healthy habits

I had to give up the idea that I have to be perfect. I'm not, I'm human and I know I'll have to make mistakes. My goal is to learn who I am and what I'm capable of.

I recently started running and I love it. I think appreciating our bodies for what we can accomplish is something we should all do more of instead of looking in the mirror and picking ourselves apart.

That being said, we have to work for what we want and without hard work, we aren't going to change.

Thats all I got!

Diet soft drinks, artificial sweeteners, creamer in my coffee, fast food (except for some things at Subway and a few at Taco Bell). You can do it!

I gave up Soda and Beer altogether. I cut WAY back on my candy consumption and try not to have too many carbs after lunchtime. It's just important to remember that you aren't going to do everything perfectly and don't try to purge everything you love!

I gave up chips. i was obsessed and there was no 'moderation' for me. It was an every-night habit.

Now I eat corn chips every week or so, and call it a day.

I gave up sweet tea. Do I miss the taste? YES! Do I miss the sick feeling? NO! I used to get what the South calls an all day tea (gigantic cup) and by the end of the day I would feel sick.

gave up hot cheetos. dang i miss my hot cheetos

Diet soft drinks, artificial sweeteners, creamer in my coffee, fast food (except for some things at Subway and a few at Taco Bell). You can do it!

Wow that sounds dull

I've not given up anything. Reduced potion sizes and eat some slightly different things to fuel my running. If though I want something I make it fit within my calories

gave up hot cheetos. dang i miss my hot cheetos

I love hot cheetos! I miss those too! We can cry together!

It may be a dumb question but..what are hot cheetos? I'm thinking warmed up cheesies haha but I'm sure that is not correct.

I gave up: eating whatever I wanted, whenever I felt like it, most carbs, dairy, sweeteners of all kinds, having more than one cup of coffee per day. Mostly I gave up being dehydrated and tired and sick all of the time. I also gave up hating to look in a mirror and sitting out all of the fun!

drinking high calorie adult cocktails, wine, baking every week and oversized portions of everything. I wouldn't go as far as saying I "gave it up", but I have certainly cut back on my intake.

I haven't needed to give up anything, but with many things I've gone from one or more times per day to just about once a week. I find it surprisingly easy to cut back frequency versus cutting something out entirely, and it lets me appreciate it more when I do allow myself a treat!

Hot Cheetos are like Cheetos but hot like spicy. Haha I don’t know if they made any sense but I didn't know they existed till I came to the states.

gave up hot cheetos. dang i miss my hot cheetos

I love hot cheetos! I miss those too! We can cry together!

haha helps that i'm not alone )

The only thing I "had" to "give up" was big portion sizes, bad food choices and sitting on my butt all the time. I learned there are alternatives for most foods and I substituted lower calorie, healhier choices for higher calorie standards. Such as flavored coffee creamers. I stopped my 2-3 a day Diet Pepsi and a lot of processed food, just because I wanted to cut out articfical sweetners and other chemicals as much as possible.

I don't eat as much high carb/high sugar foods such as bread, pasta, regular potatoes, cake, ice cream or cookies. But.. I do have all of those on occasion. I make regular food, because I cook for others and they like the comfort foods, I just eat smaller portions and a lot more vegetables or make substitutions just for me.

Everyone is different and the choices you make have to be what you can live with, and can SUSTAIN long term. This is YOUR journey. Others can suggest routes for you to take, but you have to find the route that works best for you. This may mean a few detours but hopefully not lost:drinker: