What is the one thing you gave up to lose weight (if any)?

Ellyabell

Right now? Cereal, pretty much all sweets, most dairy, fast food most of the time and if I eat it only in very small amounts. I don't drink alkohol or soda, so thas just didn't change. I gave up drinking diet coke, not for weight loss reason, but is was easier to cut it out together with the real sugar. I also use a lot less oil. I used to fry vegetable a lot, using good olive oil. I still do, but less so.

In the long run I will try to eat everything in moderation, at the moment it is easier the way it is.

skcoyote

When I realized I was drinking my BMR in soda, I quit cold turkey.

Soon after, I had a nice visit in the emergency room for dehydration. It's a myth, people: those IV drips just don't taste the same as regular soda.

DawnEH612

I gave up my dysfunctional relationship with food! I had to teach myself how to have healthy eating habits and how to not have an obsessive, compulsive or avoidant relationship with food, any food. So, I am now able to proudly say there are no foods/beverages that are off limits to me... Just how much i eat at one time... Of course, the more I begin to see the simple accounting, that calories in have to be less than calories out, i enjoy making healthier, conscious choices. i now make decisions of what to eat to nourish my body and am no longer eating based on impulse, feelings and emotions...

zoukeira

I gave up acting like a fat person. Started to behave like a thin one instead.

LilacSnow

croutons. one serving of those tasty little bad boys (literally 6 small croutons) is like 50 calories. i used to dump those things in a salad.. now they're just not worth it for what you get.

NocturnalGirl

My relationships, education, everything. Trying to get that all back now.

lawre028

The one thing I gave up completely to lose weight, and has really worked for me is EXCUSES. Once you quit those the weight comes off.

MichelleLaree13

I am trying for healthier and to lose weight
I have exchanged 2% milk for 30 calorie almond milk. I stopped drinking juice and mostly diet soda. I only have 1 cup of low fat icecream about once a month instead of a big bowl whenever I want. I stopped eating all the treats at work. I stopped buying fast food except on the rare occasion that there is no other option (I normally pack a snack or something to eat if I know I will be out). I have given up chinese food. Maybe others...

Tymtrvlr

I agree with those who say nothing is taboo if its taken in moderation. We all have our occasional cravings! I have noticed that since I am logging calories, I tend to look towards healthier choices that will fill me up (I'd rather have a big salad with 3 oz. of chicken for lunch, knowing it will free up calories for later in case I feel like a grilled cheese or some pasta (opting for the healthier, low calorie options). Except for Subway, I don't waste my money & calories on "greasy" fast food (one sausage biscuit=6" sub?) . I keep dark chocolate in the freezer (slow melting=longer lasting), and spend a day cooking and then freezing food for quick warm ups on crazy days! Make things like pizza and ice cream a RARE treat..and make sure to have enough friends to share so there aren't any leftovers!

peanutbutterpretzels

Juice!
Now the only juice I drink is sugar free ribena usually I don't mind juice so much, but I find that now whenever I drink it I get horrible stomach cramps. No clue why though.

msbunnie68

My denial was the thing I gave up. I stopped denying that I was making myself larger than I wanted to be. After that realization came the one where I realized I can change that.

harrietlg

sweets, sugary drinks, pizza, takeaways. I'll have it as a treat every once in a while but it doesn't make me feel good

cheexy85

chinese buffet...I miss chinese food but I don't trust myself to go into a chinese restaurant.

I am scared to eat at in buffet... that is a dieter's nightmare.. My kids want to chang mongolian grill and I just keep saying NO...

I wonder what the chinese restaurant owners would think if I just walked in there with my kitchen scale... Excuse me. I need to weigh this General Tso's right here.

Hahahahahaha

bandedsandi

peanut butter, junk food, almost all meat. BAKED GOODS! some days i dream about red velvet cake. no lie. it's pathetic. :sad:

Same here!

Plus coffee with creamer and sugar... :noway: :sad:

fragrantair

Boba drinks, I can't even have them in moderation because alot of shops don't list the calories for them. I imagine it's a lot of calories..ahh but I love it :c

Panna9406

I really haven't given up anything, I just replaced them:)
Like sweets with fruits, pasta with rice and so on.
I think if you replace some unhealthy food with healthier ones it's much more easier:)
If you are hungry, you just eat something healthier instead of junk food. This really works;)

Spokez70

McDonalds. I actually had a chicken sandwich from there last week in a pinch because I was starving and it was the only place in this little town I was in. For the most part though I never go there anymore but a year ago is was 1-2 times per day every day.

AshleighPhilp1

Dominos pizza

sunflowerhippi

Regular soda is the big thing, besides that cupcakes. Which I hard when you bake for parties all the time.

xSakura

Fizzy drinks (Especially Dr Pepper) and takeaways, replaced with water and homemade meals

LauriePar

I gave up lying to myself. I decided to get honest about what and why I was really eating. I gave up this love relationship I have with food and reframed it as one of sustenance and fuel.

I have also given up:

fried foods
chips
sweets

For now.

me too!

Velum_cado

As far as what I eat, nothing, really. I just gave up eating whatever I want, whenever I want.

CassieReannan

Fast food in general.

katevarner

Coca-Cola. Was drinking 3-4 per day. Switched to Diet Coke or Coke Zero. I have done it before. Started allowing myself one a week, then began drinking them more frequently and gained everything back plus some, so think I'm done with them, but we'll see. Don't like that I drink the artificial sweeteners, so am down to only one diet drink a day. Hope to give them up by the first of the year, or at least only have one every once in a while instead of daily.

Also gave up bread for the most part, but since I've reached my goal, I'm allowing myself some bread now. Just trying not to overdo. I could eat it all day long if I let myself.

cruzcrzyMarie

Mexican restaurants, edited to add, chinese restaurants too.

rizzaG

rice
red meat
never liked soda anyway
chinese/mexican restaurant
greasy food
fast food

nickyfm

- Alcohol - calories + i binge heaps when I'm drunk
- Refined sugar (can NEVER stop at one)
- Refined carbs
- Fries

chelle_fri

Soda pop is really the only thing I gave up. Otherwise, I eat anything I want so long as it fits into my day.

ahoier

nothing.. I still eat everything I used to in moderation.

same here...haven't really given up anything. But hardly ever have pop...unless it's a mixer for my rum or jack calmed down on my coffee intake (and the sugar an cream that comes with it). People at work laugh at me cause I still eat Krispy cream donuts too lol.....just not the whole box....and only about once a week, on a work outv day

Going4Lean

nothing.. I still eat everything I used to in moderation.