I will eat a whole packet of biscuits, is that normal? Food nosie

[ByNimbleOrca]

If there are sweets or something in the fridge I really like, I will eat them all in one sitting.

Packs of six pack crisps don't last more than two days, I can't stop eating biscuits and even savory food I will pick at it.

Is this normal or does everyone have to control themselves?

It’s ok to eat A PACKET OF BISCUITS. Not “biscuits”

I suffer from disordered eating, OP. Not always, but sometimes I will just raid the cupboard and eat everything from my eyeballs downwards. I find the only way to even have a chance of stopping myself is to drink a lot of liquid and then go and do something with my hands (in my case, writing, so I'm typing on a keyboard and physically cannot eat at the same time). Going out for a walk and removing myself from temptation also helps.

I have ADHD. Food noise - in fact, general 'everything' noise is real, and not just greed as a pp suggested.

Recognising something as real- food noise- and hard to manage is not normalising it.

Removing shame and anxiety from managing the situation is helpful. It isn’t encouraging people to have eating disorders, or be overweight, but recognising a barrier or challenge exists.

Yes! The point is that if science shows us some people are genetically disposed to eating whatever they can then we need tougher regulation on food to be real food rather than chemically addictive rubbish with added vitamins designed to survive a nuclear holocaust.

Kate Moss has said she regrets this statement and it's association with eating disorders.

It was only said in jest, not meant to be taken seriously as a mantra by people suffering with EDs.

My partner is as you describe. It's as if food, well certain foods are calling out to him. Treat wise I have started to buy things I like but he doesn't so that when I do fancy something sweet there's actually things left. He doesn't eat white chocolate, lots of white chocolate in my cupboard 😊

Do you do this with all food? Eg cheese, apples, nuts etc? If no, then I suspect you're being sucked into eating the "UPF" food just because it tastes good, is easy to eat and the manufacturers have spent millions in making sure you keep eating it.

The best thing is not to have these things in the house. If you really can't do this then put them somewhere more inaccessible and have healthier food close to hand.

So no, it shouldn't be normal but sadly this is what many of us have been conned into.

I am so angry that the food companies carry on regardless adding stuff that makes people addicted to their processed food, star them young, even baby food. It’s like flavoured vapes habit leads to hooked on nicotine.
Good read to explain Obesity and food addiction consumption of high fructose corn

Exactly - "snacking" is also from America when they had an over-abundance of corn and had to sell it to the world as a "treat". I do wonder if in years to come there will be a form of compensation from all of the companies who have poisoned our food chain and caused cancers and obesity crisis.

As usual, I see far more judgement on this thread of people who dont over eat than those that do. Calling people “orthorexic” for eating healthily, making vile comments about someone who made a throwaway comment probably the best part of 30 years ago, calling people who eat healthily “miserable”.

I think a lot of people who are overweight take other people’s thinness as a value judgement on their own weight when in reality I couldn’t give a crap about other people’s weight. I personally enjoy being thin. I enjoy being able to wear whatever I want and feel good, I enjoy healthy food, I love working out and I love that my body can do what I want it to without getting sore or out of breath. That’s not a judgement on anybody else’s body before anyone takes it that way but my own body personally.

I couldn't eat a whole pack of biscuits as I'd feel sick, but could easily eat a tube of pringles in one go and could eat half a loaf of buttered toast, slice after slice, so I don't think you're that unusual OP. A lot of us have to constantly choose between what we want to eat and what we want to weigh.

I think a lot of people who can't lose weight assume that it is almost impossible to keep slim - because in their case their genetics would not enable them to. It must be very hard to imagine living in a body that can restrict without much thought. It simply isn't as hard for some people to resist and monitor their food. Genetics. Pitting women against other women over weight is a bit >1980's, isn't it?

Are you me? I'm awaiting an adhd diagnosis and it all makes sense. Hopefully my food obsession will stop

I am slim, ten years ago I was too thin. I could still eat a whole pack of biscuits though. I remember eating a pack of five of those giant cookies you get in the bakery section of supermarkets in about 10 mins. It's not something I did often, but I was capable of it.

I am a strong believer that UPF food is designed to be addictive and hard to stop eating. The manufacturers only care about profit and it's in their interests to make people eat more.

Ultra-processed People was certainly eye opening. I have spent a lot of time in the past year trying to make easy swaps to cut out upf. I don't crave biscuits anymore because I don't really see them as food anymore.

I was the one who called people orthorexic. I’m thin

Ah well that’s ok then, feel free to be unpleasant about others 🙈.

I hate to tell you but I don't think the not eating of a whole packet of biscuits indicates orthorexia.

Tesco Finest Lightly Sea Salted Crinkle Cut Crisps.

Ready salted is usually the safest bet.

They taste nice, they help me feel less stressed and I don’t feel full after a couple … I often don’t feel full even after a packet. If the packet was smaller then yes would eat 2 packets … with chocolate shrinking so much recently semitones I do find myself buying more than I would have before the larger bars shrank!

My OH is now a "one biscuit guy" since his diagnosis. It's the amphetamines that curb the appetite - it was prescribed for weight loss when new iirc.

I hate to tell you your post makes no sense but carry on making things up if you like

what a nsaty comment.
How's your arse looking with all the biscuit eating?

Okay I get they taste good and wanting to keep that feeling going. But why do you need to feel 'full'? It's a snack? A snack is supposed to just keep you going until your next meal, not fill you up properly? If people feel a bit peckish and it's a while to go until dinner, are they really eating all the way until they feel properly full? I literally just snack enough to stave off the distracting hunger until dinner.

It depends on what's happening emotionally a lot of the time. Most people associate certain types of food with comfort. And that type of food has often been designed to be more ish. So sometimes a multi pack or crisps or a pack of biscuits will last days other times it might be minutes. If I'm feeling really sad in the last I've binged sweets and chocolates. I try not to buy much of that type of food to begin with which is the approach my parents took and the one I'm taking with my kids. I'm trying to snack on more whole foods and have told DH to stop buying me chocolate if I'm stressed as I'd rather deal with stress in a different way.

You've answered your own question.

I literally just snack enough to stave off the distracting hunger until dinner.

The distracting hunger remains 24/7 unless you overfill by binging. Snacking doesn't make it go away, not even for a little bit of time, for some of us.