Types of food you avoid eating while on diet

Are there any specific foods you stopped eating since you started counting calories or eat very rarely?

I started my diet very aggressively 5 months ago by not eating at all bread, pasta, potatoes, sweets (expect for sugar for my coffee), butter, any food containing flour, cheese, bacon, ham, etc. I also ate once every two weeks red meat (small portions) and two eggs (I was trying to lower my cholesterol levels). I ate lots of vegetables and fish, low fat milk and yoghurt and fruits. After 1,5 month I started eating spelt bread and pasta (they do not contain gluten), potatoes and last month I started eating again small portions of light cheese and light mayo, a slice of ham now and then and a sweet about once a month. What about you?

I've cut out cheese. I will reintroduce it at some point, but cheese is something I can't eat in moderation.

I avoid foods that are difficult for me to eat in moderation and might even trigger a binge, or which make me sick to my stomach:

potato chips
macaroni and cheese
ice cream
cookies
pizza unless gourmet thin crust type
all pasta dishes, unless the pasta is incidental (like in minestrone)
eggs (unless an incidental part of the dish, or only just one-- no egg entrees)

These aren't even foods I normally eat very often anyway, even when not dieting. Just wanting mac & cheese/potato chips/ice cream/ cookies usually is a sign of an oncoming binge. And I have some kind of sensitivity to pasta, eggs, and cheap pizza. I usually get sick within 30-45 minutes of eating either pasta, eggs, and pizza unless it's a gourmet type pizza.

These foods aren't nutritious anyway, except for the eggs.

I also avoid baked goods like cake, muffins (cake with another name!), and donuts. I do eat them, but very rarely.

I also never eat fast food or drink regular sodas (and only rarely diet sodas). This is not a new change, though. I haven't had fast food or regular soda in 5 years. Don't miss either at all.

I avoid all the stuff I hate, like slimy things and crap that tastes bad.

I stopped eat junk food (Pizza , Mcdonalds, Crisps, Milk Chocolate)

Anything with grain anything with high refined sugar.

Sodas full fat and diet.

I do not crave any of them (I can eat them as and when I like - if I wanted). Sorry to say I just don't fancy them (they've lost there appeal -That's all).

wtf is a full fat soda?

:laugh:


Hilarious! That poster is the reason why they put such stupid labels on food. People are ignorant about nutrients.

Either that or they were using an established shorthand that they know is 'factually' innacurate but that most people in the world will understand without leaping to erroneous conclusions.

Well-established shorthand? WTF?

It's awfully complicated isn't it

"Full fat" is not shorthand.


This is shorthand:

Are you autistic?

No, but being "middle-aged," I still remember shorthand.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand

I didn't cut anything completely out. I did decide to drink less soda because it made me feel terrible. I do have one occasionally but not too often. Other than that, I eat what I want and portion it out. (for example, I LOVE potato chips, especially salt and vinegar, so when i buy a bag, i measure out the entire bag into portions and put them into small zippy bags, that way it's much harder to binge...and i've been known to eat an entire bag in one sitting)

The only thing I cut out was soft drinks. Everything else I eat in moderation.

The only thing I have cut out is soda because i just feel like I don't need it. I usually just drink water, milk or orange juice. Everything else I just measure out the serving sizes.

Avoid nothing!
Everything in moderation including exercise.

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This is certainly true.

And while I agree, I decided a little over a month ago to try the Keto thing (though I do allow free days where I can eat low-fat carbs here and there) and have had a lot of success with it. So that means I cut out most carbs, sugars, things like that and substitute with fat mainly and then moderate amount of protein. So eat things like eggs, bacon, full fat butter, olive oil, low-carb vegetables (try for twice a day), mayo, various meats both lean and some with fat, cheese, berries on occasion, natural peanut butter, unsalted peanuts, etc. I cut out things like bread, sugar, and honestly I don't even miss them. I don't even have times in the day that I feel starving or craving for anything. And you know what? I've lost 10 lbs. since starting this diet, feel great, and don't even miss the foods I left behind.

So that's what I do.

P.S. And tons of water. And logging everything. Bought a food scale and it has been extremely useful for measuring accurate servings.

And yeah...Keto helped get me going where I was otherwise stagnated, but really everything in moderation and exercise is good advice.

Avoid nothing!
Everything in moderation including exercise.

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This.

I do not avoid anything. I eat less chocolate than I used to but actually eat more ice cream. I also eat soy and I am not Asian!

You're a lot smarter about food choices than most on this site Sara!!!!
Don't hate!

PS the soy/asian thing is my opinion.
It's a critical thinking thing.

Definitely have cut back on juice. I almost never drink it anymore and when I do, I either limit it to half a cup or I mix it with water. Just a waste of calories. I haven't gone near chips either because I can easily binge, but I'm still eating crackers and rice cakes, and I've been able to eat an actual serving instead of the whole bag.

A big change I've made it just avoiding take-out in general. I cook a lot more and I realize buying my lunch every day meant I couldn't really tell just how much I was actually eating.

I try to avoid most fats at all costs since fat equals calories, that being said, somethings just do not work without a little fat and then I use olive oil or a tiny bit of butter during cooking.

If youre consuming so little fat then you're probably not absorbing enough nutrients. Many are fat soluable only.

I do not avoid anything. I eat less chocolate than I used to but actually eat more ice cream. I also eat soy and I am not Asian!

You're a lot smarter about food choices than most on this site Sara!!!!
Don't hate!

PS the soy/asian thing is my opinion.
It's a critical thinking thing.

Not sure where the don't hate thing came from. Also not sure what you mean by the 'its a critical thinking thing'. *shrugs*

I have only eliminated one thing completely - SUGAR but I do have fruit so some will say that I have not eliminated it lol

I don`t think our body needs the added sugars .

I have changed what I eat, but eat what I want to. its just that my wants have changed. I think of my caloires ike money. if I cant "afford" it or its too "expensve" then I eat what is a better deal.

Love this analogy!