What was the biggest sacrifice you had to make to lose weight?

I had to stop being a huge alcoholic
I kid, I kid.
But I did have to significantly cut my drinking down.

aliceband21 wrote: »

Naturally, we don't have to cut out treats completely in order to lose weight. But what was the biggest sacrifice you had to make in order to lose weight? Was it worth it? Just curious...

Ice cream. It's the only thing where there doesn't seem to be a good low carb alternative.

I used to eat like 2 or 3 pints of Ben and Jerry's a week. Obviously not acceptable.

earlnabby wrote: »

My biggest sacrifice was some of my reading time. Instead of reading, I am now spending several hours a week working out.

People who know me, know how I treasure my books (whether physical books, Kindle, or audiobooks) so it really is a sacrifice.

Do you go to a gym? I've seen people with kindles on the treadmill.

I'm not sure that "sacrifice" is the right word...I looked at the way I was living my life and I looked down the road that I was traveling on and didn't like what I saw...I thought about my two boys and my wife and the self destructive way I was living my life and I cringed and knew I needed to choose a different path...so I did. So gone are the days of mindlessly eating whatever...gone are the days of being a sloth and doing nothing but sitting around and chain smoking cigs and drinking endless pints of beer. Gone are the days of sitting around for hours and watching random t.v. that I wasn't even really interested in in the first place. Gone are the days of spending entire days playing video games. My life is so much better now.

cate320 wrote: »

earlnabby wrote: »

My biggest sacrifice was some of my reading time. Instead of reading, I am now spending several hours a week working out.

People who know me, know how I treasure my books (whether physical books, Kindle, or audiobooks) so it really is a sacrifice.

Do you go to a gym? I've seen people with kindles on the treadmill.

I walk outside and prefer to not have any electronic device with me, except my phone to do a GPS map of the mileage. I also swim and listen to music via a waterproof IPod.

I sacrifice mornings & sleeping in so I have time to go to the gym. It was really hard at first, but now I'm used to it and I see it less as a sacrifice and more of a gift I give to myself. Sounds cheesy but it makes me feel good about myself twice over - once for getting out of bed, and again for the actual workout! Plus, I've learned to love the peacefulness of the early morning drive to the gym. It's short, but it's peaceful and one of the best parts of my day.

But yes, I loooooove to sleep in. So it's still a sacrifice.

Gorging myself until I was stuffed/felt almost sick. Used to this probably 2-3 times a week. Now maybe once a month or less, and it takes less food for me to feel stuffed than it did before. Like others have mentioned, that's probably the thing I miss most, just eating without regard to how much it was, eating and eating.

malibu927 wrote: »

Nothing. I've eliminated some things (regular soda, fast food fries that aren't from Arby's) but it doesn't feel like a sacrifice. They just aren't worth my calories.

Mentali wrote: »

I've had to sacrifice freedom. I gained most of this weight between starting my job and now, and mostly because I enjoyed the feeling that came with "Arby's looks good? **** it, I'm an adult, I can have fast food for dinner again tonight!" Your choices are definitely more limited when you know that if you have that, you're going to have to shift your entire day or week to accommodate it.

What's with everyone and the Arby's today...now I want Arby's...

Wine, wine and more wine. My achilles heel.
In the long and short run, it will be the best thing though.

hmmm food. just eating until I am beyond stuffed. and Milk..it is a trigger food. one sip and suddenly I am downing the WHOLE gallon. Reading, I don't get as much time anymore because I am spending so much time planning and cooking. these are things I missed the first time and I am starting to miss again in my second round in. milk, milk, milk, milk..it is like a mantra in my head...*sigh*

Wine, beer, nuts, granola bars. Only because I have no self control with these items yet. One serving is never enough. I tried again with the nuts a few days ago and it didn't work out lol.