Strange habits

The way that I limit how many M&M's I eat is that I only buy the bags with the snack size packages and I only allow myself THREE of the little packs a day (usually as a treat before I go to bed). Sorting them also makes them last a little longer and seem more satisfying. (FYI - I have lose 24 pounds since March 1 - the M&M's are my reward for sticking to my diet all day.)

It is healthier to not eat it; so, you are helping not hurting anyone. Especially, if they can't tell the difference when they eat it.

The reason they like it is that it fools the brain into thinking that something tastes better than it really does. It also makes you want more of it and that is what the manufacturers like - it sells more food.

Ya, you are right, it is not good when we eat sodium glutamate but in here people still love to eat it. I went to japan and i don't see ajimioto sodium glutamate but they have a plants in here and sell it for Vietnamese people...hmmm

I think a lot of us do that even though with M&M's there is no difference in taste between one color and another. His asking did not make me change my habit; it just made me stop and think about WHY I sorted them.

Ya that would make us do that. Another thing i do when eating nuts i will sort out the whole ones and the broken ones. I eat the broken ones first then the whole ones. Saving the best for last. I used that when i was a kid to clean my plate. I ate the food i liked less first so that the end was my favorite and would make me clean the plate. The m & m's i sorted the colors. i would eat one of each color ina row. Least favorite color first favorite color last.

No, there is nothing wrong with it; and, there is nothing wrong with sorting other things - sorting makes it easier to get the item you want quickly and saves time. But, it is "strange" when there is NO reason for doing it that makes any sense. Sorting clothes and accessories makes it easier to find what you need. Sorting different flavors makes it easier to either separate the flavors or combine them into new custom flavors. Sorting cosmetics makes it easier to get ready without making mistakes and using the wrong product. If I was sorting M&M's by color because I was going to use them in art work that would make sense since there is no difference in taste. Sorting them for no reason other than it is a habit does make it seem "strange" to other people.

I have one color that is for my husbands clothes and for my clothes I have 3 colors - one for pants, one for tops, and the last for everything else. It just makes it easier when I need to get something to wear out of the closet.

Well, your habit doesn't hurt yourself or anyone else; so, as long as it does not make you take more time than you are allowed for meals you are fine. When someone comments on it just tell them you are "enjoying a work of art" before you destroy it by eating it.

The flavored ones do taste different and a lot of people don't like to mix the flavors (some do, some don't). But, once you start doing it with one type of candy it just seems to carry over to the others.

That is what happens with habits, we do them without thinking about them. As long as you don't draw blood and you keep your fingers and nails clean, your habit may be a little disgusting; BUT, it isn't hurting anyone.

My habit wasn't hurting me or bothering anyone; it just made my husband curious about WHY I was doing it. I am still sorting my M&M's - I am just more aware of it now.

With jelly beans, I save out all of the black ones; because, those are my husbands favorite (though I will occasionally eat one or two if he isn't looking).

I eat mine in order of the fewest of a color to the most of the color. No idea why; but, that is what I do.

Dancing I only do in my own home and only when everyone else is in bed asleep or out of the house. I also hum and sing to myself and sometimes I get caught by other people. One lady who caught me said she was glad to know she wasn't the only one that did that.

Separating the oreo cookies is one habit I never did pick up. Biting the ends off of licorice and using it as a straw, I have done with the strawberry licorice; but, with milk or soda, not tea.

Rumors have it that the green M&M is the "love: M&M and it acts as an aphrodesiac. But, that is just an urban legend.

I actually lay them out and then usually eat the color with the least first progrssing to the one with teh most. You are sorting yours also; but, you are doing it in the bag.

A lot of times we have habits that we do not even realize we have. Telling someone they have a habit that is annoying can offend the person with the habit because they feel you are judging THEM. When my husband asked me about what I was doing, he said "I am just curious, is there a reason you are sorting your M&M's?" There was nothing that indicated he was bothered or upset with my behavior and it was not judgemental; so, it just made me stop and think about what I was doing. He was not asking me to change or stop.