What foods should I stop eating?

cherith778
cherith778 Posts: 64
in Food and Nutrition
If I was to cut a food completely out of my diet, what should it be? I.e chocolate, chips, energy drinks, ect.
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  • mrsKOrtiz
    mrsKOrtiz Posts: 949 Member
    edited October 2014
    DONT jump in like that!Its not about cutting out foods. Its a change that you must make in order for it to be sustainable! No diets! CHANGE..and portion control. :)
  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
    None.
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    Foods you're allergic too. Otherwise, nothing.
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    Junk food and soft drinks are no good period. Doesn't matter if you wanna be healthy or not. you can completely cut those out and be missing absolutely nothing, i did. I was a junk food addict and went completely cold turkey subbing in healthy lean options instead, it's not hard to do just takes will power.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I'm not a fan of energy drinks & ice cream. Give me all your ice cream. Wait and peanut butter, I'll eat that too....if you're tired of chocolates I'll take those as well.
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  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    edited October 2014
    edit - not even worth it.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    None.
  • scorpiophoenix
    scorpiophoenix Posts: 222 Member
    Anything you don't find appetizing anymore. ;) Or anything you develop an allergy to.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    You should eliminate foods you are allergic to or don't like. Avoiding foods that are past their expiration date is also a good idea.
  • ukaryote
    ukaryote Posts: 860 Member
    edited October 2014
    ... it's not hard to do just takes will power.
    Thinking ... reading it backwards ... nope, still does not make sense. If will power was not hard, then no one including the author would be on this site.

    I call dibs on the potato chips.
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I haven't made any foods off limits. But I try to stay within my calorie goal which for me means smaller portions or not as often as I used to eat certain high calorie foods.
  • BuildaBetterBody4
    BuildaBetterBody4 Posts: 89
    Soda first then all the processed junk and added sugar.
  • raysputin
    raysputin Posts: 142 Member
    I know I will attract a lot of flak but here goes. Drop caffeine, "energy" drinks (guarana and the like), sulphites, high salt foods, fructose, trans fats, alcohol. Concentrate on foods with fibre, protein and complex carbohydrates. Record ALL you eat and adjust what you eat for best results.

    Reassess when you get to your desired weight.
  • blossomingbutterfly
    blossomingbutterfly Posts: 743 Member
    As others have vocalized, nothing. All about moderation and portion control. Telling yourself that you CANNOT have something will make you want it more and you won't be happy.
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    BuildaBetterBody4 wrote: »
    Soda first then all the processed junk and added sugar.
    raysputin wrote: »
    I know I will attract a lot of flak but here goes. Drop caffeine, "energy" drinks (guarana and the like), sulphites, high salt foods, fructose, trans fats, alcohol. Concentrate on foods with fibre, protein and complex carbohydrates. Record ALL you eat and adjust what you eat for best results.

    Reassess when you get to your desired weight.

    What do you guys eat on your birthday? A cake made out of cauliflower?
  • laciemn
    laciemn Posts: 77 Member
    edited October 2014
    I wouldn't say never, but not on a regular basis, or not more than a little, these foods usually don't seem worth the calories

    Edit: I forgot the biggest one of all!

    ALCOHOL
    Lattes, mochas, all that stuff
    Soda
    Juice
    Chocolate Milk
    Deep fried food
    Cookies
    Waffle / Pancakes / Cake / Pie
    Pasta
    Chips
    Crackers
    Doughnuts
    Candy bars
    Candy in general
    Extremely fatty meat (high % fat hamburger, sausage, pork ribs, etc)
    Heavy sauces with cream, butter, or mayo based (dressing also)


    Some things that are better, but similar when craving snacks

    Luigi's Italian ice (90)
    Slow churned low calorie ice cream (220 per cup)
    Honey graham crackers (130 for 2)
    Rice crackers (105 cals for 16)
    Animal crackers (140 for 20)
    Yogurt with sugar free pudding mix (tastes kind of like dessert) (150)
    Fun size candy bars (70-80)


  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    *sits down with a beer*

    What are we talking about?

    If I've learned anything in the last few weeks it's that you eat what you want. There are things I don't consume out of personal preference, and that's fine. I've not given up beer, doughnuts, Buffalo Wild Wings, pizza, cheese ... nothing. I'm just more aware of how much I'm consuming of everything because of my food logging.
  • Zerodette
    Zerodette Posts: 200 Member
    I gave up a bunch of fast food items. Not because they are bad or evil, but because it turns out I don't like them enough to fit them into my calories. My Sonic shakes and tots have stuck around though.
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  • bakingmadness
    bakingmadness Posts: 70 Member
    edited October 2014
    emily_stew wrote: »
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    *sits down with a beer*

    What are we talking about?

    If I've learned anything in the last few weeks it's that you eat what you want. There are things I don't consume out of personal preference, and that's fine. I've not given up beer, doughnuts, Buffalo Wild Wings, pizza, cheese ... nothing. I'm just more aware of how much I'm consuming of everything because of my food logging.


    Man, in another thread you mentioned waffles, now you're mentioning beer...something else I don't have, but want! Although I am at work..beer at work might not be a good idea.

    *sits down with her chicken wings*

    So, I eat what I want if it fits in my calorie range. That includes alcohol, ice cream, whatever. Not a huge beer fan, but they let us drink at work. HR actually gives us Rum, Brandy or Whiskey with our choice of Hot Cocoa, Egg Nog, or Apple Cider when we are doing the last minute holiday rush on the phones. As long as we can still take phone calls and make the customers happy, they don't mind.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    1 - anything you're allergic to

    2 - anything you don't like to eat

    3 - anything you have trouble eating reasonable portions of. (Once you've got your eating under control, add them back in, in reasonable portions.)
    For me, that's chips & cookies. I could eat a whole bag of either, feeling terribly guilty all the way. So I just have to not buy them, and when I'm at work I keep telling myself "NO!" very sternly. :angry: It usually works. Usually.

    I eat what I like, in reasonable portions.
    I have ice cream, beer, chocolate, doughnuts, pizza, peanut butter...
    Not all at once, no. :dizzy_face: But they're all in my food diary.
  • alereck
    alereck Posts: 343 Member
    Things that you find the amount of calories not equal the amount of satisfaction. I've given up some things in my diet that are high in calories and are not even that tasty, like salad dressing. So many other options that are tastier and have much less calories.

    I'll never give up things that might be high in calories but taste good and leave me satisfied: pizza, chinese food, sushi, chocolate, ice cream, donuts, chicken wings.....
  • coueswhitetail
    coueswhitetail Posts: 309 Member
    things with low nutrient to calorie ratios.....things like white bread, oil, butter, dairy, etc. Try to maximize the amount of nutrients in each bite of food. It's easy to lose weight if you do this (aka Dr. Fuhrman plan)
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    cherith778 wrote: »
    If I was to cut a food completely out of my diet, what should it be? I.e chocolate, chips, energy drinks, ect.

    Anything that's already been put in the trash.

    Don't eat food from the trash.
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  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    coueswhitetail wrote: »
    things with low nutrient to calorie ratios.....things like white bread, oil, butter, dairy, etc. Try to maximize the amount of nutrients in each bite of food. It's easy to lose weight if you do this (aka Dr. Fuhrman plan)

    Pretty easy to lose weight if you're in a calorie deficit period.
  • briannadunn
    briannadunn Posts: 841 Member
    cherith778 wrote: »
    If I was to cut a food completely out of my diet, what should it be? I.e chocolate, chips, energy drinks, ect.

    Dont cut out anything unless you know you react to it..I have a long list of things I cant eat ifI want to lose weight..allergies..but you will find you will naturally not want to eat certain foods once you start replacing them with healthier alalternatives.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Nails, glass, wood shavings... etc
    and beets.. because they're nasty
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