Foods you love, but abstain from...

MsKeelah919
MsKeelah919 Posts: 332 Member
edited September 29 in Food and Nutrition
Okay, I admit it. This was spurred by another question on this thread about foods that you dont like. A few people answered Fried Chicken. (as you can see, its capitalized to signify its importance in MY life-lol) I cannot understand that. Fried Chicken wings are like a drug to me. I cant even LOOK at them, or I may wake up with grease on my face and bones across my chest wondering what happened!!

Whats your vice? What do avoid, even though you love it so?
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  • HotMamaByVday
    HotMamaByVday Posts: 343 Member
    Margaritas
    Pecan Pie
    Fast Food French Fries
  • ampharos
    ampharos Posts: 5
    Spaghetti. I LOVE pasta. I just can't do the carbs anymore-- and I'm sure most of it's mental, because I'm not really on a low-carb diet, I just try to minimize what I can.
  • godroxmysox
    godroxmysox Posts: 1,491 Member
    french fries...i love french fries, YUM!
  • pattitricia85
    pattitricia85 Posts: 376
    Mexican food... if I go to a mexican restaurant its over...lol
  • PalmettoparkGuy
    PalmettoparkGuy Posts: 212 Member
    Chocolate. There's no way in hell I could have just a little bit.



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  • Janelle_Teaches
    Janelle_Teaches Posts: 155
    cheese.....yuum!! can't eat as much as i use to..now i save it for the weekends to have on the other thing i love..french fries! :)
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    FRENCH FRIES!!!!!!!!!! I love them, they don't love me:(

    I also try to abstain from ice cream...but sometimes I fall off the wagon...
  • SarahofTwins
    SarahofTwins Posts: 1,169 Member
    Spaghetti. I LOVE pasta. I just can't do the carbs anymore-- and I'm sure most of it's mental, because I'm not really on a low-carb diet, I just try to minimize what I can.

    THIS! lol ugh and when I do see a nice big plate of spaghetti I cook some whole wheat pasta...but it'll never taste the same unless I have the real stuff :frown:
  • stephaniezoundi
    stephaniezoundi Posts: 1,148 Member
    Up until 4 months ago it was pizza, but I've learned to deal with it. Ice cream would be the food I currently avoid!
  • leonardk09
    leonardk09 Posts: 86 Member
    Buffalo chicken... and chinese food. IT'S BEEN SO LONG :(
  • Clew
    Clew Posts: 910 Member
    Cream cheese Jalapeno poppers. Ummmmmm.
  • syiyi
    syiyi Posts: 341 Member
    Pizza
  • veganjeanie
    veganjeanie Posts: 158 Member
    Before last week I would have said peanut sauce on anything. But I got some PB2 and developed an amazing thai peanut sauce recipe that totally satisfies my cravings at 45cal for 1/4 cup of sauce! Of course, I can't put it on pasta or rice like I used to, I put it on tofu noodles. Or dip whole wheat crackers in it. Or just my fingers!
  • msjaxn69
    msjaxn69 Posts: 44
    Chocolate! It doesn't matter if it's 80% cocao. One hit of it and I'm through.
  • kobzal
    kobzal Posts: 74 Member
    Wine. I used to go wine tasting and buy it all the time. Now I allow myself one glass a week. Not worth drinking all those calories!
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Spaghetti. I LOVE pasta. I just can't do the carbs anymore-- and I'm sure most of it's mental, because I'm not really on a low-carb diet, I just try to minimize what I can.

    Try spaghetti squash. You can cook a half of one face down in a microwave-safe pan for about 7 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and leave a vent for steam. Makes a great healthy substitute!

    For me it's anything with lots of sugar. Ice cream, oatmeal raisin cookies, dried fruit, candy, etc. I just have to stay away from it all. It's a terrible addiction (sugar activates the same "reward" receptors in our brains that heroin and opium do). No wonder carbs are so addictive.
  • photorific
    photorific Posts: 577 Member
    #1 - Bread, bread, bread, bread, BREAD! (not sliced sandwich bread, but really good french/sourdough)

    Followed by (in no particular order):
    French Fries
    Tortilla Chips
    Hot Cheetos

    Oh - and although (as you can likely tell) I don't have much of a sweet tooth - Cadbury Crunchie bars! (Thankfully they're not readily available in the US...)
  • VeroM1234
    VeroM1234 Posts: 84 Member
    Rosée sauce + Pasta

    Cheese cake

    Timbits, the soft onesssss that are doing squeek squeek almost

    Pad thai

    All the foods that I wasnt eating often, but that I would totally avoid today :( lol
  • photorific
    photorific Posts: 577 Member
    Before last week I would have said peanut sauce on anything. But I got some PB2 and developed an amazing thai peanut sauce recipe that totally satisfies my cravings at 45cal for 1/4 cup of sauce! Of course, I can't put it on pasta or rice like I used to, I put it on tofu noodles. Or dip whole wheat crackers in it. Or just my fingers!
    I'd love to get that recipe from you!
  • binkybaby1
    binkybaby1 Posts: 188 Member
    Chinese food from a restaurant and said to say BROWNIES!!! I miss them soooo much sometimes... they are tasty chocolate pieces of heaven!! I haven't had one in 6 months.... So good and yet soooo very very bad.
  • SeasideOasis
    SeasideOasis Posts: 1,057 Member
    I'm a hopeless romantic for........
    Wing, Pizza, and Beer >.<
    I eat them all, but in MAJOR moderation now.

    Beer - I'm down to a couple nights a week. My boyfriend and I enjoy tasting new and different beers (not light beer crap...argh...If I'm going to waste calories, I'm going to waste it on something that tastes like heaven). We dont binge drink, we enjoy a bottle or two and call it a day.

    Pizza - I still eat this hear and there, but I try to make my own pizzas at home. They are still 'high calorie' as dough is dough, but everything else about them is good, down to fresh sauces, skim milk cheese, and turkey pepperoni.

    Wings - I eat these once a week during a weekly friends gathering. I only get a set amount of wings (boneless) when I'm there. As for wings with bones, I only eat them once a month tops. Its like a FRENZY when I start, so I have to limit myself on even ordering them.

    Not taking them away from my diet 100% has helped me keep a grip on not going crazy when I do get to enjoy them.
  • tamiller93
    tamiller93 Posts: 195
    PASTA, PASTA, PASTA!

    I absolutely love it, but as soon as I have finished eating it, my stomach looks and feels as if someone has taken an air pump to it. And it stays that way for the whole next day after I have eaten it. As much as I love it, the taste is just not worth the misery it brings me. :(
  • stephaniezoundi
    stephaniezoundi Posts: 1,148 Member


    Not taking them away from my diet 100% has helped me keep a grip on not going crazy when I do get to enjoy them.

    I think this is important and is what my philosophy as well!
  • mazza2marilyn
    mazza2marilyn Posts: 145
    ice cream and peanut butter. i never buy them now because i wouldn't be able to resist them
  • Matiara
    Matiara Posts: 377 Member
    Nothing. I have very good willpower when I don't feel deprived. I *love* ice cream and actually do measure out 1/2 cup and say "no mas" when I'm done. The time I tried restricting my favorite foods backfired horribly (I now know what "binge" means). If I want something, I eat a reasonable portion and move on instead of torturing myself with thoughts of it.
  • amywatkin
    amywatkin Posts: 25
    Wine. I used to go wine tasting and buy it all the time. Now I allow myself one glass a week. Not worth drinking all those calories!

    Have to agree with this! A nice big glass of red, with some cheese and crackers = major calorie overload!
  • MsKeelah919
    MsKeelah919 Posts: 332 Member
    I'm a hopeless romantic for........
    Wing, Pizza, and Beer >.<
    I eat them all, but in MAJOR moderation now.

    Beer - I'm down to a couple nights a week. My boyfriend and I enjoy tasting new and different beers (not light beer crap...argh...If I'm going to waste calories, I'm going to waste it on something that tastes like heaven). We dont binge drink, we enjoy a bottle or two and call it a day.

    Pizza - I still eat this hear and there, but I try to make my own pizzas at home. They are still 'high calorie' as dough is dough, but everything else about them is good, down to fresh sauces, skim milk cheese, and turkey pepperoni.

    Wings - I eat these once a week during a weekly friends gathering. I only get a set amount of wings (boneless) when I'm there. As for wings with bones, I only eat them once a month tops. Its like a FRENZY when I start, so I have to limit myself on even ordering them.

    Not taking them away from my diet 100% has helped me keep a grip on not going crazy when I do get to enjoy them.



    I am inspired!! LOL I agree. I can be around boneless wings as well. Its the bone...! LOL
  • weesmallmamma
    weesmallmamma Posts: 45 Member
    chocolate!

    i would walk on hot coals for chocolate. one bit is never enough

    don't like dark chocolate though.


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  • AlexandraR2011
    AlexandraR2011 Posts: 114 Member
    White chocolate macadamia nut cookies... My mouth just watered thinking about them :) We had them for my brother's graduation party and i ate roughly 6.. I cannot have those around me anymore :)
  • MsKeelah919
    MsKeelah919 Posts: 332 Member
    Nothing. I have very good willpower when I don't feel deprived. I *love* ice cream and actually do measure out 1/2 cup and say "no mas" when I'm done. The time I tried restricting my favorite foods backfired horribly (I now know what "binge" means). If I want something, I eat a reasonable portion and move on instead of torturing myself with thoughts of it.

    Nice. Hopefully I will get here. I feel my heart race at the though of ordering wings. I wont have ANY control!
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