Trigger Foods

Can we talk about trigger foods for a minute? Because this week was bad news for me and one of my biggest trigger foods. I still lost on the scale this week thanks to several walks with AC, lots of water, and walking to work but this was not a victory. At the very least it was a very shallow one, because I could not get a grip on how many of these I was eating:

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In case you live on the moon (and if you live on the moon, I'm glad you have internet there) or don't know what a trigger food is, a trigger food is something that you basically lose control of your self-restraint and triggers you to overeat or binge. One, two, six, or ten bites will never be enough.

Most people have one, some people have several. AC's biggest trigger food are saltines, bridesmaid R's is ice cream, friend SM's is any potato chip in existence and mine... well, I have several, including but not limited to: chocolate chips, Reese's holiday shapes, marshmallows (yes, seriously), McDonald's double cheeseburgers, Chick-fil-a, Pringles and Nutella.

Y'all, I ate almost a POUND of Nestle Semi-sweet chocolate chips in the last week. That is not okay. I normally don't even keep them in the house because they are a trigger food, but I made AC's coworkers cookies last week and they were sold in either tiny or huge bags at Stop and Shop. I knew, I KNEW going to checkout that the big bag was going to cause me problems, that I wouldn't be "happy" until they were all gone. I knew that even though it was more expensive, I should have bought two of the smaller bags to make up how many cups of chocolate chips I needed for the recipe. I knew all of that and yet because buying two of the smaller bags would have been more expensive per ounce, I bought the big bag.

I was okay for a few days, honestly, and then I got into them for a treat one night. And the next, and the next... and then I was doubling that portion, maybe sneaking a couple that I didn't put on the food scale. I can't only partially blame it on being on sugar pills this week, because while that's a "GIVE ME CHOCOLATE" week and my resolve was certainly weakened, I know better. I know better because I did the EXACT SAME THING LAST MONTH. So, from now on, there's a new rule in my house: once I am done baking whatever it is I'm baking, AC is going to hide the bag. I tried hiding it from myself in the freezer, but have you ever have a frozen chocolate chip? They're even better than at room temperature. The obvious solution would just be to not bake at all, but people like baked goods and they are honestly not a trigger food for me. I can have a bite of cookie dough and be okay. Satisfied. I might like to eat the whole thing, but I don't feel that unstoppable compulsion to finish it off. I like baking and it's not a problem for me. No reason not to do it. I'm going to have to work on my self-control when it comes to chocolate chips, though.

What are your trigger foods? How do you combat the urge to eat all of them?