what is the hardest thing you find to give up

Cheese.
I love it, and just a little is never enough...

I think "home time" is the hardest thing I had to give up. I am very much a home body and while I do not have children, I do have two fur babies (Yorkies) and I do feel guilty that I work 8 hours a day, come home to let them out just to leave again for another hour or hour and a half to spend at the gym. I have found a way where I only have to be away two nights a week that I work now (working out Tuesday and Thursday nights plus Saturday and Sunday when I don't work) so that I am not gone as much.

As far as foods, I pretty much eat what foods I want, just in moderation. I found when I gave up things I liked I never stuck to it anyway, so now I just try to make sure it works in with my calories and if not spend more time working out. I gave up soda for the most part, but I even have one of those once or twice a month if I want (but I have found now that it is crazy sweet, since I really only drink water and tea now).

I completely agree! I feel like crap when I eat junk food, but for some reason, I still give in sometimes and eat it!

Generally I haven't given up anything, but recently I've decided to stop drinking wine...at least for a while. I can have a mixed drink or 2 but with wine, it's just too easy to suck down a half a bottle (or more) without batting a eyelash. Then not only have I consumed all the wine calories, but then I want to munch as well.

Fast food and other restaurants in my area because I like to eat 3 meals a day and be full and it is not possible with their calories,sodium and so on. Smoking cigarettes and pot because I cant breathe when I exercise with the first and I eat the whole house on the latter. Getting drunk or drinking wine because it has too many calories and I like to get drunk and on top of that the hang overs and heal time are outrageous at this point in my life . My online gaming that I used to do 12-16 hrs a day. Pretty much have turned my world upside down to make this life change. Is it worth it? YES Do I love it NO....could it have been prevented YES. Will I die without them NO. Will I be able to do those things again? Hell yes when I get to a point I am not so fat and have my psychical self under control I can dabble here and there with one or the other. I miss my whole freakin fat life, but will it stop me HELL NO!

Beer!!!

You gave up beer?!?!?! :noway:

NAh, but I didn't really give up anything completely, but I do miss drinking sugary bar drinks and shots when I go out, now I have to stick with vodka clubs and plain vodka shots... its just not the same

Why give up something that you enjoy?

I haven't given up anything except overeating.

Regular and unprotected sex with prostitutes.

It's now law that you have to wear protection.

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lmfao

I have had donuts, beer, pizza, French fries, cheese burgers and a milk shake this week. im down 1.5lbs.

win! I don't give up anything. I eat it if I can fit it into my day.

*Sigh* I'm so jel. I only have to look at a pringle and I put on 5 pounds.

for health reasons i have had to eliminate alcohol, acidic/citrusy things, anything spicy or it flares up my bladder and causes immense pain and blood in the urine. i eat that stuff anyway every now and then, but it is easier than it used to be.
as far as fitness or weight, i just make room for whatever i feel like having. unless i am allergic to it or it triggers pain, i will eat it

I'm not on a temporary weight loss diet. The changes I've made are permanent ones. The foods I've eliminated were cut not just because they made me gain weight but because I have judged them to be unhealthy for my body. If I was just interested in weight loss I would have off-plan treats on occasion. I've done that with good results in the past.

I never would have believed I could make these changes and be happy with them if I was not living it.

At this point I can say that the hard part about eliminating foods was thinking about doing it before going through with the elimination. Thinking about no more gourmet ice cream, no more sugary desserts, no more sweet espresso drinks, no more sugary exotic drinks, etc. Wow, it all seemed overwhelmingly difficult.

Once they were eliminated I felt so good that I never even thought about them. What a surprise! Being around others eating those foods does not bother me at all. I'm not tempted at all.

Overeating/binging.

I mean this seriously. I'm fine with it during the day, but after my evening meal I want to feel fit to burst...followed by tea and biscuits...followed by a large pack of fudge..

So giving up "feeling over full".....I need to embrace feeling "satisfied"

Birthday cake with butter creme frosting and vanilla ice cream on it. I'll never give it up.

Excuses.

But now that I'm getting cozy with the barbell, it's not that hard.

Figuratively. I mean, literally, it's always hard. Like, always.