Self sabotage. Is there always a reason?

[TickledOnion]

I really need to lose about a stone before summer so that I can wear the lovely summer clothes I bought last year.

I hate shopping and don’t want to have to buy bigger clothes.
I know exactly how to lose weight.
I love eating veg and other healthy food.
I enjoy cooking.

But I keep eating huge piles of crap. Cheap nasty biscuits, handfuls of cereal, crappy cheese slices that I buy for DCs packed lunch.
Why?????

I’m not hungry, I’m not depressed or particularly bored. I’m just greedy and eating mindlessly. WTF is wrong with me?

Probably nothing wrong with you. The crap food industry has scientifically tweaked their foods to lead to their addiction.
You can step away from the chemistry set.
If you include lean meats in your diet,you might find yourself satiated longer.

I do this. I'm 3lbs away from my 'target weight' and I know that if I do 2 strict weeks I'll get there. Having things looming like holidays, events, etc makes me do it more. I'll get to my calorie count for the day and then almost deliberately have 100 calories more. The irony is that I believe it is a deep down fear of 'maintenance'- I've never successfully dieted to target before and now I have, I feel like I don't know what it looks like. Ironic because as a result of this eating behaviour, I've actually maintained for 7 months at this weight, which proves I could actually do it at 3lbs lighter too.

The only way to stop it is to actively stop it I suppose, but that's not always easy is if?

I have found that crap begets more crap in my case, and I think I may also have some kind of sugar addiction.

I don't eat sugar, refined carbs or general crap as a rule. I feel fine and I don't miss it or want it. The odd pudding if we are out seems to be OK though I rarely even fancy one these days, and if it doesn't taste good enough I don't finish it. BUT over the Christmas period I got lax and boy did I find myself wanting more and more sweet treats. It was grim and took a good month of total strictness to wean myself back to normal.

I'm hoping the cold weather is a factor.... Craving the comfort of carbs. Much easier to be active and eat less/ lighter when the weather is warmer.

I disagree about it being the chemicals in food. I could pig out in homemade bread just as easily.

it's the salt sugar combination. honestly companies study the blends to trigger people to eat more.