Do you have any "banned" foods that you won't allow in your diet?
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There are plenty of foods I have to avoid due to sensitivities - wheat, gluten, most beans and legumes, and heavy dairy are my worst offenders. I also don't eat pork or drink alcohol for religious reasons.1
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inkyminky184 wrote: »CafeRacer808 wrote: »The only foods I don't allow in my diet are foods I don't like. Period.
^^^ Nailed it!
In my opinion, banning foods is a horrible idea. What happens once you hit your goal weight? Do you plan on continuing to live without those banned foods for the rest of your life? Learn to moderate your intake of the foods you love and you'll make the process of losing weight - and maintaining a healthy weight - much more enjoyable.
It's great that some don't have to ban foods, but some of us have trigger foods that start a trip down a slippery slope. Like for me it's potato chips. I can't just have a normal serving, I will eat the whole bag. And then I will want chocolate. And then I will want pop. And then I'll think, man those chips were good, I should get some more. For me it's just easier to avoid them. That's not to say I'll avoid them my entire life, but I will for the foreseeable future.
Sometimes I feel statements like the one above are being overly judgmental. It's great that you don't have any trigger foods and can enjoy everything. I, however, know my own limits and how harmful that can be for myself. Can't we just be supportive of each other? No one's journey is smooth sailing all of the time.
Agreed. I wish moderators would be more empathetic of abstainers.
http://gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2012/10/back-by-popular-demand-are-you-an-abstainer-or-a-moderator/
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Cut out soda 4 months ago, generally try to avoid pasta, cheese, bread(regular bread,tortillas, pizza dough all that). Feel like for me it's too high calorie and doesn't do anything good for me, plus cheese one serving is just never enough haha. Also meat, went vegetarian when I started my diet, and eggs, just because they gross me out :00
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Spliner1969 wrote: »
I think canned cream corn is vile, but my OH likes it. I like fresh and frozen corn, and I like cream, and adapted a recipe from the Joy of Cooking that we both liked.
It's just 2.5 C fresh corn corn and 1 C heavy cream cooked over low heat until thickened, with salt and pepper to taste.
As heavy cream is very caloric, I may have reduced the amount and/or used half and half, but above is the original proportions.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »inkyminky184 wrote: »CafeRacer808 wrote: »The only foods I don't allow in my diet are foods I don't like. Period.
^^^ Nailed it!
In my opinion, banning foods is a horrible idea. What happens once you hit your goal weight? Do you plan on continuing to live without those banned foods for the rest of your life? Learn to moderate your intake of the foods you love and you'll make the process of losing weight - and maintaining a healthy weight - much more enjoyable.
It's great that some don't have to ban foods, but some of us have trigger foods that start a trip down a slippery slope. Like for me it's potato chips. I can't just have a normal serving, I will eat the whole bag. And then I will want chocolate. And then I will want pop. And then I'll think, man those chips were good, I should get some more. For me it's just easier to avoid them. That's not to say I'll avoid them my entire life, but I will for the foreseeable future.
Sometimes I feel statements like the one above are being overly judgmental. It's great that you don't have any trigger foods and can enjoy everything. I, however, know my own limits and how harmful that can be for myself. Can't we just be supportive of each other? No one's journey is smooth sailing all of the time.
Agreed. I wish moderators would be more empathetic of abstainers.
http://gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2012/10/back-by-popular-demand-are-you-an-abstainer-or-a-moderator/
That's a rather sweeping statement, don't you think?
I don't think every moderator is unsympathetic to the idea of certain trigger foods. I'm certainly not.
Also, I tend to think the idea moderators have issue with is against the idea of restricting whole groups of foods vs. certain ones.
There are ways, as you yourself know, to work around some triggers like buying things in single servings. I do this myself. The other poster could do that with single serving bags of potato chips maybe, some day, in the future.
For me? It's peanut M & M's. I have to get single serving bags at the supermarket check out or I'm doomed, but I can moderate other things just fine. Oh, and breakfast cereal. I'm terrible with that.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »inkyminky184 wrote: »CafeRacer808 wrote: »The only foods I don't allow in my diet are foods I don't like. Period.
^^^ Nailed it!
In my opinion, banning foods is a horrible idea. What happens once you hit your goal weight? Do you plan on continuing to live without those banned foods for the rest of your life? Learn to moderate your intake of the foods you love and you'll make the process of losing weight - and maintaining a healthy weight - much more enjoyable.
It's great that some don't have to ban foods, but some of us have trigger foods that start a trip down a slippery slope. Like for me it's potato chips. I can't just have a normal serving, I will eat the whole bag. And then I will want chocolate. And then I will want pop. And then I'll think, man those chips were good, I should get some more. For me it's just easier to avoid them. That's not to say I'll avoid them my entire life, but I will for the foreseeable future.
Sometimes I feel statements like the one above are being overly judgmental. It's great that you don't have any trigger foods and can enjoy everything. I, however, know my own limits and how harmful that can be for myself. Can't we just be supportive of each other? No one's journey is smooth sailing all of the time.
Agreed. I wish moderators would be more empathetic of abstainers.
http://gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2012/10/back-by-popular-demand-are-you-an-abstainer-or-a-moderator/
That's a rather sweeping statement, don't you think?
I don't think every moderator is unsympathetic to the idea of certain trigger foods. I'm certainly not.
Also, I tend to think the idea moderators have issue with is against the idea of restricting whole groups of foods vs. certain ones.
There are ways, as you yourself know, to work around some triggers like buying things in single servings. I do this myself. The other poster could do that with single serving bags of potato chips maybe, some day, in the future.
For me? It's peanut M & M's. I have to get single serving bags at the supermarket check out or I'm doomed, but I can moderate other things just fine. Oh, and breakfast cereal. I'm terrible with that.
Oh gosh, I can so relate. I don't bake cookies because I'm doomed cause of cookie dough, but I can buy a bag of cookies at the market and moderate them just fine.
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »inkyminky184 wrote: »CafeRacer808 wrote: »The only foods I don't allow in my diet are foods I don't like. Period.
^^^ Nailed it!
In my opinion, banning foods is a horrible idea. What happens once you hit your goal weight? Do you plan on continuing to live without those banned foods for the rest of your life? Learn to moderate your intake of the foods you love and you'll make the process of losing weight - and maintaining a healthy weight - much more enjoyable.
It's great that some don't have to ban foods, but some of us have trigger foods that start a trip down a slippery slope. Like for me it's potato chips. I can't just have a normal serving, I will eat the whole bag. And then I will want chocolate. And then I will want pop. And then I'll think, man those chips were good, I should get some more. For me it's just easier to avoid them. That's not to say I'll avoid them my entire life, but I will for the foreseeable future.
Sometimes I feel statements like the one above are being overly judgmental. It's great that you don't have any trigger foods and can enjoy everything. I, however, know my own limits and how harmful that can be for myself. Can't we just be supportive of each other? No one's journey is smooth sailing all of the time.
Agreed. I wish moderators would be more empathetic of abstainers.
http://gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2012/10/back-by-popular-demand-are-you-an-abstainer-or-a-moderator/
That's a rather sweeping statement, don't you think?
I don't think every moderator is unsympathetic to the idea of certain trigger foods. I'm certainly not.
Also, I tend to think the idea moderators have issue with is against the idea of restricting whole groups of foods vs. certain ones.
There are ways, as you yourself know, to work around some triggers like buying things in single servings. I do this myself. The other poster could do that with single serving bags of potato chips maybe, some day, in the future.
For me? It's peanut M & M's. I have to get single serving bags at the supermarket check out or I'm doomed, but I can moderate other things just fine. Oh, and breakfast cereal. I'm terrible with that.
I was referring to the unempathetic moderators. Sorry that wasn't clear.0 -
I don't really have anything that is off limits anymore, because when I ban foods I always end up binging them eventually and feeling miserable and guilty (and heavier
). I do however make deals with myself and put together "rules" for how and when I can have high calorie foods. I have a lot of them that I've developed over the last few months and they work for me much better than cutting those foods out entirely ever would. Here are a few that I use most often.
*Burger or fries: Pick one. - There is an amazing burger place near my office. So on Fridays for lunch I get a small burger there and a small beer. It's indulgent, but I don't feel disgustingly full. I found that when I bring a book and slowly cut up the burger over the course of half an hour I still enjoy it. If I have fries I will devour them immediately and won't be full, so I usually go with the burger.
*Never buy pre-made deserts at the store - No ice cream, snack cakes, cookies etc. If I want a dessert I have to actually make it from scratch. This does two things: 1) I can make a healthier version than I could buy and 2) I'm usually too lazy to actually bake and then clean everything so I talk myself out of the desert pretty quickly.
*Pizza that isn't homemade healthy pizza has a 1 slice maximum. After that, ever slice is an extra thirty minutes on the elliptical that week. Again, I'm lazy. So that usually stops me in my tracks.
*Every glass of wine or cocktail is followed by a glass of water (keeps my sober and solvent) Also, never drink alone. Not because it's sad (it's not) but because I'm likely to drink a whole bottle of red on Thursday only to do the same thing when my girlfriends want to have wine the next night, I'd much rather save those calories for when I'm with friends then have to forgo drinking with them or else compound the damage of the two nights.
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I must be the only person on the planet who really doesn't LIKE pasta alfredo. :-)0
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What is this creamed corn everyone is talking about? Is this particular to the states?
I've only recently tried refried beans, is this in the same category?0 -
rosebarnalice wrote: »I must be the only person on the planet who really doesn't LIKE pasta alfredo. :-)
I don't like it either. My family thinks it's weird.0 -
Hey Everyone!
I don't have any crazy weight goals, but I like to keep my day-to-day eating splurge-free, and maybe reserve a day in the weekend for my husband's cooking (Italian from Brooklyn, so you know its going to be 400g of carbs per serving!). During the week, I BAN completely from my diet dairy-based and flour-based products, anything processed is out. No candy, chocolate, cookies, popcorn, pretzels, no snacking of any kind, except unsalted nuts but in moderation because I can eat a whole bag! For my sweet cravings, I have Green Tea with lemon and oranges or apples with cinnamon. This kind of discipline has taken a LONG time to achieve, but now it comes very naturally. I was actually not looking to lose weight, but more so understand what kind of stuff I ate that would make me feel bloated or irritable. Dairy products particularly are no longer something I die for, and I actually believe they make me a bit sick when I do cheat on my diet with them, so I have stopped eating it (pasta with no cheese, imagine that!). I aim for more than 50 oz of water a day, and that also helps manage my cravings. But EVERYONE, including me, has those days where they can eat 18 oreo cookies in one sitting (yes, I have done this...). So, while you continue to get to know your body, and what kind of foods you enjoy eating, how they make your body feel, identify those that are worth having once a week and those that are really just not worth it!
Good luck!!
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rosebarnalice wrote: »I must be the only person on the planet who really doesn't LIKE pasta alfredo. :-)
I'm meh on it. It's too glommy. I'd rather have carbonara if I'm going to have cheesy pasta.1 -
Ice cream. I don't even like ice cream and the calories are crazy for such a little bit.0
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i do not forbid anything overall, but on a daily basis, i will not eat alot of carbs and i will not go over my daily calorie allotment. a couple of times per month, i will eat anything i want for a whole day and not log calories or care what the food is. tuesday is my next one - and i have ALOT of girl scout cookies to eat!0
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Kale. I abstain from kale.1
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haagen daz0
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rosebarnalice wrote: »I must be the only person on the planet who really doesn't LIKE pasta alfredo. :-)
I don't like it either. My family thinks it's weird.
Agreed, not an alfredo fan at all.0 -
Only things not worth the calories for me... so drinks and dishes in sauce that I never cared for in the first place.
If it's something I love, I make it fit/find a lower calorie version of it.
Oooh. On a similar note: a poor/low cal (if it isn't at least 90% as good)/cheap/knock off version of what I want. For instance, I enjoy fried chicken and cinnamon rolls (not at the same time). I will literally wait days or even weeks to get the BEST of those things. I'm not going to settle for KFC or the vaguely cinnamon flavored, concrete frosted styrofoam grocery stores sell. Once I get the right thing, I eat the S**T out of it with no guilt at all.
Edited because "*kitten*" sigh.
I'm with you there! But I have no problem saving calories on lasagna by using lower calorie meat and part skim mozzarella, for example. Or I make chicken parm using some egg whites instead of oil before putting the bread crumbs in.
The key is finding things that will satisfy your craving for less calories, and save calories for the things that you can't lighten up (like pizza. Don't even talk to me about pizzas on a wrap or whatnot).
But things like chips... I realized that I would eat the whole bowl if I started eating them, but didn't really miss them if I didn't... so I'd rather save the calories for the things I really like instead (baked goods or chocolate).
For what it's worth, every time I've banned a food I actually love, I end up binging on it. So there's really no point.0 -
rosebarnalice wrote: »I must be the only person on the planet who really doesn't LIKE pasta alfredo. :-)
My dh hates it. My dd loves it. I think it is just okay.0 -
Well now I want chicken alfredo...
I sent and looked up the recipe for a traditional alfredo sauce...nothing seemed so terrible to me. Is it high in calories...yes but there is a lighter version. It is very similar to a sauce that I use to make chicken noodle casserole. Add in some chicken and you are good to go. If you want less calories you could serve it over steamed/roasted vegetables.
I ran the recipe through the builder and it is only 157 calories per serving(4 servings total) not including the pasta.
Skinny Alfredo Sauce
INGREDIENTS:
12 ounces fettuccine (or any pasta shape)
1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil or butter
4 cloves garlic, pressed or finely-minced
3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup low-fat milk (I used 1%)
3/4 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
(optional toppings: chopped fresh parsley, extra Parmesan)
Here's the recipe site of someone is interested.
http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/skinny-fettuccine-alfredo-recipe/
Cauliflower alfredo sauce is even better super thick and creamy and low calorie0 -
i used to think trigger foods were just a bunch of hooey - poor excuse for lack of self control, but examining my own eating patterns, I've realized some things always lead to excess. As to discipline - I can fast successfully no problem. But some foods lead down a rabbit hole. Good donuts, chewy cookies, and pasta - i could swear they change my brain chemistry, so I avoid my triggers.0
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Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »I have banned warm potato salad. Barf
i love warm potato salad i always microwave mine
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Carbs, I don't eat them.
(But I live Keto so I guess it is expected).0 -
I don't really think of foods as 'banned' but yes, there are foods I really enjoy that I don't eat because they are too caloric to be worth it. Alfredo would be one for me also. Cheesecake is another. I can't say for sure I'll never eat these again, but I don't plan to.0
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I will take both please and happily provide funds for shipping.
On a recent vacation we were at one of Lagasi's restaurants and they had creamed corn as a side - baby sweet kernels in a cream base - it was divine!0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Gluten.
But I have celiac disease, otherwise I wouldn't ban it.
I prefer vegetarian carbonara to alfredo for pasta dishes. Always have. Thinking now of it, I might make it for us this weekend.
And beets. Beets are banned from life.
Ugh - hate beets with a passion, but Kvass is tasty - alcohol really does make everything better....and also worse, but such is the dilemma of touching the sun.0 -
Only stuff I dislike. BUT I have banned myself from buying multi packets of any sort of junk or treat. If I wat something I have to go out and buy a single serving of it.0
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Donuts. Cuz if I have one I have several.0
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I don't have any "banned" foods, but there are some things (like most grains or giant, sugary things) that I've deemed "not worth" their calorie count. I'll probably eat them again once I'm at maintenance though.0
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