Food Jag

Trilby · 10-17-2006, 12:42 PM

I get on food jags...I know, it's just another symptom of my many, MANY faults. I was wondering if anyone else has them? Fer instance: I was on a taco jag from May to August--I HAD to have taco's, even from Taco Bell, a place I'd never paid any attention to--I think it was triggered by my Mom having taco's for the Memorial Day picnic. Then I (shamefully) went on to apple dumplings--who craves apple dumplings? NO ONE! Why should I? I've also had an unnatural thing for chocolate covered cherries, mashed potates and pasta salad. Are you a freak too? Or, am I, sadly, alone?

*so hoping I'm not alone!*

MaggieL · 10-17-2006, 01:04 PM

Not at all. Our household is currently on an ice cream sandwich jag, which started back in August...so they are now a staple item kept in supply. I suspect we'll be over it around December or so...

Shawnee123 · 10-17-2006, 01:05 PM

Oh noooooooooooooo. You are not alone!

For a while, I couldn't live without those Mike-sell's Cheese Doodles. It's just some puffy chemical infused substance fried and covered in a cheese-like powder. They gum up in your teeth and you spend an hour making "false teeth" noises trying to clear them out. Then you put on about 5 lbs per bag. But could I stop? No! Could I eat a thousand rice cakes instead? No!

This is why I ride out my "I don't want to eat a thing" binges. Not healthy in the slightest, either way...but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Trilby · 10-17-2006, 01:10 PM

mmm...ice cream sandwiches...I had an ice cream sandwich EVERY day for luch during my 8th grade year--an ice cream sandwich and NOTHING else. I weighed 100 at 5'6". All hail the ice cream sandwich!

During High School I routinely ate two pretzel rods and a milk. I weighed 118.
I was 5' 7"

MaggieL · 10-17-2006, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I've also had an unnatural thing for chocolate covered cherries, mashed potates and pasta salad. Are you a freak too? Or, am I, sadly, alone?

I'd say having a thing for choc covered cherries, mashed potatoes and pasta salad *is* unnatural. Any one individually, sure, but combined, that's just not right.

Trilby · 10-17-2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

I'd say having a thing for choc covered cherries, mashed potatoes and pasta salad *is* unnatural. Any one individually, sure, but combined, that's just not right.

OH! *embarrassed* I assure you they were sequential! I'm no foodophile! IOW--one at a time!

are you, maggieL, trying to see the worst in me?

bluecuracao · 10-17-2006, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

During High School I routinely ate two pretzel rods and a milk. I weighed 118.
I was 5' 7"

My high school lunch was often a Little Debbie jelly-creme cookie-thing, and that's it! Thank goodness mom always cooked good, healthy dinners.

MaggieL · 10-17-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

are you, maggieL, trying to see the worst in me?

No, I'm just kidding. I did not actually suspect you of such a dietary collation.

Hoof Hearted · 10-17-2006, 10:05 PM

I do lunch food-jags for weeks to months on end. Until I get tired of it and switch to something else...

Baloney (beef) sandwiches.
Baked potato w/ sour cream.
PB&Js.
Tunafish w/ sweet pickles.
Subway sandwiches' Chicken Terriyaki w/ sweet onion sauce. (this jag was spendy!)
Fish sticks.
Grilled cheese w/ tomato soup.
Currently, the jag is mini ravioli's. This one has lasted about 5 weeks, so far...I just bought another 6 cans tonight.

Clodfobble · 10-17-2006, 10:08 PM

A couple of years ago, I was hooked on tomato and cheddar cheese sandwiches. I ate one for dinner every single night for over a month. Then, poof, I was done, and I haven't had one since then.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-17-2006, 11:07 PM

Any suspicion that these are caused by some nutritional lack, best covered by really eating a variety of salads and vegetables?

lumberjim · 10-18-2006, 12:42 AM

jinx is like that, b.

Sundae · 10-18-2006, 08:42 AM

I can jag with the best of them I assure you.

My current craving is unusually healthy - Extra Light Philedelphia on Multi Grain Ryvitas (rye based crackers). I've eaten them every day for the last two weeks, although sadly they are an addition to my diet, not a substitution for anything else.

I ate chicken chilli for dinner for about 8 months once. With two slices of toast. I just never saw the reason to have anything else.

I also have cereal jags, although these move more slowly. At the moment I have Kelloggs Cornflakes and nothing else. I've thrown away my Special K and Sugar Puffs - I probably won't be back on those for another 10 months.

LabRat · 10-18-2006, 09:20 AM

I am the anti-jag queen then. I can't eat something more than 3 times in a row. Leftover dinner is had for lunch the next day and then anything left is thrown out. Unless it's candy. I guess that's where I 'jag'. Currently it's Kit Kats. That's the only sweet thing I crave right now. In fact, last night after my run, I had 4 snack size Kit Kat bars and a huge bottle of water for dinner.

Before that it was What-cha-ma-callits. Crunchy caramel-ly goodness. Had one every day.

Hoof Hearted · 10-18-2006, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Any suspicion that these are caused by some nutritional lack, best covered by really eating a variety of salads and vegetables?

I know that part of my 'jag' for specific items is due to my medication. I am taking light chemo and steroids and the chemo leaves a 'taste' in my mouth that I try to get rid of with strong flavors like mustard or pink lemonade.

I have a good breakfast, take vitamins and eat a healthy, well-rounded dinner. I think I can jag at lunch and not hurt myself.

10-17-2006, 12:42 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Food Jag I get on food jags...I know, it's just another symptom of my many, MANY faults. I was wondering if anyone else has them? Fer instance: I was on a taco jag from May to August--I HAD to have taco's, even from Taco Bell, a place I'd never paid any attention to--I think it was triggered by my Mom having taco's for the Memorial Day picnic. Then I (shamefully) went on to apple dumplings--who craves apple dumplings? NO ONE! Why should I? I've also had an unnatural thing for chocolate covered cherries, mashed potates and pasta salad. Are you a freak too? Or, am I, sadly, alone? so hoping I'm not alone!

10-17-2006, 01:04 PM	#2
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Not at all. Our household is currently on an ice cream sandwich jag, which started back in August...so they are now a staple item kept in supply. I suspect we'll be over it around December or so... __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

10-17-2006, 01:05 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh noooooooooooooo. You are not alone! For a while, I couldn't live without those Mike-sell's Cheese Doodles. It's just some puffy chemical infused substance fried and covered in a cheese-like powder. They gum up in your teeth and you spend an hour making "false teeth" noises trying to clear them out. Then you put on about 5 lbs per bag. But could I stop? No! Could I eat a thousand rice cakes instead? No! This is why I ride out my "I don't want to eat a thing" binges. Not healthy in the slightest, either way...but you gotta do what you gotta do. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-17-2006, 10:05 PM	#9
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	I do lunch food-jags for weeks to months on end. Until I get tired of it and switch to something else... Baloney (beef) sandwiches. Baked potato w/ sour cream. PB&Js. Tunafish w/ sweet pickles. Subway sandwiches' Chicken Terriyaki w/ sweet onion sauce. (this jag was spendy!) Fish sticks. Grilled cheese w/ tomato soup. Currently, the jag is mini ravioli's. This one has lasted about 5 weeks, so far...I just bought another 6 cans tonight. __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse!

10-17-2006, 11:07 PM	#11
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Any suspicion that these are caused by some nutritional lack, best covered by really eating a variety of salads and vegetables? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-17-2006, 01:10 PM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	mmm...ice cream sandwiches...I had an ice cream sandwich EVERY day for luch during my 8th grade year--an ice cream sandwich and NOTHING else. I weighed 100 at 5'6". All hail the ice cream sandwich! During High School I routinely ate two pretzel rods and a milk. I weighed 118. I was 5' 7"

10-17-2006, 10:08 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	A couple of years ago, I was hooked on tomato and cheddar cheese sandwiches. I ate one for dinner every single night for over a month. Then, poof, I was done, and I haven't had one since then.

10-18-2006, 12:42 AM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	jinx is like that, b. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-18-2006, 08:42 AM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I can jag with the best of them I assure you. My current craving is unusually healthy - Extra Light Philedelphia on Multi Grain Ryvitas (rye based crackers). I've eaten them every day for the last two weeks, although sadly they are an addition to my diet, not a substitution for anything else. I ate chicken chilli for dinner for about 8 months once. With two slices of toast. I just never saw the reason to have anything else. I also have cereal jags, although these move more slowly. At the moment I have Kelloggs Cornflakes and nothing else. I've thrown away my Special K and Sugar Puffs - I probably won't be back on those for another 10 months. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-18-2006, 09:20 AM	#14
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I am the anti-jag queen then. I can't eat something more than 3 times in a row. Leftover dinner is had for lunch the next day and then anything left is thrown out. Unless it's candy. I guess that's where I 'jag'. Currently it's Kit Kats. That's the only sweet thing I crave right now. In fact, last night after my run, I had 4 snack size Kit Kat bars and a huge bottle of water for dinner. Before that it was What-cha-ma-callits. Crunchy caramel-ly goodness. Had one every day. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

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