What foods have you replaced? What have you eliminated?
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@DeguelloTex and @flyingtanuki : Thanks for the input: that makes sense.
My dietary habits were somewhat different from yours. One of my biggest changes in habits was to stop buying food to eat in the car on the way to and from work. I was a classic "secret eater" - hiding receipts, throwing away fast food bags before I got home, buying food with cash so there wasn't a paper trail, etc.0 -
None. I eat whatever I want. I just try to make better choices or make them fit. Instead of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which can easily run 400 calories or more, I make a PB+J with PB2, sugar free jelly, and 35 calorie bread: 120 calories. Hamburger? Lean ground beef and a sandwich thin: ~200 calories. Taco? Lean ground beef, 2% shredded cheese, and low carb tortilla: ~200 calories. Ice cream? Fat free/sugar free: 140 calories. Chocolate milk? Unsweetened almond milk and sugar free chocolate syrup: 45 calories.0
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I'm not gonna lie: I don't go to Whataburger nearly as often as I used to. That was my go-to "OMG traffic was so bad and I'm starving and I don't feel like cooking" 2500+ calorie bomb. So I go less often, and usually get unsweet tea instead of a huge Dr Pepper, but, oh yes, I still go.@DeguelloTex and @flyingtanuki : Thanks for the input: that makes sense.
My dietary habits were somewhat different from yours. One of my biggest changes in habits was to stop buying food to eat in the car on the way to and from work. I was a classic "secret eater" - hiding receipts, throwing away fast food bags before I got home, buying food with cash so there wasn't a paper trail, etc.
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I haven't eliminated anything, I just eat less of certain things and more of others.0
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I have dichted some stuff like :
soda
packaged juices
food super sugary and super salty
For the rest ,, I've looked for better options :
bread - whole grain bread
rice - brown rice ( except for sushi,that is,but I eat sushi every..I don't even know anymore )
chocolate - chocolate with 80% or more Cacao
pasta - whole wheat pasta
Cut down on the alcochol greatly, now it's 1-2 beers at most on saturday. and maybe.
Never really liked candies or cookies or stuff like that so... I'd have a serving of vegan ice cream once a month for example..but there's none and I couldn't make it, it turned awful so yeah I'm good with that.
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I limit my bread intake to once or twice a week just because too much bread makes me feel overstuffed. Haven't eliminated any foods just use smaller portions and make healthier choices.0
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I have not ditched anything except for what I had to do for medical reasons. My medical condition is very food sensitive so I now have a long list of what I can't have. As such, I wasn't going to just cut anything else out! Not when my "safe" list is already a lot shorter then it used to be (though it is longer then when I was first diagnosed as treatment has worked).
I do eat less fried foods, packaged foods, and things like that but that is because it can be harder to fit in the calories. No other reason. I find myself roasting a bunch of vegetables instead of making a box of parmesan butter pasta because then I can eat more.0 -
Replaced - nothing
Eliminated - appx 800 calories a day0 -
No complete elimination, but I've drastically minimized soda and most grains (the primary exception being rice).0
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~I replaced artificial sweetener with stevia
~reduced soda consumption to one diet soda a day
~coffee creamer from full fat to fat free/sugar free (I'm sure it's LOADED with chemicals so will reduce this)
I try not to keep chips in the house any longer-- it's my weakness-- sweets in the house don't tempt me at all (I keep lots of those for my boys), but bring in the salty chips, and I'm too tempted!0 -
Pretty much everything. I did a total diet overhaul. I had my ups and downs with it, but in the end, my diet became a healthy one instead of what a typical 7yo would eat, if given the chance. I went from total crap to healthy.
Aside from extremely rare occurrences, there is not a single meal that is anything like what I used to eat.0 -
Giving up soda, pasta, sweets, bread, most snacks, and fast food.0
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I'm always puzzled by those who say they've given up "nothing". Maybe I had a horrible diet compared to others, but I will admit to "giving up" lots of things:
- Caramel Bugles
- Swiss Cake Rolls
- Sugar soda
- Cinnabons
- Little Debbies
- McDoubles
along with many other things. Not because I forced myself to "give them up", but because they're not worth the calories to me. I don't occasionally go and get Swiss Cake Rolls from the gas station just so I can say that I didn't give them up. There are other foods that I used to eat frequently - Kwik Trip doughnuts come to mind - that I still do eat, but much less frequently than before. Maybe a few every six months instead of 6-12 per week.
Most of the things people say they've given up I never really ate. I gained weight eating overly large servings of the same kinds of food I eat now (although I used more oil and butter when cooking), plus overly indulgent restaurant meals (I still go out to eat but I don't pretend something I do 1-2x/week is a special occasion that justifies all out indulgence, and that too is a matter of eating less and getting dessert much more rarely, not eliminating foods), plus not ordering Indian when I am tired after work at least 1ce a week (with lots of leftovers for subsequent meals). Again, I still eat Indian food, but more like once a month and I make sure to fit it in my calories.
The only things I've consciously given up are the treats (many sweet, not all) that are around my office all the time, as I was eating those because they were there, not because I really cared about them. The specific foods aren't ones I've given up, but mindless eating and most snacking has been given up by me (most of the time, as I'm a work in progress).0 -
I cut juice and soda. I eat way less cakes/croissants/pastries.
I eat more ice cream.0 -
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I'm always puzzled by those who say they've given up "nothing". Maybe I had a horrible diet compared to others, but I will admit to "giving up" lots of things:
- Caramel Bugles
- Swiss Cake Rolls
- Sugar soda
- Cinnabons
- Little Debbies
- McDoubles
along with many other things. Not because I forced myself to "give them up", but because they're not worth the calories to me. I don't occasionally go and get Swiss Cake Rolls from the gas station just so I can say that I didn't give them up. There are other foods that I used to eat frequently - Kwik Trip doughnuts come to mind - that I still do eat, but much less frequently than before. Maybe a few every six months instead of 6-12 per week.
Before I started MFP, I ate three meals a day and an evening snack. Now, I eat three meals a day and an evening snack.
It's the same food too. I still have the same pasta & meatballs for dinner and ice cream for dessert on Wednesdays. Now, I just eat one serving of it instead of 2-3 servings that I used to. I used to eat a huge bowl of chips as a snack, now I eat 1 serving. I used to go to Wendy's at least once a week and get a double cheeseburger, now I go once in a while (and honestly haven't felt like going at all lately, so I haven't) and I get a single cheeseburger and only eat half the fries.
A lot of people don't need to change what they eat, so they don't have to give it up. They need to change how much of it they eat.
I do find myself gravitating toward "healthier" options more often than I used to, but I haven't really changed my overall diet that much.0 -
I've almost eliminted refined carbs like breads and other baked goods. Better for my blood sugar and acne.
Switched from coffee to tea, which I can drink without any added sugar or dairy.0 -
Replaced
Regular yogurt with Greek yogurt
White bread with whole wheat
Chocolate with dark chocolate
Veggies added to lunch & dinner always (this was hit or miss)
Eliminated.........nothing
Water, unsweetened tea, diet soda....as usual.0 -
I have not given up anything. I eat waaaaay less sugar (in the form of chocolate/cookies/snack cakes/etc). I eat fast food way less often too. Used to be twice a weekend at the very least, now it's about 3 times a month. I just can't do fried foods as much anymore, it makes me feel terrible the next day.0
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I haven't eliminated anything from my diet aside from gluten because I have Celiac disease. I mainly am working on limiting my portions because my real issue is how much I eat. I find that now I'm more likely to buy ice cream bars rather than have a bowl of ice cream because there is built in portion control. Sometimes I get the kid's meal at Qdoba instead of the full size. Just little things like that.0
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I've eliminated fruit juice, regular soda, and any other drink sweetened with sugar. I've had to eliminate alcohol due to a medical problem, but I'm really hoping that it's not a permanent elimination. The things I've eliminated are all due to underlying medical issues.
I do a lot of replacement these days. I have replaced regular bread for flatbread or wraps or sandwich thins. I've replaced regular milk in some things with almond milk. I've replaced regular chocolate with dark chocolate. I also now buy ice cream bars so that when I'm craving some it is already portioned out for me. It just makes it easier to stick to my goals that way.0 -
Replaced: I love pasta but instead of a whole bowl of pasta, I'll have a carefully measured out portion and then fill the rest of my bowl with grilled or steamed veggies. It looks like I'm having a huge bowl of pasta, but it's way less calories and just as satisfying. I try to also experiment with lower calorie cocktails but if I want a giant margarita, I'm having a giant margarita.
Eliminated: nothing. I have, however, drastically reduced my bread/chips/carb consumption. Not because carbs are evil or anything, but because I'd rather save those calories for things that are more filling rather than sit around at 6 pm all pissed off because I blew through my calories earlier and have no room for a beer.0 -
I don't drink much soda anymore...chips and the like are a rarity...I don't eat much in the way of cookies, cakes, and other such sweets. Not that I would never have them, they're just not a regular part of my diet (noun)
I didn't really replace this with that or swap anything out...I just started eating what I feel is a healthier diet for myself. I eat a lot of whole grain oats, legumes, lentils, quinoa, brown rice, potatoes...a *kitten* ton of veg, a few servings of fruit (mostly I like blueberries, cherries, and nectarines...but I'm pretty much resigned to apples in the winter)...lots of fish and shell fish and chicken and lean cuts of pork...some beef here and there...nuts and avocados and olives and olive oil, etc. Generally if I have desert I will have a square of dark chocolate or something.
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I gave it all up: soda, candy, chips, 5 lbs of sugar a shopping trip, take-out dinner three to five times a week... My diet was completely over the top, devoid of all common sense and was absolutely shameful. That was not how I was raised and I have no excuse for it.
Some of it I'll happily never eat again and some of it I'm happy to enjoy on special occasions or as a one off indulgence but on a day-to-day basis I just don't eat it.0 -
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I'm always puzzled by those who say they've given up "nothing". Maybe I had a horrible diet compared to others, but I will admit to "giving up" lots of things:
- Caramel Bugles
- Swiss Cake Rolls
- Sugar soda
- Cinnabons
- Little Debbies
- McDoubles
along with many other things. Not because I forced myself to "give them up", but because they're not worth the calories to me. I don't occasionally go and get Swiss Cake Rolls from the gas station just so I can say that I didn't give them up. There are other foods that I used to eat frequently - Kwik Trip doughnuts come to mind - that I still do eat, but much less frequently than before. Maybe a few every six months instead of 6-12 per week.
I wasn't into that sort of food before. Maybe occasionally, like once every 6 months or year, but certainly not on a daily basis.
Generally speaking, my diet was quite reasonable. I did the calculation, and over the past 4 years, I consumed an extra 79 cal/day to reach my peak weight. That's not much.
The things which were a little on the high calorie end of the spectrum for me were cheese, nuts, and chocolate. So I eat considerably less cheese, but haven't eliminated it. Life would not be worth living if I had to eliminate cheese all together. Nuts were an on-again, off-again thing with me anyway ... I'd eat nuts for a month or two, then stop for 6 months, etc. etc. So I've stopped just now, but haven't ruled out eating them now and then. And I've cut back on the chocolate.
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I'm one of those people who haven't given up anything (pretty much). My diet was good, my portion control was terrible! Now, the only meal I consider to be different from before is breakfast. I have oatmeal every day, instead of cereals like Corn Flakes, or the sugary alternatives. I also nearly always had toast, butter and jam to accompany my cereal - I've cut my breakfast calories in half, but still feel full. I find I have sandwiches for lunch far, far less now, as I consider bread to be taking up too many calories compared to how sated I feel afterwards. So I've gravitated to soups, salads, and the occasional lunch of crispbreads/crackers etc, but I still have sandwiches occasionally. Dinner though is basically the same foods - chicken, oily fish, occasional red meat, plus veggies and a carb, in a vast range of recipes - just with careful portion control, and a more conscious way of cooking them (I was once very free with oil for cooking, now it's measured or not needed at all, and there's no real difference in the end taste). I also still have fairly regular desserts or ice cream - probably 2-3 times a week.
The one thing I'd say I'd given up would be chocolate - but that's not quite true! I used to have several bars a day, now it's one or two a week. In addition, when I'm wanting a snack, it's fruit or the occasional serving of nuts - I didn't eat too many crisps and salty snacks before (I'm a sweet not savory person), now it's basically never. So you can see how I've gone from well over 2500 cals per day to 1200 calories without that much change in the actual foods I consume, and genuinely very little hunger! Nearly 8 weeks in, and I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that the scale numbers drop every single day - and it makes complete sense when I look at my diet! I wish I'd known this years ago - many years wasted on diets that promised the world and delivered nothing long term!0 -
I have completely changed my diet.
I cut out all "junk food", most processed foods, alcohol and sugary drinks.
I cook most meals from scratch, snack on fruit, nuts, rice cakes, natural yogurt.
I make sure I get healthy fats, protein, carbs and fruit or veg in most meals and I never used to do that.
The best thing is I don't miss the way I used to eat at all because I know I'm not just doing this to lose weight but to be healthy and happy.0
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