What do you refuse to give up?

McGruber03
McGruber03 Posts: 113 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I can't give up my morning coffee with flavored creamer (and I don't use sugar free/fat free either!). I do stick to 1 cup per day only though. And I can't give up my weekend full flavored brewsky, but I do limit to only one or two. My favorites are Guinness, Shock Top, Blue Moon, Youngs Double Chocolate Stout.
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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    I don't give up anything that I enjoy eating.
  • Meikmeika
    Meikmeika Posts: 108 Member
    Everything in moderation so I give up nothing.
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    Many many things. Chocolate, cake, biscuits, bread, custard on puddings, Yorkshire puddings, butter. I've just try to have them infrequently. I'm failing at the chocolate bit though.

    I've given up meat, booze and caffeine, but those are personal challenges more than dietary decisions.
  • kykykenna
    kykykenna Posts: 656 Member
    I guess I havent given up anything....If I really want it, I have it. But that is the tricky part....do I REALLY want it???:wink:
  • Miss_dannii
    Miss_dannii Posts: 1,351 Member
    Coffee and alcohol.
  • beckydunks
    beckydunks Posts: 65 Member
    nothing for the past few weekends i've had alchohol, mcdonalds and far more food than usual!
    still only gained 1lb, which has now come off :)
  • sweetandtenderhooligan
    sweetandtenderhooligan Posts: 59
    coffee and red wine
  • dakotadawn93
    dakotadawn93 Posts: 5
    Coffee. Unfortunately, my coffee maker has just taken a poo on me and I can only get it at work so I make the best of it! It is really hard to give up sweets for me, but I haven't touched a single sweet in about a week or two.
  • poedunk65
    poedunk65 Posts: 1,336 Member
    Beer!!! But i just drink way less of it now. I could down a case by myself in the past. But even with the long weekend i have had only 4 beers and mich ultra at that, only 96 cals!
  • astrylian
    astrylian Posts: 194 Member
    I used to hit up the Chinese Food place down the street when i needed a pick-me-up. I never portioned out things- I can still easily eat the entire take-out container in one sitting, it's disgusting. I would eat the entire container in one go, before feeling disgusting and defeated and taking a nap. No more of that, I can make a much healthier alternative with veggies and shirataki noodles at home.
  • gsager
    gsager Posts: 977 Member
    I refuse to give up anything. There's no reason to.
  • FireFae
    FireFae Posts: 40
    I can't give up chocolate, it's just impossible for me ... it's actually my 'medicine' on certain days of the month :laugh: It prevents me from biting off heads of random poor souls that might have, perhaps, looked at me weird :devil:

    I'm really not giving up anything ... just adding lots of exercise and trying to eat healthy in general.
  • McGruber03
    McGruber03 Posts: 113 Member
    Beer!!! But i just drink way less of it now. I could down a case by myself in the past. But even with the long weekend i have had only 4 beers and mich ultra at that, only 96 cals!

    I know! I SOOO wish I liked Mich Ultra! I even tried the new flavored ones, but they just tasted like a watered down wine cooler :sad: That's when I decided I won't wasted my $$ on beer I don't like, I'll just drink 1 or 2 of the good stuff. Youngs Double Chocolate Stout is the bomb diggety, but it's like 206 calories per pint! Yikes!! I blame my husband for making me branch out with delicious beer! I used to be fine with $2.99 per six pack South Paw :drinker:
  • smsgreaves
    smsgreaves Posts: 57 Member
    Full fat cheese!! After trying LOADS of different 'light' cheeses it's just not worth saving the calories when you have to sacrifice the flavour.
  • NoMoreJellyRolls
    NoMoreJellyRolls Posts: 142
    Chocolate Milk Shake cake =) soooooo freaking yummy! I refuse to give it up!
  • greyhoundbloke
    greyhoundbloke Posts: 10
    Alcohol - (wine, beer, cider). Any diet plan that involves giving up those is not sustainable for me. The really great thing about mfp is that it enables a lifestyle change by focusing on what you eat and making conscious decisions. I can offset the 200 calories of a pint against smaller meals in the day or more exercise. The one thing I have given up that has been a challenge is sugar - it's added to almost every prepared foodstuff.
  • Woodmangler
    Woodmangler Posts: 96 Member
    I refuse to give up on ME this time!
  • Lina4Lina
    Lina4Lina Posts: 712 Member
    I've given up many things or eat them very rarely. The things I've truly given up though, I just don't want to eat any more. I love nice, soft bread but it is hard to keep in my diet regularly so I have it once or twice a year. Chocolate is the only regular 'treat' I keep in my diet.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    Chinese food and a select few fast food things. Moderation's key, mainly. I don't gorge and I make sure not everything is sodium-laden, and of course don't eat it every day.

    It's life, might as well enjoy it even if you're making a change for your health and waistline.
  • Tat2dDom624
    Tat2dDom624 Posts: 1,226 Member
    I haven't given up anything. Now i just cut down on the portion size, and make sure i log it.
  • 197Kiki
    197Kiki Posts: 129
    I dont give up Cheese! I'm addicted to it but I just dont eat the fattening cheese.. Oh yeah and Alcohol which is usually just beer anyway
  • deadbeatsummer
    deadbeatsummer Posts: 537 Member
    alcohol! for me, I love going out and having a drink with my friends. at this age (22) my main goal is to look good in my going clothes.. so if i have to give up my social life for it it doesn't really seem worth it for me.

    I drink probably every week, and have lost 2 stone so far so i'm not doing too badly...
  • sunshine2212677
    sunshine2212677 Posts: 88 Member
    i cant give up my glass of red with a nice dinner, and nor do i intend to, i just count the calories and make sure i work it off :0)
  • Heyyleigh
    Heyyleigh Posts: 268 Member
    Coffee mate, although I did switch to the powder.
  • PatByrne82
    PatByrne82 Posts: 72 Member
    if i've the calories i'll eat what i want
  • 012345emma
    012345emma Posts: 57 Member
    i dont give up anything i just add it into my daily calorie intake.
  • Songtothesiren
    Songtothesiren Posts: 388 Member
    I've totally changed my attitude to food and exercise. I give up nothing, but I manage my food intake and my exercise so that I'm not having to make compromises or go without.

    Mavis
  • HoneyIShrunktheMom
    HoneyIShrunktheMom Posts: 76
    I haven't given up a single thing. :) Everything in moderation.

    ETA: I take that back. I have stopped drinking soda since I started losing weight but that waisn't because I thought it would help aid my weight loss. I just decided that I was addicted to it and it was far too expensive for me to continue drinking Diet Coke in the amount I was drinking it. I switched to plain ol' water with the occasional carbonated water (because sometimes I just want that carbonation). My 17 yr. old daughter also gave up soda.
  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    I don't give things up, but I am willing to compromise on most things: low sodium, low fat, etc. versions of things.

    HOWEVER, lowfat cheese? eew it's like wax. I will not give up creamy full fat cheese! I just won't eat it as often.
  • wingchunrick
    wingchunrick Posts: 267 Member
    Red wine and cheese. My weakness!

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