I woke up this morning, looked on the counter, and realized to my horror that in the course of the weekend I had eaten an ENTIRE PAN of rice krispie treats, save for one small corner I saved for John. One whole pan. In two days. Gulp.
Rice Krispie treats, it seems, are one of my “trigger foods”. (Isn’t that the term? I try to stay away from diet books and diet lingo after a protracted period of overdieting in high school, but I think you know what I mean.)
Like go-to pantry items, I think each of us has individual taste when it comes to foods that you just can’t stop eating. You know the type: food that turns you into a mindless overeating robot and your stomach into a bottomless pit. I, for example, can leave ice cream alone, am not overtempted by tortilla chips and salsa, and have no problem saying “no” to a second brownie. On the other hand, I am apparently incapable of stopping myself from eating the following unless I physically move them out of sight to some deep forgotten recess of our kitchen:
- Rice Krispie treats
- sharp cheddar cheese and triscuits
- cookie dough (homemade)
- green grapes
- pretzel thins and hummus
- cherry tomatoes (Helpful tip: do not eat an entire quart of these by yourself for lunch. Trust me.)
- Swedish fish
- popcorn (especially kettle corn. Good god, when the movie theater near us started serving kettle corn, that was the end of me and my foolish attempts to avoid the extortionate pricing of movie-theater snacks.)
Please tell me I’m not alone in my lack of willpower around certiain highly-desirable foods. What are yours?
It is BECAUSE of my long list of trigger foods (and general lack of self control) that I can’t seem to shed this last 10 pounds. In some senses it’s so frustrating not to be losing the weight … but, when I look back on what I ate, it’s no wonder. Ahem.
bread and olive oil.
mozzarella cheese.
god help me, but rice, of any kind.
avocado (and its daughter, guacamole).
I’m not sure what “snack” foods are trigger foods for me anymore because I just don’t buy many snacks, and those I do buy are for Mr. Angst (and not my kind of snacks — like, for instance, those crunchy oat and honey granola bars, which I’ll eat but never crave). But heaven help me if there’s leftover rice in a pot on the stove after dinner, because I’ll eat the rest with the serving spoon, standing over the stove.
My triggers
-Peanut m$ms
-Reese peanutbutter cups
-popcorn
wheat thins
-Fries
i am good at keeping these out of the house but the Hubs not so much!
I’m with you on the Rice Krispies.
Also:
- Circus peanuts (I know)
- Cheddar cheese
- Banana bread after it’s been refrigerated
- Kettle chips
- Raw cookie dough
- Junior Mints
Ha, it’s funny but two of my biggest triggers/bottomless pit foods ARE ice cream and chips & salsa. The other is cereal. I could probably eat a box of cereal entirely if left to my own devices.
Ruffles and french onion dip
I can NOT buy these two items at the store for fear that I will eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Ice cream
- Chips & Salsa
- White cheddar popcorn
- Cheddar cheese & pretzels
- Pretzels & m&ms
- Doritos in the purple bag
- Chips & queso
For me, it’s all about texture… combine something soft with crunchy? It’s ON.
Chex Mix is my ultimate fiend followed by:
Golden Grahams
SunChips
Peanut M&M’s
Doritos
Home-made (out of the box) brownies
Rice Krispie Treats
and
Chips & Queso
Looks like all of our foods are pretty similar!
Mine change fairly often. Sometimes I gorge myself on things so much that I can’t look at it again for a while.
But like you:
Rice Krispie Treats (what IS IT about the combo of that cereal and marshmallow that renders grown adults powerless to resist it??)
fruit snacks – you know the kind that come in the little packets for kids’ lunches? Yep, you can eat a whole box of those in one setting, but you won’t poop for a week so I don’t recommend it.
Chips and salsa/guac/queso
Hummus and pita
pretty much ANYTHING if it’s left out in front of me.. i’ll just keep nibbling.. and nibbling.. and nibbling.. but extra bad are:
-cheese & bread (goat cheese, blue cheese, brie, you name it)
-chips & salsa
-junior mints
-pretty much any italian food EVER. cannot stop with pasta. esp pesto pasta made from fresh basil omfg 2 lbs gone whoopsie
am trying to force myself to drinnk vast quantities of water right now to replace snacking. so far it is not working, but i do have to pee a lot.
I could eat an entire pan of crispy treats in one sitting and feel only mildly guilty for not sharing. Especially if they’re still warm.
Oh man, chips and salsa (or chips and guac) will get me every time. Also hummus and anything crunchy (pretzels, pita chips, crackers, etc.) Peanut butter is also a trigger for me. Like I can eat it right out of the jar.
-Nectarines
-Fluffy white bread (but only because I only buy it about 4 times a year)
-My home made chocolate cake (when normally I could take or leave choc cake)
I’ll agree with you on the pretzel thins and hummus…sometimes it’s snap peas and hummus…and any form of cheese. Right now I’ve been on a muffin baking kick which is doing me no favors.
OMG I am so hungry now.
If I eat ONE piece of chocolate with nuts, I will eat ALL the pieces of chocolate with nuts.
If I eat one crunchy Cheeto, it is ALL OVER.
I haven’t tested the limits of this, but I can eat two spicy chicken sandwiches off the Burger King dollar menu and still want more.
If we have no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies in the house, I will EAT UNTIL BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
Cheese. Any kind of cheese.