Foods you had to cut out of diet to lose weight?

For me, it was bread and pasta - empty calories that didn't satisfy or nourish me and didn't really taste good enough to want to keep with those goals in mind.

I still eat ice cream every day though. I refuse to give up my frozen treats.

I have cut NOTHING. I just watch my calories and drink lots and lots of water

If I start eating chips/fries and drinking alcohol semi-regularly, my body holds onto it like it's a $100 bill. Just have to limit and enjoy sporadically.

I haven't cut out anything, but I have cut way back on some things, chips and fries for instance. I have also worked on adding more good things, greek yogurt and lots more fruits and veggies for example. I think to tell yourself you can't have stuff you love is setting yourself up for failure. It's all about moderation...which I will admit I'm still working on!

This thread makes me sad. So many people cutting out so much tasty stuff. Hope you didn't truly love any of it and hope you are cool going without it for the rest of your life.............

Oh, thank you for thinking of us. You don't need to be sad. Really. We just found out what works for us (because everyone is different, you know) and are forging ahead with what we know works for us and leaving behind what doesn't. You should be happy for us. We are strong :0)

I didn't cut out anything. I just have smaller portions of it and don't have it as much. What helps also is planning to have something ahead of time so that I can plan for my calories. For instance, on payday I know 10-1 I'm going to order pizza for me and my 19 yo bottomless pit son...hahaha. So because I know that I'm going to eat that, I have a lighter lunch that day and I MAKE sure that I do at least an hour of cardio. I do drink soda but I drink a can not a bottle. When I had my health and fitness coach for 2 months, she said that was healthier for me because I know that I'm not depriving myself which will make me eat more.

Now if I had health issues, like diabetes, then yes, I would have more restrictions. The best thing about living a healthier life style for a few months, I'm now saying no to certain foods. The other day someone offered me a donut and I said no and I didn't go back on my word during lunch time when they were still out. I can't easily talk myself out of exercising because I got myself into a routine of working out now.

If I truly crave something, I wait for at least an half hour and if I still want it then I go get it. If I wait longer to have it and still want it, I know I'm going to eat more of it which isn't a good thing. All in all, for me anyway, is portion control and drinking more water to keep me fuller.

I cut things in stages. This was not all planned but worked out well and was all pre-MFP. I went to the next 'stage' when I had hit a weight loss plateau and realized additional exercise would not seem to budge it:

Stage 1: sugar, alcohol, artificial sweetenersl [lost 7 pounds the first week, hunger started to get more managable]

Stage 2: processed foods and starches (potato, rice, pasta, breads, crackers, etc.) [losing 2-3 pounds a week- no more salt bombs from processed packaged foods]

Stage 3: Dairy and gluten [started to fit into clothes sizes that I could wear when I was first married 26 years ago, skin began to 'glow']

Stage 4: Limit to lean protein sources only (lean beef, white meat chicken, turkey, lean fish- in controlled amounts) , 1 serving fruit AM (emphasizing lower glycemic fruits), limit oils and nuts [This is when my abs started showing]

Was I sad? Did I feel deprived? Sometimes but mostly not because of the results I was getting. The desire for results outweighed any desire for the foods I cut and still do. You have to decide and choose what you want and how long you want to spend getting there.

Edit; Now that I met my goals I will occasionally have some of the things I cut above! But, if I have them I pay for them with exercise. If I want a beer, for example, then I run an extra mile to earn that beer.

This thread makes me sad. So many people cutting out so much tasty stuff. Hope you didn't truly love any of it and hope you are cool going without it for the rest of your life.............

I don't think you're actually sad for others. I think you thought about the idea of cutting out certain foods and it made *you* sad for how you thought it would make *you* feel. And the good news is, people can always add back whatever foods they want later on in their journey.

This thread makes me sad. So many people cutting out so much tasty stuff. Hope you didn't truly love any of it and hope you are cool going without it for the rest of your life.............

Oh, thank you for thinking of us. You don't need to be sad. Really. We just found out what works for us (because everyone is different, you know) and are forging ahead with what we know works for us and leaving behind what doesn't. You should be happy for us. We are strong :0)

Can you do this forever? Are you all of never having refined sugars, alcohol etc ever again? If you are, then great. I am happy you found what worked for you. Physiologically we are more the same than we are different. Unless you have a pre-existing metabolic condition there is no need to cut out anything to lose weight......Unless you simply lack the willpower to moderate the portions......If that is what you mean by different then I agree we are all different.

Absolutely we can always reicorporate in moderation, I think we sometimes forget that option.

This thread makes me sad. So many people cutting out so much tasty stuff. Hope you didn't truly love any of it and hope you are cool going without it for the rest of your life.............

I don't think you're actually sad for others. I think you thought about the idea of cutting out certain foods and it made *you* sad for how you thought it would make *you* feel. And the good news is, people can always add back whatever foods they want later on in their journey.

This is an interesting thought.....If people feel they need to cut these things out to lose the weight now why would they add them back in later? what would change then? Why not eat now how you would want to eat later? Again....if the change is forever Im all for it........What I am against is people radically cutting out foods only to add them back and gain the weight back later........I've done this.....it's not fun.

I have cut out fast food and non diet soda. Otherwise I just watch the amount of things I am eating. I want to have a healthier diet in the long run and I am changing the way I look at food. Now instead of grabbing chips and candy for a late night snack I go for the sugar free jello and pudding made with skim milk. I've been slowly changing the way I eat for the last month and it is working. I don't deny myself the chips and candy but I do make sure that I only have one serving instead of the entire bag.
My fiance is ridiculously supportive to me and I find that the most helpful tool I have at my disposal.

I cut out a whole bunch of stuff in the beginning. It made me depressed that I couldn't have them, so I brought them ALL back. Oddly enough, when I did that, I was happy and my weight found a happy place.

Ice cream and Mt Dew. Along with getting off my *kitten* and exercising again.

I didn't cut out anything that I really loved or enjoyed. I cut out soda, but that wasn't as difficult for me as it seems to be for some people, and it's not as if I consider soda some huge treat.

Foods I love to eat that aren't particularly healthy....pasta with alfredo, cheesecake, tiramisu, big, fat, juicy cheeseburgers, fried ANYTHING......I didn't cut out completely. I still induldge on occasion, but I have made the decision that those things are not a part of my daily or even my weekly diet. I would be so sad if I could NEVER eat any of those things......so I still eat them, just in moderation.

*edit*
When I first started this weight loss journey, I didn't have "cheat days" or "cheat meals", so yes.....for a period of time, I gave up those things.....but I didn't give up anything forever except for sodas.

Felt like I should clarify.