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?

I'm not bothered about crisps but I can eat a lot of chocolate. The other day I ate a big packet of haribo and a big pack of aero bubbles one pack after the other. Also get through quite a few small chocolate bars in multipacks in one go. I've given chocolate and sweets up for lent.

No it's not normal, but I suspect you already know that and are perhaps asking other people in order to get some kind of validation.

Same. It's not UPFs because I can overeat homemade food too and not just biscuits or crisps or such.

Went on Mounjaro for my diabetes and it stopped. I just do not care. I could have a packet of jaffa cakes sitting right next to me and I wouldn't eat them. For some of us this is mental/hormonal and we are wired to obey these signals. Until this modern age of abundance, obeying our hunger signals was vital for survival.

It's "normal", in the same way smoking is. Makes absolutely no sense, thinking about it logically. But humans aren't necessarily logical. Many people can and do, eat entire sleeves of biscuits. I'm going to start skinny jabs once my March paycheck comes in - would love to be a person who can "just have the one" biscuit and be happy. Hopefully it will work for me!

Same.

Eating treaty food is yummy but I SO enjoy being slim that eating lots of 'crap' just doesn't represent 'good value' to me. It's not worth it.i'd honestly rather have a small amount and stay slim rather than a lot of it and put on weight.

So I don't keep loads of treats in the house. I buy a small amount of really nice chocolate or ice cream for the weekend and enjoy a 'normal' sized serving. And when it's gone, it's gone. I don't drink so this is my treat.

It depends on the biscuit. I could not eat more than a few ginger nuts but I could polish off a packet of Marks and Spencer Jaffa biscuits

OP, upping your protein intake can really help with sugar cravings that can trigger over-eating sweet snacks. Especially at breakfast.

If I have scrambled eggs with feta and mixed seeds on a handful of spinach for breakfast my sweet tooth is considerably dialed down throughout the rest of the day.

The Kate Moss quote is fucked up and something someone with a genuine eating disorder would say.

Yes, easily

Are you overweight or have any health problems arising from this issue?

I would eat a small, standard packet of biscuits quickly which is why I don't usually buy them.

I can find it difficult to not eat all the crisps in the world, so don’t have them in the house. I don’t seem to have the same lack of self control with sweet things though so I am fine having just one biscuit or two squares of choc for example and don’t have the craving for more in the way I do with crisps!

So true!!!

Bored

I think that might be genetic problem. I can just eat so much and I’m so uncomfortable but my daughter in law said she’s never felt like that. Everyone’s different

I won't tolerate abuse towards Kate Moss! Calling anyones arse saggy is bitchy.

That infamous quote was a jingle on a post-it note on the fridge in a flat where she lived with a load of models in the early days.

I aware my knowledge of this is quite specific but it is true!

I have that Labrador gene for a couple of days every month.

I like actual food as in cooked dinner but don’t have a sweet tooth at all so rarely eat biscuits , sweets or cake. The last time I ate chocolate was Valentines day when a very sweet old chap brought them to our book club so I had one to be polite.

My parents had a restaurant so I was raised around cooking and absolutely love it. It’s just what I’m used to. I do very occasionally eat crisps, a bag a week maybe.

Eating a lot and appearing greedy and being overweight is very frowned upon in the culture I was raised in. It’s why you very rarely see overweight East Asians.

I am like you, CharSiu, in that I prefer savoury to sweet. However I did recently polish off a packet of Tuc cheese sandwich biscuits which I was keeping in the cupboard for someone else. Once I'd opened the packet, I couldn't stop.

Only time I ate whole packets of biscuits in one sitting was when I was breastfeeding. I attribute it to a combination of increased appetite, boredom and sleep deprivation. It certainly wasn’t healthy and I put on weight even when making 1L /day of milk. Normal or not it’s not a good thing to do for your health.

Plus the smoking. And the druggy boyfriends. I wouldn't want her life advice.

What a thoroughly unpleasant post.

Not normal at all. I've never done anything like that in my life. At most maybe three biscuits

I've googled it for you - there you go - https://medicalnewsbulletin.com/food-noise-when-food-takes-over-your-thoughts/.

But I guess you're not really interested but just want to have a pop at OP (and other posters) with 'good old fashioned...greed'

Agreed. I thought @Chuchoter comment was very superior, horrid and intentionally so.
so maybe not with all the self control as they claim.

I’m sure Kate Moss is a lovely person. And like most young models she was exploited from a young age. Nonetheless, she was instrumental in the heroin chic era of the 90s making it fashionable and acceptable to look unhealthily skinny, setting anorexia as an example for young girls and she’s been open about complementing people on how ‘rexy’ they look. Really great one to quote 🙄

@ByNimbleOrca Some people are in a bad habit, some have addiction, some have imbalance in their day to day life, hormones or blood sugars or stress, and just cope by eating. So, yeah, for some it’s completely normal in their life. But we both know it’s not conducive to a healthy way of living.

You are so lucky. I wish I could eat just one or two biscuits, but I just don't see the point.