What is your guilty pleasure?
Bread, pasta, carbs of any kind. I work at an Italian restaurant, and I swear they call to me. I opened a bag of hamburger buns today and I felt faint because it smelled so good. As soon as I eat a little bit, I'm starving for anything in sight. I think if I cut out carbs completely, I would never have cravings for anything...too bad that's impossible.


How could you lighten it up?
I buy the Sara Lee 45 calorie bread to make my sandwiches, and light hamburger and hot dog buns. As for pasta, I order kids meals with marinara sauce, and get the bread with no butter.


Have you made an action plan to avoid this food/place?
I completely ban bread at work, where it is so available. I do have a cheat day on Sunday when I can eat a piece of bread if the cooks make it by mistake or something.


If you don't avoid it, how do you control yourself?
I know from experience that if I get started on the Italian bread at work, I'll never stop. So I just don't touch it.

I totally agree with you. I get this "empty" feeling and the only thing that seems to fill it is food. It could happen when i am stressed or upset or even just bored. I am trying to find a way to fill it with out eating but my first thought is to get rid of the physical feeling by eating something and then i feel at ease.

I've found that my main trigger is boredom. If I'm bored, I'll just wander into the kitchen and stuff my face with whatever I happen to have lying around. Before the recession, if I had an urge to eat, I'd just go to the clothing store and buy something cute. Or I'd go to the theater and watch a movie.

Now with the recession and no job, anything that costs money is no longer an option. And I've had to cancel my gym subscription. And I can't buy salads anymore because I can't afford them. Yup -- I'm packing on the recession pounds.

My biggest trigger is my my dichotomous thinking which means if I think I have ruined the day diet-wise, then it is a license to eat.

I am realizing that is simply not true and allowing myself to eat my forbidden foods in moderation and mindfully without spending the rest of the day pigging out until it hurts.