Chips are my pitfall as well. If I start eating them, it is hard to
stop.

So, therefore, I decided to never eat them anymore. It works!

i

I'm not sure whether or not this will address your question.   For me it
is important to plan ahead and have healthy snacks on hand.  I snack on
fruits and vegetables, wasa crackers (with and without peanut butter and
laughing cow cheese), the occasional string cheese (in the house for dog
training actually, but if I need a salt fix that's 80 calories that I
injest <VBG>).  Also, by on hand I mean both at work and at home.  I
generally bring my own lunch and I need to make sure that I have plenty
of healthy food and water available to make it through the day.  Also,
when I get home if I have gone to the gym before work, I walk the dogs
before making dinner.  The just before dinner timeframe is probably my
roughest and if I am walking/occupied that helps me out a lot.

For me, it's sweets.  Chocolate is especially bad.

I discovered Kavli rye crackers.  These are very, very thin crackers,
and they're just made of rye flour, so they're really good for you.
Besides the plain ones, they come in garlic and onion flavors, both of
which are salty.  If I'm dying for some chips, they really hit the
spot.

Of course, chips aren't really my addiction, so you may not find the
same satisfaction...

Stan

Then never buy them.  Ever.  12-step style.

I try to never buy them.  Ever.  I can go many months without my
biggest trigger wheat, months without sugar free candies, a month or
so between exposure to corn.  And as time moves on my struggle with
the addictions slowly gets easier.  I know it can never move past
one day at a time, though.

One thing's for certain.  Eating a trigger food makes the craving for
it stronger.  Never allow yourself to play the game that eating a
trigger food reduces cravings for it.  They don't work that way.  If
eating a food reduces the craving for it, that's not a trigger food
for you.  But it's so easy to pretend that if you take a bite of one
of those chips you'll feel less cravings.  You'll feel better but it
won't be from less cravings.  It'll be from the addiction buzz and
the bag will be empty.

I keep plenty of non-trigger food at home.  And I understand that I
won't always remain pure and wheat-free so the next time I will pick
myself up again.

Hi Mohammed:

I don't eat chips and most other salty snacks, but I will down an
entire can of salted cashews if given the chance.

Otherwise, sweets are my trigger foods. Dove ice cream bars were my
doom -- I couldn't eat just one.

My solution has been drastic -- don't have trigger foods in the house,
at work, anywhere near me.

But I'm the only person in my house. I know it isn't that simple for
people with families.

Kasey
365/288/???

I crave sugary and carby food.  The only way for me to keep the cravings at
bay is to avoid them.  I can't have just one chip w/out wanting to eat the
whole bag.

Sounds like you like a crunch! Look for healthier alternatives that
crunch, even popcorn (without the butter-lard of course) works for
me, in moderation or course, it does have carbs.

Slightly OT: Story in the paper this morning about a man was just
awarded $20 million because he worked in a microwave popcorn
factory and the butter-stuff damaged his lungs!

Hmmm. Who can I sue? I'm sure there's somebody.

Hi All,

Thanks for the advice!  Yes, I *LOVE* to crunch.  Someone mentioned to take
a few chips out and turn your back on the bag.  Unfortunately, I would
probably take a few chips out and TAKE the bag!!  :-)

Seriously though.  I will try popcorn, and will take a few chips instead of
the whole bag.

Good luck with your weight loss!

Regards,

Mohammed