HARDEST FOOD TO GIVE UP DURING WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY

I agree with the lady above me. You don't have to "give up" anything. I have lost 137 lbs this way but it is slow and steady - 8 years of my life I have been living this way, and that is the KEY - it is your life!! Don't give up things you love or ultimately you won't enjoy your life!

This! Actually I found at my worst I was having takeaways a couple of times a week ... Then going 100% freelance really was a massive financial adjustment to make and the first thing to be cut back as a treat only when I could afford it were t/aways!
So now when I treat myself, it really is a massive treat that I appreciate all the more, both financially and calorifically!!!

You should be able to eat foodz "Any way you want it"

I don't make anything off limits. If I want something, I just make sure it fits in my calorie goal and macros. I do make better routine and daily decisions, but nothing is off limits. I know it gets over-used, but for me this is more about having a sustainable lifestyle that is, for the most part, nutritious and fitness oriented. Giving up cakes or cookies, etc isn't sustainable in my estimation. Just make better day to day decisions and treat yourself now and then...fit it in your diary and macros, and be a happy camper. Your diet shouldn't be miserable...if it is, it's a pretty good indicator that it is not sustainable and you will most likely "fall off the wagon" and pack the pounds back on later.

I've personally found that when I've done food restrictive dieting, I've always failed and always binged more. I've been doing a food diary since the middle of October and just watching my calories and macros and I haven't had a single binge day, nor have I been tempted to do so. I also eat 5 times per day.

Mexican food. I could eat it every day. So to satisfy that mexican food craving I have a can of black beans (1/2 can at one sitting), mix in a little cheese (and I do mean just a little), pour on the spanish garden taco sauce and heat it up in the microwave and count out my serving of baked chips and that is my dinner. I could eat it 3 or 4 days a week. Unfortuneatly, my husband cannot - lol.

I also feel like it is my binge food - once I start eating it - it is hard to stop at just a little and hard to not get what I like at the restaurant. I fall in that category of people who just have no willpower I guess.

I haven't given anything up. :huh:

Me either. :noway:

Chocolate chip cookies..... my weekness.

You shouldn't have to give up anything. All things in moderation. I couldn't go the rest of my life without ice cream. So I just don't eat half a gallon. One scoop and I'm done.

This

Sushi.

Some people have posted that they can't eat just one brownie, or just one serving of chips. Me neither. So if I really really want to have something like that for a treat, I buy a single serving. Yes, it costs more per once. But I can only eat what I have. And I enjoy the one treat more than I would if I had an endless supply in the house.

You shouldn't have to give up anything. All things in moderation. I couldn't go the rest of my life without ice cream. So I just don't eat half a gallon. One scoop and I'm done.

that's nice that you can do this but some people don't have the willpower so really the best thing is just staying away. everyone is different with this aspect of weight loss. so if you can have a little, great for you. i have to stay away from mini candy bars or i will eat 5 once i have 1.

You shouldn't have to give up anything. All things in moderation. I couldn't go the rest of my life without ice cream. So I just don't eat half a gallon. One scoop and I'm done.

I agree and so far this has worked for me. In the past I used restrictions and then went on binges for weeks.

I don't agree with everything in moderation philosophy for everyone. Some can do it; some find some foods triggering. If you can do things in moderation, do it. If not, don't. For me, I miss ice cream. I mean, I miss eating it whenever I want in whatever quantity I want. I miss the feeling of eating it out of a pint in front of the TV. I give up sugar for months at a time to sort of detox (and also for Lent) but do enjoy it occasionally the rest of the year. But keep in mind everyone, that different people have different issues with food and you don't know their background. Sometimes people do have to give something up, even on doctor's orders.

For me, I'm more likely to binge later if I eat sugar at all. I've been working on mindful eating but it's easier just not to eat it at all.

Is it possible that the binge reaction is actually caused by the all-or-nothing philosophy you employ, and not the other way around?

I personally get insane binge-y sugar cravings if I cut my carbs too low- there's what I consider a carb death-valley between ketosis and about 120 g (for me personally) total carbs, where I find myself fantasizing about pancakes and having dirty dreams about bakeries. If I get out of the danger-zone, I'm fine, and no longer likely to cut a bisch for a waffle.

maybe... but i think for me it's more about the taste of sugar. if i haven't had it for a while, it triggers a reaction. just like with alcohol for some. please keep this in mind. great if moderation works for you, but that is not the case for all of us.

You dont HAVE to give up ANYTHING
It will be Three Years ago in January that I gave up soda and all other carbonated drinks. I gave it up because I wanted to. I quit cold turkey, too.
I also avoid other caloric beverages when I can. The only exception I make is Eggnog on Christmas and Thanksgiving.
I could never give up eggnog for good. haha.
But if i HAD to give up one of my favorite foods.... I think the hardest for me would be Eggnog and Coal Miners/Oreo/dirt cake.

Nachos. OMG. :sad:

Wait, you aren't supposed to eat an entire pint of ice cream at once, or a whole bag of chips? I guess I've been doing it wrong...

Moderation doesn't mean "just eat little tiny bits of stuff." Moderation means having an overall plan. I will sometimes buy a pint of ice cream with the specific plan of eating the entire thing in one sitting, it's roughly 1000 calories, and I work my life plan around it. Same thing when I occasionally buy a bag of potato chips and some dip (or home made dip, home made onion dip is amazing.) It's a couple thousand calories, but I can afford to blow a couple thousand calories over my goal once in a while. Going 2000 calories over maintenance once a month, when compared to the rest of my life span is nothing.

Moderation is being mindful of what you eat, not just cutting back on everything all the time.