Which food(s) have you given up completely?
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I have given up most meat...occasionally do a bit of meat, mostly chicken breast or fish if I choose to eat it.
Also, most dairy, I do eat greek yogurt about everyday in my morning smoothie.
The SALT SHAKER. This has been my toughest challenge!
Anything processed--I eat mostly fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, and nuts/seeds.
In a nutshell, I have moved to a plant based diet. I can eat a great volume of food every day and fairly easily stay within calorie limits. Since starting this almost a month ago, I have lost 6 lbs, not a huge amount in general but a good amount and don't feel one bit deprived.0 -
soda.
but, thats basically it. Everything else I enjoy in life I have every now and again. And 9 times outta 10 within my calorie allotment for the day.
Me too!0 -
I'm a food addict, so "moderation" doesn't really work for me. When I quit smoking I went completely cold turkey, it was the only way. All or nothing.
Obviously I can't quit food cold turkey, but I can quit *some* foods...
Processed sugary carbs (cookies, cake-y stuff, donuts, bfast cereals, etc.)
Pasta
Anything breaded, deep fried
Chocolate
Booze (for now -- I fully intend to live it up when I spend my birthday week in Paris!)0 -
I didn't give up anything so far. I believe in everything in moderation. I don't want to deprive myself and then end up gaining the weight back in the end.
I just try to limit stuff that's not good for me. Instead of having the XL french fry, I will have the small one if I am craving it. Some with ice cream. I can't live in a world where I can't get my ice cream on!!! :laugh:
AGREE! I buy little tiny ice creams to indulge on. I try, for the most part, to eat healthy foods, but do have junk that I want in moderation now and again. The only things I don't eat are meat or fish, but that's not for weight loss reasons :-).0 -
Bread, but only because I'm experimenting to see if it makes a change to my weight loss. I believe it has in the past.
Other than that nothing, I was always a healthy eater anyway with very little processed foods in my diet.
I haven't even given up alcohol :O ....'Ive lost 35lbs to date, 28 of them before MFP0 -
fries actually ALL fried food!
cake
cookies
pie
ice cream/shakes
regular peanut butter -- replace with natural
hamburgers -- replace with grill chicken
steak
milk -- replace with unsweatned soy milk
sodas including diet -- replace with unsweet tea (not even sweet n low)
mash potatoes and gravy
bisquits and gravy
donuts
bagels
chips -- (except a few at Mexican restaurants)
sugared kid cereal
sour cream/guac dips in general
high calorie salad dressings like ranch
pancakes -- might as well just eat cake for breakfast.
white bread -- replace with whole wheat
full fat/sugar yogurt -- replace with Chobana.
candy -- except maybe a jolly rancher etc if offered by a friend. But I'd never go out of my way to get it.
mayo -- so I must make my own tuna
macaroni and cheese
top ramin
beef jerky
I'd avoid all white pasta if I could get my wife on board with that and replace it with wheat pasta-- but she can't do it. SO I limit that as much as I can and eat more veg on spaghetti night.
I think that covers it... ;D0 -
i have a little of everything that i used to like, but i can't remember the last time i had a milkshake or ice cream. i've also largely given up peanut butter. anything that's 190 cals per tablespoon is just too calorie dense to be worth it.
also, i haven't had the admiral's feast at red lobster in years.0 -
10kaday, man I cant switch from white pasta to wheat pasta either. I dont know what it is but if its wheat pasta, id rather not have it at all!0
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pancakes -- might as well just eat cake for breakfast.
has anyone else seen that IHOP commercial for the "red velvet pancakes" where the woman is like 'this tastes just like a cupcake!" ? its because it IS a cupcake! its a stack of three huge cupcakes, for BREAKFAST! eww0 -
I'm drinking much less Alcohol. Mostly because losing 63 pounds has turned me into a lightweight. Previously when everyone else was doing shots of Tequila around the campfire I was drinking Amaretto. It's almost twice the calories so I've found silver Tequila which doesn't give me headaches oh and so-co & lime.
That being said I don't drink as much because I am now a cheap drunk. I may still have an amaretto on the rocks if I'm out to dinner as an aparetif but that's different than pounding shots.0 -
None! Why should I give up anything?0
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Like others, I don't want to give up something totally, because I know that I will crave it even more! However, at the moment I have stopped having:
chocolate
crisps
potatoes
soda
I am trying to have less coffee and rely (if this is a good word) more on green tea - I want to develop this habit that whenever I feel tired/sleepy and need something to pick me up, I will choose green tea, rather than coffee! So far so good, instead of having 2 coffees per day, I've now had only 3 coffees in nearly 2 weeks!0 -
Fried foods, donuts, and regular soda (diet only on occasion) is probably the only things I will not eat anymore. But everything else I probably have eaten, just in smaller quantities. Moderation is key!0
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None! Why should I give up anything?
This! I'm currently eating leftover pizza0 -
Fries
Milk chocolate
Cream cheese
Goat and Cow milk - Only drink Almond milk
Any type of soda
Hot dogs
Hamburgers
Preserved meats (ham, salami, bologna)
Chips0 -
my beloved fudge
chocolate
donuts
white bread, pasta, rice
butter
jam
peanut butter
reeces peanut butter cups *wail*
mocha
pasties
red meat mostly
cheese and onion crisps0 -
i really haven't totally given up any foods, i just portion control the foods that i know aren't as healthy for me. although i haven't eaten any pasta or sugary cereals since i started my healthy eating.0
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On the rig at 10am its Bacon sandwhich time and then at 4pm its cake time. Now I sit there with fruit and nuts as the lads dig in and tell me what I'm missing! (the gits lol)0
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Carbs keeping them severely restricted. My native body is NOT designed for white man diet...whoop!0
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pasta
soda
duchess cheeseburgers/fries0
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