can you keep "bad" stuff in your house?

I used to, but then realized they LOVE jello, and jello is super low in calories

They have this and that for them as far as sweets go. I just try not to eat it. Like "ice cream shoppe pop tarts" I don't like over sweet stuff in the mornings, so I don't eat them.

I try not to keep trigger foods in the house. For me these are the cakes and cookies you mentioned. If the kids need a sweet treat I do have light yogurt, fruit snacks or indivually packed servings of serbert. I always have fresh fruit that they like too. If they want cinnamon rolls for breakfast I do bake them, but then I package the left overs right after. If they want cookies we buy one at the bakery not a bag to bring home.

My husband is not on board with me, so he has his treats. But we have agreed to a couple of things that he likes that do not tempt me in any way (like Golden Oreos - Yuck!) However, if he were to bring the real kind in the house, I would be done for. I don't have a lot of will power, especially after dinner if I'm craving sweets. So I keep Fiber One brownies, and one 70% chocolate bar and I eat 1 square at a time. So I only keep things here that I can resist completely, or eat in moderation. (I would never consider pigging out on Fiber One brownies - I think that would be a bad mistake! LOL!)

I have to say though, I did want to slap my husband when he brought home donut holes from the bakery section last week.
"They were on sale!" he said. Yes, great reason to buy them. Ugh. Fortunately he was a pig and he ate them all before temptation set in.

I usually can leave them alone, we had a pack of chocolate biscuits in for 2 months for the kids, odd time I will binge though, so apart from the odd exception I don't buy junk in. The partner and kids don't need it in their lives either. I will make up sugar free jelly as a dessert for us all, or sometimes fat free muffins... Treats done have to be really naughty. Once every week or two the kids will go to the shop and buy some chocolate or something. They don't mind. They enjoy their healthy sandwich, fruit, cheese string and yogurt in their lunch boxes and enjoy healthy home cooked meals... We would be doing them no favours at all having loads of junk in, kinda annoys me when they say its for the kids. Storing up trouble for their future. My kids do have treats, but they are in moderation, I don't want them to grow up obese, I want them to have a long, happy and healthy future... And to know a treat doesn't have to be something really naughty. They love home made milk shakes and smoothies and low fat\fat free muffins... Everyone wins x

I'm "on the wagon" at the moment and I'm managing fine with the beers that are outside the back door and the drinks cabinet in the hallway. In the past I've hidden it all away, but no need these days.

When I was child in the 1950's we never had any junk food in the house but we got a weekly chocolate treat on a Friday night when my Dad got paid. My Mum used to bake a cake for Sunday afternoon tea. We definetely didn't feel deprived :drinker:
Recently I started doing packed lunches for my lean,fit partner who had changed jobs and I used put in Chocolate and Biscuits as well. After about a week he said to me " Can I have fruit instead ? " So no I don't keep Junk food in the house. :happy:

The problem comes when you live with people who aren't trying to watch what they eat. I'm staying with my parents for a few weeks while my husband gets our new place ready (he's in the Navy) and they have all kinds of stuff around that I don't eat. If I really want something I'll have a small amount of it, so I guess you could say I "can" have it in the house without overindulging, but it would certainly be easier if it wasn't there.

I have a TON of not healthy "treats" in the house right now! Icecream, Doritos, Popsicles, cupcakes, Cookies, marshmellows, candy galore. My kids and husband are all thin and they eat these things in moderation so they do last quite a while in the house. My husband would FLIP a lid if it were only healthy things in the house.

HOWever, I do not buy my favorite things such as soda and oreos mmm those I have little will-power so I just avoid them! Stopped buying the nacho doritos too b/c those are my fav and I actually let myself have 5 of them on a turkey sandwich for lunch once or twice which wasn't too bad but not healthy either. lol.

Here's to More Will-Power for us all!

Generally I don't keep things around that might trigger a binge or derailment, but with a husband and daughter who aren't calorie counting it happens. In addition, I try to live by "everything in moderation" and I really want to be able to eat 1 cookie without eating an entire box. For me it was a learning curve. There are things that I cannot have around or I will binge, there are things that I can keep around and enjoy as an occasional treat, and there are some treats that I don't generally even want. Figure out what your specific trigger foods are and get rid of them, then buy other treats for your family that don't cause you too much temptation. The other thing that I do is to freeze treats so that they have to defrost in order to be eaten. If I want one, or if I am going to give one to my daughter, we have to wait, and there isn't the temptation of too many at once. Also, you can buy mini packs of things or pre-portion them at home so even when you do have one, they are within an acceptable calorie range.

Very smart post. I can see why you've lost so much. You've pretty much got it figured out. :smokin:

Thanks! I'm not perfect by any means, but I've found what works for me and what doesn't.

Also, I wanted to add a comment to those who say that our children should be eating healthy, generally I agree, and my daughter does have a very healthy diet, but she is allowed everything in moderation too! I was raised by some food growing, homemaking/baking, sugar-free, strict (health wise), hippie parents who never allowed me to have anything with added sugar or "unnatural" ingredients. When I finally moved out of their house I went nuts which is what I attribute my food issues to. I'm past blame because I have many years to outgrow my poor choices, but in my humble opinion never allowing a child to eat "naughty food" is a recipe for disaster (pun intended!). ;}

I hate to say there is a LOT of junk in my house. But when I want it I just think about how much weight I have lost & know what that junk will do to my diet. The only time I get into the junk is if I have ate REALLY good all day & have cals left for the day.