I don't recall ever throwing food away that I've purchased, but I have thrown away food that friends have brought over. I have a well meaning friend who likes to bring food over whenever I'm stressing. If I had a bad day at work, she brings over a plate of brownies, if I had a fight with the inlaws, she shows up at the door with chicken enchiladas...She doesn't know I'm a binger either. Anyway, I thank her profusely and as soon as she's gone, I dump everything in the garbage. I can't tell you how many brownies, pies, and casseroles have gone to waste. But at least they aren't on my waist!
Layri -- I keep the junk food in a separate cabinet, away from "my" stuff -- I know it's there, but do not have to constantly reach around it to make myself a sandwich, helps a bit -- because it's going to be here, there, everywhere and I have to get used to it.
That's a good idea - I've never really thought about gathering up my family's junk and just hiding it all away in a cabinet. I could tell them that it's in there and also that they're supposed to keep it in there unless they're eating it... That would make the mental part of this quite a bit easier. No more 'Cheez Waffies' sitting over my fruit bowl.
I dont buy food to throw out... but I wont keep leftovers of certain things. I cant have leftover chinese food to eat the next day, I'll eat it that night. I have to throw out the rest when I stop eating.
My BF and I are separated by 10,000miles of ocean so I'm saving up EVERY cent so that we have money for plane tickets and such so we can fly between Australia and America as often as possible. This is good for me to use when I am being tempted to buy something baaad. I make myself guilty by thinking that the money could be better used for the plane ticket. That's when I note the proce of the item go home and put the money in a moneybox that can't be opened.
Of course sometimes I breakdown and buy it and then I do throw it out. But I have saved lot's of money doing it how I like to.
I sure do, it's better in the garbage can than turning to fat on my body. I was raised to not waste food so it has been a learning process to be able to throw out food.
oh yes! all the time! i make the impulse buying it - yes its a waste of money, but why make one wrong make 2 wrongs? just because i caved to buy it doesnt mean i have to cave to eat it!
Yep...both the bad food and the good! This time around (on my attentive eating journey) I have vowed not to waste $$ on vegetables especially...a good way to get me to eat them all! Any bad stuff that DH keeps around gets dumped after a week or so if it is not consumed, then it is less tempting to me. Half eaten bags of chips or crackers I stomp on till they are pulverized and throw away! Outta there!
I don't usually buy food to binge on, but when I do have a bingeing session...anything in the house will do as long as it is fatty or sugar loaded...I never feel like bingeing on apples strangely
A few times I have managed to stop early binge, put the food away and go and do something else. It feels like I am really depriving myself at first and I still have those guilty feelings even for having an extra bowl of cereal out of my plan. But I am getting better...the stopping early binge has all been happening recently and I am not beating myself up so much because I immediately go and either work out or do it first thing the next day so I feel better about the whole thing.
Not an ideal way to live but I feel as though I am in rehab and I am getting there, slowly but surely.
I sure do, it's better in the garbage can than turning to fat on my body. I was raised to not waste food so it has been a learning process to be able to throw out food.
Same here. I've gotten over the guilt aspect, because the money was wasted as soon as I hit the checkout line in the store.
I've thrown away food, but not new in package. I usually throw away what I was going to eat, not the whole thing. Like if I am eating a cookie when I know I shouldn't be, I think to myself, "what the **** are you doing to yourself?" and just chuck it, but not the whole thing. Most of the times my binges are on pb&j anyway, so it's kind of a prepared thing... I have weird cravings!
i have no qualms whatsoever with throwing food out...if i have the whole "starving kids in africa guilt" i will donate money to a charity or donate food to a soup kitchen but its me first in that regards and if i dont want it in the kitchen b/c i'm scared i will binge, its OUT OF THERE
Count me in as someone who has thrown it away...and then dug it out of the trash to eat.
Best course for me is not to have it around .....ever. But it's not aways easy because DH has a sweet tooth & friends & neighbors often send stuff over.
I think in a separate cupboard where I don't have to see it is a good idea and works most of the time for me too.
I've done the exact same thing. Actually i'm even ashamed to say this, but I'd take whatever it was and chew it up, but not swallow any of it and spit it out, and it kinda helped me get over the craving. It's like taking the time to chew it all made methink "do I really wanna eat this"
and I have to get used to it.
