Never grocery shop when you're hungry! lol. WHY do people like me do this???

lol.... i used to be like you... maybe not in grocery shopping, but in buying lunch or dinner to sastify my hunger. i would get ALOT!! and will not be able to finish it. so now i have become wiser (in a sense?) and just order a normal serving. and it is about all i need!!!! so, yeah...in that sense, i am abit like you!!! lol...

hehe i have heard about this too, when you are hungry you end up buying more than what you have planned.

I've done this in the grocery store, the department store and the bakery. Oh and not forgetting the take away counter at a restaurant once. So when I'm hungry it just not neww food ideas, its food and more food and anything which looks even slighltly interesting and edible finds itself in the cart. Guess the control factor here is as freaky here as well.

I think you need major counseling. lol... Just wondering about your tummy contour and I am serious this time.

Yes, they say when you tend to grocery shop when you are hungry, you will tend to buy junk foods and such.. With me, when I do grocery shop, I will buy things that are nutritious and healthy. I try to control what I buy.

I try not to go overboard, because of cost. I usually leave my husband home sleeping, because when he goes with me, it becomes boardline ridulous. He pick things up, I say are you going to eat it, of course his answer at the time is yes, then after we get home, it is a different story. I still have yogurt in my frige, that he picked up and never ate. I do not like peach flavor yogurt So if I want to save money, I leave my husband at home.

your kids and the shopowner might be so happy to have foumd a customer like you.lol.i go grocery shopping only at mid morning or in the evening.but i will try once to go grocery shopping when i am hungry just to see the results.lol.

LOL! I know what you mean. Never ever do grocery shopping when you are hungry. I used to waste tons of money this way. I would feel very hungry at the end of the day. And on the way back home from work, I would stop at a bakery and purchase whatever junk that took my fancy. :) A very bad habit actually. I should have purchased enough snacks to last me a week when I was NOT feeling hungry. Next time, James, eat well before you go shopping. You could pass over some cheese if you feel it is too much. I just love cheese. :) Cheers and happy mylotting

Right now my fiance and I are not the supplier of food to our mouths. However, when I did have money and would buy food (often on an empty stomach or cravings binge) the shelves would sure enough be stocked with foods I liked. Now, living where I did, the shelves did not stay stocked and when I got home (often after a long days work, and when I say long I mean LONG) the things I had bought to consume, had been consumed.

Well, I will openly admit that it is never good for me to go hungry to the grocery store because I end up putting all different types of things in my cart and then later I am like why did I by that? When I go full I just get what is on my list on what is going to be used during the week but on the other hand when I am hungry I end up getting things that I do not end up using until later and by then they go bad I have learned my lesson.

Hi James, my wife and me found out the same for us - we buy more than we really need and can eat if we are hungry when shopping for food. It's better to have a meal before, then you will likely save some money :-)

If I have extra money and go grocery shopping while hungry, I do tend to fill the cart with more stuff than what was on my list. I have noticed I tend to hover excitedly in aisles with ready-to-eat stuff. But if I am on a very tight budget, even if I am hungry, I just zoom right through the aisles and I'll be at the 15-or-less Item Checkout in no time.

I understand what you mean! I too have been in that situation in the past! I needed some groceries and I was hungry at the same time! What did I do? Well, as soon as I entered the supermarket I walked straight towards the chocolate shelves, I had an unbelievable craving for chocolate! Anyone would think I was pregnant or something! As well as buying all the essential stuff for the main meal, I bought a lot of extras including Mars bars, Twixs, Dairy milk chocolate, and chocolate biscuits!! I always say to myself though: (this is ok, I will just work of the calories tomorrow on my totalgym!). Hey James, who says we can't have fun with food though! It's good to pollute yourself with junk from time to time! It's not going to kill you! If you are into home exercise machines like myself then you can easily torture your body the next day!! Andrew

Well. I actually prefer to do my grocery shopping when I am hungry! I am always having trouble deciding what to cook and when I'm hungry I'll discover lots of new possibilities. I just love going through the store buying tons of delicious food. And when I'm home I take a look at all the yummy stuff I bought and make a list when I want to eat what. - So this technique works pretty well for me.

No I'm pretty bad too however since I know that when I'm in a store and am really hungry, I tend to want to buy more. Sometimes I end up buying more than I expected but usually I can say no, I have things at home to eat, so I'm not going to buy this. It's hard to really break that habit but it can be done. You just need to keep in mind that you're hungry so you want to buy more. So, sticking to a list, especially if you have a specific list of things you need really helps the trip go smoother when hungry.

I do know that you are not supposed to shop on an empty stomach, (I read these facts somewhere, sometime, but I don't remember when).. I am bad about going to the grocery store on the spur of the moment and I am just about always hungry when I go.. I do, however, go to the deli and get about 4 thinly sliced pieces of hot pepper cheese and sometimes a small container of milk, chocolate or white, whichever I am in the mood for at the time.. I snack on this while shopping, hoping all the while that I will not get arrested for doing this.. This usually helps me to control some of my purchases.. It really helps, but I am a regular at this particular grocery store and they do know me, so I honestly would not recommend this to anyone else, you may end up in the slammer.. I do still have items that I have purchased and I wonder what in the H*ll did I buy this for, we have never nor will ever eat this item.. That is one of the green items in my fridge, it stays there until it turns green and then I feel ok with throwing it away.. After all, it is ok to throw aways something that is so old it has turned green, don't you think..

No James, you're not alone! I do that alot myself! I don't know what it is. There's just something about being in the grocery store! I just get hungry! I want everything yummy that I see and it usually isn't what's on my list! It's the junk! It's the cakes, cookies, candies, pretzels, chips, whatever I don't need and shouldn't have! Even if I don't go in the store hungry something just happens and I get the "have to have" syndrome! I already know that I'm a junk food junkie which doesn't help! I really try not to pick up stuff and sometimes I actually put it back before checkout. They just make things look so appealing. I'm so bad! I have little or no self control. I'm ashamed of myself! I just don't know how to stop myself. Telling myself that I'm on a diet sometimes works. The only thing for me is taking my boyfriend who says "you don't need it" very firmly and shames me into putting it down. The problem is he hates to go shopping with me and he's always working so that leaves me to shop alone! Then when he looks in the cabinets (he even knows the hiding places) he just shakes his head! Oh well! I'll try to do better next trip! Should be sometime this week or next. Will keep you posted!

Same thing here. My problem is I buy all this stuff and I have to eat it all by myself no one is here but me. So to keep if from going to waste I just gorge myself with food, junk food. I have learned and I do better now I always eat before I go grocery shopping and I wait until late in the day when I am not hungry, I hate to go any way. I just have to stay away from the ice cream and cookies.

I try not to buy snack foods when I shop. I generally go for healthier food. I'm somewhat good at trying to control my temptations, so I won't buy that, even if I'm hungry.

I've had something like that happen too. I went to the supermarket, saw a lot of food and tasted lots of samples by promoters. In the end, I bought a few hundred dollars' worth of food that lay in my refrigerator for more than 3 weeks. In the end I had to invite all my friends up for a dinner and I managed to clear all the food, which was a relief. Nowadays, before I go to the supermarket, I draw up a list of necessities that I have to buy. I try to bring just enough money so I don't get tempted and buy some other food that my family can't finish up. Just my 0.2 cents, hope it helped.