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What do you miss?

JeffreyOC
JeffreyOC Posts: 810 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I thought it would be fun to talk about things that we've had to sacrifice to help reach our weight goals!

The thing I'm missing the most is soda :'(
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  • pztodd
    pztodd Posts: 102 Member
    Bakery foods: cake, cupcakes, muffins. You name it :-) I know that I don't have to cut them out of my diet completely but I've made a decision to cut back on things with sugar at least until I've lost my first 10 lbs. :)
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    I don't miss the constant hunger, anxiety, guilt and stomach pains of my old way of eating. I miss Flurries.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I got away from soda many years ago. I notice that 6 months ago I'd respond to boredom with food. Now I try to respond to boredom with activity.
  • Gary_Harbisher
    Gary_Harbisher Posts: 2 Member
    Take away, especially pizza. I make a mean low cal pizza but it's not the same.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Wine. I'll have a beer or two once in a while -- but it's just not the same.
  • geneticsteacher
    geneticsteacher Posts: 623 Member
    Tough question, as I haven't really given up anything. I do eat some things less often - baked goods and garlic bread come to mind.
  • kellyiris6
    kellyiris6 Posts: 69 Member
    McDonalds bacon, egg and cheese bagel! And chipotle burrito with double of everything!
  • TheTagman
    TheTagman Posts: 23 Member
    Bread....I really miss bread.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    I would say eating cheese fries with ranch dressing 3+ times a week, but I honestly like the new me with abs WAY better than I ever enjoyed that fleeting pleasure. So, nothing, really.

    And I still have cheese fries with ranch every now and then, so I haven't really given anything up.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,232 Member
    I don't really miss anything. I haven't given anything up, I just eat everything in moderation now. I was never good at moderation before.
  • st476
    st476 Posts: 357 Member
    I miss not having to worry about calories, and just eating whatever I saw without having to figure out how to work it into my daily/weekly calories. The good thing is that everything just seems to taste so much better now than it did when I could just eat whatever mindlessly. :smile:
  • Amym26
    Amym26 Posts: 83 Member
    I'll admit sometimes I just miss eating without caring how much I ate. Instead of weighing and measuring, and making sure I eat the correct portion. But, then that's how I was also 75 pounds heavier, and pretty miserable otherwise. :smiley:
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    I miss believing that a Tim Horton's blueberry muffin was a "healthy alternative" :D
  • DMJ0729
    DMJ0729 Posts: 18 Member
    Mexican food on a (very) regular basis!!
  • chalaivy
    chalaivy Posts: 101 Member
    I miss the ignorance, ignorance is truly bliss! But I enjoy the positive changes I've gone through more than I enjoyed stuffing my face with fast food 3+ times a week and drinking every weekend... I still do some of both just not as frequently, and with more control when I do. :)
  • reinventingjessica11
    reinventingjessica11 Posts: 33 Member
    I don't miss anything because I haven't given anything up. I do however at times miss just eating without weighing, measuring and tracking. I can deal with it though. I don't miss being 270 pounds so it's all worth it.
  • michelleepotter
    michelleepotter Posts: 800 Member
    MissusMoon wrote: »
    I don't really miss anything. The only difference from 52lbs ago is the portion size, and that came with feeling terrible, acid reflux, and poor health. I still eat everything I love...just reasonable portions of it.

    Me too. There are some days that I say, "I can't have that today," but it's just making choices about which indulgence I'll have today. I don't miss anything because I haven't given anything up.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited June 2016
    I don't miss my old body.. that's for sure.. I really did not cut anything out and if I did, I put it back in that is recipe for disaster to bring such restriction upon yourself.. it did me..

    I ate huge mexican dinner last Friday with fried ice cream.. to say the least.. and I am gonna celebrate this weekend a bday and 4th of july.. so nothing has changed but my mind set.. how I approach things and make different decisions.

    I don't miss being ignorant either.. I am as shamed that I did not learn sooner .. but missing that past, not a bit..
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Nothing. I haven't cut any foods out and am nearly 90lbs down.
    Heh.
  • lmew91
    lmew91 Posts: 88 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    Saturday night mindless snacking. I mean, it was mostly boredom after a few handfuls of things but it was nice to mindlessly eat now and again. I will probably do a bit of it when I get to maintenance, aware of the need to balance it out the rest of the week but yeah, that spontaneous going to the supermarket and getting a bunch of yummies for a night in without worrying how much I was eating.

    But I like not being fat, or at least less fat, more.

    YES. I am happy with the choices that I've made, but I do miss just eating because I enjoyed the flavor of something, and eating just random amounts until I was tired of eating it. I've never really been a binge eater, or a "sit down and eat this whole bag of chips" kind of girl, but I would open a package and eat maybe half of it while reading or watching TV. I could never go back to that now, even if I stopped caring about my health and weight. I'd still be seeing all the calories as I ate...
  • liialii
    liialii Posts: 2 Member
    I don't miss anything to be honest, I still eat all my favourite stuff only in moderation.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Absolutely nothing. I enjoy what I've enjoyed before, albeit less of some of it. I've found what I enjoy that is "free" or at least "freer" calorie wise and enjoy those things more and enjoy less of those calorie heavy goodies. I still have them, just not a much.. I want for nothing. I miss nothing. I enjoy what I want to enjoy within the constraints of CICO. If I were missing things, I probably wouldn't be able to keep it up.

  • laur357
    laur357 Posts: 896 Member
    I miss reading on my porch after work or having time to cook a more elaborate meal, but going for a run or to a class instead isn't so bad.
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