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

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  • Ellyabell
    Ellyabell Posts: 49 Member
    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
    skcoyote Posts: 7
    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
    DawnEH612 Posts: 574 Member
    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
    zoukeira Posts: 313 Member
    I gave up acting like a fat person. Started to behave like a thin one instead.
  • LilacSnow
    LilacSnow Posts: 238 Member
    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
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    My relationships, education, everything. Trying to get that all back now.
  • lawre028
    lawre028 Posts: 40 Member
    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
    MichelleLaree13 Posts: 865 Member
    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
    Tymtrvlr Posts: 2
    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
    peanutbutterpretzels Posts: 122
    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
    msbunnie68 Posts: 1,894 Member
    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
    harrietlg Posts: 239
    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
    cheexy85 Posts: 119
    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
    bandedsandi Posts: 122 Member
    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: :cry: :sad:
  • fragrantair
    fragrantair Posts: 27
    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
    Panna9406 Posts: 92 Member
    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
    Spokez70 Posts: 548 Member
    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
    AshleighPhilp1 Posts: 21
    Dominos pizza :(
  • sunflowerhippi
    sunflowerhippi Posts: 1,099 Member
    Regular soda is the big thing, besides that cupcakes. Which I hard when you bake for parties all the time.
  • xSakura
    xSakura Posts: 288 Member
    Fizzy drinks (Especially Dr Pepper) and takeaways, replaced with water and homemade meals :smile:
  • LauriePar
    LauriePar Posts: 257 Member
    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
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    As far as what I eat, nothing, really. I just gave up eating whatever I want, whenever I want.
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    Fast food in general.
  • katevarner
    katevarner Posts: 884 Member
    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
    cruzcrzyMarie Posts: 251 Member
    Mexican restaurants, edited to add, chinese restaurants too.
  • rizzaG
    rizzaG Posts: 110
    rice
    red meat
    never liked soda anyway
    chinese/mexican restaurant
    greasy food
    fast food
  • nickyfm
    nickyfm Posts: 1,214 Member
    - Alcohol - calories + i binge heaps when I'm drunk
    - Refined sugar (can NEVER stop at one)
    - Refined carbs
    - Fries
  • chelle_fri
    chelle_fri Posts: 333 Member
    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
    ahoier Posts: 312 Member
    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
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    nothing.. I still eat everything I used to in moderation.

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