I will say, as somebody with disordered eating habits and a tendency to binge instead of Experience An Emotion, the vast amount of options available for cookies, crackers, ice cream, and potato chips have been a problem for me as well - I can really sympathize with LW for this reason. The solution that worked for me (pre-pandemic, at least) was to switch over to Trader Joe's for groceries instead of the big supermarkets - fewer junk choices meant I was morn likely to focus on fruits and vegetables, and then maybe one or two types of snack a week (instead of a cart full of potato chips and Ben & Jerry's).
I had an Italian housemate back in 2015/2016 who gained 15 pounds in his first month in the US because he kept buying junk food at the supermarket. I remember coming home one day to find six different bags of bread products on the counter - Portuguese rolls, cinnamon swirl bread, sourdough, wonder bread, you name it - all of which were GONE within a week. Dude also bought a giant bottle of coffee creamer and drank it like milk. But wondered why none of his clothes were fitting anymore...
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I had an Italian housemate back in 2015/2016 who gained 15 pounds in his first month in the US because he kept buying junk food at the supermarket. I remember coming home one day to find six different bags of bread products on the counter - Portuguese rolls, cinnamon swirl bread, sourdough, wonder bread, you name it - all of which were GONE within a week. Dude also bought a giant bottle of coffee creamer and drank it like milk. But wondered why none of his clothes were fitting anymore...