Anybody else have just a bunch of candies slowly being eaten laying around
I love candy don't get me wrong, but since ive started eating less I just can't eat that much candy like I used to, so every day I'll munch on a some pieces. But I keep getting candy randomly offered to me so it just stocks up
I'm a little greedy if I'm being honest though, so I keep it in my room to prevent my family from eating it, despite it taking me a good 2-3 weeks to go through a bag now (literally have gummy cluster share size still being worked on from September 😭)
I'm starting to feel like the moms that get mad at their kids for drinking a soda that's been untouched for months cause they were "eventually going to have it"
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this post makes me feel seen
I couldn’t live like that I’d just binge it all in two days. I always tell myself “I’m gonna eat it all anyway so eating it now makes no difference”
Ur stronger than me
I get it’s usually the other way around but keeping snacks around the house and learning to co-exist with it has helped my binge eating disorder!!
I usually buy myself the snacks and have a little bit every day. It makes it so I don’t feel tempted to overindulge since it’d just be a normal day for me. For example, today I had 1,206 calories | 66.6 protein | 24 fiber with 16 chicken fingers, 4 cups broccoli, 2 light cheese sticks, 4 slices deli ham, 2 different apples, 3 sour punch straws, 4 squares cadbury chocolate, 12 pieces aero chocolate, 2 cups unsweetened tea, and 3 small cups of Dr. Pepper Zero. There’s a lot of junk in there and some healthy stuff, but it’s got decent macros, is within goal, and is exactly what I wanted to eat.
I will admit that I do a lot of research into the food I buy and thoroughly plan my shopping trips. So the sweets I’m eating are still 6 calories per gram or less so I get to eat more for less. I just won’t be as satisfied by a single 80 cal oreo as I will 3 squares of chocolate for 90 cal.
I currently have a block of Lindt salted caramel within arm’s reach in my nightstand (it’s been there for weeks, I ate one square), and a packet of cookies. And there’s several more blocks of chocolate, several boxes of tictacs and kopiko candies and packers of biscuits in a drawer in my room.
So, not crazy amounts, but more than most people would stash, and I eat it very seldomly. I only do a big grocery shop once a month and I feel anxious if I run out of anything. Knowing it’s there and not going anywhere somehow makes it easier to not eat it!
Variety is super important to me so this is perfect. Having a few treats available like this to satisfy the cravings prevents me from making a stop at a gas station in the middle of the night and binging on all of it at once. I find if I satisfy the craving quickly it goes away and I’m fine. But if I keep building it up and building it up and denying myself the treat I end up getting way more than I would have originally and binging it all in one go.
I do this too because I feel bad about just throwing snacks I don’t like out. I’m thinking I could just offer it to anyone who comes over. But I forget about it…. A year later I throw it away lol
I love candy now and then, especially chocolate, but sugar is so inflammatory for me, I cut out sugar years ago due to autoimmune disease. No way I could have this in my home, I’d hurt myself with it.
Even before I started dieting I liked doing this lol. I can’t eat the same amount of sugar as I did before I had a kid. Now it makes me feel like I’m gonna have a heart attack if I eat a whole bag of candy so I would just eat a few here and there. My vice is bread. My mom brought some nice bread up when she came to spend time w my kid and I told her to take the leftovers home w her bc I didn’t want it in the house. I loooove a good bread
Me with quest bars
I do this! I used to eat them immediately once in my hands lol. But ever since I started on my calorie deficit, I try to limit my candy to a minimum to none. If someone offers me I take it, but stash it away and try to eat it at a later time or when I still have more calories left. I also still buy them but always keep it just for me to eat the next day or two. Sometimes a week a later hahaha.
I totally feel you! I’m a slow eater with a minal appetite, but that wasn’t always the case lol.
I went on a road trip yesterday and my friends kept offering me snacks/food and by the end of it I had 4 or 5 uneaten snacks while they’d eaten all of theirs. It makes me feel guilty when I waste food so I tend to hoard it until I finish them/they go bad or give it away if I know I’m not gonna eat it entirely.
yea, but its a holdover from my eating disorder days. Having various stashes of food helped me feel safe and less tempted to eat, period.
Can I get the name of the chocolate espresso thing please? They look really yummy.
Oh man, I fully understand this. There’s something kinda comforting about having it, yes know?
Just something to bear in mind – and I say this with absolutely zero judgement or assumptions about your situation – sometimes hoarding and hiding “bad” foods can indicate you might be in falling into disordered mindsets. It’s a pretty classic sign of an ED.
Again, not saying at all that that’s applicable here, it doesn’t sound like this situation at all. But it’s something to be aware of as we all try to navigate our weight loss goals and balance our mental health. It can take a toll on us, and it’s important to check in with ourselves about what’s driving our behaviour 🙂
Every now and then I go through box of sweets that we all have been given by visitors, family, etc and donate them. Any place that does charity will be happy to distribute your sweets to people who will have it as treat and not temptation 🙂
oh you’re STRONG… im the type to give away anything immediately before i put my hands on it to stop myself 😭😭😭 my brain cannot handle having goodies lying around or ill go insane