Cereal, any kind. I can't seem to get through one night a week lately (mostly a saturday or sunday night) without having at least 2 bowls of cereal before bed.

its a love hate relationship.

[QUOTE=ICUwishing;2528579] I just really like having big mouthfuls of food, which leads to horrible portion control. QUOTE]

OM...friggin God that's funny! I laughed until I cried...and the fact your siggy has a hamster stuffing it's cheeks....to be honest...I think I have the same problem...were you the kid..that kept popping bubbalicious into your mouth until your jaws and cheeks hurt? That was me!!!

To answer the question: my triggers are when I am stressed and pissed off...then like others I want fatty/salty to create more stress hormones while I am burning up my thyroid....and adrenal glands...

I love those curly fries! And a turkey sandwich on that thick honey wheat bread and jalapeno bites! That will have to seriously be a cheat meal once every few months now.

Pizza is another trigger for me. I need to find low cal version to make to curb that craving.

:rofl: that was sooo funny!! :D

I am glad that we live in such a rural area; I don't know what Shipley's is; nor Stone Something Ice Cream; I have heard of Rockin Robin, and the closest Arby's is over 50 miles away :dizzy:

My trigger, usually, is anger. Usually at a work situation, or the rest of the time just at myself. The food can be as unglamorous as toast with butter or peanut butter, but alot of it. Two bowls of cereal. I can't keep treats in the house. The closest grocery store is 5 miles away, and I'm also lazy, so I won't purposely drive 5 miles and back just for a treat. But if my husband has bought treats, I can barely stay away from them.

Trigger foods....sugar and carbs and fats! totally anything pastry-y. ohh sooo gooood and ohh sooo bad in anything over a small portion.

here's one...THOSE MOTHER LOVING...mini chocolate eclairs! Ugh...if I could eat just ONE...

I have given up on that idea though...

For some people it may be a certain food, or a certain eating establishment that they just can't say no to.

What is your guilty pleasure? Almost anything in excess, but fatty high carbs usually get the best of me, burgers & fries, fried chix & mashed potatoes.

How could you lighten it up? I could, but most times it takes away the guilt and the pleasure!!

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place? If I am eating out, I choose salad instead of fries as a side, or veggies with my chix. It seems to feel like the best of both worlds and helps to keep me from a total binge.

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself? Same as above

This was a fun thread, related to so many of the posts!

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Seeing food is a big trigger for me. Visually food makes me salivate. And the late afternoons and evenings are huge triggers for me. I start in drinking coffee and tea in the mornings and I think that really helps me to not be hungry but in the afternoon and evenings I just seem to really have more trouble with food, not all the time, but often. There are too many foods to even begin to name that I absolutley "love."

chips vs chocolate
 

I think I am mental! I have very high blood pressure. Dr took me off most high sodium foods. My best treat was always pop and chips. Well to get around the sodium thing......I switched to loving choc bars. It was such a sneaky thing I did. I really didn't even realize I did the switch. My hubby picked up on the trend. Gees, I am scared to think how I masterminded this plan and didn't even realize it. Food addiction is a tricky game to play. I want off this rollercoaster and fast! I have decided to stay away from junk. Hard to do but necessary. Deb

What is your guilty pleasure?

Cup after cup of hot chocolate in the evening and snacking on junk between lunch and dinner.

How could you lighten it up?

Occupy myself better during these times.

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place?

Remove myself from where I will be tempted. :p

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself?

Allow it in moderation... but I'm not good with moderation! Hahaha.

i agree...some foods...I JUST CAN'T moderate...potato chips...mini eclairs...ice cream..

I WILL binge on fried chicken...BUT...it's the sugary smooth trigger foods I have the most trouble with...

62 monkey..those salt cravings may be your adrenals crying for help...

My trigger is home baked goods - breads, cookies, etc. I've come up with a million 'light' versions - but that only helps if you don't eat the entire loaf of bread in a day. I guess I could stop making bread, and I've certainly slowed down... but I like it, cooking is my zen, kneading away my frustrations... I have tried freezing half the loaf right away so that I don't eat it all in one day. And I make smaller loaves now. But regardless, I eat a lot of bread when I make it.

its baaaad.
 

I would have to say that the thing I crave:

fast food!!!!

It is an addiction.

Trigger:

Being alone in the car... and I think "oh- I could just pull right through- and have a cheeseburger for a snack"

What normal size person thinks a cheeseburger would be a good SNACK?

Ice cream and Rice Pudding and fast food are my weakness.. If I didn't have to live with my parents who enable junkfood I would be MUCH easier to avoid junkfood and lose those pounds.

SWEETS. Plain and simple.

What is your guilty pleasure?
The worst for me is Reese's Pieces and Cadbury Mini-eggs. I can sit down and eat an entire large bag in one sitting! I also have issues with ice cream and baked goods . . . especially the ones that include chocolate.

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place?
I just cut out sweets all together. I'm an all or nothing kind of girl. I'm not taking any of my "usual" trips to TCBY or Cold Stone any longer.

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself?
I can't . . . that's why I have to quit cold-turkey!

My trigger is store-bought bread. I had the biggest hankering for some crusty white bread on Friday and, because I've done 100% well on portion/calorie control since I re-started 2 months ago, I thought I'd be safe.
Not.
Yes, I've managed to cling to the very outside edge of my calorie budget per day but I've eaten the bread at the expense of more nutritious things, it's made me hungry for more of absolutely anything, and I'm retaining water.
Lesson learned.

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Ice cream .____. The problem with that is also that I never feel full from it. I can easily eat 1 litre of it myself without feeling like I've even had anything.

Candy, cupcakes(love sugar frosting), fries.......anything fried actually.I guess I need to listen to everyone and get them out of my house.My kids dont need them either.I usually tell myself that I buy them for the kids.LIAR!!!

Right now my trigger food is Pop-tarts 20% fiber brown sugar....I. can't. stop! So I didn't put them in the cart at the store yesterday...just easier that way...

What is your guilty pleasure?
It may sound odd, but Diet Dr. Pepper, the drink I absolutely love! It is my worst trigger and blows my diet every time! I think the fake sugar carbs in it may make me crave real sugar and eventually I eat chocolate, cake, doughnuts, etc.

How could you lighten it up?
I can't. I've tried limiting it. It's the one thing I absolutely must avoid.

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place?
Yes, I don't buy it, period. I drink water now instead, and when I want something different, I drink hot green tea.

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself?
I have to avoid it.

smidgens, salami, lebanon balogna, twinkies

Fresh bagels and triscuits. Once I start I can't stop. Sometimes all I will eat all day is a box of triscuits. Like crack to a crackhead. the bagels are another story. they usually send me into a week-long tailspin.

I have so many emotional triggers with food

Stress-- Like when DH works night I dont like being home alone so I binge to ease my nerves but also any other kind of fear/stress will do it to me too.

Social-- Its like if were getting together we need to revolve it around food and the better the food the better the fun ??? WHY!?

Tooo many to list.

Like a PP I have cravings of both sweet and salty and fatty. Cheese Fries with ranch dressing is my go to comfort food but since I live so far away from the place that has them I will settle on pizza.
I could seriously eat OUtback Steakhouse cheese fries, ranch, bread, and the chicken quesidilla every single day. And if I had to pick a different item that day it would be pizza.

My guilty pleasure that I allow myself to have even when Im on track is the occassional PEPSI. The more I deny myself the more I want it.

As far as lighting things up I have no idea thats whY I cant get these darn pounds off!

What food ISN'T a trigger is the question for me. I love so many foods, and I simply cannot eat them in moderation! I desperately wish I could just eat one piece of bread or one bowl of pasta or one cookie or one small piece of cake or a small bit of anything, but I just can't! For some reason my body thinks that if a little bit is good, a lot would be even better! It's never true! I feel sick and I gain weight. I hate it! If I don't completely cut out all food that I like, I'll fail. Which sucks, because then I hate eating.

Any suggestions for learning to eat "unhealthy" things in moderation?

I can't read this topic. I want every thing written in here! I'm food-aholic!
Any bad carbs will do it for me, even healthy bread ! It's a no for me !

I think I the only choice that I have is not to eat bad carbs all my life ! I can't go there any more. When I start dieting again after a binge, the cravings are so strong that they are really physical. Once I had wake up in the middle of the night and felt that if I don't eat I'm going to die. I never woke up at night to eat in my hole adult life. I was so angry at myself. I drank a can of tomato juice, no sugar, low salt and then i fell asleep again... I manage it, but I don't want to feel like that ever in my life.
My luck is that i discovered an appetite suppressant that really works for me. A couple of days on it, and i will eat healthy again unlimited... until next time...

I would have to say my absolutely drop dead TRIGGER is buttercream frosted cake followed closely by sour cream donuts.

god where do i start. boredom, sadness, loneliness, depression, carbs, sugar, fruit, food, water. sometimes i just like to eat i guess and i am not good at being able to discern b/w full and stuffed. oh well.

There are many guilty pleasures!


What is your guilty pleasure?
1. Getting hit with a fast food craving

How could you lighten it up?
1. Order the kids meal

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place?
1. No because avoiding it makes it worse. Better to get the small order of fries now to satisfy the craving than think about it all week and end up downing 2 large boxes!

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself?
1. Make sure I go light on the other meals that day so that the calorie count doesn't go over.

The others are ice cream and chocolate.
I get ill from eating dairy so I don't allow myself to buy lactaid. lol
The chocolate...I usually just go for it. Same concept as the fast food. Small piece now or massive choco binge later...it's better to get the craving over with.

ice cream ... and any cake filled with poppy seed filling...

ice cream
french fries
nachos & cheese
potato chips& dip
pizza
cake w/tons of icing
pasta
pancakes w/ lots of syrup,also ffrench toast sticks
white choclate candy
cookies
etc.

there are 3 restaurants in town I can never say "no" to: a Monoglian place, a Japanese place, and Panera Bread. luckily, the first two are pretty pricy, and the third one is usually chock-full of people, so I hardly ever go there, but when I do, I pig out. :(

I've been trying to slowly choose healthier options whenever I do go to these places. for example, replacing meats with tofu, or opting out of the noodles (or significantly reducing the portion), and choosing a salad over a sandwich at Panera Bread.

oh, and water-- water no matter what. soda's my other trigger-- once I start drinking it, my entire diet goes downhill. so I usually keep two gallons of water in my bedroom and drink those when i feel hungry.

What is your guilty pleasure?
1) sweet: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
2) salty: Mexican food
3) red wine

How could you lighten it up?
1) Blend up a homemade Nutri-System shake with 1/2 chocolate, 1/2 vanilla (mix the two powders) 1/2 banana, 1/2 Tbs Peanut Butter, 1/2 cup plain NF yogurt and 1/2 cup skim milk and lots of ice cubes. This fills me up, has lots of protein and is also a wonderful treat.

2) Instead of mex food in the evening, I make a b'fast burrito with sauteed onion, red pepper and spinach, scramble one egg and wrap in a trimmed or small flour tortilla (whole wheat). Top with warmed salsa and a bit of plain NF yogurt for the 'sour cream-y' texture.

3) Wine is a trigger for eating larger portions and I know it stalls my weight loss. A substitute, though not as satisfying, is low sodium V-8 juice over ice with black pepper added.

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place?
Find suitable options that are still very satisfying.

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself?
I measure 5 oz of wine in a glass and sip slowly! I also build it into my calories for the day and ensure I have a glass of water on hand as well.

My triggers are those little Famous Amos cookies (especially the chocolate chip ones), Ruffles Original potato chips (can finish off a bag of these easily), McDonald's french fries, creamy pasta dishes. . .oh, I could go on and on.

What is your guilty pleasure? Chocolate. but I try and remain sensible, I do have my daily chocolate bar but try and keep everything else healthly and make sure I get in enough exercise. I do LOVE dessert apple crumble and ice cream and chocolate cake nom nom! I ALWAYS have a dessert when I go out for dinner!

How could you lighten it up? When im out I try and get someone reluctant to have a dessert to share one with me, or just try and eat half of it!

Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place? I dont ban anything, that doesnt work for me, for many years I practically starved myself. Im trying to teach myself to enjoy my food again and savor every mouthfull. I never deprive myself of anything, if I want it I have it, just a smaller amount :) If I manage to leave something on my plate its an achievement!

If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself? I try and remember that im a little tiny lady and dont need a man size portion! Plus a lady always leaves something on her plate :P

My trigger is probably fatty CREAMY foods. Even healthy fats.. I can eat just one nectarine and I'm fine, but I ate half an avocado and it took all my willpower to resist the other half!! Usually fatty CREAMY foods, like fat from milk, like cream sauces and chowder... and ICE CREAM! Those kind of foods just get me. I'm trying to learn to control it by eating smaller portions though, since I don't think I could ever cut out these foods completely. I love them too much! The only other LOVE I have after creamy foods would be cakes. I include things like zucchini bread in there, because that's cake to me. Not pie so much, not brownies unless they are really soft and more like cake, and not cookies unless they are soft and more like cake. It's definitely the cake/bread-that-should-really-just-be-called-cake. I just can't stop once I start... it's SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD.
I don't crave candy at all though.... not one little big. I think it's more fatty foods I crave, even fatty WITH sweet, but not JUST sweet.

Honestly, my actual biggest triggers aren't food themselves. One is seeing other people eating more than me!!!!! It makes me want to eat more, even if I know I'm eating what I should. I'm not on any 1200 calorie diet either, but we had spaghetti today with my family and grandparents and I actually felt I put a LOT of pasta on my plate - at least 2 cups worth, maybe even three, and I also had a piece of bread with a dab of butter on it and milk. But the rest of my family literally filled their ENTIRE plates with spaghetti and my brother even get two helpings. Seeing my plate next to their's made me feel like I wasn't eating enough, even though I actually WAS. It really messed with my mind.
My other trigger is non-set portion sizes. I have the MOST trouble not overeating when you give me a whole plate of food, because I will want to eat until it is gone. For me resisting eating after I've had the right amount of food is the HARDEST of anything. I have to set out one portion size and put the rest away, because I often fail resisting the urge to clean my plate, unless I'm like STUFFED.

It has to be emotional eating in general. I can limit /do without anything until I`m angry/disappointed/loneley, etc. I still fall into the trap of soothing such feelings with loads of sweet foods (ice cream, biscuits, cakes, etc) and then feeling soo guilty about it! I finally need to learn how else to deal with my feelings. Once I can do this, I`m sure that the above foods will not be a problem for me.

Well my trigger is depression which results in emotinal eating... It's quite a challenge when I can't seem to kick the depression but I'm having better days and am making some changes so that I don't feel deprived but can have tasty things that I enjoy eating...

Thanks for asking the question!

My trigger is anything with sugar. I can't keep anything that tastes too good in my place. The way I handle this is by having only moderately yummy foods in my house so I don't binge, for example:
Fudge bars instead of ice cream sandwiches
Regular popcorn instead of Kettle Corn popcorn
Another trigger is cheese. I can keep over-processed Velveeta cheese in my place because it's not that good. But any other cheeses? No way! It would be gone in a day!:D

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