I found out that my addictions changed every few weeks. For a while I would eat subway sandwiches at every occasion thinking they were the best in the world and I could never go without them and then, a few days later I would see a subway somewhere and would not crave it at all. Same goes for all kind of food. If I had candy, I would only have peanut butter cups for a while and all the other candy didn't exist, then it was those hanover pretzel pieces and so on. It's kind of weird.

I have the same problem with healthy food. At the moment it's raw oats with milk and dried pineapple. Whenever it's time to eat I want raw oats with milk and dried pineapple. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I only get it for breakfast. Although the other day I had it for both breakfast and lunch.

Wow, great thread!

I don't know that there were any foods that I thought I couldn't do without - when I started losing weight I was kind of desperate and ready to do anything it required.

But I know that when I was out grocery shopping I'd be severely tempted at the checkout, as that's of course where they have the chocolate bars - Mars bars, Twix, all that stuff. It used to be so normal for me to stand there waiting in line and just grab a Bounty or something. Teaching myself to not do that was pretty hard - after all, all the supermarkets do it and we all need to get groceries!

But eventually I managed. Nowadays I stand there and sometimes there's a small voice telling me to get a packet of Mars Planets or whatever, but unless I've got room and a decent reason for it, that voice gets smacked. Hard.

Lizaly, I know exactly what you mean about changing addictions, although I call mine "phases"!
Salsachip, teaching yourself is such a good point :) I've had to tell myself like a little child all sorts of things to stop me buying junk at the shop, including thinking about fellow 3FCers in the shop and what I think they would do.
Having learned how to cook wholefoods instead of eating lowcal microwaved readymeals I have now gone off processed foods almost completely. :)

I will have to say I never thought of them as "addictions" just things I needed to get through the day..LOL

Mt Dew - To stay awake
Cheetos Puff Corn - the huge bag everyday
Fried Chicken and Catfish in the campus cafeteria

The chicken and fish were wed and fri staples. Those are the busy days at the cafeteria. I have not needed any of them. Although today I dropped my daughter at daycare and the gas station I would get the mt dew and puff corn is right across the street and I almost instinctively drove over there. I had to laugh at myself. The things we train ourselves to do!!

I'm kinda that way too. I figure it's natural. I don't think people generally had tons of variety day to day, whether it was 100 years ago, 10,000 years ago, or a 100,000 years ago. When something was in season (or freshly butchered) you had it a lot. Then you moved on to something else.

Not trying to argue with you BUT will your child eat cheese sticks or meat from the deli? Again, easy things to grab in a grocery store. Also, there is grilled chicken ready to go in bags in the meat department. I know it's plain not as easy as sitting in a car and wheeling through a drive-thru but think of the benefits for both of you! It's a little weird at first but me and my kids (I have two little ones) got used to it pretty quick.

Mine are potato chips and french fries. One thing that helped me was the statement "3 french fries have the same impact on your blood sugar as 14 cups of lettuce." :dizzy: I leave the french fries alone and have a nice HUGE salad.

MILK CHOCOLATE, brownies, cake and cookies. my sweet tooth is horrible.

But, I've learn to cut out these things as 'daily snacks' and use them as reward desserts. I'm trying to eat healthier, but a diet is not worth it if I can't eat the foods I love at least once a week. So, my rule now is not more than x3 a week. It also makes me savor them more.

Pepsi, regular not diet. I lived on it, now I can't stand it!