I just ate an entire box of Fiber One Bars
 

I swear just when I think I have a grip on my eating this happens. I went to the grocery store yesterday and picked them up put them in the cart and when I got to check out I told the cashier I did not want them so she put them to the side. I felt empowered b/c I knew I wouldn't be able to control myself.

This morning on my way to work I started thinking "Ya know what, I think I'll be able to control myself and only eat one bar a day" so I stopped at the same store and bought a box.

I ate one and a bottle of water and I was fine but I kept thinking about them and the next thing I know I was eating another one and another one etc...

The crazy thing about it is I think they're waaaay too sweet and wasn't even craving the taste I just wanted them to be gone and instead of giving them away or throwing them away I ate them.

I guess I am still in a way trying to eat like a "normal person" meaning I want to have control over portions and eat whatever and not allow it to control me. I think at this point I just need to stay away from stuff like that. :(

I think most of us have had similar experiences! Just think tomorrow is a new day and try not to focus on the bad day you had today. I struggle with stuff at the grocery store all the time, so now I just try to avoid going in any of the isles and ask my boyfriend to pick up anything we need from the isles on his way home. That way I don't get tempted and I know that he'll only get what I ask him to get.

Yes, i try not to buy things that are individually wrapped or things that make me wonder if i will eat all of it. :( it's hard. i've had those bars and they are good. but gave me horrible gas (TMI?). one day at a time. and try to make the rest of the day as healthy as possible. :)

keep your head up!

I completely understand and have done things similar in the past. I cannot have snacks like that in my house because I know I will eat all of them in one sitting. It's not worth the risk. Crazy isn't it the power these things can have over us :(

I have definitely been there! I truly don't understand the need to consume it because we want it to just be gone, but I've done it myself. Why wouldn't we throw it away? During a binge, just the thought of "I should just throw it away" makes me eat even faster to get it gone. It's like the angel on my shoulder might just win, so the devil has to hurry up & eat it all before that can happen.

Ugh...

Just get back on track right now. You may have some intestinal issues, though, so I wouldn't make any big plans for later today. I hope you feel OK.

:hug::hug::hug:

I have a rule about the things I have little self control around which for me is ice cream, pie, cake, etc - I'm only allowed to eat this stuff if I buy an individual serving (1 peice of pie/cake, 1 ice cream cone, 1 smoothie) so I don't have anything tempting in my pantry/fridge/freezer at home.

Man I've been here. I can't buy cereal or chips anymore. Or several other things for that matter

I can't buy chips because I will eat the whole bag in a sitting, or 2.

I understand your frustration. I had a bad day at work, didn't have enough to eat during the day, and sat down and ate an entire box of Skinny Cow mint chocolate truffle ice cream bars! I never bought them again - I just can't have them in my house.

Wow, the whole box eh? Yes, they taste good, but I am thinking soon you will be so so gassy, I think you outta sit near the toilet, being you are going to probably get massive stomach cramps, I do from eating one of those suckers & gas like you would not believe! My husband and I call them "fart bars" & they remain in the store on the shelf and we will never eat one of them again due to the nasty side effects!
Ahem... also be prepared to "thunder $hit to go with the gas! I am not a kidding, they taste good, but the side effects are so not worth it! :( You will probably learn your lesson, not to do that again soon I am certain. Just wanted to give you the heads up, just incase...

Been there, done that! Though not with fiber bars. I try to avoid items that are marketed for their fiber content. I'm 20 years old and have a decent enough digestive system. Too much fiber just makes me sick.

I have, however, eaten an entire box of cereal in the course of a day.*
I have, however, eaten two 'rolls' of Ritz crackers.*
I have, however, gorged myself on granola bars.*

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are definitely NOT alone. Don't get yourself too down. I imagine those bars are going to wreck some havoc on your system. So maybe that way they won't look QUITE a tempting next time?

*I do so wish that crackers, cereals, and breads weren't such 'trigger' foods for me. :(

Awwwww you guys are so wonderful you all made me feel better emotionally but physically these fiber bars have me !@*%^#!!! LOL my tummy hurts so bad! Never again!

My relationship with food is sooooo crazy! Just the thought of never having control over what I eat makes me sad. I try to eat PB with an apple and the next thing I know I am smearing PB on everything (fudgesicles, ice cream or just straight out of the jar). Then I feel disgusted and want to get rid of it so I can start fresh the next day so I have to finish it. Now I have poured dish detergent in the jar before so I wouldn't eat it but there have been times when before I can get my hands on the detergent I am shoving it in my mouth. It's crazy!!

It's not like this with all food though like I have an unopened box of 100 calorie popcorn in my desk drawer and instead of popping a bag I kept grabbing for the fiber bars (b/c I wanted them gone). :dizzy:

I think I need to write down a list of things I like but don't cause me to binge on them (obviously 100 cal bag of popcorn is one of them).

Oh no! Just look at it as a learning experience and move past it. There's no reason to dwell on something that you can't change (even though it's apparently dwelling somewhere in you're intestines...yikes!).

One time I made Fettuccine Alfredo from scratch at home. Probably enough to make 2 Olive Garden sized servings....and I ate almost all of it. My stomach hurt for 2 days...It was terrible! But things like this help you learn what foods you need to avoid, or at least take caution around them.

Good luck!!

I eat stuff and continue to eat it just to get rid of it and out of the house too. If I leave some for the next day , I know I will go after it. But what's worse?? I just can't stand to throw away food, it's like flushing your money down the toilet. I have had better control for about a month, making candy and peanut butter last for quite a while. I'm starting to trust myself to have it in the house now.

Oh nooo! Not with the FiberOne bars- those should have a warning label one them. I did the same thing the first time I bought them. They taste like a candy bar. I thought "Oh, these have fiber, fairly low in calories- it's ok if I have another..." And I only ate 3, thank goodness. (Well... I ate 3 FiberOne bars, then a PB and Jelly sandwich, and potato chips. - We must have a similar relationship with food. :) ) I was miserable for 2 solid days. It wasn't even so much the gas that was a problem, it was the insane cramping- it was horrible. I hope you're feeling better!

On the bright side, when this is over, you are gonna have the cleanest colon in the entire state of (fill in your state here, or province, if that suits).

Seriously, though, you have just learned something about yourself, or circled back around to something you already knew: That when you're triggered, you will eat beyond the point when a rational person who avoids pain & gas & cramps would stop. There's a self-destructiveness to this that we have to acknowledge takes us to a very dark place. There's a rational version of you, who sits here posting about what you've done, fessing up, and there's an irrational version of you, who lives in the moment, doesn't let herself think ahead, & engages in behavior that may end up hurting.

The question is, why do you switch gears, and do you know how to pull the brake & stop it?

Was there any point when you think you could have stopped it?

If not after two, then after three? After four?

Have you ever thought of practicing stopping? Just a thought. Like observing yourself, and saying, "I can stop this at any time. And while three or four isn't good, it's not all of them, and I am going to stop now."

It may be too early for you to do this, but hold onto that thought, the next time this happens. Try stopping. You may continue, but at least do try. You may just think about stopping. You may stop & then start up again. That's good. I mean, not good, but it's better. That's better than nothing. That would be better than where you sound like you are. That means you are giving it a good fight, and that someday, maybe the next time, you will win & you will indeed be able to stop.

Yes, yes and YES!! You have hit the nail on the head with this post. In the beginning I will eat one and stop and am actually satisfied. Then either boredom set in, I will read something about food or see something or I simply want to get rid of them and will eat and eat and eat. Stopping after each one and thinking to myself that's enough I don't even crave these nor am I hungry. Then I finish them off.

I think at times too I know I can always go back to low carb and get the weight off fast!! It's like low carb is my eating disorder instead of binging/purging or starving after a binge I resort to extremem low carb. Don't get me wrong I love a controlled carb way of eating and have had success when doing it correctly but I have learned over the years how to use it (the extreme version) as my Emergency Kit and I think that's why alot of times when I go on a binge although I hate it I "Know" I can reverse the damage of gaining in a matter of a week so it's kind of like a kid that knows they can get away with being "bad" because there is no lasting consequences.

Although I am afraid that my eating habits will eventually catch up to me and I want to stop before it's too late.

I haven't done this in a loooong time lately if I binge which has only been about 3 times since calorie counting instead of going to extreme low carb I just get back on track with calorie counting and whole food. So I am definitely working in the right direction. :)

I was able to make it to work this morning :dizzy: Let's just say God had mercy and allowed me to get home in time. My tummy still isn't 100% but I'm much better. Thanks guys!

Glad you're feeling better!! I've been there, it's not pretty!

Glad I found this thread. I picked up a box of the chocolate brownies today out of curiosity and contemplating buying them for two months but avoided them and put them back on the shelf when I'd go to the store.

Anyway, I ended up purchasing them tonight and eating the entire box of 5 on my walk home. I couldn't stop at one or two. This is why I avoided buying them entirely because I'd eat them all. I also try to steer clear of processed, packaged food now. These are super fake and processed but pretty tasty. My stomach hurts now.

Still have no self control over treats :dizzy:

May?? lol I hope she is calling into work today or just staying in!

I did something similar to this yesterday. I had a perfect day eating 1564 calories, then I went and babysat at night and I ate a bowl of pretzels and a bowl of ice cream. Which would have been ok, had I only had a little bit. I had 3 servings of pretzels and 4 servings of ice cream. I was so mad at myself, I never keep stuff like that in my house SO I don't eat it, and so I don't binge I stay away from the TV room because it is right off of the kitchen. Well, so it is at their house too. So I was watching a movie with the kids, right next to a kitchen full of unhealthy food that I only have outside of my house when I decide that I am ready for a treat. I was feeling really low because of that. It was a bad decision that I made and it pushed me a little further away from my goal, instead of not eating and being pushed closer.

I was so mad at myself, but now I know it is a new day, I did great at breakfast and I am ready to charge forward and achieve my goal, as should you! One day of messing up isn't going to ruin months of dieting, it is just frightening...we worry if it will turn into two days, then three days, then a week, then a month. Your success is all up to you, you can do this! Just believe in yourself, congratulate yourself on coming this far so far (because it's a long way!), and continue your diet as you should.

Good luck!

Holy crap! I hope your toilet can take a punch!

Fiber one bars are NOT healthy. They are not health food. They are not diet food. They are CANDY BARS. Loaded in sugar, basically non-nutritive, and the "fiber" they contain is merely inulin which really has zero proof of behaving the way regular fiber does in the body. It seems all they do is make you gassy, poopy, and fat.

Gassy and poopy and fat! Oh my!

LOL I'm sorry I just had to laugh at that!

I have the same problem with granola bars. Can't buy them because I will just eat the whole box. Fortunately there are only about 4 or is it 6 bars? to a box. Been so long I forget how many bars. Nor do I care. Never buy them anymore.

I can't buy Kind bars, love them but no self control, when I buy chips I make sure I can handle the calories ( like 360 calories in the whole bag of Beanitos) because once I start I don't stop.

Don't be ashamed! We have all been there. Now you know these specific bars are one of your weaknesses, don't let the weakness control you, you control it.

Don't buy them anymore, instead look for a healthier alternative, which will allow you to feel happy, not disappointed when all of them are eaten.

You can do it

True story!

I've had them before (fiber one bars) and I will admit that they are delicious. But, they are delicious because they're basically a Snickers bar.

If you are going to get a bar, Get a protein one. The ones I get have 15 gm of protein and I'm full for hours off one. Because of the fake sweet to make it taste good, you usually are done before eating one.

Such a good tip, which I also try to follow!! In my opinion, buying granola bars is like buying a box of chocolate bars. They're pretty much the same but with added fibre. So I'd rather pay more money for a chocolate bar and an apple and get a similar effect.
Don't worry so much for the overeating, we've all done something equal or worse! But as others have said, stay close to the toilet and drink A LOT of water (otherwise you might get the pipes clogged if you know what I mean!)

Oh, no - k-boogie! I can totally relate to this. I have never actually eaten a fiber one bar, don't think I will try one now lol. I am trying to eat pretty clean and low carb, so I generally don't buy stuff that comes packaged in boxes with long ingredients lists. Probably for the best because somehow those chemical laden foods are so addictive. I never feel the urge to binge on carrots or spinach, or eggs, or nuts, etc - I don't care how bored or stressed out I am.

Maybe the bars are a trigger food for you, best not to buy them any longer. For me it is pepperoni, veggie chips, ritz crackers, and beef jerky. I just cannot eat a reasonable portion so I just can't buy them. Last night I had that jittery, must-eat-now urge, I could feel I wanted to eat everything in sight. However, it was after 8 pm and I have no junk in my house. I ended up eating a bag of 100 cal popcorn with hot sauce, two wedges of laughing cow cheese, and some peanut butter on the spoon in the space of 1 hour. So, I did have a "binge" technically but since I had no bad foods I actually still came in under my daily goals, go figure.

Hope you feel better soon!

That reminds me of the time I ate a box of rasins-- a big box. Yikes! I had all sorts of mad dashes to the loo.

Same result with 4 lbs of green grapes...

Have to be careful yeah, I read somewhere that it's easier to control yourself once a week at the grocery store than every day when the food is right in front of you.

Listening to Your Body
 

I used to be that way about candy as well. Had to finish the whole bag even if I felt sick. Now I can eat it as long as I am sitting down and eating it mindfully. What I notice is that when I really pay attention, I don't really like it that much.

You are so right! If we listen to our bodies, we will often make better choices.

oh my...glad i don't live in the house with you LOL those things tear me up!

Next time just open them and throw them in the trash ASAP. Yeah, there are starving kids but they aren't gonna be helped by your opened box of food and neither is anyone else. Just say "my health is worth more than this junk food". I'm a mom and all sorts of tasty things get left on plates and I get the "don't waste" guilt but really you just have to chuck it and walk away. You will guilty eating it or guilty throwing it away...guilt is inevitable, I guess..but you won't have it in your body in one of those scenarios.

They'll give you hives. Concentrated chicory...worst case of hives I've ever had. Lasted for weeks from a box of Fiber One bars. Will never touch one again. The hives left scars on my fingers.

Ha! I love Kind Bars :) And they are healthy, but if you eat enough of them it's no longer healthy; it's now full of lots of calories! So instead of buying an entire box of these, I just purchase one or two at Walgreens. And they are only used as a treat on the weekend.

I LOVE Fiber one bars especially the cheesecake ones but I only allow my self to have 2 a day.

Well, there's one good thing here: I'm sure OP has recovered from the Fiber One bars by now, as the thread is about five years old.

I keep Quest protein bars in the house. They are without a doubt the sweetest thing that I eat anymore. I have one for dessert. After I eat it, there's sometimes a touch-and-go moment where I might head back to the pantry to get another. I feel like a drug addict in a movie, struggling with demons, as I make myself turn around and go do find something more productive with my time. And with any luck, if I become absorbed, I forget that I wanted to eat.

It wasn't eating to eat, it was eating to taste. Even more than wanting to taste, it was seeking a form of oblivion, something soothing.

And it was why I used to eat the same thing repeatedly: A switch went on, and I thought, "More, more, more" even as it wasn't tasting so good anymore, but eating was possessing, as if I was afraid something might be taken away from me and I had to cram it all in before someone pulled away the box or the dish.

Or else I used to binge sequentially, from salty and crunchy to soft and sweet, like I was searching for the exact taste & sensation that was satisfying enough so that I would finally feel sated and relieved.

I don't do this now. Haven't done it in maybe two years. But I never feel that far from it and oh, how how I understand these posts. I could go back to being that woman so easily, if I didn't watch myself and remind myself what these cravings are really about. For me, they are always a form of self-soothing and a release of tension, due to other things in my life causing stress -- none of which have anything to do with food or eating, so that will never solve them.