How has your eating changed?

My diet has evolved a great deal over many years starting when I was in college. Most recently the biggest change is that I no longer eat ice cream/froyo/chocolate candy every day. In fact, I only eat sweets in general maybe once a week. That's a big deal for me because I've always had such a sweet tooth. I also gave up sodas. I used to be addicted to Coke Zero and Sprite Zero, but now on average I have one diet soda a month.

I am constantly tinkering with my bulking diets to stave off boredom. This time I decided to go almost entirely whole food to avoid my tendency to fulk. I am quite literally consuming 4-6 lbs. of veggies and fruits daily, and that's not even counting the starches. Add meat and my pre/post lift whey and pre-bed casein, and I'm actually shocked that I can cram in 3350 kcals on training days (2850 on recovery).

My cutting protocol is always the same though.

I dropped the handful of cashews I was eating each afternoon. I had determined that they weren't sitting well with me anyway + they were a lot of calories.

I switched from eating cookies or chocolate after work to cottage cheese and raw veggies. I prefer the cottage cheese and raw veggies ... they make me feel full longer.

My dinner portions are smaller.

And that's about it!

Taking a moment to really think about what I am eating and if it meets my goals for the day.

Like others above, I pretty well eat the same things. The biggest difference for me is portion size. I find since I started using MFP I've been more conscious of how much I'm putting on my plate.

I cook more (like, way more). I eat less processed food/ready to eat meals/fast food (I can make better tasting stuff for less calories!). Much less bread and cheese and junk food as a whole. Almost no liquid calories.

I wish I could say more veggies but lately... I'm sick of frozen veggies and fresh is way too $$$.

Really though, my diet was pretty much 90% high calorie foods, I'm still shocked I didn't end up weighing more than 213 lbs.

I changed from having a sweet tooth to preferring savoury.
I always cooked my meals from scratch but I do vary them more now and am always on the look out for new recipes.
I'm also very portion aware.

It's night and day. Giving up things that weren't that great anyway was a big chunk. I don't miss or crave cheap junk food or fast food. I don't stuff myself beyond full, I rarely eat processed foods, I've given up milk because I figured out I'm lactose intolerant. Other than the occasional beer, I drink none of my calories.

I use oil sparingly now. I used to press several spoonfuls of extra virgin olive oil into my bread until it was soaking in it before making a sandwich. I also used to drench my salads, hummus, greek yogurt...etc in olive oil. This is not longer the case, I only use a little bit for the taste now. Thankfully, freshly pressed and well stored oil is strongly flavored so even a little bit comes through.

I also used to eat servings that were too large of some things. I now eat smaller portions in general and more aware and careful when eating something like fried eggplants (it's no longer a "meal", it's a "side" to a more forgiving meal) and nuts (no random all day munching on nuts, single servings as a part of meal and only occasionally).

I haven't eaten some foods (like salted butter or butter and jam sandwiches and some other things) in a long time. I know I can eat them, but I haven't in years because there is just always something that feels more worthy of the calories. I've basically cut out some foods without meaning to cut them out, and I still don't consider them "cut out". I just don't eat them lol.

I no longer eat things that I don't care for that much. Stale fries, donuts, most meat dishes...etc are just not worth it to me. I now have a hard rule of "never eating things I don't like".

Other than that, my foods are pretty much the same.

I don't drink my calories (most of the time) and I realized how much I don't really need buns to enjoy a hamburger or a shell to enjoy tacos (taco salad). I only cut out things I won't miss (not ice cream).

I eat a lot more veggies than I used to (though I've never not eaten veggies, broccoli is probably one of my favorite foods and always has been). I used to think protein bars were only for beefcakes at the gym, but now I've started having one daily because I find I need the easy protein boost to meet my protein goal. I don't eat pasta as much because the portion size that easily fits in my calories is depressing.

I still eat what I like but in better amounts. Like @suzysunshine99 said, I don't waste calories on things that don't taste or satisfy that great in my opinion. To me thats things like potato chips, processed cheese, canned foods, white breads, etc. I get to eat 'more' that way and I feel fuller.

Proper portions, no soda, almost no bread, or processed foods/sugars... a lot more vegetables...