What is your RED FOOD and how do you overcome the urge to eat it?
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Dairy Queen isn't a Queen at all...she is kind of bytchy....
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arditarose wrote: »mantium999 wrote: »arditarose wrote: »I used to be one of those people who said "I can't eat cereal, I'll gain weight" or "I can't eat rice". Now I understand the science and will never say that again. Still don't eat cereal though because it sucks.
Me and my Coco Puffs are offended. Awesome cereal, which results in a bonus of chocolate milk? How dare you shame it so?
lol. But I'd rather have meat for breakfast and ice cream for dessert. Coco puffs are decent though. Cinnamon Toast Crunch too.
Okay maybe that was harsh. Cereal tastes great.
Bingo! Its that "clean" cereal crap that sucks! 0 -
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Maybe I missed something but why re they called "red foods" and why did you do phase one of south beach for a month?0
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My guess is that they are comparing foods to a traffic light. Red means stop.
There are only two foods that I don't eat.
1. Foods that upset my stomach
2. Foods that I don't like the taste of
I found that putting foods off limits only lead to binges. Knowing that they weren't allowed only made them that more tempting. The longer I put it off the bigger the binge.0 -
I did not follow phase one exactly, I use it as I do now as a guideline. But, I did follow it to the point of NOT eating or drinking junk or crap foods.
Red foods are foods you can't stop eating, foods that are high in calories. I learned this term when I was in weight watchers.
At the time I said the same thing all foods are my red foods. But, now I consider junk and white flour based foods as my stay away/keep to a bare minimum.
I have been checked for diabetes for the last 6mths and I do not have that problem. I don't cut out these foods 100% but I keep them to a few times a month.
This was a thought question not a YOU should do this. What works for one does not work for all. I enjoyed many of the posts on your thoughts and ideas and many posts the negative ones make me wonder if I should even post or read these. I wanted ideas, motivation, encouragement but honestly some of the people who post, you really make it sound like I am silly.
Now I need to decide if it even pays to go to the community/posts for inspiration, motivation, encouragement and just plain advise.0 -
By the way doing phase one of the South Beach Diet helped me immensely to NOT have the desire for these types of foods. I can easily now walk away and not eat Ice cream, milk chocolate, soda, fried foods, bread so forth. I do eat them occasionally but it is rare. I just had a klondike caramel pretzel ice cream bar. Will I eat it again, not for several weeks or even months. I had Zaxby's chicken tenders with fries this last week once again not very often. Had a double BLT with fries at Ihops two weeks ago. I eat these types of foods but not often. I know that I just plain cannot. For ME if I don't have it in the house or plan in advance I can make good food choices and keep on target. I have two other people who live with me and they like jelly beans and potatoes and ice cream and chips and so on and these type of foods are sitting in my cabinet or on the counter, I will not deny my family these foods. But I noticed since cleansing myself which is what phase one did for me I don't really have the taste for sugary fatty foods. For ME this is a life time choice if I want to live long.0
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lisasweetlisa wrote: »By the way doing phase one of the South Beach Diet helped me immensely to NOT have the desire for these types of foods. I can easily now walk away and not eat Ice cream, milk chocolate, soda, fried foods, bread so forth. I do eat them occasionally but it is rare. I just had a klondike caramel pretzel ice cream bar. Will I eat it again, not for several weeks or even months. I had Zaxby's chicken tenders with fries this last week once again not very often. Had a double BLT with fries at Ihops two weeks ago. I eat these types of foods but not often. I know that I just plain cannot. For ME if I don't have it in the house or plan in advance I can make good food choices and keep on target. I have two other people who live with me and they like jelly beans and potatoes and ice cream and chips and so on and these type of foods are sitting in my cabinet or on the counter, I will not deny my family these foods. But I noticed since cleansing myself which is what phase one did for me I don't really have the taste for sugary fatty foods. For ME this is a life time choice if I want to live long.
Hi. To clarify: I don't have any issue with South Beach. I think it's a GOOD, EDUCATIONAL formal diet. I just wondered why you did the optional 2-week phase 1 for a month, given that they specifically state that you shouldn't...
And having just seen 50 Shades...I wondered if that's why they are "red" foods?
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Red bell peppers0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »And having just seen 50 Shades...I wondered if that's why they are "red" foods? Thanks.
No no no no no no no no no! Bad!0 -
My nutritionist gave me a paper with green, yellow, and red foods. I wish I knew where I put it....basically trying to eat better foods that you get the most benefit out of. But anyway I will say chocolate chip cookies are my weakness! I have to stay away or I will eat all of them! I understand that I can fit them into my calories for the day I just don't have the self control to stop eating them! So I avoid.
I also wanted to add that I haven't been craving very much junk food lately and I eat a lot smaller portions than I used to. I've been dieting for about 2 months and have lost 16 lbs. I'm pretty excited about that 0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »And having just seen 50 Shades...I wondered if that's why they are "red" foods? Thanks.
No no no no no no no no no! Bad!
LOL! just asking! ouch!0 -
It is. Soy sauce is a big water weight bomb. Not a bad thing. Just something to be noted.0 -
Certain foods don't make me gain. Eating too much does.0
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lisasweetlisa wrote: »Red Food is something you absolutely know will make you gain weight.
My Red Food is Carbs. White bread, potatoes, white rice, noodles. Anything that would be considered a carb. I look at it and I gain weight, I stay away from it and I lose.
Since I started the South Beach Diet and went through the first phase which I think was a month I have very few desires for anything fatty, sweet and just plain crappy junk food.
I like dark chocolate and tolerate milk chocolate, can't stand soda anymore. Broasted chicken which I loved no desire to eat.
I see food differently since I have done phase one. I had tried weight watchers and other similar diets but this one seems to have helped me the most.
Well, I would see a red food as more of a trigger food. Carbs do not cause weight gain...a calorie surplus does. If you eat enough white bread, potatoes, etc. to exceed maintenance calories, then yes they will cause weight gain but not because they are carbs. ANY food will cause weight gain if eaten in excess.
Probably the main trigger food I still have (one I have a hard time not eating in excess) is Ghirardelli double chocolate chunk brownies. I haven't bought a box of the mix in a long time because I know I will eat the whole pan in one night, lol. They are the best boxed brownies ever...sooo good. A close second is donuts. I do still eat donuts pretty frequently mainly because I can just buy one or two. The brownies I have to make and can't buy those kind pre-made. *sigh* Some night I am just going to say screw it and make some, lol.
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kshama2001 wrote: »
I don't believe that applies. In order for weight loss to succeed long term then people have to make sweeping changes in the way they live. If this includes giving up their favorite foods then this will last until the next highly stressful event. Which considering the way the world works these days is probably arriving round about next Tuesday. The key isn't restricting foods. It also isn't sticking to your calorie limit religiously every single day without fail because that is miserable and you won't do that either. You just have to have more good days than bad don't binge unless it's a really special occasion and keep yourself active. However this requires an effort of will and people grab on to almost any temporary solution in order to avoid facing this fact. But it's just a patch job. The first thing that really pushes you will have you binging on your "red food" before you can sing the first line of the lumberjack song. Because it's become the forbidden fruit that you secretly crave and resist with all your might. Rather than tasty food that you occasionally allow yourself.
People want to push the big red button, Flip the skirt and eat ALL the cake. Forbidding something gives it power. Restricting foods is false stability. And it WILL fail. Believe me ... been there.
There are indeed many path's up the mountain.
It's just a shame most of them have landmines.
This. Overwhelmingly, learning to simply eat all the things you like in reasonable portions has the greatest chance of success in both losing and keeping off the weight. Here's a man with a PhD of nutrition science to explain it.0 -
DTimothyFish wrote: »ceoverturf wrote: »Red M&Ms, Red skittles, tomatoes, apples (sometimes) , strawberries just to name a few
Mine is red jelly beans. I don't have a problem with limiting chocolate. Red skittles make me sick after eating several. But red jelly beans (or any color of jelly beans) don't have a natural stopping point. They're soft, so they don't last long and they just turn to sugar water in your mouth.
So does red velvet cake count since its really just red colored chocolate?!? 0 -
Frank's Red Hot Sauce???0
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If I open a box of white cheddar cheese its I keep going back for more until the box is gone... over the course of the day. I will not buy them at this point because I have no self control with them.0
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SnuggleSmacks wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
I don't believe that applies. In order for weight loss to succeed long term then people have to make sweeping changes in the way they live. If this includes giving up their favorite foods then this will last until the next highly stressful event. Which considering the way the world works these days is probably arriving round about next Tuesday. The key isn't restricting foods. It also isn't sticking to your calorie limit religiously every single day without fail because that is miserable and you won't do that either. You just have to have more good days than bad don't binge unless it's a really special occasion and keep yourself active. However this requires an effort of will and people grab on to almost any temporary solution in order to avoid facing this fact. But it's just a patch job. The first thing that really pushes you will have you binging on your "red food" before you can sing the first line of the lumberjack song. Because it's become the forbidden fruit that you secretly crave and resist with all your might. Rather than tasty food that you occasionally allow yourself.
People want to push the big red button, Flip the skirt and eat ALL the cake. Forbidding something gives it power. Restricting foods is false stability. And it WILL fail. Believe me ... been there.
There are indeed many path's up the mountain.
It's just a shame most of them have landmines.
This. Overwhelmingly, learning to simply eat all the things you like in reasonable portions has the greatest chance of success in both losing and keeping off the weight. Here's a man with a PhD of nutrition science to explain it.
And you know many here could provide a guy with a Ph.D. who can suggest the opposite. I can name 3 off the top of my head.0 -
How did this not come up sooner?
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All foods are red foods. I eat a little bit too much of everything and I gain weight.
No foods are red foods. I eat everything in moderation and I lose or maintain.
Tracking calories is the tool that allows me to stay on the "no foods are red foods" side of the coin.
This.
There is not good or bad food, only food.
However, some people tightly moderate certain foods because they tend to overeat on those foods, which leads to a calorie surplus, which leads to weight gain.
All around moderation is a good tool.0 -
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I don't have any red foods now and I am more successful than I have ever been with any diet including about 10 times joining weight watchers. I buy individual servings of some things if I want to have them and if I can eat just one and be satisfied. I stopped buying even individual servings of Klondike bars because I would eat more than one. If I want a Klondike bar I go to 7 eleven and buy 1 and only 1. i eat it enjoy it and count it in my daily food diary.
weighing and measuring and tracking is the only way to be successful for me. If I totally deny myself something it causes a binge eventually.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »lisasweetlisa wrote: »By the way doing phase one of the South Beach Diet helped me immensely to NOT have the desire for these types of foods. I can easily now walk away and not eat Ice cream, milk chocolate, soda, fried foods, bread so forth. I do eat them occasionally but it is rare. I just had a klondike caramel pretzel ice cream bar. Will I eat it again, not for several weeks or even months. I had Zaxby's chicken tenders with fries this last week once again not very often. Had a double BLT with fries at Ihops two weeks ago. I eat these types of foods but not often. I know that I just plain cannot. For ME if I don't have it in the house or plan in advance I can make good food choices and keep on target. I have two other people who live with me and they like jelly beans and potatoes and ice cream and chips and so on and these type of foods are sitting in my cabinet or on the counter, I will not deny my family these foods. But I noticed since cleansing myself which is what phase one did for me I don't really have the taste for sugary fatty foods. For ME this is a life time choice if I want to live long.
Hi. To clarify: I don't have any issue with South Beach. I think it's a GOOD, EDUCATIONAL formal diet. I just wondered why you did the optional 2-week phase 1 for a month, given that they specifically state that you shouldn't...
And having just seen 50 Shades...I wondered if that's why they are "red" foods? Thanks.
I stayed on for a month just because after 2 weeks it seemed easy for me. But, I was not as strict as the diet suggest. I did many of the rules but did not follow to the T. Even now I use it as a guideline. The first week I followed exactly. Hope that helps with your confusion.
I have tried many ways to lose, pills, curves, 17 day, weight watchers and this one was my success. Maybe because it was formed by a cardiologist and I have afib. I just tossed it out there so other people could see another option that, for me, took away all of my cravings.0 -
lisasweetlisa wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »lisasweetlisa wrote: »By the way doing phase one of the South Beach Diet helped me immensely to NOT have the desire for these types of foods. I can easily now walk away and not eat Ice cream, milk chocolate, soda, fried foods, bread so forth. I do eat them occasionally but it is rare. I just had a klondike caramel pretzel ice cream bar. Will I eat it again, not for several weeks or even months. I had Zaxby's chicken tenders with fries this last week once again not very often. Had a double BLT with fries at Ihops two weeks ago. I eat these types of foods but not often. I know that I just plain cannot. For ME if I don't have it in the house or plan in advance I can make good food choices and keep on target. I have two other people who live with me and they like jelly beans and potatoes and ice cream and chips and so on and these type of foods are sitting in my cabinet or on the counter, I will not deny my family these foods. But I noticed since cleansing myself which is what phase one did for me I don't really have the taste for sugary fatty foods. For ME this is a life time choice if I want to live long.
Hi. To clarify: I don't have any issue with South Beach. I think it's a GOOD, EDUCATIONAL formal diet. I just wondered why you did the optional 2-week phase 1 for a month, given that they specifically state that you shouldn't...
And having just seen 50 Shades...I wondered if that's why they are "red" foods? Thanks.
I stayed on for a month just because after 2 weeks it seemed easy for me. But, I was not as strict as the diet suggest. I did many of the rules but did not follow to the T. Even now I use it as a guideline. The first week I followed exactly. Hope that helps with your confusion.
I have tried many ways to lose, pills, curves, 17 day, weight watchers and this one was my success. Maybe because it was formed by a cardiologist and I have afib. I just tossed it out there so other people could see another option that, for me, took away all of my cravings.
Got it. Glad you found what works! I really do think it's a do-able, and good formal diet. PS: There's a South Beach Diet group here!0 -
Where can I find them, would love to join. Since that is my major guideline for keeping me on tract.
The red food question came from my days at weight watchers. I liked the group but didn't because I was constantly thinking about food. I don't do that on the South Beach Diet. I can walk past my husband eating a HUGE bowl of ice cream and not think anything about it. Chips, candy bars, rice krispie bars, even my down fall potatoes, gravy and fried chicken I can easily walk away from where on weight watchers, curves for women and 17 day diet I could not.0 -
Doritos (any flavor)... if I don't portion them out I'm going to suck down half the bag. I still have them most nights, however, because I don't believe in putting any food off-limits, but now make them fit into my daily calorie goal. No deprivation and I can still enjoy that nacho cheesy badness 0
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lisasweetlisa wrote: »Where can I find them, would love to join. Since that is my major guideline for keeping me on tract.
The red food question came from my days at weight watchers. I liked the group but didn't because I was constantly thinking about food. I don't do that on the South Beach Diet. I can walk past my husband eating a HUGE bowl of ice cream and not think anything about it. Chips, candy bars, rice krispie bars, even my down fall potatoes, gravy and fried chicken I can easily walk away from where on weight watchers, curves for women and 17 day diet I could not.
I'll PM you.0
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