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I just ate a whole pack of french fancies

559 replies

Hawdyerwheesht · 29/08/2022 17:23

And I don't feel even the slightest bit unreasonable. In fact, I bought them knowing that I'd sit and eat them all as soon as I got home.

What do you regularly buy, knowing that you will use/eat the lot of it?

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WheresTheLambSauce · 30/08/2022 18:40

Oooh, kettle crisps and asda prawn crackers are definitely my weakness. I always force myself to stop halfway through, very solemnly tie it shut, place it into a high cupboard.... And then sneak in 15 minutes later to polish off the rest 😂😂

whatdoIknowabout · 30/08/2022 18:53

Large family crisps or Doritos or large pack of money nuts with shell detritus strewn everywhere.

JustBeKinder · 30/08/2022 19:04

Cheesy wotsits, Red Leicester cheddars, family bar dairy milk or any Cadbury’s chocolate Hagen Daas ice cream

JustBeKinder · 30/08/2022 19:09

Ooh forgot about the maltesers 😂

Charliepops80 · 30/08/2022 19:09

Jammy dodgers!!! I almost get angry is someone wants to share them! I have to avoid them in the shops! 🙈

Sunbird24 · 30/08/2022 19:10

Today I’m binging on carrot sticks and Moroccan hummus, as I’m an equal opportunities eater.

Harls1969 · 30/08/2022 19:15

I don't like French Fancies, they make me feel sick. However I have other foods that are moreish and don't seem to fill me up:
Crisps (pretty much any); fig rolls; most biscuits if dunked in a brew; cheesecake (not chocolate ones though); the lovely honey roasted mixed nuts, fruit and fudge Lidl do at Christmas; fresh bread; peanut M&Ms (the list goes on and on).
I love pick n mix sweets but can't be trusted as I'll scoff the lot and then feel dreadful

gillys · 30/08/2022 19:16

Jelly babies. Always say I’ll have just a few. Then the whole pack just disappears !

DiddlyDoris · 30/08/2022 19:17

Crisps. Big share bags.

Droo · 30/08/2022 19:18

Pringles
Four pack of doughnuts (jam or custard)
Jaffa Cakes
Salt and vinegar spiral/twists crisps

CountryMouse22 · 30/08/2022 19:22

Peanut M&M's are lethal.

Soproudoflionesses · 30/08/2022 19:22

Would think nothing of eating a tub of clotted cream to myself...not in one sitting though

MandyLHarkness · 30/08/2022 19:26

Battenburg🤦🏻‍♀️

Snugglemonkey · 30/08/2022 19:32

I am not very sweet toothed, though could maybe eat a bag of haribo jelly babies.

Cheese and crackers now, I cannot be trusted with at all.

StepAwayFromGoogling · 30/08/2022 19:35

Mint matchmakers

Grrrrdarling · 30/08/2022 19:37

Hawdyerwheesht · 29/08/2022 17:23

And I don't feel even the slightest bit unreasonable. In fact, I bought them knowing that I'd sit and eat them all as soon as I got home.

What do you regularly buy, knowing that you will use/eat the lot of it?

Sweet chilli Sensations 😂
I now buy the multipack bags instead of the ‘share’ ones because once I open a ‘share’ bag I eat the whole lot 😂
Them combined with a lack of exercise (my exercise levels before were well below norms due to being disabled before lockdowns) & home schooling depression saw me putting back on the 4stone I had spend 4years losing 😢

hookiewookie29 · 30/08/2022 19:38

Cadbury chocolate orange fingers.
Jaffa cakes.
Sensations Thai sweet chilli crispy coated peanuts.

Dazedandconfused170 · 30/08/2022 19:48

If I eat a whole packet of something throughout the entire day it doesn’t count in my book 😂

Justrestingmyeyes1 · 30/08/2022 20:08

I ate 4 packets of Rolos this afternoon. One after the other.

FinallyHere · 30/08/2022 20:14

Cakes, biscuits and cheese I can take or leave, it's really good ice-creme that does it for me, the expensive full creme stuff, not the whipped with air to expand the volume.

Start with Plain vanilla and add all the extras: dark chocolate flake, sweet cherries in syrup, sour creme and extra thick Jersey double creme.

Or the kind with lots of 'bits' chunks of chocolate, cherries, nuts, a swirl of caramel, though I can easily polish off more than one such carton.

I recognise that this is absolutely not within the bounds of normal behaviour and have been doing some 'work' on myself. Mostly stepping off the blood glucose rollercoaster: my body doesn't really process sugary/starchy carbs very well, as demonstrated by my personalised results from the Zoë Nutrition Study.

My downfall is often eating perfectly for a while then falling off the waggon, face first into all the ice-creme. I've been challenged to occasionally eat a very small portion of ice creme (say an individual carton rather than the large pint(s) packs) and then stop, and return to the strict low sugar low starch.

Reader, I haven't yet worked up the courage to test myself in this way, never mind actually succeed. It's really, really tough to eat then stop after one in private. I can do it when others are watching with no trouble. In private, it feels so much easier to avoid because I'm not sure I would ever stop until I am literally, physically full. And that that might awaken the dragon inside me again and I'd be back to regular binging.

Sorry, that got a bit serious for a lovely, lighthearted thread.

Park3 · 30/08/2022 20:17

I could eat a shocking amount of walkers cheese and onion crisps without a)feeling sick and b) feeling guilty

Suja1 · 30/08/2022 20:17

Why does no one like the chocolate French Fancies? Send them to me!

rollerblind · 30/08/2022 20:19

I could easily eat a whole box
Of Maltesers (and have been known to!)

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 30/08/2022 20:22

DS likes the pink fongant fancies , then the chocolate and always foists the lemon ones off to me

I think we tried the white/festive ones years ago , obviously make such an impression I've blotted them out .

Interested in the orange Hallowe'en ones though.....

HeythereDelilah101 · 30/08/2022 20:29

A whole pack of chocolate fingers. Gone in minutes.