My fat mom can't be around snacks, so apparently neither can the rest of us. My mom was thin for most of my childhood. (She ballooned up after she had an affair or something when I entered high school and is now well over 200lbs) Growing up there was always a plethora of food for us to snack on. Fresh fruit, cheese, crackers, even popcorn, cookies, muffins. when we entered adulthood my brother and I both got more health conscious. I live alone, and I don't buy cookies or sweets. But there is always something available to snack on. I stayed with my parents this week, and lo and behold, my mom is on some doomed-to-fail weight loss attempt. So there is like, no food in the house. I go through all th drawers and pantries. There is nothing to eat. My mom tells me "I'm not eating that stuff anymore so I'm not buying it." Well shit, since you've finally decided maybe you should lose some weight the rest of us normal sized people can't fucking eat, because you have zero self control and can't exist around food. I locate a block of cheddar cheese in the fridge and cut a few slices. She tells me she didn't know that was in there. And then Proceeds to cut the rest of the block and eat the entire thing. NO SELF CONTROL.  My sympathies to the rest of you with ham moms.