healthy habits

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: