what have you given up and what have you added
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Haven't really given up anything... Just cut down on everything MASSIVELY. I now drink a lot more water. I still have alcohol as I like a glass of wine in the evening! But I guess I have stopped eating red meat, it just kind of happened with all the chicken and vege dinners I've been eating!
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I have (mostly) given up fried food. Not to say I'll never have anything fried again, but it will never be a regular part of my life again. Most foods can be just as tasty baked anyhow.
I have added many more vegetables. Was the picky eater growing up, you know the kid that doesn't like anything green and won't even try much of it? I was missing out!0 -
Haven't given up anything, just less of it.
I've added heavy lifting at 5am. :drinker:0 -
I gave up soda and 'unhealthy' things. I just got into good habits.
I can have a treat every now and then if it fits into my calorie goal, but i found so many healthy yummy things ! i'm not even craving processed foods anymore.
I used to have kiddo cereals for breakfast, the chocolate and sugary stuff.. With whole milk, for a hot meal i ate whatever my mum made for me, and lunch/dinner i had cereal again, a big sub, or freezer meals like pizza, mac n cheese, lasagna, ...
Snacks were pastries or other stuff from the bakery around the corner of the street at work.
I just never want to go back there again..
I added a lot of fruit, yoghurt, 'healthy' granola and whole foods to my diet.
Also steamed veggies and oven baked potatoes are awsome ! 0 -
Me? Fast food, soda including diet. Most fruits except for the occasional berry, all potatoes, sweet and white, All breads, pastas, grains, ect.
I have never felt better and my blood sugar levels are great!
What I have added: Butter(not the fake stuff), bacon, chorizo, good fatty cuts of pork and beef, heavy cream, pork rinds, lots of eggs and cheese. Moderate amount of veggies and protein, and work on getting my fat in everyday.0 -
Given up: Diet sodas and artificial sweeteners in drinks, white bread(for the main part), most pork products: bacon doesn't do it for me any more. Chocolate(sweet tooth diminishing) and ice cream(need to, a work in progress)
Added: Avocados, nut butters, greek yogurt, blueberries, seeds, aubergines, smoothies!0 -
I haven't given it up completely, but I have cut down a lot on Mt. Dew. I used to drink it almost daily, now I have it once or twice a month. It's been replaced with flavored sparkling water.0
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Haven't given up anything; I just acknowledged what's not-so-great, so I cut it out substantially.
Biggest cut would be juices and diet coke.
I've always been an eater of most things, so I haven't added anything new. Biggest thing I "added" is just moderation and incorporated a mentality of eating for nutrition and not out of boredom.0 -
Given up indefinitely:
Soda (diet or regular). Wasn't hard for me and have no need for it.
Yolks. I'm actually fine eating scramble of egg whites, and don't miss the yolks.
Fast food. I never ate a lot of it to begin with and would be perfectly fine not eating it again.
Given up temporarily:
Alcohol. Will drink again, in moderation, hopefully some time.
Pasta. Temporarily given up, will eat it again.
Bread. I can't control myself around white bread, pizza etc. so for now it's gone.
Added:
Sweet potatoes
Grapefruit
Always liked smoked salmon, but now I eat a lot more
Why would you give up egg yolks? That's where all the protein is!!
And calories. There is less protein in egg whites but still some. I find I'm just as full on three egg whites as I am on three whole eggs, but at much less calories.
Less calories doesn't mean healthier though. By saving roughly 54 calories per egg, you're also missing out on healthy cholesterol, Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, most of the Calcium, most of the Folate, and all of the Omega-3s that eggs have to offer.
It's not all about calories....0 -
Soda for sure. Other things I'll have in moderation,but bread and meat very rarely. I'm almost a vegetarian but it's mainly because I don't want to eat anything I don't know had a happy life so I will make exceptions if I know the source and welfare of the animal.
I downloaded a book called How To Eat and it's really brilliant though very UK centric, the only downside is now I'll learning the ethics of lots of foods that I love and I'm like DAMN, I don't want to give that up. soya products for example are incredibly bad for the surrounding environment where they are grown, at that one only means for me switching to almond milk.
But yes, soda is the only thing I consider an evil in my old diet.0 -
Oh yeah, and I added tomato juice. I love it! It's meant to be very good post exercise in refuelling and helping you recover quicker too.0
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The only thing I've given up completely is regular soda. I used to drink a 6 pack of 20 oz RC Cola bottles, if not more, a day. Now I keep a 1.5 L jug of water with me at all times and try to drink at least two per day.
I've added quite a few new things to my diet and lifestyle including:
#1 Best addition, a digital kitchen scale!
Greek 100 2x protein yogurt - I have one every day when I get up along with my coffee and water.
Biotin supplement - I take one every day along with my usual multi-vitamin now.
Baby spinach - I use that instead of or in addition to iceberg lettuce in my sandwiches and salads. Sometimes I'll chop some up and put it in an omelet.
Kashi GoLean Crisp & Fiber One 80 Chocolate cereal - Both delicious and full of fiber, love them with raspberries.
More fruit - Always loved fruit, but I've added more to my diet instead of just bananas. I'm crazy about raspberries and sometimes have a cup of slightly thawed frozen for a snack. I try to eat one banana a day. I bought a mango for the first time ever and can't wait to try it as soon as it's ripened. Had a muskmelon a couple weeks ago for the first time in decades, it was delicious, need to buy another one. Same goes for pears, have a newly ripened one waiting in the fridge to devour. Other fruits I enjoy more now are apples, blueberries, navel oranges and I'll occasionally infuse my water with lemon slices. Oh! We also have a multitude of black raspberry canes on our property and we picked a quart last night to enjoy.
Swiss & Havarti cheese thin slices - I still like American cheese on my burgers though, but I love these on my sandwiches and tuna melts.
Extra lean ground beef - I use this now instead of fattier ground beef for burgers and casserole dishes such as goulash, spaghetti, lasagna, etc.
100% whole wheat English muffins - Love these for homemade mini-pizzas or 'breakfast' sandwiches.
8 Grain Pita Pocket thins (only 100 cals ea.) - This is a brand new addition I just bought for the first time. I LOVE them! I baked one stuffed with pizza fixings last night and it was yummilicious!
Grilled veggies - Never did that before. So far I've done brussel sprouts, broccoli and asparagus. Delicious! I need to eat more veggies. I don't think I eat near as much as I should.
I'm sure there's more foods I've added to my diet, but can't think of what else at the moment.
The last, but not least, thing I've added just recently is walking/running. I've been trying to do brisk walking and slow jogging intervals for 60 minutes a day 3-4 times a week. So far it's been going good.
Do I plan on keeping all these changes for the rest of my life? 100% Yes!0 -
I've given up being lazy, sitting on my *kitten* all day long while it got bigger and I've given up eating massive portions of everything. I've also given up lying to myself about how much I was really consuming.
I haven't given up any of the food I like. I haven't given up going out to eat or fried food or anything like that. It all has it's place in a balanced diet.
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Curious which (or is it all?) of this YOU find unsustainable?So as we all either change our lifestyle or diet I am curious what has been given up and will you ever eat it again or drink it. What have you added. And do you plan on a lifetime like this or just till you lose your weight?
Myself-I have given up Soda and flavored water with artificial sweeteners. I do not plan on ever having that again. 30 days of water and 1 ice tea a day.So I find it duable.
Pork products-as I got gout last year. I do occasionally still a slice of bacon at work-But at home I eat turkey bacon.
Red meat-Bow here I cheat and eat a once every now and again-We go to a buffet on saturdays and I get 2 bites of prime rib. I love ribeyes but Choose not to eat it.
Gluten in most items-this is due to my Hubby has celiacs and I rather eat and cook one time so I have to be careful of gluten in products
Processed foods-I do not purchase ready to eat or boxed items anymore-and hopefully never will again
My additions have been fresh fruit and veges-Grill alot of veges-And eat fruits I do not like-I do cheat and blend them.
I hope my lifestyle will be a permanent thing. I have never felt so good.
I'm not sure how long you're doing this, but what you describe here is not sustainable. Unless you have extreme willpower, you probably won't succeed (sorry to be so blunt :frown: ). Instead, cut out one thing at a time, stick to it for a few weeks and try the next thing.
If you prove me wrong, good for you0 -
I have celiac disease so I had to give up gluten 8 years ago. I feel so much better!!! I also don't eat any dairy because it seriously grosses me out - not sure why. Because I don't eat dairy and because gluten free carbs are also low in protein (I know it's still not a full protein) I found it hard to get enough of it so I recently started consuming whey protein powder. This kinda grosses me out too probably because it's dairy based, but I can tolerate it.
I started my weight loss journey at the end of November and lost 13 pounds until the end of January. I felt great doing this. I did not count calories in the traditional sense, but I nonetheless cut my calories by creating rules for myself. Things like not drinking my calories, having one slice of toast instead of 2 for breakfast, having one slice of pizza instead of half of an entire pizza, etc. With these new rules I was able to lose the 13 pounds, but stopped losing in February. From February till last week I did not create any rules but kept up with the ones I created and did not gain any weight as a result. Yay! Success! My rules had now become habits and I was able to maintain my weight loss with relative ease. Last week I decided that I wanted to start losing again so I created some new rules. I ended up losing a little too much so I pulled back on some of the new rules. I want to lose weight but I don't want to feel awful in the process. I felt exhausted.
So while I don't count calories in the traditional sense, I'm still cognizant of the calories in various foods. I'm very visual so I try to visualize servings, etc. My hunger fullness cues are broken so I have to space my meals apart or I'll end up eating too much too soon.
My new rules include adding exercise and more protein.
And even though I don't count calories, I still find this site very useful and I still consider what I'm doing a diet. It's a diet as long as your body isn't able to tell you when to stop eating. Most of us who are overweight have broken hunger fullness cues unfortunately.
So basically my plan is to stick to the new rules until I stop losing and then re-evaluate and create new rules. I don't like losing weight quickly anyway because my body is very sensitive to it. Just this last week I felt awful, tired and saw more hair on my comb.
My ultimate goal is to make this as easy and natural as possible because I have major diet fatigue. In the past I would go on crash diets and do crazy amounts of exercise, but I would always gain it back and I never felt good doing it. Always tired and hair falling out.
Anyway, good luck to everyone on your journeys. 0 -
I have given up on arguing with people on any subject related to fitness and weight loss.
I have added new perspectives on my weight training result. 0 -
given up: soda, fast food, chips, greasy foods
cut down: beer, processed foods
added: more veggies, fruits, more exercise0 -
I haven't given up anything. Added a lot more knowledge... and creamsicles 0
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Given up: chocolate, red wine and processed meat (all migraine triggers but I didn't realize until I cut them out what it was like to not have a migraine. I use to have a square of chocolate with my afternoon coffee every day and it wasn't until I cut it out that I noticed how fantastic people must feel regularly)
Reduced: all white carbs. If we are eating at someone else's I will not turn it down but at home and when I eat out I only serve/have brown or whole grain
Added: a garden, we are so busy tring to eat all the veg from the garden faster then the bunnies can get them I don't have nearly as much room for any other food.0 -
I gave up most TV watching in favor of picking up more activity. That's pretty much it. I reduced the amount of added sugars and grains in my diet but not to the point of giving them up.0
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I've recently had no choice but to give up eating anything with gluten in it. Unfortunately that was a truly large portion of what I ate.
I've now added more protein in the shape of chicken, turkey and seafood (especially wild Pacific salmon - yum!) and Greek yogurt. I've also added fiber to take the place of all the wheat I used to eat.
Other than that I still have whatever I want, but I notice I'm a heck of a lot more selective than I was when I was 65 pounds heavier! 0 -
I have had to give up broccoli, and cauliflower. Can't eat either one raw or cooked due to IBS issues.
Recently added raw green peppers to this list. Mostly avoid milk, ice cream for the same reasons.
Trying to get my cholesterol down so have been limiting eggs. Not drinking sweet tea as often; has been a couple weeks.
Mainly trying to eat healthier in general to one lower my cholesterol, lower BMI (out of Obese level because it bugs me), and lose at least 33lbs give or take.0 -
Given up: chocolate, red wine and processed meat (all migraine triggers but I didn't realize until I cut them out what it was like to not have a migraine. I use to have a square of chocolate with my afternoon coffee every day and it wasn't until I cut it out that I noticed how fantastic people must feel regularly)
Reduced: all white carbs. If we are eating at someone else's I will not turn it down but at home and when I eat out I only serve/have brown or whole grain
Added: a garden, we are so busy tring to eat all the veg from the garden faster then the bunnies can get them I don't have nearly as much room for any other food.
Good for you. I have a very heavy friend who suffers from migraines though I keep quiet about her eating habits. She doesn't like chocolate but I've seen what she buys at the grocery store. Lot's of processed foods....corn dogs, frozen pizzas, frozen hash browns , and sand which meats. Then she'll stop at a drive thru and order so many bad choices. I keep hoping to influence her by osmosis.0 -
I'm about to start making my own spices. Garlic and jalapeno peppers to start off with. So excited. I used to get all hyped up at the thought of a cheat day with cookies and ice cream, now I'm eager to keep adding new, home-made foods to my diet.
I can't believe my amateur cooking hasn't killed anyone yet. Fingers crossed. I won't try canning for a very long time if ever, though. The consequences of doing that wrong terrifies me.0 -
I had to give up beef not because it's "bad" food but it's bad for me personally, not really much choice here eat beef and be sick or give it up and feel good. It was really a pretty simple decision but it got me to experiment with many "new" foods.
Other than that I didn't give up anything, mostly I just found I like some things more than others. Fried food just doesn't appeal to me anymore but if I'm in Maine and fried clams are an option you can bet I'm eating a good portion of them and on the flip side to that I'm determined to walk the beach for at least an hour so I guess you could say I found balance too.
One of my favorite finds is plain greek yogurt, I use it all the time, mix it with salad dressing, use it in place of mayo, sour cream, add a little vanilla flavor and use it in pancakes, eat it with fruit which is another thing I discovered I was never a big fruit eater, turns out I just needed to make the fruit pretty. I now make up fruit salad using fresh fruit and storing it in glass bowls, it makes me happy to eat it.
Do you use the yogurt instead of the water in the pancake mix? Never tried it before and sounds delicious.0 -
I gave up fast food completely.. and drastically reduced eating out to once a week.. working on giving up coffee (day 3) and diet soda with lunch.. cut back on beer consumption.
I have added way more veggies to my meals and trying to get adventurous with flavors. I find that onions, tomatoes, lime and some basil and garlic do wonders to chicken, brown rice and black beans..
Ever notice how gross fast food tastes after not eating it for awhile? I was in a bind and ate some after not eating it for about 2 weeks and it was the most disgusting thing ever.. I'm glad I gave fast food up.. It makes a huge difference. Artificial sweeteners is next.0 -
Well, I'm on a diet because I learned I was diabetic, so I'm giving up a lot.
My boyfriend recently pointed out that I knew when the Krispy Kreme guy got to the store with the fresh donuts! Obviously I can't have that anymore.
My biggest change is drinks. I only drink diet coke, water, and coffee now. Before I was drinking probably 100oz of Dr Pepper a day! I'm also a manager at McDonald's, so whenever the kids (I normally work second shift with the 16 year old employees) would make mistakes on drinks (frappes, smoothies, milkshakes) I would drink them. It's a giant change to not drink those. I'm probably eating about 3000-4000 calories less a day without these drinks. The good news is, food waste is down at work because I can't eat/drink the mistakes!
I added in a lot of veggies and fruits. before I rarely ate any. Now I have at least one salad a day. My favorite meal is to get a grilled wrap with habenero sauce at work and open it up and eat it like a salad.0 -
So as we all either change our lifestyle or diet I am curious what has been given up and will you ever eat it again or drink it. What have you added. And do you plan on a lifetime like this or just till you lose your weight?
Myself-I have given up Soda and flavored water with artificial sweeteners. I do not plan on ever having that again. 30 days of water and 1 ice tea a day.So I find it duable.
Pork products-as I got gout last year. I do occasionally still a slice of bacon at work-But at home I eat turkey bacon.
Red meat-Bow here I cheat and eat a once every now and again-We go to a buffet on saturdays and I get 2 bites of prime rib. I love ribeyes but Choose not to eat it.
Gluten in most items-this is due to my Hubby has celiacs and I rather eat and cook one time so I have to be careful of gluten in products
Processed foods-I do not purchase ready to eat or boxed items anymore-and hopefully never will again
My additions have been fresh fruit and veges-Grill alot of veges-And eat fruits I do not like-I do cheat and blend them.
I hope my lifestyle will be a permanent thing. I have never felt so good.
I'm not sure how long you're doing this, but what you describe here is not sustainable. Unless you have extreme willpower, you probably won't succeed (sorry to be so blunt :frown: ). Instead, cut out one thing at a time, stick to it for a few weeks and try the next thing.
If you prove me wrong, good for you
I think I shall prove you wrong-My husband can not eat Gluten so I do not purchase products with Gluten. I choose everyday not to have soda-And I refuse to buy processed foods. I am doing this for health reasons and when you are faced with make a change or face certain surgeries and possible death. Well something changed in me. So I know I can sustain my goals and continue to eat healthy. Since this is the longest I ever have gone and truly never dieted. Did not see myself fat-Do now tho. And I want to see More birthdays. So here is to me trying to prove you wrong.0 -
I gave up fast food completely.. and drastically reduced eating out to once a week.. working on giving up coffee (day 3) and diet soda with lunch.. cut back on beer consumption.
I have added way more veggies to my meals and trying to get adventurous with flavors. I find that onions, tomatoes, lime and some basil and garlic do wonders to chicken, brown rice and black beans..
Ever notice how gross fast food tastes after not eating it for awhile? I was in a bind and ate some after not eating it for about 2 weeks and it was the most disgusting thing ever.. I'm glad I gave fast food up.. It makes a huge difference. Artificial sweeteners is next.
I eat out/have fast food once in a blue moon (this has been the case even before weight loss) and I love it every single time.. I must be weird. I wish I could wake up one day and find super high calorie foods disgusting. You won the lottery there if that's what was causing your weight gain.0 -
I've given up sugar drinks, eating red meat all the time, and snacking all day.
I've added walking and jogging and eating healthier.0
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