what can't you give up?

Well, I still eat the bad stuff once in a while -- and I have had a lot of cookies this last week. I just try to substitute fro yo for ben and jerry's and only eat kettle cooked at either a party or pms -- and I try to watch portions. I still eat pizza, but I try to portion it out or eat less.

I am just trying to choose differently.

I won't give up anything. Food tastes great and I plan to enjoy it all while I'm here on this earth.

Red Wine in copious amounts!!!!:drinker:

I refuse to give up anything. I just eat some things way less often and/or less of it and I am cognizant of how my choices fit into my overall eating/exercise plan.

I don't give up anything either...smaller portions and fitting things in where I can is what I do.

Starbuck's. But It's gone from several times per week to once a week or longer. It's a treat now that I plan for and relish, instead of a mindless, automatic stop on the way to work.

I was going to say that I haven't given up anything, but I actually forgot I haven't had a diet soda (or any soda) since the first of the year. And as hard as it was to give up, I can't believe I forgot about it already, LOL, so there is probably nothing that I *can't* give up. Even Starbuck's.

I always thought that the item I couldn't give up was fizzy pop. but I'm really being risky and trying not to drink fizzy pop for the month and see how I feel at the end, if all goes well it could be the end of my addiction to caffeine. Having said that tho' I cannot live without coffee shop drinks e.g. Starbucks Frapacino, Costa Creamy Cooler etc.

Sadly? Alcohol. But... dropping it as of today. Just for March to see what changes I can see in my life as a result.

I didn't think I could ever give it up. I used to drink heavily for 6 days a week (which is how I put so much weight on to begin with). I wondered if I was a permanent alcoholic. But once I started with MFP I slowly stopped drinking when I realized it was standing between me and my goal, not to mention that it triggered eating binges.

So now I don't drink hardly at all, except on Saturday nights with my friends.

Whenever I get a cold though (which is frequently), I find bourbon to be a great cure-all, so I still drink then.

Best of luck to you; it can be done. But for me, I had to realize that I wasn't doing myself any favors.

From experience, I can tell you that pop is hard as hell to quit drinking. That said, I weened myself off of the stuff maybe a year ago doing a new years resolution thing. I recommend substituting it for anything other than pop, whether it's good for you or not and just keep doing that until you forget what Dr. Pepper taste like. Drink sugary drinks, juices, vitamin waters, anything else. Once you've gone a month or two it should be easy at that point. From then on try to drink things with less calories such as water (what I drink by far the most of now), green tea, coffee, milk, etc.

Regular Coke is really the ONLY thing I can say I have given up. With diabetes, its just not a good idea.

I don't give anything up.

I just don't eat as much of it.

This.