What foods have you given up to loose weight?

Good thread. I have given up muffins, chips, fast food, crappy snacks like chocolate bars, cookies (i'll be back chunks a'hoy), and anything else i'd be too embarassed to post here.....

So many changes in food.... I'm finding more and more it is about eating things like good fats, proteins and carbs. I went to the gym for so many years without having the proper knowledge of how important diet was, don't get me wrong exercise is important and I do it 6 days a week but I really know now that it’s 80% diet. I know different things work for different people but honestly I can't believe all I've taken away from using myfitnesspal. The struggle of knowing what to eat is still a daily learning process for me and I find myself eating more and more of the same things because over the last 4 months it has worked so well. I have always eaten pretty good foods (so I thought). As of right now I found what is working for me but I know in a month it could change because i will get bored or I find out something new. I hope that if anyone has good ideas or see changes I could make let me know and I will consider it, try it out and let you know how it works. I am always looking for any information that will help me feel better and live healthy. There is a lot more changes I have made but this is what I could think of.
• instead of Iceberg Lettuce I eat baby spinach
• Instead of eating French salad dressing I use fat free raspberry oil
• instead of eating 95% turkey burger I eat buffalo meat
• instead of eating flavored weight controlled oatmeal I eat 1 minute Oats w/a 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon & ¼ cup of blueberries or raspberries
• Instead of a candy bar I eat a Cliff builders peanut butter bar
• Instead of butter I use smart balance
• Instead of salt I use Mrs. Dash table blend
• Instead of flavored water I drink only water and add lemon, limes or oranges
• Instead of milk I drink almond or coconut milk
• Instead of sugar free red bull I use NO Explode
• I refuse to eat out anymore; I want to control what goes into my food.



Some more tips….
• I always make sure I get good carbs in before 5pm
• Usually either Uncle bens whole grain wheat rice or
• Wheat noodles
• 1 piece Wheat thin bread
• I always eat 4 boiled eats sometime before lunch
• I drink my protein drink right after my workout (I take it w/me and just add water after im done working out at
the gym)
• I eat a piece of fruit right before my work out (usually 1 apple)
• I try to eat 10 or so almonds everyday
• I allow myself to pick one of the following per day for a snack as long as I eat it before 5 pm (I do this because
love snacking and because I have built into my calorie intake)
o 100 calorie bag of popcorn (like smart balance)
o Fat free sugar free cheesecake pudding w/ a little bit of Hersey’s dark cho. Syrup
o Chocolate milk shake made as follows
Dark choc. Almond Milk
¼ cup protein powder
¼ cup frozen yogurt
½ cup ice
Little bit of water

• I eat 2 tsp. everyday of either natural peanut butter or flaxseeds
• I drink only water
• I try really hard not to use any salt or sugar of any kind
• I keep a basket of healthy snacks in my car just in case I find myself in a situation where i need to eat something;
don’t want to stop at a gas station. (almonds, protein bars, a baggie of protein powder)
• I keep a 6 pack of waters in my car

I'd say nothing is 100% gone forever but uhmm I'm not baking in my *****in' new oven right now :sad:

I love love, baking, I want to bake some home made pecan and apple pies, bake my favorite Edna Lewis recipe for Sunday Night cake.../sigh :ohwell:

I'll bake again once I've wrestled with my obsession with freshly baked goods from my own hands.

Also on the probation list: Korean sticky rice- I could eat a few bowls with ban chan :blushing: I can't help it..rice is one of my all time favorite foods. I could write poems about it. Korean special short grained pearl rice is just so utterly good to me.

The only thing I have given up is sugar in my coffee/tea. Other than that though, I still eat chocolate, cookies, chips, etc. I want to be able to eat whatever I want without feeling guilty about it. I need to focus on portion control and knowing when enough is enough!

I gave up dairy and wheat, but mostly because they both make me feel terrible! However, I think giving them up has contributed to my weight loss. Also, I used to have really bad problems with bloating, but since changing my diet this has pretty much stopped completely. Not having a painfully bloated belly obviously makes me appear slimmer! I am very aware of portion size and nutritional value now, and I think this is the most important part of my eating habits!

A whole bunch of stuff, but the most difficult has been giving up chips. I love anything salty and crunchy...and chips sure fit the bill on that score. (found Popchips this week and they're pretty great too!!!)

DR PEPPER but the diet versions not half bad. Now I see them as a treat.

i didn't give up anything, i just gave up eating as much of it as i would like.

i haven't had wings in 8 months, but i would eat one. i just don't have the desire to spend 100 cals on a tiny amount of meat.

we've opted for a lifestyle change in my house & we have given up Grains & Corn products... Took us a little while to fully detox, but we feel great!. We are eating tons of Veggies. We can feel when we eat Grains & corn, we get stuffy & miserable....
I have averaged 3 lb weightloss per week & my niece is looking at about 5 per week....The great thing is that we can eat what we want. We just choose to cut out certain things... making it our choice puts the power back in our hands

The one true thing I've given up is Mexican food, in a mexican resturant. It's too hard to get nutrition info so we just make it at home so we can control portion and such. I have almost given up bread and potatoes. Not totally gone yet but have really cut back on them!!

So I have pretty much given up sweats in any form, soda, artifical sweatners, all drinks except water, coffee, tea and milk. I never was big into fast food, but that is gone, fried food is gone, just junk in general. Once in a while I will splurge on chips or a drink, but I can't seem to handle myself around sweats or artifical sweatners, I had some sugar free jello the otherday and I had sugar cravings for days.....so not worth it!

I gave up all processed sugars and the majority of carbs.

MY ITALIAN FOOD & CAJUN PASTAS!!! WING STOP!!! CARRABBA'S!!! BABINS!!! I'm really going to have to fit one of these back in my diet!!! Ohh yea my love for CHOCOLATE

Potatoes, diet coke (eventhough it doesnt have cals, i still gave it up), cream in my coffee, BEEF!

Well, I really didnt give up beef totally. I will eat a lean steak like a filet or a sirloin, but i gave up ground beef. now cheeseburgers are my fave food (which is probably how i got here in the first place) and i couldnt give them up, so i started making them with buffalo/bison. it has much less fat and calories and tastes amazing!!

Potatoes was the most significant thing i gave up though. oh and candy :sad:

Okay well, since this is my first day I can't say if the results have been worth it yet, lol, but I'm giving up fast food. Anything with a clown, burger, or chicken for a spokesperson is a no-no.

haha! thats funny. :laugh: good for you! it will help for sure!