Do you have any "banned" foods that you won't allow in your diet?

Do you have any "banned" foods that you won't allow in your diet?

Just foods I don't like ... like mushrooms.

Or foods that don't like me ... like peanuts.

tbullucks2006 wrote: »

Even though I know I can have anything I want in moderation, I have some foods that I've just banned in my head all together. It's so weird because I seriously don't deprive myself of anything. However there are some foods that I've heard along the way that were some of the worst choices that could be made at a meal so I don't touch them. For instance - Pasta Alfredo. I mean who doesn't love this stuff? With dieting though, I feel like i have committed a sin eating it. Even when I am not dieting I avoid Pasta Alfredo sauce because somewhere I've heard it's one of the worst things in life you can eat. I also no longer eat bagels for breakfast because I heard they are just empty calories. The weird thing is that I eat all other kinds of crap foods just fine. Does anyone else do this or am I just crazy? Well I know I'm crazy but does anyone else do this????

Yes. Food that I am intolerant to, or those that I just don't like.

No, I don't ban any items but when I'm trying to drop some pounds I do get very picky about high calorie foods. I aim to only eat the ones I really love. And if I didn't love it, it goes on my *kitten* list for wasting my calories and I avoid it in the future. So in effect that's somewhat like a ban. To paraphrase an epically old Seinfeld reference, the foods have to be calorie worthy.

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Cheap chocolate, no brand candy, subpar baked goods... basically the stuff that isn't worth the calories because it tastes like crap.

Yes ... I did quit eating that stuff too. Traded it in for good quality chocolate and baked goods. I figure if I've only got a certain number of calories to work with, what I eat had better be really good.

Marmite because it's bloody disgusting lol

Only the vile, hateful foods that I loathe. All others welcome!

I take my cue from Michael Pollan.

If my great grandmother would not have recognized it as food, I don't eat it.

If it has a) more than 5 ingredients, b) unfamiliar or unpronounceable ingredients, or c) high-fructose corn syrup, I don't eat it.

I avoid products that make 'health claims'.

I stay out of the supermarket whenever possible, and buy from farmers' markets as much as I can. When I do visit the supermarket, I shop around the edges - produce, seafood, meat, dairy, bakery, deli - and only venture into the center aisles for staples like oils, certain condiments, and minimally processed products.

I choose meats that have been fed a natural diet - grassfed beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork and poultry, wild-caught seafood, and free-range wild game meats.

I eat well-grown food from healthy soil...organic!

I eat seasonally and locally as much as possible.

I eat wild foods when I can.

I pay more, but eat less.

The only foods I banned are the high calorie foods that I didn't care for in the first place, like donuts. I used to eat them like you would eat any random thing not caring what it is or what it tastes like.

Some foods I haven't banned outright but I find myself not consuming them for some reason, and even though I like them I find other choices to be more deserving of the calories. Example, last time I had peanut butter was about 3 weeks ago, but before that I spent two whole years without having it.

Some foods I don't outright ban, but I just don't like them in the house, so I end up not having them often. When I have access to them (like last Tuesday), this happens...

I'm with the group of people who don't necessarily ban the food, just ban it from being kept in the house. I have tried to have peanut butter in my house, and I might be able to control myself around it for like a week tops, but eventually I will cave and that whole jar will be gone in two days. It's awful. When there's peanut butter in the house I am constantly and always aware of it. If I even go near the kitchen it calls to me. If I have a spoon in my hand for whatever reason I HAVE to have a couple spoons of peanut butter before I put it down. There are other things - we generally don't keep chips, cookies, etc in the house because they'll just be finished really quickly.

banned olives, celery, cottage cheese, marmite and avocados.

DezYaoified wrote: »

The only thing i have banned is soda. I am an all or nothing type when it comes to sodas. It had got to a point that i could finish a 12 pack in one day by myself.

Its just the one thing that i can not have and still focus on losing weight.

Not sure about 12 can, but I could kill a 2 L bottle of Coke while eating a large pizza. I still have pizza occasionally, but it takes me 2-3 days to eat the whole thing and I am honestly better having a beer with it than a pop. I can stop at one beer.

No, none. I eat what I want, it's just how much of it I eat:):):

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

AnvilHead wrote: »

The only foods I don't allow in my diet are foods I don't like. Period.

^^^ Nailed it!

In my opinion, banning foods is a horrible idea. What happens once you hit your goal weight? Do you plan on continuing to live without those banned foods for the rest of your life? Learn to moderate your intake of the foods you love and you'll make the process of losing weight - and maintaining a healthy weight - much more enjoyable.

It's great that some don't have to ban foods, but some of us have trigger foods that start a trip down a slippery slope. Like for me it's potato chips. I can't just have a normal serving, I will eat the whole bag. And then I will want chocolate. And then I will want pop. And then I'll think, man those chips were good, I should get some more. For me it's just easier to avoid them. That's not to say I'll avoid them my entire life, but I will for the foreseeable future.

Sometimes I feel statements like the one above are being overly judgmental. It's great that you don't have any trigger foods and can enjoy everything. I, however, know my own limits and how harmful that can be for myself. Can't we just be supportive of each other? No one's journey is smooth sailing all of the time.

I forgot one: Light beer. I'd much rather drink real water. (Or IPA.)