What foods have you replaced? What have you eliminated?

I love my eggs because they are the perfect food.

I've replaced
full sugar/full fat yogurt with a nonfat low sugar greek yogurt
Half and half with almond milk
3 whole eggs scrambled with 1 whole 2 whites scrambled
big bowl of ice cream with a kiddie one or a 70 cal dream bar

I have eliminated
nothing

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nothing (except salt for medical reasons)

I crave salt. I watched my salt intake for a while and discovered that it was actually quite low. In the past, I'd roar through a bag of potato chips because of the salt craving. Now I have salted cucumber slices or a pickle instead.

I'd been doing that for about 4 months when I had a bag of chips again. My comment ... "These are SO SALTY" I could barely finish them. I returned to my salted cucumber slices and pickles.


I am trying almond milk rather than cow milk ... I don't tolerate cow milk very well. Stomach upset. And it's nice that it is low cal and tastes pretty good. I'm sort of curious what I can do with it, aside from putting it on cereal and using it in my recipe for French Toast.


That's about it ... I actually eat more variety now than I did before.

And with the help of exercise, I can do things like ... have a piece of toast with honey in the evening ... like I did last night after putting in 45 minutes on my bicycle on the trainer in our basement while watching the TDF.

I have eliminated low quality foods. If I'm going to have something that packs a bit of a calorie punch, I'm going to have the good stuff dammit. So I stay away from cheap chocolate, average ice cream etc and splurge on the stuff that really satisfies my taste buds.

Nothing replaced, nothing eliminated.
Moderation, portion control, and better choices.
Sustainable for me. Over 20 months on maintenance. Over 40 months on MFP. Lost over 1/2 of my original body weight. Works for me.

As most folks will find or have found... its hard to just eliminate foods. If you cant do that you can take the next best step and control what you eat.... Smaller portions of food , cans of soda (if you must) instead of the bargin bottles.

I am one of the millions of folks in the USA or perhaps the world who have problems affording good food. More often then not its some kind of pasta or something with potatoes in it... (a lot of potatoes).... For the most part its chicken but sometimes pork and I dream of steak.

Sea food is great but seldom on the budget... my brother would say its best raw but I prefer it cooked.

There was a time where if I went to a buffet and left without feeling near to exploding... that I was being cheated and the result.... well we know the result.

Im still heavy... and I love the buffets.

The trick is , if you have to go to the buffet have some control and limit your intake....a salad is a healthy part of any buffet and I love seafood. If you can leave the buffet feeling comfortable and not guilty you may consider yourself ahead.

Sometimes I need my chips.... and one day I plan to lose my wieght... but know its not quick , easy or instant... has to be a good place to start or at least realisic.

The biggest problem with dieting as well as smoking is feeling you have falle off the wagon and giving up... and going back to all your bad habits..... so you fell of..... it happens... just do your best to resume..

One last thing... I love salad... but if you add cheese , bacon bits and 4 to 6 oz's of dressing your not going to lose wieght. I love Russian dressing.... have you seen many skinny Russians? With all due respect to our soviet members.

Have not really eliminated anything, except portion size and I now make smarter choices. Oops not true, I have eliminated pecan tarts. Not forever, just for now:)

I'm always puzzled by those who say they've given up "nothing". Maybe I had a horrible diet compared to others, but I will admit to "giving up" lots of things:

- Caramel Bugles
- Swiss Cake Rolls
- Sugar soda
- Cinnabons
- Little Debbies
- McDoubles

along with many other things. Not because I forced myself to "give them up", but because they're not worth the calories to me. I don't occasionally go and get Swiss Cake Rolls from the gas station just so I can say that I didn't give them up. There are other foods that I used to eat frequently - Kwik Trip doughnuts come to mind - that I still do eat, but much less frequently than before. Maybe a few every six months instead of 6-12 per week.

Regular soda, and that's about it. Everything else in moderation, though usually less frequently than I used to eat them.

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umayster wrote: »

Not as in 'never' eat, but foods you no longer consider part of your everyday eating plan.

I've replaced..
soda, milk & juice with water
half/half with heavy cream
cereal with eggs

& eliminated..
cake, pastry, bread, buns, cookies, chips & crackers
sugar/sweetener in coffee

Wow. Pretty much the same items but gourmet japanese teas instead of water.

add: for almond milk:

1 cup almond milk (unsweetened. I use Califia brand)
1/4 cup chia seeds
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp cardamon.

Mix thoroughly and chill 1/2 hour to make no-cook chia pudding as a substitute for breakfast cereal. Why bother?

300 cals
8 g protein
18 g fiber

Eliminated: nothing.

Shopping list replaced:
cereal for eggs, english muffin for bacon, bread for couscous or rice, granola bars for beef jerky and fruit, fake meat products for actual meat, chips for more salad ingredients, sometimes cookies for dates or watermelon or trail mix (sometimes we just enjoy our cookies).