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?

Sweet stuff I could have in the house for months on end…. My downfall is savoury. If there are crisps in the house I will eat them all asap

Yep same problem. Packet of biscuits is no problem. 200g choc bar also easy.

Try not to buy anything I like too much … which is harder said than done when going round the supermarket when hungry and/or feeling like I deserve a treat / pick-me-up after a hard day or weekend.

I should stick with online shopping to avoid buying extras like
cake or chocolate or biscuits. During Covid when I didn’t go to shops at all and online order cut off was a day before delivery it was easy to stick to food shops without any extras / bread / biscuits / chocolate / cake.

Of course it's not normal @ByNimbleOrca and that is a lot to eat all at once. I don't think it's uncommon to eat 3-5 biscuits in a row, but not a whole packet, and 6 packets of crisps! 2 packets maybe, but anything beyond that is bingeing. As is eating a whole packet of sweets.

I have struggled with my weight all my life, and am currently a size 14 (was size 18 seven-eight months ago, and have been on the 5:2 and lost 2 stone,) but I don't think I ever ate that much even when I had my 'munchies' kind of days or evenings.

I think you need to try and focus on why you are eating so much, and please don't be so rude to people who disagree with you. And what you said about Kate Moss is nasty. She is gorgeous!

The poster you’ve quoted is classic anorexia speak, weight/ sugar/ carbs/ discipline are unhealthily important to them.

its just as important that your mind is healthy and that doesn’t come from obsessive OTT thoughts about being terrified of diabetes from eating a pack of biscuits and the like

mumsnet is full of eating disorders- they like to come out and show their true distain for normal eating whilst they’re anon

Eating a whole packet of biscuits is not normal.

To answer your question (so don't call me miserable) I have one biscuit if I have a biscuit with my tea.

I don't think'ohhh, only have one biscuit' though because it's just normal to me.

I think that eating a packet of biscuits in one go or six packets of crisps in two days wouldn't make me happy because that's not where I get my happiness from.

I just couldn't eat that many sweets or biscuits. I have overeaten in the past but now hate the feeling of being bloated or in pain after eating too much. (It's not that I have good willpower - I'm useless at resisting other things.)

I wish I could make 6 packs of crisps last 2 days 🫠

I am not the norm though - I’m in therapy for binge eating!

YANBU I'm the same and basically can't have easily available snacks in the house except fruit and plain yoghurt.

No. It's a phrase to explain what a great many people experience. Hope thst helps.

Which ones have no ultra processed ingredients??

No need for sugar in a pizza you make yourself.

There’s a book called Ultra Processed foods - I’ve forgotten who it’s by! It was brilliant and places the blame on the food industry etc for making us addicted to this stuff.

If I ever learn how to be moderate I’ll you know 😂

@ByNimbleOrca interesting you associate being slim with being miserable. Fat doesn’t make people happy, quite the opposite in fact.

No it's not normal. I mean, I love biscuits, but I will have a couple with my cuppa and the rest of the packet goes back in the cupboard for another time. I don't (perhaps fortunately) even understand what "food noise" is supposed to be.

Can easily eat half a pack of biscuits, with a mug of tea. Sometimes try to just take two and out the rest in a tin and leave the room - seems to work at curbing the ditto eating.

This. ^

I never used to be that bothered about food. I liked it, I ate well but I didn't really think about it. Then I was in an abusive relationship where my ex used food as control and there regularly wasn't much. I was 7st 8 when I left him. If I was allowed to eat, I ate as much as possible while I could. I remember being invited to a party with my son and praying that the adults would be allowed to eat what was left when the kids had done (they were!) After that I have never been the same about food. I can't leave any and kind of have to eat what's there. I worry about access to food if we are travelling and need to plan out possible places, shops etc. It's like the fear of not having enough to eat is still there somewhere. I have to control intake of things like crisps by not buying them.

Depends how I am. When I'm tired and run down, I become a biscuit-and-crisp-monster! Exactly like you, I'll finish a roll of biscuits and/or a six-pack of crisps i two days.

Other times, my snacks last maybe a week. I'll feel like eating some more often than I actually do, and pace myself more or less naturally.

My health's getting worse and I'm bingeing more often. I won't stop buying the snacks, though, as I have a long-standing 'deprivation' problem - it goes back to my teenage anorexia. I need to know I can have crisps, chips, biscuits and ice cream, otherwise I get all obsessed about it and will buy & eat mountains of the things as soon as I possibly can. Not sure how I'll cope with this as my health goes downhill; I'm hoping I'll come up with something!

I think 'food noise' describes our modern world where (junk) food is everywhere - all along the high street, on TV and billboards, in magazines... You can't avoid being constantly reminded of food nowadays.

I think it depends on your weakness

I eat 2 biscuits with a cup of tea.

But I can't keep them penny sweets in the house as I would eat them too quickly.

I've been obsessed with food my whole life, even as a child. No 'stop' button. My Mum controlled my food intake and I would the steal food. I was a slim child. In fact, I was slim until after having my second child.

As a young adult. If there was a packet of biscuits in the house, I'd have one or two but then not being able to stop thinking about it until I'd eaten them all.

About a year ago, after a diagnosis of ADHD, I started meds. The obsession just stopped. Now I can take food or leave it. It was a revelation to be able to eat one biscuit and leave the rest! And just not think about the rest sitting in the tin.

It was a revelation to me. Previously, I could never understand how other people managed NOT to eat until they felt sick. After taking the meds, I finally understood what that felt like...

M&S Collection are pretty good but only some brands of tortilla chips are entirely UPF free and very good with an M&S jar of salsa or any of their dips to be honest. Shortbread is the best biscuit for no ultra processed ingredients.

I love a biscuit and will happily finish a packet in a sitting. 😋
Not a digestive though, they are a rubbish biscuit 😂

if im peckish then im guilty, but i try to balance it mainly because its reduced and the full price is omg etc