Foods to avoid?

You will get different answers to that question. Some people eliminate foods by doctor's orders, allergies, or religious or ethical reasons. If you're not on that list, you can choose to eliminate. There are lots of elimination diets--keto, vegan, etc. For info on those, since they're complicated--do a search. It seems that the vast majority of MFPers just eat what they like in moderation. To do that it's easier to count calories. If you want to do that, buy a digital food scale, weigh and measure everything you eat and drink, and stay within your calorie goal everyday. Simple, but it works. You choose, and good luck.

I haven't really cut things out but I've found a few lower calorie options like diet soda instead of regular, light dressings and mayo etc. I've mostly focused on just eating correct portion sizes of the things I like though.

Same as the others- but I did stop going to bakeries bc pastry is a huge trigger for me. I make a point to eat real sugar, butter, and full fat cheese & yogurt. Drink skim milk bc SO drinks it and I'm not buying 2 kinds of milk every week!
I have inadvertently cut wayyy back on coffee (only bc the cream & sugar I was using make it more calories than I want to "spend" on a daily basis).

ANything with sugar added, anything with artificial sweeteners or anything advertised as Low-Fat/Low-Cal.

Perhaps a better question to ask is:

"What foods did you start eating?"

In that case - a lot more veggies and natural produce.

Most bread ( I eat pita bread instead), breakfast cereals and Dunkin Donuts muffins. I don't really miss any of it, and I only cut those things because there is other stuff I would rather eat for the calories. I'm not low carbing. I cut out regular ice cream, I have absolutely no self control around it!

I also switched from white rice to brown, I find it is more filling.

Just what works for me.

I am making better choices and all foods that I like in moderation.
Portion control is key.

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chrismellor01 wrote: »

Perhaps a better question to ask is:

"What foods did you start eating?"

In that case - a lot more veggies and natural produce.

I actually started eating more variety. I'd sort of gotten into the habit of the same ol' things all the time, but when I started with MFP and suddenly had to find foods that were lower in calories, I spent a bit of time exploring grocery stores and markets to find out what they had, and I discovered all sorts of delicious options I hadn't thought of or hadn't been aware of.

I found it was helpful to understand where my extra calories were coming from and then to deal with that. What I learned in thinking through a typical week was that I was getting lots of wasted (IMO) calories eating things I didn't much care about -- food that happened to be in the office breakroom that I ate for stress reasons or just because it was there, overly large sides of rice or pasta (rice I don't care about, pasta is something I mostly like for the sauce so don't need a large amount, but just don't measure well), bread just because a sandwich is easy or it's there (I don't even like most bread that much, although I have some that I enjoy), stuff like that.

So what worked for me was to realize that my calories were limited and to make them count by choosing only foods that fit into my nutrition goals and were delicious (sometimes delicious was more the issue if my nutrition goals were otherwise met). I also found that for me I don't tend to eat mindlessly so easily if I focus on meals and occasionally a planned extra after dinner and otherwise don't snack or graze.

Cutting out a few specific foods wouldn't have done a thing for me, as my diet was pretty varied so it probably wouldn't have done much for calories. Eating the way I do now there are some things I don't eat that often, of course, but I see no benefit to cutting them out.

YMMV, of course, but that's my experience!

I haven't cut out anything.

I avoid foods that I don't like.

I drink diet soda.

Other than, I'm game for anything.

I haven't eliminated foods, but I have tried to eliminate eating patterns that were leading to over-consumption:

1) Mindless eating: Unfettered evening snacks in front of the TV. I usually reserve about 100 cals for a pre-logged evening snack. If I'm hungry, I put just that item on a plate. I used to bring a whole block of cheese and box of crackers with me.

2) I limit access to foods I have trouble moderating. In some cases, pre-portioning in baggies or buying single-serving packages is sufficient (dried fruit, hummus). In others, I just can't have it in the house (cheese crackers, chocolate chips). If I have a treat planned, I'll buy just enough to give everyone a serving on the day it will be consumed.

3) I'm insulin resistant and carbohydrates really do a number on my appetite. So I keep my carbs to under 150g, and use whole grains most of the time.

I'm trying to keep my weight-loss methods in line with how I'll be maintaining. So I'd need a really good reason to eliminate or restrict specific foods, such as an allergy or sensitivity.

all of them.