the moment is a 25g minibar of pistache marzipan from a fairtrade food shop, costing 1€

      For some reason or another, my mind gets confused and mixes up the price of something on a money and a calorie budget. Basically, a 1€ minisnack feels richer, more sumptuous and satisfying than a 10 centimes candy wrapped version

    • Posts: 228 Member
      AnnPT77 wrote: »
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      Granny sez: You might want to re-think your ossified self-definition, even if just a tad. Change is good.

      Food and sex are Pretty Swell, but you're missing out by not deeply appreciating some other very pleasurable stuff, in addition.

      Reconsider pan-hedonism. Seriously.

      ;););)
      I know who I am!
    • Posts: 10,179 Member
      Self-soothing and coping mechanism ... For me, there's only one: More coffee.
    • Posts: 228 Member
      JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
      Self-soothing and coping mechanism ... For me, there's only one: More coffee.
      They say that's actually quite good for you when it's actually coffee and not just sugar and cream.
    • Posts: 1,564 Member
      Katiebear_81 wrote: »
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      I would try that! I was hoping to find a pumpkin pie quest bar, but have not seen one (don't know if they exist or not). I've been living on the apple pie bars... so I was hopeful. Ha ha.
      Quest made these a year or two ago...they were vile, which explains why we haven't seen them again.
    • Posts: 29 Member
      edited November 2017
      davidylin wrote: »
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      I've been watching the Great British Baking show and it has me hooked. Every season I pick a wife and am always disappointed when they don't ultimately win :(

      I was lucky, that Steven, my favourite, at least made it to the final! :D But yeah, also cooking shows for me. And gum. But since I had a stressful time I got into the habit of chewing so much gum that it started to make me a little sick. but the addiction is still there. (Yes, sugar-free chewing gum!) and my jaws hurt a lot! but it is better to chew gum than chocolate!
    • Posts: 29 Member
      Oh, and also: I like to focus on the smell of delicious food! Like when I gave up sugar for lent, I would ask my ex-best-friend to just let me smell his chocolate biscuits (he knew I was weird, so I could do that with him). But that only works if you appreciate smells anyway and can see how they can bring similar pleasure to pleasant tastes.
    • Posts: 7,722 Member
      My collection of herbal teas takes up an inordinate amount of pantry space.
    • Posts: 228 Member
      Nathanae wrote: »
      Oh, and also: I like to focus on the smell of delicious food! Like when I gave up sugar for lent, I would ask my ex-best-friend to just let me smell his chocolate biscuits (he knew I was weird, so I could do that with him). But that only works if you appreciate smells anyway and can see how they can bring similar pleasure to pleasant tastes.
      Jimmy John's recently came to my area. I snarfed some Coca-cola when I saw their neon sign in the window: "free smells."
    • Posts: 289 Member
      Nathanae wrote: »
      Oh, and also: I like to focus on the smell of delicious food! Like when I gave up sugar for lent, I would ask my ex-best-friend to just let me smell his chocolate biscuits (he knew I was weird, so I could do that with him). But that only works if you appreciate smells anyway and can see how they can bring similar pleasure to pleasant tastes.

      I have almost no sense of smell, which seems pretty weird for a person who loves food like I do. I can be baking bread in my kitchen and no even smell that . I love yankee candela because I know they make the house smell nice, but after 2 min I can’t smell them anymore. It’s a bit sad lol

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