who can hoover up an entire sharing pack of crisps (the big ones) to themselves
Apologies if you are looking for empathy rather than a solution, in which please feel free to ignore my post. I'm afraid mine contribution is serious. I have come across enough people who do not want to hear this message to have learned to keep quiet.
Not sure why I'm posting this here. I think it's because I used to pretend that I was happy with my eating habits and try and ignore the impacts on my life.
Lots of people can moderate their eating of junk food and are happy with that. I'm glad for them, this is for anyone who isn't happy like that so here goes.
Feel free to ignore or report.
As a child, while my mother had control of what I ate, I was a skinny child and teen. My mother exercised firm control on limiting her own food intake and tried to encourage me to self moderate. I didn't see any benefit.
As soon as I had control of my own money and food choices, I steadily gained weight exactly by eating quite well and snacking on top. Especially for sweet things, for which I have no off switch. I would sometimes even find if I was full of chocolate I could squeeze in something tasting different, say peppermint creme.
People who react to alcohol with this 'no natural off switch' are considered alcoholics and encouraged to stay away from alcohol.
It took me until my sixties to learn that keeping away from sugar and simple carbs is the way to keep my sanity. I can eat my fill of meat, butter, creme and lots of leafy green veg, stopping when I am full. No urge to overeat.
That irresistible urge to overeat only overtakes me when I eat sugar and simple carbs, which are all the snack foods. No wonder really, imagine the profits in making foods (and drinks) which make people eat more and more rather than satisfying their hunger.
Knowing that is what happens to me is such a powerful motivator to me to keep away from those kinds of food. I see the benefit of not having that voice in my head encouraging me to eeeeaaattttt
Some people can just moderate their behaviour. It's much easier for me to abstain. It's just such a mental load to be constantly thinking about eating and/or feeling lethargic because of it.
Occasionally I do have some and then deal immediately with the consequences in terms of craving. Just to prove to myself that I can.
In day to day life it's easier to abstain.
It's important to me to have at least a small amount of the kind of goods that "get" me drawn in again available so I'm not abstaining because there isn't anything. I could always find a convenience store selling junk. I abstain because I don't want to get drawn back into their grip. I like the freedom that homes from not being in the grip of these foods.
Full disclosure, https://www.eatinglessonline.comm* got be started. Now, years later, it's just what I do.