Sacrifices

I gave up a lot of things, but it was because I was diagnosed with food allergies. Otherwise, I would still eat all that junk. Let's see... I gave up gluten, dairy and most corn products so that includes:
bread
baked goods with flour (cookies, candies, cakes, donuts, etc)
pasta
butter
milk
yogurt
ice cream
coffee creamer
gravies
cheese
tortillas
most chips
processed deli meat
soda (except the occassional soda made with real sugar)
Almost all other processed food because corn or corn syrup is in almost everything.

So this has equated to no fast food because I can't have hamburgers, anything breaded, pizza, sandwiches, or salads that have cheese or dressing. You would be amazed how much food contains either milk, wheat or corn.

I still have my occasional gluten free goodies like cookies or crackers made out of brown rice flour or some other non-gluten grain/seed, but they never taste anything like the real thing. Also all the "special" foods I buy are more expensive and spoil quickly because of little to no preservatives, so it's hardly worth eating any junk anymore. It's been almost a year now, and it does work to get rid of these items, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that has the option to just eat these things in moderation.

Soda.

I don't deprive myself of it completely, I just don't buy it for the house anymore. I still don't mind ordering it when I go out (if the calories for that day allow) but if it's in the house I just drink 3-5 cans a day and that is just absolutely stupid.

Also significantly reduced my intake of fast foods. I used to eat it multiple times a week. Now I have it maybe twice a month.



I wouldn't say that this is why I have lost weight... I've lost weight because I am watching my caloric intake and am exercising regularly. However, I feel cleaner, get sick less often, and just feel BETTER than I used to and I do credit my improved eating habits and processed food/sugar reduction with that!