Any specific food items you quit and noticed it helped you lose weight?

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I noticed when I go heavier on carbs, especially bread, pasta, baked goods etc. I need a nap and feel bloated and get stomach upset. It's generally unpleasant. I removed gluten as recommended by my naturopath thinking she was wrong and thinking a gluten free diet was a fad but I'm now having second thoughts.

Straight up sugar. Candy, chocolate in my coffee, granola bars, honey, etc. Eliminate of that as an item has made me less hungry overall.

The other day I had a glass of ginger lemonade before going home and it made me very hungry. Without the sugar I can go much longer between snacks and snack more sparingly when I do. Perhaps it is a reflection of just eliminating items that I shouldn't be eating anyway but it makes me feel better and it makes my day much easier to approach. I still have the occasional sweet, after dinner ice cream or a pastry on a saturday morning but it is now the exception instead of being the rule.

I haven't "quit" any foods but bringing my lunch to work instead of going out has saved me TONS of calories (& money!). & just tracking in general. If you don't track, you don't know where you stand. I was eating fast food or take-out every day & not even looking up how many calories I was consuming. I was probably going way over & not even knowing it. It feels a lot better knowing I made my own food & know exactly what I'm eating. I'll do fast food maybe once a week but look up the calories beforehand. I don't think you need to quit anything necessarily.

I also drop weight more easily when I stop eating bread/rice/potatoes and rather get my carbs from fruit and veg.

strong_curves wrote: »

Nope. When I initially started MFP I quit soda thinking it helped me to lose weight. Then I realized that it wasn't quitting the soda that really did it but the caloric deficit from quitting the soda. Quitting 3 sodas a day freed up 450 calories. Now if I want a soda I see if it fits into my calorie goal for the day.

Bingo! Erase "soda" and fill it in with anything you enjoy but that may not really be nutritional at all. Diet Soda fills that "carbonated" void for me, but too much isn't healthy either.

LLNN122 wrote: »

Anyone have a specific food that you stopped eating and noticed it helped you lose weight?

For me it's bread. Whenever I stop eating any type of gluten food I notice the weight comes off easier and I look less puffier. I don't have celiac and I know most think gluten free is a fad diet, but whenever I stop eating it I see a difference.

I quit bread, potatoes, etc. I also drink a gallon of water a day. Those have helped me the most so far. My biggest problem is sodium :-/

HappyCampr1 wrote: »

There are things I used to eat frequently such as donuts that I hardly eat anymore, but that's mostly because I'd rather spend my calories on other things instead.

This is my approach. I think about the kinds of foods I want to include in my diet and make sure to include them. This means adequate protein, lots of vegetables, fruit and dairy, nuts and olives and olive oil, a variety of starches (oatmeal, potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn when in season, whole grains, quinoa, sunchokes, many others). And then with my excess calories I use them as I please. It's self limiting so there's no risk of going overboard on the low nutrition/high calorie stuff.

I've ended up reducing the amount of some stuff I eat--I used to order in Indian food a ridiculous amount and now I just go out for it once a month or so, I tend to like the sauce more than pasta so I'm sparing in the portion size of the pasta itself and load on my homemade sauce with lots of veggie--but I haven't given up anything. I don't love most bread so I usually forego the calories and eat my (homemade) burger bunless and the like, but for really good bread (or a really good sandwich, like I had for lunch today), I will make an exception. I personally see no benefits to cutting out vs. reducing the amount eaten, but everyone should do what works for them.

Well it's not food, it's alcohol. Fireball shots with apple cider beer. How I miss it....

I didn't stop a thing (save for food I am intollerant to), but I did stop buying potato chips during my weekly grocery trip. It's my vice and I used to go through a family bag in an evening. Now I have to go out to get them when I have a craving, and I am only allowed to buy a single portion bag. Works like a charm!

Soda, simply due to the calories and I never really enjoyed it anyway. It now tastes sickening sweet.

Instead I budget these calories into beer - beautiful beer!

I did a total diet overhaul. The purpose was to eat a healthy diet. The weight loss just started happening. So, I'd have to say Yeah, I cut a LOT of stuff out and it helped me lose weight.

The only things I avoid specifically because they cause cravings are white breads and pastas. They weren't completely omitted at first, but the cravings became too tough to deal with, so out they went. It helped me.

I didn't cut things out really... I did make a decision not to drink my calories as much as I had previously tho

My stomach feels best when I avoid grains (even beans), but I don't typically cut them 100% unless I have a real reason to - like my wedding.