It really stinks because I am 18 years old and still live at home and my mother buys the worst foods all the time. A good example is when I got home from night school this evening there were three huge bags of candy sitting on the counter.
Me: "Mom! Why did you buy all of this candy?!"
Her: "It was only a $1!"
Me: "As if that justifies it! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!"
Did I mention I was a teenager? I didn't know if it was obvious from my very childish reaction.. :|
I have already indulged way more then I would have liked and it's definitely a million times less then I would have when I wasn't dieting. 2 sugar daddy suckers and a blow pop. eek!
What makes me mad about the whole situation is that my twig mother will probably eat the whole bag herself and lose a pound. Bitter? Nooooooo...
Me: "Mom! Why did you buy all of this candy?!"
Her: "It was only a $1!"
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Ha Ha, that is my mom to a T. luckily i don't live at home.
unluckily, i live close enough to drive over there and raid the candy stash in a moment of weakness......
Cheese is my definitely weekness. I've been doing really good with avoiding it, and when needed I put about 1/3 the amount I used to put on whatever it is.
Anything I can put in my mouth is a trigger for me. I think I've been eating out of loneliness. I'm going through major life transitions and it's hard facing them without any vices. I worked too hard to go back to drinking, so food is the next best thing. Problem is that I love to cook and spent many years in the culinary industry. Funny, I didn't overeat when I worked in kitchens. Now, I don't want to do anything. Not cook, or plan, or shop. Just want to get convenience foods and fast foods.
I definately feel that real butter is much better for you than plastic...i mean margarine. you could try just buying 2 sticks, freezing one, and making sure that the rest is for you AND your family. When i cut back on what i buy, and put my son and boyfriend first, i won't indulge because i don't want them to do without.
my weakness is anything sugary, including carbs. those things kill me. also, fatigue. when i am tired and hungry, I will eat anything, it does not matter.
My weakness is Ben & Jerry's Americone Dream. Its my addiction. Actually, any ice cream at all is my weakness. In the mought, straight to the hips. oh well, I've gone cold turkey on pepsi so i guess I can on ice cream too.
I forgot all about bacon, that's a big one for me too. Luckily, it's too much trouble to bother making so it's a rare treat, and I try to count it.
I haven't bought real butter again yet since I posted originally. I know margerine is plastic, but, I'm telling you, if the real stuff is in the house I will eat it, all of it, and in a short amount of time. I will definitly try freezing it sometime, but right now I really don't think that will prevent me from eating it. <---- It sounds so gross to admit that! Geez, maybe just thinking about that will get me to give it up.
I'm using the lower fat cheese now too. I have tried to cut back a bit, and I think that it working out pretty well. I just need to remind myself from time to time how fat and calorie dense it is. I'm getting there!
Haven't been eating a lot of starch, but had a nice baked potato with my yummy fish for supper. I did have a bit of butter, but kept it to minimum.
I had the strongest urge to get in a drive thru lane tonight when I was out with my daughter. Wanted the grocer, wanted the pharmacy (we call the 24 hour pharmacy the "all-night chocolate store". Was really tough not to go.
One of the hardest times, even worse than the buffet meeting days last week.
Could potatoes be a trigger? Glycemic index problem?
my regular triggers are junk food ie. chips, chocolate, pizza. A strange trigger I figured out recently is pop, diet, regular, whatever! When I drink pop everything tastes better and I need yummy food to drink it with
Could potatoes be a trigger? Glycemic index problem?
That's exactly the kind of thing I was talking about with the trigger thing. I don't know if that would be the triggger, but for me, if I give in to one thing, other things follow.
I know we all have certain foods that we're susceptable to, but I also think there are foods that push us over the edge. Maybe that's what you were experiencing???
This isn't so much of a weakness now because I avoid having a lot of it around, but I love bread! When I was at my heaviest, I used to regularly come home and stick four slices of white bread in the toaster, then eat them with loads of butter.
Now, I still think carbohydrates and salty, savoury foods are my main weakness! Bags of crisps are the worst, particularly big ones that once they are open, you can just snack at. It's not so bad with individual packets!
