What Have You Given up?

I gave up wishing I had an active and healthy life. Now I HAVE an active and healthy life!

Nothing - I just portion control better.

Just the huge portion sizes, every time I have tried to eliminate something, I end up binging on it later on.

Nada.
More active, more conscious about food calorie quantity. I think I now eat more volume in a more consistent manner.

I gave up the lazy weeks.

Milk. I used to drink milk instead of water and that wasted a LOT of calories.

Now I only have it rarely, like with gingerbread cookies or as hot cocoa.

I've given up a lot. Sometimes I think I've given up food.

I've given up...

Soda, both regular and diet. The closest thing I drink to soda now is carbonated water. I had a liter a day diet coke habit and when I was nauseated, which was most of the time, I drank regular coke.

Sugar , both artificial and refined. I now opt for natural sweeteners, fruit, or more natural low glycemic options. First, refined sugar is in everything and until I started paying very close attention I didn't realize how much sugar I was eating. It does nothing good for my medical situation and eating too much of it causes weight fluctuations.

Over intake of starches. I just can't handle too much without weight fluctuations.

Pre-made convenience foods with lots of extra not so goodies, sugar, and preservatives. The fewer the ingredients the better.

Now for the big things... Actually the following is what made the convenience foods changes very important. It also made eating out very difficult so I now HAVE to make everything at home. When I had to start preparing everything myself I had a much better grasp of what I was putting in, what I didn't need, and really learned my body and how it react to different foods. Making everything myself also gave me complete control over my diet, but that is as negative as positive to me as I hate to cook and really hate to bake. However, if I want to eat I have to cook. I can say that helped my weight loss too as sometimes I would rather starve than head into the kitchen.

Gluten, I am highly reactive to it and found out last summer.

Dairy, except goat and sheep, I found out this was a problem at the same time as gluten.

Eggs, I react to them as well. I found out this was a problem at the same time as gluten and dairy.

Cranberries. Again this was at that notorious appointment. Honestly, this wasn't that big of a problem until Thanksgiving, though you'd be surprised how many gluten free, dairy free, egg free, pre-made foods there are that contain cranberries.

That doctor appointment was a HUGE bummer and turning point for me. I was forced by my own body to completely change my diet for the better for the rest of my life. Six months in and I accidentally had some gluten and dairy and got some very serious stomach upsets and it took days to start to feel more normal, I wasn't safe to leave the house for nearly 48 hours, and I gained 5 lbs over night after my weight being rock stable. Not fun. I know I can't have those and I know that I will stick to it as just one slip up leaves me regretting it for days.

Recently my doctor was wondering at my reactions to starch and sugar and had me tested for possible candida or sibo or something along those lines. Not thrilled. I'm still waiting for the results to come back. If that test comes back with something funny I'll probably have to have even less sweet stuff or even less starch (I really miss potatoes) for at least the foreseeable future or until it is cleared up. Due to high uric acid I'm supposed to eat less meat too, but I refused asking what that left me with. The answer-not much. Bah. So yeah, sometimes I feel like I gave up food.

Bread

Sugar and cut down massively on bread, I used to bake (and loved it) but don't do that any more. There is a positive side though as I have more energy and don't have loads of washing up to do ! lol

I gave up regular coke, doritos, cheese-its, junior mints, whoppers. Hopefully one day I will feel comfortable eating them in moderation. I still drink 5 to 10 cups a day of coffee it hasn't hindered my weight loss. The biggest difference is that I feel less embarassed about the way I look when I am out in public.

Caramel swirl iced latte from Dunkin Donuts. It would prob make me sick now.....

I haven't really given up anything, but I've cut down on portion sizes and am careful about weighing my food. I'm trying to cut down on coffee - I have around 4 cups a day, but I have it strong!

for the last two weeks, i have given up soy, gluten, sugars ( all kinds), corn, eggs, diary, and peanuts.

i feel great!!! tons of energy. weight FINALLY dropping! at the end of this next week i am supposed to add the foods back in, one at a time, but i'm really enjoying all the side effects of NOT eating any of those foods. so, i might just keep things the way they are.

I have cut down on diet coke but not completely as ill still have it in a restaurant. As of today i am also swapping my tea 2 sugars for water or chinese tea xx

Convienence and bulk packaging.

Quick stops at the drive thru on the way to and from work. Treats from the vending machine while at the office. An entire bag of chocolate.

I used to take convenience over quality in terms of food. No more. I now prepare a high percentage of my meals and pack fruits for snacks. I still have the foods I like, pizza, chocolate..... but prepare them at home. I don't buy the big bag of chocolate any more. Instead I ease my cravings with a sampler size box to control my portion.

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