Foods you've grown up with, trying to give up

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  • mrschappet
    mrschappet Posts: 488 Member
    My homemade Mac and Cheese.... I make it for my family once week but I never eat it with them :-( although I do always sneak a bite.... hey I have to make sure it tastes good LOL
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    Sweet Tea. If I was drinking something, 95% of the time, it was sweet tea. I used to go through a gallon in 2 days just at home, not counting any meals I ate out. I especially love Chickfila Tea. Whenever we went to the mall, (maybe once a week since they have a pretty awesome indoor playground for my daughter) I'd get a large CFA tea then get it refilled 2 or 3 times.

    Now I'll get tea about once a week and get 75% unsweet then top it off with sweet. I don't make it at home anymore.
  • mcsolis
    mcsolis Posts: 107 Member
    homeade flour tortillas every time i make them for the hubby i like to smell the fresh batch lol
  • jo_marnes
    jo_marnes Posts: 1,601 Member
    Brownies.

    When I first started dieting it was biscuits and chocolate that was hard. Now I often manage chocolate as I allow for it with my calories, but I've also since been diagnosed celiac, so now I really CAN'T eat a lot of things. I'm missing cake and pastry etc - not that I'd have eaten much anyway, but the fact I'm NOT ALLOWED is the killer. Not even a nibble. And before anyone suggests a gluten free alternative.... go try one first! Haha. And honestly, if all I want is a McVities Choc Digestive, no other biscuit can fill that gap!!!!
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
    I grew up on a Southern cuisine once summarized by a Hindu coworker as "beans with hog, greens with hog, hog with hog, and cornbread... with hog?" He was talking about our workplace cafeteria, but he could have been talking about my mom's cooking. I miss all of it.
  • Pink_turnip
    Pink_turnip Posts: 280 Member
    Kraft dinner (macaroni and cheese) with hotdog meatballs (cut up hotdogs).... not going to lie, I still eat this sometimes.
  • bluecutipy
    bluecutipy Posts: 35 Member
    I grew up on white rice too. But the way m family makes it with a lot of butter milk and sugar. I know it sounds weird but it is soooo good and hard for me to give up. I'm just glad I never learned how to make it lol
  • kelika71
    kelika71 Posts: 778 Member
    REAL fried chicken...none of that crap you get at restaurants. The kind Mom made...a glob of Crisco in a cast iron skillet, coated with flour, lots of salt and pepper. Even better when it's cold!!
  • RoseBlanc
    RoseBlanc Posts: 140
    I really haven't given anything up, as I allow myself whatever I want once a week.
    But not being able to just go get chicken nuggets & fries from McDonalds whenever I want has been hard for me! Even with the cheat day.
    Ugh see I thought about it and now I want it, lol. Guess I'll be having that on my cheat day (Monday) for sure now!
  • theSidekicks
    theSidekicks Posts: 7 Member
    McDonalds. At least three times a week, every week. Its hard to go from french fries to healthy foods- especially when I live at home during the summer and my family eats like that.
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    candy and milk. I easily would drink 800+ calories in milk per day, and eat 1000+ calories in candy per day :/

    I am trying to cut the calories for now. So far I don't gain weight as easily as I lose *fingers crossed it stays this way* so I am hoping when I reach maintenance I can eat 800 calories in dairy again, and am hoping to cut the candy down to 200 calories or less per day. :)
  • Mucky_Duck
    Mucky_Duck Posts: 73
    Would have to be getting the meat pie from the dairy after school for me. Warm buttery pastry with lab mince filling... so so tasty and so so bad!
  • sherrillg
    sherrillg Posts: 317 Member
    Mac & Cheese and Bread....aaaaa the memories! LOL
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    Mac & Cheese and Bread....aaaaa the memories! LOL

    My gosh that sounds spectacular! How I crave fresh sour dough and Safeway mac and cheese >_____<
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    The hardest thing for me - being half Irish too , is bread and potatoes!
  • ltliddell
    ltliddell Posts: 10 Member
    Has anyone tried a lower fat homemade Mac 'n Cheese? I found one at
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/252622/the-ultimate-makeover-macaroni-cheese
    and it looks good! Being on a healthier eating plan doesn't mean you have to go without - you just have to get creative!
  • asunshinec
    asunshinec Posts: 74
    Hot dogs... that's been a biggie for me. Chicken tenders and fries. Potatoes. And of course, Kraft Mac&Cheese. I know they aren't gone forever, lol. But being so early on in my journey, and seeing such good results, I hate to sabotage myself with this stuff.
  • Trixtabella
    Trixtabella Posts: 471 Member
    I love cookies, those nice big gooey ones yum yum.

    However I thought I would treat myself to one the other day and I ate it and did not enjoy it as much as I used to. Would rather have some nice cold watermelon
  • lcarter25
    lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
    Nothing, what's life if you cant have what you enjoy i love sweet things I just don't have them everyday - maybe once a week as a treat.
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    Nothing, what's life if you cant have what you enjoy i love sweet things I just don't have them everyday - maybe once a week as a treat.
    Exactly.
    I have not "given up" any food. Some foods I have decided to limit. When I want a particular food I work it into my calories for the day. Denying myself some thing just makes my feel sorry for myself.
  • stc74
    stc74 Posts: 297 Member
    What I would give for plate of my Grandpa's Sunday cooking! Cured ham, mountains of mashed potatoes with milk gravy, green beans with lard or ham scraps, salads with full fat homemade ranch dressings, and Grandma's pies for dessert! :smile:

    I grew up spending lots of time in my grandparent's country store and home cooking restaurant. I used to serve 1 lb hambugers, triple portions of fries and glass after glass of sweet tea to all the people who came in there. I ate it all too and ironically was very skinny then.

    Sure miss my Grandpa! But I keep in mind his health problems and why I can't eat like that all my life.

    I know I would probably just take the potatoes & gravy!!!
  • lcarter25
    lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
    Nothing, what's life if you cant have what you enjoy i love sweet things I just don't have them everyday - maybe once a week as a treat.
    Exactly.
    I have not "given up" any food. Some foods I have decided to limit. When I want a particular food I work it into my calories for the day. Denying myself some thing just makes my feel sorry for myself.

    Me to!! I just want it even more!!
  • foodforfuel
    foodforfuel Posts: 569 Member
    Fried bologna with hot pepper cheese on white bread. I think I'd be sick if I tried to eat that now!
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal!! Oh, it's heaven in a box. It was my FAVORITE growing up in England, and then after we moved to the U.S. they stopped making it....until THIS January. I had a half a box a day habit. I couldn't keep my hand out of the box. Now i just can't buy it or it's all over. I love white rice and nice warm bread at restaurants.
  • PAnn1
    PAnn1 Posts: 530 Member
    Bacon. I could eat the whole pound!!!
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