Southern Girls

Join
We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

What's the one Southern food you had to give up?

13»

Replies

  • arenad
    arenad Posts: 142 Member
    Fried foods and sweets. Oh my how I miss them!
  • lucygirl1914
    lucygirl1914 Posts: 15 Member
    Really it has only been two main things I have sorta given up: pecan pie every Sunday Brunch and cornbread pudding with loads of fresh honey and freshly churned butter for Sunday Dinner. I have just given them up in the respect that I won't have them every week, but once a month. So far I have lost 16 pounds because of this and other things I have cut back on. But, I must admit that Sunday isn't the same without them...
  • nekoyaz
    nekoyaz Posts: 33 Member
    The main thing I had to give up was sweet tea. I used to drink it all day. Now I drink water. Sometimes I'll get a glass but it's only every once in a while. I've been eating other things in moderation.
  • ChvyGrl22
    ChvyGrl22 Posts: 7 Member
    Fried porkchops and biscuits. I only ate porkchops fried so I pretty much gave them up all together. Biscuits I still eat maybe once a week but they're the hardest. I use to make biscuits and gravy every week. I just love making fresh biscuits. I try to save them for the holidays now.
  • realblonde474
    realblonde474 Posts: 1 Member
    Hey y'all! Trying to give up grits but then I would to move. And cornbread....miss them both
  • altogirl2
    altogirl2 Posts: 101 Member
    I gave up sweet tea and now use Splenda in my tea instead. I feel like I'm having my sweet tea and losing weight too, LOL!
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    Nothing really. I limit my friend foods. Some foods I've lightened up to enjoy more. Some I just indulge in from time to time.
  • melissasue0317
    melissasue0317 Posts: 338 Member
    Sweet tea for sure. But after a year, don't miss it at all. Though my family thinks I've gone anti-country :)
  • hillrogers
    hillrogers Posts: 3 Member
    Sweet tea and pecan pie. I still eat most things, with the exception of desserts. I just have to practice strict portion control. Since I'm diabetic, I have to make changes that I can live with for the rest of my life. I can't think of it as only loosing weight.
  • RedneckMomma77
    RedneckMomma77 Posts: 85 Member
    Sweet Tea is the biggest thing that I've given up. I replaced it with a Crystal Light Sweet Tea, and Crystal Light Raspberry Green Tea. That has helped a lot. Especially since I have to keep regular sweet tea for my husband.
  • jodi664
    jodi664 Posts: 3 Member
    Mac cheese, grits, biscuits and gravy, chicken fried steak and gravy, sweet tea!

    Thank God country music is no carb! I need me some bad boys when doing barn chores!
This discussion has been closed.

Categories