|
Yesterday I bought a package of Lifesavers (6 oz) and I thought they were sugar free. I really wanted one. But I've been abstaining from sugar since freakin September and I refused to knowingly eat sugar. I mean, sure, they might put sugar in my tomato soup at a restaurant, but I won't knowingly eat a breath mint that isn't sugar free. It's my rule. The package cost $2.57. I was at the dry cleaners when I noticed my mistake. I left them there, at the cleaners. I tossed them in the mint jar. They were all individually wrapped anyhow. Once I gave them away, that was it, they were gone.
Then a while back, someone left an open bag of potato chips on my kitchen counter. There were just enough left to ruin my diet that day, but I knew that person wouldn't finish eating them. They were just being lame and leaving them out. I put them on the floor and stepped on them. Crunch, crunch, crunch. Potato dust. Garbage. Problem solved. I did it quickly, before I changed my mind.
Sunday, I made food for my husband that I couldn't eat and before I was tempted to lick the bowl with the sauce in it (because let's face it, how to do you log a "bowl licking" into FS?), I put used paper towels in it that had been cross contaminated with raw poultry, so there was no way I was going near that bowl.
When faced with temptation, I do whatever I have to, but I act quickly before my evil self can start justifying or rationalizing.
Bwy confessed that he has an issue with food waste. Man, he would have been so pissed at me for throwing away those sugar-free Twizzlers I bought the other day after I ate the 6 I allowed myself. But I couldn't take them home, or they would get eaten. I got them at CVS, I took out the 6 I wanted and threw the rest away right there in the CVS parking lot. It hurt. I hated to do it. But when I wanted those later, I was so glad I did it because I didn't go over my calories that day.
I have "moments" of strength, but I'm only human and I know myself. If you leave open chips out long enough, they WILL get eaten. By me. I'm not made of iron. But if I can throw them out or pour water into the bag fast enough, then I'm home free.
I do what I have to, silly though it may seem. I laugh at the lengths I go to in order to get by, but you know what? It works!
|
103.9 kg
Lost so far: 23.1 kg.
Still to go: 36.3 kg.
Diet followed: 100%.
|
|
1259 kcal
|
Fat: 51.28g | Prot: 48.04g | Carbs: 114.60g.
Breakfast: Country Hearth Multigrain Bread, Chicken Sausage, Tomatoes, Hometown Buffet Poached Eggs. Lunch: BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse Wedge Salad. Dinner: Saltine Crackers, Tomatoes, Subway Tuna Salad. Snacks/Other: Dried Prune, Lowfat Frozen Yogurt. more...
|
steady weight
|
1 to 20 of 36
 Comments
I also have a problem with wasting food. But I have learned not to consider items such as lifesavers, chips, etc. as being real food. So waste away Sister (pun intended)!
04 Mar 14 by member: BuffyBear
|
I'd be lying if I said I hadn't gone to extreme lengths myself. For example, was pulling an all night'er keeping my sister awake for an EEG she had in the morning at a hotel. I went to the vending machine to get a diet dew, it gave me a regular dew. I stared at that bottle of dew on the dresser for hours... then in a moment of strength I got up and dumped it down the toilet. Problem solved. You're right, sometimes you just have to know your former habits well enough to be able to save yourself from them.
04 Mar 14 by member: Annabelle3117
|
Been there done it, still do it often. Am of the opinion we COULD eat Just One potato chip if they'd package and sell them that way. Until then we do what we have to do.
04 Mar 14 by member: FullaBella
|
Not so drastic with myself but a battle is played out daily. I stop at the grocery store after work and go by my list but I usually find myself in the snack isle. First I look for my favorite chips (Cheddar and sour cream) then I see the price $4.00 a bag. That's enough for me pricey...I pass on to something less fattening like pretzels then I look at the calories and they are better but not worth it so I pass by. Go to the counter and they place baked goods right there..donuts, cookies, cakes....I pass by and check out. There's a feeling of victory because these things don't go home with me. It's all about choices which is true with just about anything. Smoking, drinking, drugs...food. It's tough but they are still choices we make and we as individuals have to train ourselves to choose thoughtfully. It drives me crazy when people blame others for their bad choices...like that open bag of chips but you do have a choice and you did choose wisely.
04 Mar 14 by member: 2 Big 2 Fail
|
I think you show amazing strength passing up the things that are sitting right there in front of you. It's not wasting food. It's empowering yourself. Luckily we just got a couple of piggys so instead of throwing things out I can just feed things to them. lol Otherwise I'm not sure I would be as strong.
04 Mar 14 by member: Ms Elizabeth
|
omg Im soooo taking this piece of information to heart mrsmole thank you for sharing...I am gonna try this...I've already gotten rid of some of the temptation but it's a little harder when you have the soggy eyes of children watching you destroy their favorite cookies lol but they later understand why I've done it...and really they don't even miss them...so now onto the next items left on my counters lol
04 Mar 14 by member: laurenwisswell82
|
there is always a struggle between what i want to eat and what i will eat (especially with chips & fries). end result, i just don't buy them. i know i can't eat just half a serving of fries or 12 chips or whatever and i know that i won't just throw them away, so i do my best to pretend they just don't exist. we all try our best to do what we need to do to get to where we want to be...
04 Mar 14 by member: timconard
|
My husband would go ballistic if I did the potato chip dance. Got instructions on it? Maybe on youtube?
04 Mar 14 by member: ClassicRocker
|
Great self control! I don't have a problem with food waste, I have a husband and 3 kids (plus 2 dogs) lol. My bigger problem is my husband is always buying sweets/salty stuff "for the kids" and if it is there too long the temptation is huge. I have been good so far, but my diet would be so much easier if her weren't doing the grocery shopping!
04 Mar 14 by member: JeanineDS
|
jeanine mine is the same way...i grocery shop and if i dont get him the junk he asks for he gets pissy and goes and gets it himself and has no qualms about eating it in front of me or the kids...hes a jerk for it.
04 Mar 14 by member: laurenwisswell82
|
Too bad that you are wasting food :( even if it is sweeties or chips; you could consider giving them to someone perhaps? My parents raised me with the classic 'do you know how much people are outside that would love to eat what you are throwing?' and similar stuff, and I keep it so much in mind whenever I want to throw some food... fortunately I have a boyfriend who will help me eat all that food :) Otherwise it would be a hard situation. Good for your strenght, also!
04 Mar 14 by member: Chickturu
|
i can hear my grandma saying in my head: "You haven't been in the war, you don't know what real hunger is! Don't waste food". I learned to find a golden midway though. Clean up! have one place in the house i am not allowed to go (i call it my sons cabinet) and put any food i find out there. I don't like wasting food, i even tried eating beef that was two days over date... and yes i regret letting it pass the date, and i also regret trying it BIG TIME...
04 Mar 14 by member: puhpine
|
Good for you on the chip dance. I do the same thing (sort of) except I do it with whatever I bake, cos I gotta bake. LOL
04 Mar 14 by member: Lynn1958
|
Unfortunately, many of us grew up hearing, "you know the kids in Africa are starving, so eat everything on your plate". That's what made us fat to begin with. So tossing it is the alternative, something I don't readily agree with, but it must be done. It's not like restaurants, schools, etc. who throw out enough meals to feed a soup kitchen for a day. That drives me nuts and they use the excuse they can't do it because the government won't allow them to transfer the food from one facility to another. Orchards and farmers do the same. Toss it then file an insurance claim.
04 Mar 14 by member: ClassicRocker
|
You rock! I am not as tempted by potato chips and the like, which my son and husband still eat. I bought healthy versions for myself. You already heard from me that sweets are my nemesis, so I have devised ways to reward myself with small amounts and I really do stick to it. I'm grateful that I am able to do so and don't take it for granted AT ALL. You keep on doing the things you need to do to continue this amazing journey. I am behind you 100%! Happy Tuesday!
04 Mar 14 by member: gilliansings
|
You are so smart, my special friend! You are taking care of you in a wonderful way & a way that works for you! In my book too, better to waste the food, than "waist" it! xoxox (Buffy, I couldn't resist intending my own pun!)
04 Mar 14 by member: Ruhu
|
lol thats good ruhu...lol...im gonna use that ...paste it all over my kitchen lmao
04 Mar 14 by member: laurenwisswell82
|
Great self control. I love your way of sabotaging the temptations. I too make my husband all the regular, bad for you foods and it is hard, but I manage to get through it. Its easier to get through it when the scale gives me 1.6 lbs in 2 days.
04 Mar 14 by member: rthunder032
|
Try being at a training class all day which they are handing out free mountain dew (my old nemesis)and other soda pops, hot dogs, chips and other goodies... I am proud of myself...I did NOT drink a mountain dew! I had a cold one in my hands and I put it back. Proudest moment of all during this whole process. No one would have known that I had caved except me...and I am pretty important...
04 Mar 14 by member: kmunson
|
Chickturu, and soon Bwy, and anyone who scolds me for wasting food, here is what I must tell you: I had 130 pounds of "wasted food" sitting on my body in the form of adipose tissue. This is food that didn't go into the landfill, that didn't go into the garbage disposal, that didn't go to a starving person in Africa, but in fact ended up on my fat ass. If ONLY i had wasted that food and not eaten it, I wouldn't be risking my very life and health. I know it's a terrible crime and shame to waste food. But my potato chip dance will not single-handedly solve the hunger problem in the world, whereas it MIGHT just save my own life and keep me from dying of an obesity related illness. I must start with myself so that I can maybe do good for others down the road. Meanwhile, I will attempt to but less and hence, waste less. I donate what I can, but if it's a choice between throwing out a potato chip or getting fatter, I choose life over the chip. P.S. If I thought I could donate a half a bag of chips to someone I thought would eat them, I would, but the problem is that I have about a 5 second window before I will eat them and if I don't crush them right away, they will get eaten. This is a survival mechanism, not a "cute" way to waste food, which breaks my heart, believe me.
04 Mar 14 by member: mrsmole
|
| |
|
|
| |
Submit a Comment
You must sign in to submit a comment. Click here to sign in.
|
|
|
|