regular or diet food?

I eat both but I usually only go "diet" with soda (oh, and I throw Splenda on my oatmeal in the morning instead of sugar). My yogurt is plain. I do use calorie free salad dressing instead of full fat, full sugar.

Whatever helps me meet my goals and leaves me satiated. Ate the same way during weight loss as I am for my gain

Mostly regular food - I don't count ground turkey as diet food.

I do eat a lot of shiritaki noodles. And like some others, I drink Mio and crystal lite and diet sodas.

The only "diet" food I consume is diet soda (why waste 150-170 calories out of my day?) and 0% yogurt (because I can never find 2% plain around here). The one time I bought fat free sour cream I was horrified...give me the real stuff any day!

Oh, I've also switched to Kraft Mayo w/Olive Oil because it's only 35 calories for a serving instead of 100.

I drink the "Zero" sodas, the light sour cream (it doesn't have all that water on the top!), some light yogurts, but that's about it. I will go for higher fiber or protein versions if they're offered, though.

I eat regular food, the only "diet" thing I drink is Fat free milk & that's because I can't stand whole milk. I'm lactose intolerant and fat free just tastes better to me!

Both but mostly regular

I buy everything that is lite, diet or fat-free sugar-free of the things that I would eat normally anyway. I eat all the same stuff I ate before but I will opt for a lite version if one is available; every time. I do not eat celery or other "diet" type foods. I eat all the same things as I did before but like I said, include lite versions now.

Regular

It tastes better

I'd rather have my ice cream sandwiches made with real sugar than splenda

I really had to think on this one. One thing I can think of is my drinks. We use saccharin or Stevia for our coffee/tea and sometimes buy diet drinks made with aspartame or stevia. We are adding Nectresse now, but I still feel that is diety since it has a bulker agent just like the others. Another might be yogurt. I typically buy whatever I'm in the mood for so sometimes it's the plain middle fat (2%) which I don't consider diet. But sometimes it's the key lime pie one from Yoplait. Just depends on my mood. Oh, butter. I like butter, but I hate that I can't spread it easily unless I leave it on the counter (which you can do with real butter). And I can't leave it on the counter because my cats are *kitten*. I love them, I do, but one is like a Hoover. She will steal food left and right! So, I get the highest blend I can get that is not hydrogenated. I think the one I get now is 59% butter with the other 41% being oil. I like that it is soft out of the fridge, but you can leave it out for hours and it's fine, too (stays solid). The last is mayo. I have always liked mayo, but I cut back because for me, 100 cals on one tiny tablespoon was too much considering how it just didn't carry enough bang flavor wise. But when the new mayo with olive oil came out, I gave it a go because I missed tuna salad so much. I'm not sure what is different, but I LOVE IT SO MUCH. The flavor is a bit sharper and it just tastes good. I've found one or two regular mayo brands that have a lot of flavor, but for the cals I stick with the lower cal one. Syrup is the last one, but it's not an all the time thing. I didn't grow up using the real stuff, so it's not a big deal to me. But once in a while a stack of pancakes with the real deal is YUM. Other things like jams/jellies I just buy the ones with no added sugar. So, I guess it just depends on your life. I prefer to keep it as 'normal' as possible because this is a lifelong thing for me. But at the same time, I also want to balance what I really WANT and NEED against what just tastes good and what is available.

- 0% fromage frais, not because it's supposed to be fat free but because it has more protein than normal yoghurt and it's cheaper than Greek yoghurt.
- reduced fat houmous, as I can't really tell the difference between the 30% reduced fat and the regular, and the protein levels are similar
- Diet coke/pepsi or Coke Zero/Pepsi Max

Regular everything else. Although I'm more of a sweets than a savoury person, I'd rather eat a smaller portion of chocolate than something like a WW cake bar which I find unsatisfying.

Oh, butter. I like butter, but I hate that I can't spread it easily unless I leave it on the counter (which you can do with real butter). And I can't leave it on the counter because my cats are *kitten*. I love them, I do, but one is like a Hoover. She will steal food left and right! So, I get the highest blend I can get that is not hydrogenated.

Haha, I have an a-hole furbaby too... but as long as the butter dish top stays on and I don't leave the bacon fat out, I'm safe. Invest in a butter dish and enjoy that spreadable, buttery awesomeness! :drinker:

I eat both. Regular and diet soda taste the same to me, so I'll opt for diet. Skim milk tastes watered down, but 1% or 2% milk tastes amazingly close to the real thing so I have that. "light" cheese tastes like rubber, so I'll go for the full fat variety every single time unless it's the spreadable kind which is cool with sandwiches.

I go for "diet" bread because I feel bread is a waste of calories since it's just a vehicle and my diet bread provides a decent "calorie discount" without having to skimp on the quantity. If I'm to eat yogurt plain, full fat is the way to go, unless its these tiny sweet yogurt cups with fruits which just happen to be nonfat. Replacing butter, NOT happening!

Lean meats for chunks and fatty meat for ground. It doesn't work any other way.

In short, anything that differs in taste from the full fat / sugar variety is out.

Mostly real food with the exception of the occasional low carb tortilla, sugar free bbq sauce and sugar free Werther's hard candy.

I eat Sara Lee's 45 calorie bread, sugar free jam (only 10 cal a tbsp. and taste just like regular) PB2 for my peanut butter (only 45 calories for 2 tbsp., as opposed to regular is like 195 for 2 tbsp.)...

see where I'm going with this... I just look at the calories since that's all that matters anyways when it comes to losing fat. High protein is a plus