EAT ALL THE FOOD
I have many many foods in all kinds of categories that, if I have in my flat, I will eat the lot. Dealing with this causes inconvenience or extra expense: either I buy/make a pack of food that should last for a few days and eat it all in one go, or I go to a cafe/restaurant to pay for a small portion of the food (more expensive). I'm gradually trying to change this, dealing with one trigger food at a time. It helps that I'm off-diet and I'm not paying for weigh-ins etc; I have gained a few pounds as a result of this experiment. Training for a marathon minimises weight gain; also, I know I can lose a few pounds in the short term when I am doing something that is beneficial for me long-term.
Problem foods that I can think of: Butter, blocks of cheese (not sliced cheese, sometimes not grated cheese), cream, semi-skimmed and whole milk, fatty meat (eg. chicken with skin), fatty fish, tasty vegetarian food, Nye-made dal, cherries, mango (prepared), tinned meal type foods (eg. macaroni cheese, soup, Irish stew, chili), sweet and fatty baked goods, savoury and fatty baked goods, nuts, fruit juice, dried fruit (not raisins/sultanas/currants), tinned fruit, any milkshake/custard/sweet sauce, chilled ready meals, pasta sauce.
Food 1: butter.
I can eat a pack of butter in two days. If I have butter in my fridge I feel compelled to eat it. To a lesser extent this also applies to nice tasting margarine - therefore I have stuck to buying nasty tasting margarine for most of the time.
Day 1: Bought bread and butter, ate quite a lot of it.
Day 2: Ate some butter.
Day 3: Ate the rest of the pack of butter, and importantly bought some more butter.
Day 4: Ate a bit too much butter on a bit too much toast.
Day 5 and beyond: continued to eat butter in a moderate manner.
How did I do this? I told myself that there would always be more butter, that I didn't have to eat it all at once. If I had a major craving for butter, knowing it was in my fridge, I would explore how I was feeling before I went for the butter. Wanting the butter (whilst not hungry) did not mean I would have to have the butter. My feelings of butter desire eventually passed. I'm really pleased with how I've dealt with butter :D
Possible next food to be introduced: Nye-made dal. I almost always eat ALL THE DAL no matter the quantity. I have a big stock pot that I usually make dal in; I have a tendency to eat the entire contents, usually 6-7 bowls. Sometimes this leads to [TMI], and that is a bad thing. I will make dal, eat dal, and whenever I run out of it I will make more dal until I can keep a couple of portions of it in the fridge and/or freezer for later. Actual leftovers.
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Problem foods that I can think of: Butter, blocks of cheese (not sliced cheese, sometimes not grated cheese), cream, semi-skimmed and whole milk, fatty meat (eg. chicken with skin), fatty fish, tasty vegetarian food, Nye-made dal, cherries, mango (prepared), tinned meal type foods (eg. macaroni cheese, soup, Irish stew, chili), sweet and fatty baked goods, savoury and fatty baked goods, nuts, fruit juice, dried fruit (not raisins/sultanas/currants), tinned fruit, any milkshake/custard/sweet sauce, chilled ready meals, pasta sauce.
Food 1: butter.
I can eat a pack of butter in two days. If I have butter in my fridge I feel compelled to eat it. To a lesser extent this also applies to nice tasting margarine - therefore I have stuck to buying nasty tasting margarine for most of the time.
Day 1: Bought bread and butter, ate quite a lot of it.
Day 2: Ate some butter.
Day 3: Ate the rest of the pack of butter, and importantly bought some more butter.
Day 4: Ate a bit too much butter on a bit too much toast.
Day 5 and beyond: continued to eat butter in a moderate manner.
How did I do this? I told myself that there would always be more butter, that I didn't have to eat it all at once. If I had a major craving for butter, knowing it was in my fridge, I would explore how I was feeling before I went for the butter. Wanting the butter (whilst not hungry) did not mean I would have to have the butter. My feelings of butter desire eventually passed. I'm really pleased with how I've dealt with butter :D
Possible next food to be introduced: Nye-made dal. I almost always eat ALL THE DAL no matter the quantity. I have a big stock pot that I usually make dal in; I have a tendency to eat the entire contents, usually 6-7 bowls. Sometimes this leads to [TMI], and that is a bad thing. I will make dal, eat dal, and whenever I run out of it I will make more dal until I can keep a couple of portions of it in the fridge and/or freezer for later. Actual leftovers.
This post is public, so only reply here if you're comfortable with that. Feel free to email me/tweet me/FB message me if you want to respond another way.