What is your trigger food?

[nomikins]

We had linguine and broccoli for dinner. I did not eat until my stomach was engorged. YAY me!

Leftovers went right to fridge.


Mangoes for dessert.

[LauraA]

I have noticed that whatever "diet" I was ever on, I managed to find trigger foods within that diet plan. On Weight Watchers, years ago, it was their desserts. I could use most of my points on them, and once took several of my young children out in the snow (in Virginia) to walk to the store to buy some WW desserts. Of course I was out of them, because if I had them in the house, I ate them! When I tried South Beach diet briefly, I got hooked on fat free choc pudding - I would eat all of the 4 servings as soon as I made the stuff. Now, on McDougall, I can overdo it easily with nuts, sweetened rice cakes, and peanut sauce. I usually stay clear of these items. The out of control feeling is almost worse than the fact that these items can make me not lose weight! The other day I had a little meltdown about going to the store, and buying these forbidden items! I'm over it now, and on plan! Take care, LauraA

[Quiver0f10]

Baked goods, breads etc. I love warm bread with butter. Yummm. I bake bread a few times a week so it's hard to avoid but I am still on plan. I can't wait till weigh myself on Monday.

[lfwfv]

Bread, peanut butter, honey/jam, crackers, nuts, dried fruit. I tend to just avoid having these foods in the house and then I do fine. I am a volume-eater at times so I tend to stick to MWL foods. I agree that the out-of-control feeling around some foods is far worse than the actual potential for weight gain. That's why I avoid trigger foods completely.

lfwfv

[raimel80]

muffins, cereal, chocolate chips and french fries! When I am on plan i sort of trick myself with the cereal saying it's better than (insert naughty food here) but then I can't stop for some reason. Even if it's rice cakes with milk...

I read a weight loss journal once where this woman was talking about being addicted to food. She was raw I think. Her logic made sense to me in a way. Being addicted in any other arena means abstaining from the source of addiction. For her with food, raw was the closest she could come to that. I find a similar effect if you can get into a groove on McD. Like Letha's critter chow. I like that idea and have been mulling it over this week as I struggle with some cravings and try to get back into my mary's mini mode.

[Yomom]

I am trying to keep to MWL, and just finished reading Esselstyn's book "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease", so my trigger foods are now nuts and seeds. They have joined the long list of foods I can't have in the house - my previous trigger foods: dessert items, tortilla chips, bagel chips, and almost any commercially-prepared food. I can't eat just one portion, so am trying to always have low-fat vegan soups, salads or main dishes ready to eat in the refrigerator.

[amyla51]

Potato chips and onion dip......When I was a kid I used to ask Santa to put some in my stocking. Isn't that sad?
Now I know I cannot have them in the house, or even try just one. I compensate by making the oven "fried" potatoes, but those fill me up, so I don't shove them mindlessly in my mouth. Plus, they take some effort to make.
When I walk by the chip display in the corner store, I sometimes look longingly at them, and know how an alcoholic must feel.

Amy

[gizmotcbc]

Bread.........my achilies heel. Farmers Market fresh bread ><

[Clary]

Butter. Real butter. I can eat three times as much of anything with butter on it. I used to put butter on pizza. Butter, margarine, and oil are not even allowed in my house anymore. I will never again have even one molecule of butter.
Letha

Real Butter is still my slippery slope.
My mother told me when I was a little girl, from the time I was barely able to reach the table, I would sneak the butter dish off the table during meal preparation, and EAT THE BUTTER! She finally had to keep it hidden until we all sat down to eat.

Like you, I could eat more and more and more of anything if it had real butter on it. --whereas a normal portion of "whatever" satisfied if eaten w/o butter.

[EK]

Some of mine are similar to everyone else's I definitely struggle with homemade bread which I can consume in huge quantities covered with fruit sweetened jam. Cereal is another big one for me because I usually end up eating a whole box in one sitting. I don't even keep it in the house anymore. Chocolate like most girls is a big one for me! I make a fat free vegan cake that is gone in about 3 servings which while it's warm I cover with soy ice cream which I didn't notice anyone else mention, but ice cream has ALWAYS been my biggest weakness! I've been trying to just use this as a very rare treat now.

[Gramma Jackie]

Meat--any type.

I am vegan only for health and environmental reasons.

I especially like kilbasa sausage and roast beef and gravy.

Oh and peanut butter. I usually end up eating the whole jar by myself.
Can't blame that one on my husband . ha ha

Since my husband still eats all that, its very difficult not to sneak a bite.

[Gramma Jackie]

Meat--any type.

I am vegan only for health and environmental reasons.

I especially like kilbasa sausage and roast beef and gravy.

Since my husband still eats all that, its very difficult not to sneak a bite.

Oh and peanut butter. I usually end up eating the whole jar by myself.
Can't blame that one on my husband . ha ha

[Mrs. Doodlepunk]

Anything with nuts or peanut butter, especially if it's a creamy sauce-y type dish. The vegan macaroni and cheese from Susan Voisin's site is a big bad no-no for me. Even the lasagna that f1jim posted that has tofu in it is bad for me. In short, anything with higher fat or more refined like pasta. The two things together are murder!

[kimba]

bread

[FaithLady09]

My trigger foods are cakes, pies, cookies, ice cream and salty snacks, chips, nuts. Also, all good crusty breads. I like pastas and know that the regular program is not for me until way down the road However, I do look forward to seeing if it can ever be and will I really be able to stop craving chocolate????

FaithLady09