Dietitian turns YOUR Top FEAR FOODS into Healthy Meals & Snacks

[@AbbeysKitchen]

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[@BagznBirdz]

That sundried tomato pesto is also a great source of flanovoids. Tomatoes don't get enough love for the flavonoids - and ketchup def is underappreciated in that category!

[@anitafoss2133]

Your HCC might not be necessary for every meal or snack, but it's a great basis for creating a personalized healthy eating plan based upon any individuals needs, whether that is diabetes, weight loss or gain, vegetarian or vegan choices, etc. Thank you for your efforts and enthusiasm in sharing the information you do.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Thanks for these kind words!

[@clavpd2001]

Learning about the hunger crushing combo has changed my life. You don’t understand how much you have helped my eating habits and even my mental health.

[@charlotmae4848]

I started applying this to my morning oats! Since a huge craving of mine is chocolate and peanut I started making chocolate peanut butter protein oats and its such a game changer!

[@Discrete1998]

That sounds DELICIOUS

[@Shalom-12]

Yum. Seeing this as I'm eating chocolate peanut butter ice cream ... Lol .. need to try that.

[@jensee3317]

One day I’m going to binge watch this series and take a shot everytime Abbey sprinkles hemp hearts on something. 😂

[@m.dilitto5488]

Pair that shot with a protein, healthy fat, and some fiber and you've got yourself a hunger crushing combo

[@jensee3317]

@@m.dilitto5488 😂😂😂

[@kariselph1423]

Pretty sure you would suffer alcohol poisoning after like 12 vids…

[@cathybelle81]

I understand her, hemp hearts are the bomb 🙌🏻

[@georgieroberts8697]

The days before the London marathon I drank a lot of orange juice which was a huge fear food… Hilariously my obsession with training “perfectly” actually overrode my orthorexia so I ate so many fear foods that week! Now the marathon is over my new goal is to not plan every meal!

[@21972012145525]

Congratulations and relax ❤

[@AmyWhitehouseVlog]

They say it themselves in the commercials! Cereal is PART of a balanced breakfast. A bowl of cereal alone it’s designed to be a full meal. My mix is to add some of the high fiber cereal from Trader Joe’s, actually really good, to a fun cereal and add protein powder to the milk. Has the simple feel while actually filling me up.

[@21972012145525]

Do you mean isn’t

[@bin_bun_09]

I don't know if you've already done this, but I would love to see you make a video about how to find/choose nutritional food options on a low budget. For me, as someone who generally tries to avoid meat or dairy, I find it especially hard to get enough protein and healthy fats at a reasonable price. Aaaaand some of us can't afford to eat fresh berries, avocados and nuts with every meal 😅

[@sarahlikestacos1010]

I think the KZbin channel cheap lazy vegan or the subreddit cheapandhealthy might be helpful

[@albertheijnpindakaas]

meal planning saved the most money for me. Choose 3 recipes, get groceries for the whole weak. Most of the time i spend a lot less money than when I go to the store daily, because than i'm constantly tempted to buy candy and icecream. Junkfood is in fact pretty expensive, and you need so much of it to feel satiated.

[@albertheijnpindakaas]

I do live in the netherlands. Could be that in your country junkfood is cheaper. And frozen fruit is a life saver, never goes bad so I have options.

[@kaitlincrane_]

My HCC with Nutella was whole grain toast, a small spread of Nutella and cottage cheese heaped on top. It was so delicious, I used to have it all the time.

[@katyp564]

I never would've thought of that combination.

[@kaitlincrane_]

@@katyp564 To me it was like Nutella cheesecake toast! So good! 🤤 Probably could add even more toppings to make it more a HCC.

[@katyp564]

@@kaitlincrane_ that makes total sense. A lot of people avoid cottage cheese because of its diet associations, but it is sooo good outside of that.

[@kaitlincrane_]

@@katyp564 It’s funny, I saw someone use it once and thought it was genius. I didn’t know until recently it was associated as such haha! I love the texture and cheesecake-ness of it when sweetened with something like Nutella.

[@21972012145525]

Sounds yummy and yes unique combo. I like berries and cottage cheese on toast with honey!

[@karlapaiz5835]

Hi Abbey, I've learned so much from your videos. My relationship with food has not been the most friendly one but now I enjoy my meals knowing I'm feeding my body with the best combinations possible. The information you share here is so valuable!! I usually listen to your videos while driving to work. Greetings from Guatemala ❤❤❤❤

[@AbbeysKitchen]

So glad to hear this!❤

[@julz_m]

Your HCC framework changed my relationship with food and helped me finally stop binging. Now, hard at work healing my metabolism from 20+ years of abusing my body, but more hopeful than ever that ED days are behind me. Thanks @abbeysharp

[@AbbeysKitchen]

That is AMAZING!

[@erinyoung7789]

Can we turn my wine into a HCC though?! 😂

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Cheers to that🍷😂

[@karil6461]

Wine, cheese, whole grain crackers

[@aleisterlilywhite1109]

Right? That’s the thing holding back my weight loss the most but I guess that’s a whole different issue… 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@hoosieraussis1]

Nuts and a little prosciutto and cheese,

[@davidfletcher4449]

Rose, Chicken and a salad

[@KDeanie]

I love the HCC, it’s really helped me put my diet into perspective and get more nutrition into my favorite meals AND helped me get as much nutrition as possible into my finicky morning-sickness-sucks-and-nothing-sounds-appealing diet recently

[@グリュッツナーアンネ]

"it only works when the intention is self-care"...So true! Trying seeing things from the perspective of self-care is so powerful.Thank you for this amazing content!

[@Sara-vi3rn]

Yes! I completely agree with the comment about your "mind barking so loudly in a state of deprivation." Completely can relate to this video. Thank you Abbey!

[@collin333]

My fav series returns! Little nuggets of inspiration like these are so helpful to people who might not know where to get started 😌

[@marymilo9916]

Love Abbys approach. She is such a resource, no BS and ok with being vulnerable and validating and accepting our vulnerabilities Keep doing good stuff Abby,you're a winner x

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Thanks for the support love🥰🥰

[@juliaharris505]

Could you do costco muffins??? Or any type of muffin that's store bought? This is so great

[@ladimoe1]

Sometimes I crush up my store bought muffins into my Greek yogurt and top it with berries and nuts. It tastes like a dessert 🤤

[@jcolling8158]

Can always pair a muffin with some Greek yogurt and berries. Drizzle some peanut butter on top and boom you have a HCC.

[@Mapletron]

^ yes Greek yogurt with crumbled muffin topping PLUS a sprinkle of chia and/or ground flax and berries!

[@Mapletron]

**oh! I forgot to add a little drizzle of nut butter.

[@Diana-qp2rw]

Another idea, mix Greek Yogurt with Peanut butter (or any nut butter), maybe some maple syrup and/or lime juice depending on the muffin and then put it on top like a frosting. Sprinkle some berries and/or nuts on top, it’s delicious

[@kittyfriend9888]

that croissant sandwich looked incredible, I definitely need a croissant now!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

🥐🥐🥐

[@Itskittykat979]

I know this isn’t really a HCC, but Nutella and strawberries is just AMAZING. Definitely helped me get over my fear of Nutella lol

[@jennythompson8972]

I love this series. After watching one of the earlier HCC videos, I adopted having my cereal with fruit, protein powder, and milk. I love how it makes me feel satisated through the morning. Sometimes I swap out the protein powder and milk for greek yogurt.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Love this so much

[@ThepplforHarris47]

love ya Abbey! I have been watching your channel for a while and it has helped me soooo much. I have a history of ED and your channel has helped me overcome a lot of my not so good eating habits. You have helped me understand what healthy can and does look like and not to be afraid of food. All my love 🥰

[@Katepwe]

I put hemp seeds or pumpkin seeds in lots of things including smoothies. Freeze the bananas….they are so much better. Also, cooked carrots instead of sweet potatoes is also good. One of my favourite snacks…..low sugar vanilla Greek yogurt, fresh strawberries/blueberries, some crunchy granola & hemp hearts then a drizzle of Hershey’s chocolate milk syrup.

[@hivyfalou1393]

does hunger crushing cumbos prevent sugar spikes? I would like to know more about them and the science behind them, can please make a video on that?

[@AbbeysKitchen]

I have an ebook on the HCC that talks about the science www.abbeyskitchen.com/hunger-crushing-combo/

[@hivyfalou1393]

@@AbbeysKitchen thank a lot for this Abby

[@mileynguyen25]

As a dietitian, this is such a great concept. Though as some point as a society, to improve health overall we need to think of food as medicine. Sure we have craving for processed food, and has bad experience that people shame other people for eating certain foods. But has anyone thought of why we crave for processed foods as soda, chips, lucky charms, fast food? It’s because of the ingredients in the food that alter out our taste buds. So while this concept is great add protein, fat, fiber on top of these foods, as a society we need to be real that these processed food at the end of the day is not great for us(not because of someone say is good or bad) but the fact they alter our gut microbiome, changed our state buds. Humans aren’t designed to eat “faked” food. If you are someone who believe that food is medicine, I think that’s how you truly heal your relationship with food. Foods is not bad or good based on what someone say but really how does affects your physically body ? Your bacteria ? Gut? Brain etc. I have so many patient because they weren’t taught to read label and now has to pay the price later in life. It’s all about support business that producing real ingredient in cereal, chips etc. I’m sure lucky charm giant company is big enough that they don’t need us to promote their cereal.

[@laurenelizabeth2505]

Respect!!

[@BC-np8cb]

I wish there was more discussion in the intuitive eating/anti diet culture world of how to reconcile that philosophy with the fact that our current food environment is usually more manipulative that intuitive, especially considering we have become mostly divorced from the sources of our food (and our belongings in general).

[@21972012145525]

I want to see how you would tackle a fasting diet. What foods should and could we eat if we time restrict our meals to meet daily nutritional values?

[@katchan3795]

I love how for the croissant, you didn't just put bacon, egg, and cheese I feel like that's what everyone does, and for some reason, that combo of food tastes horrible to me. I really wanna try the sandwich you made!!!

[@21972012145525]

That sounds good to me rn minus the bacon

[@estherlouisamay]

There are some ideas that could be made gluten-free and a question how would you do a hunger crushing combo for Celiac disease or food allergies just a few ideas for maybe a future video 😊 (say if you had people over with food allergies just a friendly thought 🙂)

[@dlmonty5423]

Hi Abbey, I tried your cereal trick with 2 of my trigger foods and it has really helped. I was determined that food was not going to control me, but that I was going to control it. Hope that makes sense. Thank you for all of the good info. I've been trying to work in your HCC at every meal. It really helps to keep my appetite under control.

[@BoopsNstuff]

This was so healing to watch Abbey 💕

[@TheGPFilmMaker]

Nutella vibes but not quite as sweet? The Soom brand chocolate tahini is AMAZING! It's not as sweet and it has a nice savory counterpoint from the sesame. I love to have it on whole grain toast! I can't eat M&Ms because of some food allergies, but I like to hunger crushing combo chocolate chips by making a yogurt bowl! I'll do some berries, some granola (I use peanut butter, steel cut oats, walnuts, and hemp hearts to make it!) and some yogurt with a sprinkle of chocolate chips on top! Like an ice cream sundae but it's satiating too!

[@cmr728]

Just yesterday I saw someone claiming intuitive eating while selling MLM products and promoting small serving sizes. She said “take this hunger suppressant gummy if you’re an emotional eater like me” 🤦‍♀️

[@autumnduckworthwilhelm8464]

Abby it would be so helpful if you did a video telling us how many calories you eat in a day. Especially for someone that is on the outskirts of an ED. You are so beautiful and healthy and have worked hard to get where you are, it would be a motivation to me and I am sure many others to know how you maintain your healthand physique, and how you keep track of your calories

[@viviannichols3582]

That box of donut, two eggs, crackers and more had to add up to like 900 calories. 😂

[@21972012145525]

@@viviannichols3582minus one egg, it’s probably around 500 x3= 1500 which is near recommended

[@frevels95]

What’s your recommended nutrition for someone with PCOS? Do you have a video on that?

[@Indywood]

Omg being in a thumbnail?!? What a dream

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Weeee

[@Lola6920]

I love this series, but sometimes the examples are a little TOO hunger crushing XD Like, if I ate some of them then it would be too much food/spoilt my appetite for my next main meal. I'm wondering if it's possible to create 'mini' versions of these HCC Fear Foods? Something like,... a chocolate truffle, in between two slices of pear with a smidgen of peanut butter? Lol I completely just made that up, but hope that helps convey what I mean :)

[@Diana-qp2rw]

Maybe just make a smaller portion? Or just eat half of it and keep the rest for the next day.

[@ahuman5772]

Honestly I think if they're too hunger crushing, maybe it's better not to eat so much of those. I have the same issue, but I am younger than Abbey so probably need more energy, and I also can't eat large volumes. I often would end up eating a bunch of chocolate after a meal that I could barely finish (volume-wise) because I am still so hungry but stuffed. So idk if you get full too easily, just from my personal experience I don't see a reason to focus on crushing hunger if I need to eat more lol. I was also underweight when I was younger. I just tried to add more vitamins and nutrients into my food without trying to make the "hcc". Now it's not as much of an issue since I am older and my metabolism seems to have slowed down.

[@nicolemarieb.7044]

I mean listen, I’m one of those people that loves healthy food but also loves junk food. So basically I eat both. I have one life to live and I want to enjoy it :-)

[@21972012145525]

Same. For me it’s a quantity issue

[@JordynBruce-bq8ps]

Thank you for what you do. From the bottom of my heart, you have helped me so so much.

[@mollymeyer3129]

Nice job Abbey, really enjoyed this one!

[@flaviopons142]

The pesto-chicken croissant *IS* scary, but just because I am an Italian living in Paris

[@mirunacatrinoiu3593]

the pulsing dance.... 10/10

[@CrownedLily]

As someone with non celiac gluten sensitivity cutting out gluten has nothing to do with dieting. Sorry I just got irked when you mentioned cutting out gluten.

[@kellyreadingbooks]

I struggle so much with HCC because I have food allergies and digestive issues. I’m allergic to eggs, peanuts, treenuts, seeds, buckwheat, quinoa, and chicken. So that takes away so many protein and healthy fat options. Dairy also really irritates my stomach and I haven’t had it in years. So it’s very hard for me to have much of any of these unfortunately :( protein powders also bother my stomach even if they are plant based.

[@kristyboule8768]

I’m at a point with sugary sweets and treats that I feel like I either need to stop completely (but can I???) or just accept I’m going to gain a lot of weight and potentially end up with illnesses from weight gain. 😣😣😣

[@21972012145525]

Try fasting

[@JazyAteIt]

One of my fear foods used to be pork belly. Not bacon but the really thick pork belly, because of all the fat

[@FreckleFinance]

I once decided to get creative and made my kids toast with peanut butter on one side, nutella on the other and then banana cut up in the sandwhich as well. It was like dessert for breakfast. So tasty.

[@ladyjessica23]

It would be great if you offered some info on these snacks, like calories and macros. Thanks!

[@alischulze]

I think that would defeat the purpose of this video - going against “fear foods” and therefore disordered and dieting mindset stuff

[@tarapower7815]

Love some of these ideas, as a recent type 2 diabetic your content helps me to not freak out.

[@craftyluna6381]

I get the health logic behind all of this, but sometimes, the simplicity is what I'm craving. A plain, simple carb with butter and salt, that's it, nothing more please. When you start adding things to it, making it more complicated to prepare and to eat . . . it's too many steps, too many flavors, too many textures. It takes all the comfort out of the comfort food.

[@virgo_things]

Then eat what you're craving. It's ok

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Sometimes you just need bread and butter!

[@rubypainter]

Sometimes a good grilled cheese hits the spot. Or pizza. I love it when I can enjoy a good craving.

[@21972012145525]

Agree!!!! I thought the croissant sandwich looked no where near as good as the actual croissant! And less calories too

[@MacKennaSkye]

I love this! My main fear food is cinnamon rolls. Please help turn them into a HCC!

[@21972012145525]

Omg I cannot stop dreaming about pillowy soft cinnamon rolls my elementary used to serve on fridays. Some days they’d do pecan caramel rolls. I have yet to find anything similar and not that talented in the kitchen yet. On my bucket list to ask them for the recipe or just walk in and buy it during lunch 😂

[@bouncing_dancer]

I love to have pastries with full fat yoghurt and berries, hope this helps!

[@alyzu4755]

Awwwww, Poppy's so cute! I love seeing her face and front paws pop up on the counter. 🥰

[@stavruler5098]

Have you already "tackled" sticky toffee pudding? It's one of my favs, too. And tiramisu 😋😋

[@ewarogula8397]

Great new style in this video! It feels to me as this video style would feel appealing to a younger audience. I can really relate to your teach sensitivity since I literally have the same issue plus if I eat sth overly sugary or with sugar crystals on or in it like sugar cookies then my tongue stings. I experience the same sensation after eating salt and vinegar chips (sadly my favorite taste of chips give me this sensation). Oh, I am trying to recreate something similar to Nutella but without nuts and without this insane sweetness that Nutella has. I experimented a bit with sunflower seeds, cocoa and milk powder, but my food critic (aka my nearly 5 years old daughter) is not convinced to eat it so I've to perfect it. One more thing... I live in Sweden and here in Sweden there is a strong "Lördags godis" (in English "Saturday sweets") culture where children are allowed to eat as much sweets as they want on Saturday and parents should not give children any sweets on the other days of the week. Dentists in Sweden advice on this too! In my opinion this is not a healthy (not for teeth nor for our mental or overall health) approach. We let out daughter decide if she wants a desert after a meal or not. And we don't keep cookies or chocolate hidden away - we pack it all in clear containers and keep it as we would other food. And it's all fine! Sometimes she wants sth sweet and very often she doesn't. On the other hand I see young teenagers eating literally a whole chocolate bars on the way to school and in my opinion that's precisely the effect of restriction and this nonsense believe that stuffing your face with sugary things once a week instead of balancing it out is healthy. Have a lovely day and thank you for reading my excessively long comment:)

[@21972012145525]

Wow! Unique perspective I guess it depends on the kid

[@alicedeathbelle]

Having orange juice as fear food and not actually liking juice is so real. I once ate half a cheesecake in 5 minutes when I was binging and purging and everyone that knows me knows I HATE cheesecake. When you’re deprived of food, everything is delicious even if you might not like it in other circumstances. Disordered eating is so strange how it compels us to do things we would never usually do. I saw some WEIRD stuff back in the day on those forums. (Like praying to food gods and making food effigies 😅)

[@elisha_jane]

Love when you do these! You do good. 🫶🏻

[@21972012145525]

I was going to skip this video but I throughly enjoyed it! And left a lot of comments 😂 not a huge fan of hcc because fasting has worked for me. I’m a binge eater and not a good avoider which I feel like is more geared to hcc. That being said I can easily go into nutrient deficient and am still supplementing with a multivitamin. This reminds me how to make a more nutrient dense snack I would skip the sweet potatoes in the smoothie (maybe try to add it if I actually liked the smoothie), have a normal sandwich and eat the croissant alone with chocolate milk/oj/or coffee. Same with the donut. Eat the box separately. Eat the donut alone with oj or coffee. Not a fan of plain m&ms. I like plain pancakes or add berries, both topped with honey. Syrup and butter is fine too, but honey is the easiest (I’m lazy). Peanut m&ms separately. I can finish a bag of those easily so I don’t even buy unless it’s on sale or I’m craving it in the checkout aisle. I have yet to try the cereal with yogurt. I like cereal and milk and yogurt separately too. And both fill me enough to stop eating

[@collin333]

As an aside though, I feel the exact same way about Nutella. By itself, it’s pretty sickly sweet but Nutella cheesecake? Nutella (or generic choc hazelnut) ice cream? FUCK ME UP FAM

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Haha this

[@hatredisabackhandedcomplim1124]

I just wanted to say I appreciate the food dyes disclaimer because I was FIGHTING those ED thoughts! I've never had M&M pancakes but I am now going to make them because that sounds DELICIOUS

[@zo_471]

Abbey is my new favourite KZbinr

[@shelleylynn3033]

Donuts and fried chicken for me, feel guilty eating them. My 7 year old doesn’t like Nutella, which is fine to me 😅

[@AbbeysKitchen]

I did fried chicken in this video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5LXXqeDqN6Br8U

[@user46318]

The most entertaining part of the video was Abbey cooking the m&m pancakes... she's so funny! 😅

[@kathyforgues6994]

I am slowly learning how to eat certain foods without concerns. This morning I wasn’t particularly hungry but knew that if I waited too long to eat, my stomach would not be happy. Not to get into TMI, but if I go for more than 14 hours between my last meal, it doesn’t end well. Anyways, I made a choice to eat what sounded good to me. I had a whole-wheat tortilla with a jalapeño and artichoke dip( literally about 2 tablespoons was left) 3 slices of chicken lunch meat and about a 1/4 cup of roasted nuts on the side. Yes, it might seem odd to some but that’s what sounded good to me. Drank some water, had finished my coffee before this😢 And now I am good to go til lunch😊

[@zuburgirl]

My top favourite desserts are eclairs, any good moist cake and a particular "pistachio-oatmeal-chocolate-raisin cookies"

[@SS-in1ts]

This is amazing and will help my adhd/pms family 🙏 I can’t wait to have a banana split with walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, or peanuts- and dark chocolate for breakfast! And eventually Greek yogurt. 😋

[@abbybottar2297]

I love drizzling Nutella on top of my oatmeal! With nut butter, fresh fruit, nuts, seeds, soooo good

[@meganlloyd5908]

I would love to know what you eat when you know you need to eat but you're not particularly hungry, nothing sounds good, as well as what do you eat when you can't figure out what you are craving and don't want to eat everything in sight trying to satisfy what you don't know what it is you're trying to satisfy

[@21972012145525]

Probably berries and full fat yogurt with granola type topping/cereal based on just watching her videos

[@figskatefan]

That breakfast bento box idea is so cute and simple! I'll do this with the muffins I bought recently. :)

[@brendamclean8447]

Loved this video so much❤

[@TheYazmanian]

Unrelated but OMG her nailpolish color is so pretty!!!! What is that? Essie's "Go Ginza"? "Polly Want a Lacquer" by OPI?! I need.

[@21972012145525]

What’s the need for so much protein. It honestly looks excessive to have so much protein emphasis in every single meal. I haven’t heard of any American being protein deficient (maybe unless you’re vegan?). Can anyone explain

[@Katepwe]

Protein builds muscle and is super important for women going through perimenopause, through menopause and especially for post menopause.

[@brittanyschwab8265]

I get so much out of these. Thank you so much!

[@Kira-jd7bp]

Hey Abbey, I was recommended a video on a "what i eat in a week- intuitive and vegan". Unfortunately it is in German, but I am quite curious on your opinion about the combination intuitive AND vegan. Do you think somebody can really eat 100% intuitively and still be choosing only vegan ingredients? have been vegetarian for years but always had those cravings for meat and fish, especially while my period. I eventually gave up restricting myself especially cause i wanted to gain weight too (and it works out really well!) Greetings from germany!

[@21972012145525]

That’s great

[@davisfamily9510]

I wouldn’t say I eat very healthy but for a 20 year old, I might eat better than others my age. Nutrition is really interesting to me but watching your videos has made me realize that I don’t have as healthy of a relationship with food as I thought I did.

[@milou96]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS IMPATIENTLY

[@sopheikemarie]

Favorite videos, I always come back to these!

[@isaiahwells1630]

I’m vegan and don’t eat dairy. For the orange sickle smoothie can I substitute the Greek yogurt with something else that will still give it the same taste ?

[@chapa2282]

just use soy yogurt :)

[@21972012145525]

Of course. Why is that something you need to ask. If you don’t like it then omit or find a diff replacement

[@isaiahwells1630]

@@chapa2282 Thank you so much 😊!

[@athira1523]

Hi Abbey. Your video full with information and help me to have healthy relationship with food. Thanks for the all your effort. Your fans from Malaysia.

[@jessicamccann2807]

It would be great to see how HCC works from a meal planning perspective. I.e do you have items on hand in the pantry/fridge that you can mix and match

[@chesiresays]

Love this idea

[@irisvane6431]

A big fear food for me was cookie butter. I would take the Biscoff cookies and dip them in the cookie butter and I LOVED it xD

[@mariako2831]

you look amazing!!thank you for these meals

[@Denidrakes69]

I'm doing great at this, no measuring, no weighing, EXCEPT I don't know how to stop counting calories. I can stop myself from using apps, but I can't get rid of what my stupid brain remembers, nor seem to have the ability not to stop when I've hit xxxx amount. Ugh, it's definitely a work in progress, one day I'll get there...

[@shanzys2cents]

I’m going to go back and look but my fear food is chips!

[@MissyBelleSYD]

All of Abbey’s videos repeat the same moderation message over and over. While that may work for those with anorexic disordered eating, it is simply impossible for many other disordered eating. I’m sure a bulimic, binge eater, or obese person can really just have a massive jar of Nutella and bags of M&Ms sitting around their house. Sugar is addictive. Many people can’t eat just one handful. As Abbey had no personal experience with binge eating, she simply can not relate to addiction to food which is often just a physiological response to eating high sugar or sugar/fat combinations. Take these foods out of the diet and eating can return to normal.

[@21972012145525]

Agreed. I would eat three if those tiny donuts if they were sugar donuts

[@cynthiapena9933]

Fellow binge eater here . I have found that having small amounts of foods that usually send me spiraling into a binge. Has actually been beneficial to me. Hear me out. Because it sounds crazy but by knowing that I have that food around and that I have the power to eat it whenever I want . It for some reason has eliminated binging sessions . It’s by RESTRICTING foods that lead to a massive binge . So if I tell myself I can’t have chocolate, cookies or chips in the house . I’m immediately going into a restrictive mindset . And because I know I can’t have it .. well I want it even more . So when I would eliminate / restrict foods from my household. I always ended up binging. I believe Abbey talks about moderation often because balance is so important . I had anorexia at 12 yrs old . Bulimia from 18-21 yrs old and binge eating from 23-25 years old. Moderation is key.

[@emilyb1827]

Love your channel so much. You're so inspiring ❤

[@mollytornado]

Those Nutella bliss balls look sooo good. I'm definitely going to recreate them!

[@nomad1517]

If all these trend diets are bad. What books or resources should we look into aside from yours? How can we educate ourselves? How does one know if a diet isn't a scam or a fad?

[@audreybringgold6217]

Loved this one so much

[@annabelcalhoun1590]

Fear food growing up was anything with a cream-based sauce. My mother called it the sure way to get fat

[@girlypopgay]

Orange juice will eventually hurt my tongue, but moreover, it just gives me a sore throat. Borderline every time. So, sunrise/sunset Monster, I like to think of as my cup of OJ in the morning. ☺️

[@anxieTEEEA]

Abbey you're such an inspiration

[@hivyfalou1393]

can you make a cooking book that is special only to Hunger crushing cumos receipes?

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Something might be in the works….

[@hivyfalou1393]

@@AbbeysKitchen some very good new, god bless your efforts

[@EntertainMintCentral]

Great video loved it 🙂

[@christopherellis2663]

Van you go for a year without carbs?

[@doughnut_be_sad.1232]

Yes but it’s not great for you :)

[@21972012145525]

No. Why would you

[@swaliharukshana4635]

Yes!!! I was looking for the chips!!!

[@ellekirk7369]

Abbey, great content. Quick question for you, do you weigh yourself and how often? In my mind, not weighing yourself is freeing but my FB (fat brain) feels I will gain...

[@21972012145525]

1x/week is what I heard is recommended

[@mellodees3663]

I cannot Oreos. I'll eat the whole box.

[@21972012145525]

Omg me too. My dad bought the giant box from Costco because I bought thin ones (way superior than the regular in taste and less calories) from Walmart a few times to make at home Oreo mcflurries. It was supposed to be a win-win: cheaper and less calories. Then my mom bought cookies and cream ice cream (instead of plain vanilla). I’m basically screwed and downing half sleeves with milk each day. Not the goal!!! Somehow I managed not to touch the ice cream yet but I know it’s not going to be as good because it’s in the deep freezer.

[@tatlbok]

sweet potato in a smoothie is blowing my mind

[@betzy7560]

Donuts and tomatoes???

[@seijitheclown]

I have to admit I never had a savory croissant??? Somehow they are more cake-y like to me? So european peep here but never had a savory croissant XD

[@21972012145525]

You’ve never had a butter croissant? In Europe?