Is there anything you have Given up because you go too far?

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  • ladykate7
    ladykate7 Posts: 206 Member
    Salt water taffy, oh so good. Velveeta macNcheese, Ben&Jerry's- health mhmmm. Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal - the whole darn box!

    But I don't cut them off completely. Just find sneaky ways to limit access to portions. Limit them to treat meals and not often treat meals. Knowing I can have them later and not feel guilty when I do makes it so much easier to deal with the uncontrolability power they wield. Planning them into the overall meal plan steals the power back. :)

    I pretty much draw the NO line on cereal. Even when trying tricks to limit I'm not able to.
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    I refuse to quit anything outright, but I find I must exercise much self control when Soy and Wasabi Almonds are within reach.
  • crystal_darling
    crystal_darling Posts: 53 Member
    Coca-Cola. If I drink one, I will drink a 12 pack. I try to not touch them at all. I have been known to drink a 2 liter in less than 2 hours! This is why I know that foods are addictive

    That was me 2 years ago!! I gave up soda, expecially Coca-Cola for a whole year. I wouldn't even let myself have a sip! After the initial year I drink it from time to time. At most a cup a week. But I started drinking about 2 Arizona Lemon Iced Teas or more a day so I recently cut that out as well. That was 20 times easier to quit than cola. I still get cravings for Iced Tea but I drink water instead and it goes away. With Cola, all I could think about was drinking it. I'm glad I'm in a place where now if I have a cup I don't feel the need to drink more.
  • stlhrs
    stlhrs Posts: 67 Member
    broccoli. had to give it up. it was obsessive.

    I should also probably stop stirring my coffee with chocolate covered bacon
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
    Cake of any kind! I've been offered a small eclair by my MIL but I want more! If they were mine all 4 would be gone by now.
  • missconceitedme
    missconceitedme Posts: 26
    I can't have anything Reeces.. Cups, fastbreak.. If I even see them I want them.. I even have to watch when I go to the store that I only take enough money for what I need, cuz if I see it I want it.. I haven't had any in a little over 2 weeks, so the addiction is simmering, but I still don't trust myself to have them around.. Also, chips.. I've been able to cut them to serving sizes only thus far, but I still try to keep them out of the house so I don't get tempted..
  • Scandinavia
    Scandinavia Posts: 291 Member
    Lemonade I haven't made myself, and ginger ale. I don't really even want it anymore, to be honest.

    Organic Peanut Butter...well, I have half a tablespoon everyday after my workout. ;)
  • annbanan85
    annbanan85 Posts: 17 Member
    Peanut butter! Or chips of any kind.

    I am also headed down a dangerous path with hummus and wheat thins :/
  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
    Fritos! Full of my favorite cravings: fat and salt. The bag calls my name until they're all gone.
  • mrsnathanandrew
    mrsnathanandrew Posts: 631 Member
    Molton hot wing potato chips. I seriously could eat a whole bag in one sitting. Luckily they don't make them anymore lol
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    Cookies. Any and all types of cookies. I can NOT stop at just 1. It's very rare that I actually eat cookies anymore because of this.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Pizza is the biggest thing I've given up. I'll still have it once in a GREAT while, but honestly, it doesn't even taste that good anymore and kinda grosses me out after I eat it to the point where I wonder why I thought I wanted it in the first place.

    I know a lot of people preach the 'moderation' thing, but what I've found in general is that the 'bad' stuff doesn't even taste good to me like it used to anymore, and even worse...it upsets my stomach so much that its not worth eating.
  • RiaLucia
    RiaLucia Posts: 121
    Oh, I absolutely believe that those types of foods can exist for some folks. Some might call them "trigger" foods. I realized one of mine a few weeks back; Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies. I hadn't had one in well over a decade. I bought a box to share with my brother and sister in law when we were buying snacks for our day at the county fair because we used to keep them in the house all the time when we were kids. Except that they didn't end up having any, I ate half the box by myself in 2 days, realized I had no control over it, and took the rest to the office and put them in the break area. I have a few other similar trigger foods like that. Mostly sweets and I'd put potato chips on that list too. The day I realized the potato chip thing when I was very young (like 11 or 12), I vowed not to buy any to keep in the house and I've stuck to it. So, usually with those types of things I will get a single serving and leave it at that.
  • carriempls
    carriempls Posts: 326 Member
    I don’t buy ice cream to keep in my house anymore. I can have serious binge issues. I have gotten most of it under control but ice cream still kinda scares me.

    That doesn’t mean I won’t ever eat ice cream again. It just means that once in a while I can get it as a treat from an ice cream shop. I can order a single item and when it’s gone, it’s gone. I can’t go overboard.
  • carriempls
    carriempls Posts: 326 Member
    Oh - and any kind of baked sweets. Brownies, cookies, cupcakes. I just can't have them in the house. I've stopped baking.
  • ShilohMaier
    ShilohMaier Posts: 135
    Black cherries. Oh my goodness, I bought two quarts from the farm market two weeks ago, and ate almost all of them myself in less than a day. Also, blueberries. I bought five pounds yesterday from the farm market, filled a quart bag to bring to work this morning to snack on all week... and have eaten the entire quart of blueberries already today. There are people who say "you can't get fat on fruits and vegetables", boy I sure can! :sad:
  • Carolyn_79
    Carolyn_79 Posts: 935 Member
    I don't keep any junk in my home because I generally don't moderate and will eat it all. I do have the things I like but they are typically my cheat meal or on the weekend if I go out.
  • sexy_RN88
    sexy_RN88 Posts: 58 Member
    Homemade brownies and cookies. Once I make them, they're calling to me from the kitchen. It's all I think about. I try to resist, but it's futile, and before I know it, I've downed the entire pan of brownies (minus one or two for my husband) in just two days.

    Potato chips too. I can't have them in the house because I'll just bring the bag with me as I work on the computer and before I know it, I've eaten the entire jumbo-sized bag.

    Fast food is a no-go for me right now too. It is HARD to say no to my husband when he suggests that we go grab a chalupa from Taco Bell or a greasy cheese pizza from Pizza Hut, but I really do feel like I get addicted to that stuff, and I don't like how I feel after I eat it: guilty, bloated and uncomfortable. Maybe in a year's time I'll be able to handle the occasional trip to a fast food joint, but I'm just not sure. I'd rather avoid it entirely than trigger my addiction/overeating issues and have this problem again. Once I lose this weight, I have no intention of finding it EVER again!
  • jacquelyn_erika
    jacquelyn_erika Posts: 524 Member
    I haven't really given anything up completely, but I've cut back a lot on my alcohol intake as of recently. I wasn't a heavy drinker, but liked to indulge a little too much on the weekends which was a total setback for me. In the last month, I've had maybe 3 drinks, so that is a huge accomplishment since on the weekends I would unwind with 3 drinks in one evening or so. Other than that, I try to stay away from greasy/fried foods and things of that nature. I don't like to deprive myself of any one thing though, or else I will end up not being able to have portion control when I do get it.
  • mss_anthropy
    mss_anthropy Posts: 31 Member
    evil EVIL 7-11 jalepeno cream cheese taquitos..... as addicting as crack i swear
  • vwkauffman
    vwkauffman Posts: 39 Member
    I can't have ice cream in the house. Nope, no way, can't have it. When I decide to have ice cream, I go out and get it and eat it then. I bake something for my husband about once every other week, and I'll allow myself maybe 1 serving.

    Otherwise, no, I still eat anything else that I want...all things in moderation.

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