What food do you avoid as its not worth the calories and/or fat content

kristen6350 wrote: »

Potato Chips. I can't just eat one. I'm usually not satified until 1/2 the bag is in my belly.

Yes, I forgot to add potato chips to my list. Remember the old Lays (I think) commercial -- "Bet you can't eat just one"... Well as Kristen said, that's me too. Not just one or two or even twenty. More like one of those huge bags over two days. ugh. So they just don't come into my house.

I have always replaced water with soda, even when I was little. Luckily for me I was never an overweight kid, but metabolism obviously slows down and I gained a tonne of weight. So I avoid drinking soda now and just stick to water, I also don't eat takeaway and I don't eat chips/fries at all. It's nice not spending money on takeaway, you save so much.

I'd say the extra 200-300 calories from eating 2-3 servings of ice cream several times a week for the past 20 years, on top of the sandwich bread from 2-3 sandwiches I'd regularly have between meals, both had just as much to do with my slow and steady weight gain as anything else. Sandwich bread has been the biggest "rarely worth it" for me and I have cut it out almost entirely. Ice cream, on the other hand, I've found that I'm actually satisfied with half of a serving (40 or so grams) and can easily fit that amount in almost every day.

white flour products like bread and pasta. substituted for whole grains

I haven't necessarily eliminated anything because that isn't sustainable for me, for life; just while trying to lose weight but if I don't have these foods occasionally, then I know that I'll binge twice as bad; when I reach my goal weight because I'd eventually bring those foods, back into my life; so I have to keep them in & instead learn how to moderate, my intake; of them.

Juices, sauces, ice cream, chocolates, deep fried food...
And Rice. I'm always hungry after eating rice.

Juice and pasta!! usually i have these items on a cheat day!

Nuts and avocados. I like and eat both, but very sparingly, as I get plenty of fat from other foods such as fish and eggs. I need a lot of protein, and it seems like most yummy sources of protein have additional fats.

Wow. I'm surprised that people think rice and bread has a lot of calories not worth having. 1/4 a cup of brown rice is 150 calories, and with 4 oz of fish, 85 g of broccoli, and 50 g of iceberg lettuce, I get a solid 282 calorie lunch. If you search carefully, you can find decent bread that has 120 calories for TWO slices. With some lettuce and one serving of canned tuna, I get a 180 calorie sandwich. In other words, bread and rice aren't going away anytime soon.
Now my list of what's not worth it:
1) The worst of junk food ( cheetos, generic candy, etc.) I only snack of pretzels, popcorn, and jello these days.
2) Poptarts (replaced with Special K pastry crisps)
3) Drinks with calories, though I do add protein powder to my water for a pre-workout energy boost. It's been years, and I don't miss calorie-filled drinks at all.
4) Fast food and restaurant foods. I never liked eating out much because it's always more expensive in the long run and because I grew up on my mom's wonderful home meals, so making a switch to just eating home meals was nothing to me. The health benefits of making my own meals are a great bonus.

Probably bread. Not that I have anything against it. For me bread is always a vehicle for a pile of butter, or mayo, or peanut butter. Or dipping oils. Or soaking up sauces. Or sodium laden deli meats/cheese. And so, I rarely eat it.