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

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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?

There is so much piousness on this thread! 😂

I'm not sure it's a mean response. I think the thought of not eating those foods is miserable for OP. Same for me. Shouldn't be taken personally.

They are literally crack 😂

It's most definitely normal. Not everyone does it but plenty do. I can do it - a whole pack of certain biscuits is easily manageable and as a result I don't buy biscuits.
I fell down badly today. I usually do online shopping but had to go to the supermarket today. Bought a bag of 5 ring doughnuts and ate them in one sitting. It's an exception. Haven't done it for a good few months and I'm a healthy weight, exercise a lot, no diabetes/cholesterol markers.
Would be nice to have more control though.

I need to get back on the wagon too. But this thread is making me hungry!!!! I'm off to bed.

I honestly don't know, you'd have to look on their website. More likely the premium stuff or basic tortilla chips.

Good idea? No. Common, yes. I wouldn’t say normal but a lot of people would do this. I wouldn’t eat a whole pack of biscuits in one sitting as I don’t have a sweet tooth, but I would eat a whole share bag of crisps, then feel incredibly awful about it after. Then do it again, two days later. The moral of the story is, I don't learn 😭

Yep.
No point to one or two biscuits. That gives the negative emotion of not being satisfied. None at all doesn't give any negative emotion at all. Maybe a small positive emotion from having resisted temptation.
Note to hosts - please don't push food on your guests. Some of us are trying hard to resist compulsive eating.

Not for me. It's in my mind. I expect it's similar to an addict trying to give up drugs or cigarettes - just a constant battle with my inner voice that never shuts up, always thinking about when and what I'll eat next.

Wegovy killed it dead but I'm also an empty nester which has allowed me keep a temptation-free home.

All the things you mention eating sound like they have been designed to get you "hooked" and do not need much chewing, so you don't get the full signal.
If you can, do nout buy them at all, but substitute things like apples, carrots, celery or even cumcumber, so that you have to chew everything thoroughly before you can swallow.
I would also suggest drinking plenty of water/herbal tea and brushing your teeth instead of eating, if you get an attack of the munchies.
Could you take up a hobby such as knitting or crochet or embroidery, so that your hands are occupied and you need to concentrate? This should take your mind off food noise, especially if you know you do not have the sludge stuff in the house.

Some tortilla chips are ok. I have a great app called Yuka and I can barcode scan stuff in shops to check for upf and additives, etc. it’s eye opening how one brand of soy sauce is ok and one is full of additives.

The concept of “Wrong” is meaningless in this context.

A massive insulin spike means nothing important to a healthy person. This is orthorexic drama llama bullying. Stop making women feel bad for eating biscuits.

So essentially a new term for good old fashioned greed! 😅

OK, you lost me there. Disparaging other people isn't a good look. Kate Moss is age 50+. How long exactly should she be expected to maintain a pert bottom? As for bad attitudes...

Not having eg crisps or anything like that in the house goes hugely against what it does for most, it just makes me crave and crave until I go more blow out than I would have done.

op a full packet of biscuits isn’t designed for one person, I think if you concentrate on breaking the activity of eating that whole packet it would be a huge thing- when you think of it you’re just reaching and eating right? So have something else to do with your hands, or get up and walk out to do something

I would have a while ago, my mother enjoyed putting me on extremely restrictive diets from a young age. It’s a scarcity response imo.

I get it op, but MN is the worst place to ask this sort of question as you have seen by the folks who have no clue what you are talking about butting in with their judgemental holier than thou opinions. Of course you can't understand if you don't experience it. Like me I don't drink alcohol, ever, I simply cannot fathom how anybody needs a glass of wine each night (see the judgment in there?!).

I constantly think about food and yes it is usually junk. I am not overweight however so don't carry the visible shame yet I am deeply ashamed. My food addiction is a type of eating disorder that I carry out in secret but get away with it as i look healthy. Now approaching late 40s however it is taking its toll and I am knackered all the time, I feel like shit and need to change.

My mum was really strict about sweets... which means I think they are a treat now, and can smash a packet of jelly babies in one sitting.

People who do this, do you not feel rough afterwards? If I ate a packet of biscuits in one go the sugar would give me a horrible nausea+headache. I've 'grabbed' whatever's handy when I can't be bothered to cook and when it's high sugar or salt junk/snack food I just feel so ill afterwards.

It's not an evangelical thing, I can put it away with the best of them in restaurants etc. But a whole bag of sensations/tub of ben and jerrys/bar of chocolate just makes me feel tired, sick and headachey.

I think it's not normal to eat a whole packet of biscuits - but only because the biscuits aren't 'normal' either. They are designed to be almost addictive because the manufacturers want to make a profit. Humans as hunter- gatherers would have a tendency to eat as much as possible when food was available, so in that sense, eating a whole packet of biscuits is perfectly 'normal'.

It’s an honest post. But I understand why you consider it unpleasant.

The difference between those who struggle with this and those who don’t is very evident.

I’d love to know what I could have achieved if I had spent all my energy on dieting and thinking about what I can can’t eat.

I lost almost 6 stone through lockdowns, when I had little else to do but focus on losing weight. Once real life started up and I had other demands on my mental energy it became really hard to keep it off.

Imagine having to exercise self control about food not occasionally, when offered a biscuit or out for a meal, but all day every day.

And what that looks like for me is a fridge full of carrot sticks and raw broccoli, and eating raw veg all day so I don’t eat other things.

If you want to go low carb (lost 3 stone on that a decade ago), or cut out UPF, you just add another group of foods that you can’t have and need to avoid.

I do better when I’m not surrounded by everyone else’s junk food. Family members keep loads of crappy food in which makes it far harder.

Yes OP I do what you describe. Always been that way since childhood. Other girls and my own family would call me stuff like greedy and disgusting so I just started to hide it more cleverly and to keep my weight down by starving myself in between the binges and throwing up as soon as I'd overeaten. I managed to use this, plus loads of exercise, to keep my body pretty slimmish for most of my life though so other people would never guess what I'm like - I have even been in conversations when other people have been mocking the poor self-control of others because they assume I'm 'one of them.'

In my case it has brought me a lot of misery, and my ability to stay slim with this lifestyle eventually evaporated too. However, I haven't found shame and trying to eliminate sugary food has helped. I did a binge eating course which emphasised trying to take the shame and fear out of eating and not labelling foods as good and bad. I was also lucky enough to marry someone who maintains a pretty healthy lifestyle overall but will occasionally eat a whole packet of biscuits in one sitting without any embarrassment or guilt at all as so does not judge me for this. That's helped me make changes for the first time in my life.

I suppose it all comes down to how much you do it, how it affects your life and whether you want to change. If you do want to change things, those calling it disgusting etc are unlikely to help you.

You’re greedy and you lack discipline.
Sadly, however, this is quite normal these days.

I have got to quite an old age without having crisps or biscuits in the house. You do not need to buy them. You do not need them and neither do your children.
Yes I bought them very occasionally for children’s birthdays and Christmas but they don’t provide any nutritional value.