Hello so guys do you keep trigger foods in the house? I usually don't but I thought I should face this.
I've been taking control of my mindless and binge eating since the 22nd of July 2011. I've been off the wagon since September but semi controlling my food issues, I did not gain any weight so I guess I was doing alright maintaining.
For the last week I have been back to not making those bad choices and soothing with food. I went shopping today and knew I was almost at my calorie limit when I got home, I bought a big 2000 calorie box of granola and some yoghurt, I used to eat this all in a day or two just gorging on it! So I was almost not going to buy the granola but I wanted to try eat it over a long time using the 30 gram/1 scoop portion guide.
I felt dizzy and anxious, I was hungry though but I made myself one oven camembert bake, grilled pepper and chicken to stay within my nutrition limits and only a hundred or two hundred calories over my guide limit but still eating responsibly and not skipping meals/eating after 7.
In short: I feel a bit off with this food in my house but I am trying to look at those feelings its bringing up and take the fear and impulsive feelings away from that food like I did with a lot of junk food (still haven't tackled the old pint of ice cream though!). I am just hoping that I will not binge on it, I feel better now (half an hour later). I know I use certain foods to zone out and now that I faced that craving and didn't blow it I feel a little more "real" if that makes sense to anyone?
Whats your trigger food and do you avoid and ignore it at all costs or have it in normal portions... or does that just cause too much trouble for you?
This is going to sound so dumb but I make my husband hide it and/or give me the appropriate serving size. I "know" I can find it in the cabinet or wherever it's hidden but I wouldn't do that to him after asking for his help. He never judges me on what I eat (ate) but I refuse to involve him then go against it.
The best thing I ever did was stop buying the junk. I couldn't help but inhale it if I was shopping alone and then bringing it home to an empty house. I could have a 10-15oz bag of chips gone and bag thrown out before my husband even knew I bought them. I can't live like that anymore or again ever.
That's not dumb at all, I will pretend that a lot of foods just don't exist when I shop.
Ugh I love maple pecan granola but I think I will actually buy the flavour that doesn't make me want to eat ten bowls of it. But if I can get through the box slowly using portion control that will be a big step for me!
I try really hard to keep "trigger foods" out of my house... Like big bags of nuts or chocolate candy. Sometimes I can just say no and leave it, and I actually feel super proud of myself when I can keep candy in the house and not eat it- but- better safe than sorry. I never "need" any of my binge foods, so I may as well make my own life a little easier and just avoid them!
This is going to sound so dumb but I make my husband hide it.
Same here! The other day my husband bought a big box of melba toast. Melba toast with unsalted butter and a sprinkling of salt (don't ask) is one of my favourite snack foods, so I told him to hide the box. I've also done this with chocolate his brother brings back from Switzerland. Some things just have to be out of sight.
It does make sense! I live on my own and as I was getting ready for bed I was trying to think in my head if I could have a load of granola in the morning and eat less later, just to have a lite-binge, I will stick to the one portion and run out the door, haha its ridiculous but I can't let it win!!
My only real trigger food is probably french fries. I can't help but stuff my face with them. My fiance doesn't diet and always wants me to buy junk food for him, so its hard to keep it out of the house. Since I started trying to eat healthier, I have been watching my portions with fries and cutting back a lot on making them multiple times a week.
I am planning on preparing homemade fries for myself to at least make them a little healthier. With that and portion control in mind, I think having fries once a week will be okay.
I've got 3 trigger foods: potato chips, ice cream, and chocolate. I've resisted buying them in the store for right now, but don't have the courage you've displayed to have them in the house and eat sensibly. My BIL was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes last year and he could have lived on ice cream. He's disciplined himself to eat the allowed 1/2 cup of ice cream. I'm just not there yet, but I truly admire people who are able to have their trigger foods in the correct serving size.
I don't keep it in the house. There is no benefit to eating sensible portions of it. And it is engineered to make it HARD to eat sensible portions! I was hanging out with 4 friends on Saturday and of the 5 of us, 4 agreed enthusiastically that it's a serious struggle not to eat the whole box of cereal (The 5th was one of those weird "take it or leave it" naturally thin people). I wouldn't be surprised if 80% of people who eat cold cereal/granola have a hard time stopping at a single serving.
I agree, I sometimes buy a single portion of yoghurt and granola serving and I feel fully satisfied when im finished the small tub! but if I have a box.. ha well I had a large serving at breakfast but its a huge improvement on eating the whole thing.. like last time!
My father in law lives with us and buys tons of junk. Soda, chips, cookies, chocolate, lots of candy. He literally goes to the store and spends about 70 bucks on nothing but junk. I have managed to just avoid it. I used to sneak a couple vanilla cookies or cheese its. I would only have a few. I figure I have to learn to live with those things around me and not over indulge. Plus I would feel bad if my kids didn't get a treat here and there. Bad enough they only pretty much get healthy meals everyday. Ok I know that is not really bad but they are not the ones on my diet.
My trigger is anything chocolate and/ gooey. I try to keep it out of the house, but with 2 teenagers, it's not always possible. I found a couple recipes for healthy versions, so I will probably be cooking this weekend!
Bought trigger food, didn't binge.
