Question - Holiday temptation

Hi everyone,

I need some advice.  I am 27 living at home with my parents for at least the next several months.  How do I stop myself from eating junk food when my family members bring it into the house? Since it is not my kitchen - its my familiy's kitchen i can't just go in there and throw it out. Since other family members may want to eat those treats.  With the holidays there has been a steady stream of chocolate in my kitchen for the past 2 weeks from my father's coworkers.  I really dont want to eat any of it. Because once I eat a nibble i just eat a ton. I can't stop myself at 1 bite. I'm frustrated at the potential weight loss i could have had this past week if i had not ingested any of that chocolate. And i ate a lot of it.Any tips? Anyone else in a similar situation? Thanks

I understand you. I live most of the time at my boyfriend's, and his parents don't know ANYTHING about healthy habits. (His step-dad will eat half a package of bacon at 10PM as a late snack, for example) And with the smell, it's even tougher to resist.

What I did is that I bought 100-calorie snacks (chocolate flavored) at the grocery store. They're individual bags (the size of a small bag of chips), and each contains chocolate-flavored Crispers. So when the bag is empty, most of the time, my craving is gone, and my father-in-law has finish all of his bacon. : )

I also recommend the Weight Watchers individual-packed brownies. They're somewhat expensive (at my grocery store they're 4,99$ for a pack of 6), but they taste REALLY good. (You don't even feel like they're low-fat, lol.)

Good luck !

I currently stay at my boyfriend's place and his parents buy a lot of 'good food' too! I got rid of the temptation to binge by doing other things to distract myself, like play videogames, surf the web on my laptop, read etc. If I am really hungry, though, or if I feel like rewarding myself, I would just go downstairs and get just a tiny piece - I would then eat it slowly and savour the taste.

Hope that helps.