Foods you haven’t eaten in your current weight loss journey
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List them and share anything you care to about why or why not. How many days?
Should be an interesting discussion.
Should be an interesting discussion.
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Ummm ... yak's milk? Not that I wouldn't, but it's not commonly available in my neck of the woods or anywhere I've traveled in the past 2,146 days, I think. Pretty sure I haven't had any ostrich or emu. Not sure where to source that either.6
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Liver of any kind. Just haven't, but probably would.0
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Um, not a whole lot of tofu, it tends to give me quite a lot of GI distress (for lack of more graphic words) so I try to avoid it (and soy more broadly) in anything other than very small quantities. A sheer lack of cheese, but I also hate most cheese. No peanut butter (see the cheese comment) or many other nut butters.
I haven't cut out anything specifically for the sake of losing weight. I've cut down on various foods because they're harder to fit into my calorie allotment, but I haven't cut anything out.0 -
Maybe nuts? At least not regularly.. they are way too calorie dense for me and not worth the hit. But I probably had them in a salad or with cheese or something at an event or on vacation.
Honestly I can't really think of anything specific that I don't normally eat or I would say no to just because I'm in a deficit. My calorie intake is pretty sweet and I can usually have whatever I want.
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Might as well add at least one since others have shared - doughnuts.2
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Chocolate..
I truly believe everything in moderation but it is my kryptonite and I cannot eat just a couple of pieces. Usually I go 6 months chocolate free then have a block.. 
I enjoy it guilt free then go another 6 months.. maybe one day I'll learn to handle that sweet, creamy deliciousness better.. 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 1 -
I haven't had alcohol since December 31st (2018)...so six months and counting. Honestly it's not really a "diet" thing but just felt challenged to do a dry year along with my husband, after some vloggers we watch did the same thing in 2017. I don't think it's really been difficult for either of us, although we normally enjoy beer/wine pretty frequently (a few times per month).
I don't purposely cut out any foods entirely. I have not eaten any type of potato chips or Fritos corn chips in years. I do eat tortilla chips occasionally. I almost always say no to "dinner bread" like rolls in restaurants but it's not a conscious thing to cut them...I'd just rather eat other foods instead.10 -
I've cut out full-fat ice cream. It's one of my favorite things in life, but it's also a trigger food. And one serving doesn't cut it for me, it just leaves me sad.
So I pretty much decided that I have to do without it and will only have it during special occasions or vacation or something like that.
I also stay away from things like nuts and peanut butter. Just too calorically dense given my 1450 allowance right now.2 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Ummm ... yak's milk? Not that I wouldn't, but it's not commonly available in my neck of the woods or anywhere I've traveled in the past 2,146 days, I think. Pretty sure I haven't had any ostrich or emu. Not sure where to source that either.
I had an ostrich burger from Borough Market next to London Bridge - that market is a foodie's delight.1 -
I can't think of anything that I like, and ate before weight loss, that I haven't eaten since starting weight loss (4 years ago; I'm now in maintenance). Frequency, relative proportion, and serving size of some things have changed: Just a matter of changed priorities.
(I ate most of those same things while losing, too - I'd say all, but there was probably something that, by coincidence, I didn't eat at all during the most-of-a-year while actively losing. I specifically remember having had desserts, candy, deep-fried foods, craft beer, and more.)3 -
I've been at maintenance since 2015. When I was losing, one thing I did was look at what I had been eating and determine whether it was worth the cals for me. In many cases I'd fallen into a habit of eating things because they were there (bread on the table at a restaurant, work place snacks), so I cut those out.
I don't think I'd really purchased food items that I didn't like when gaining, so I didn't cut them out. I ate less of a lot of things, and ate other things (order in Indian food, my particular it's been a hard day, need delivery weakness) more rarely (in fact I stopped ordering it in and only ate it about once every couple of months when we went out to a restaurant). I guess one thing is muffins, which I'd occasionally impulse buy for breakfast before and having a regular breakfast and also seeing the cals made me think just weren't worth it.
There are plenty of things I didn't have, but they are things I don't have now either, since I don't really like them or simply don't consume them anymore (like alcohol).1 -
A Big Mac with french fries. Sigh. I would get some sweet and sour sauce and dip the fries and the Big Mac into it. Never mind that I would get massive heartburn after eating them, they just tasted sooooo good. Haven't had one since I started here, so around 450-ish days I think? Now though, I get heartburn just thinking about it and I cringe at the thought of all those calories which is a pretty good deterrent.4
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Meat. It’s nothing to do with weight loss, though. I was vegetarian long before I started losing weight, so it’s been well over 5000 days now.
There is nothing that I stopped eating as an intentional part of a weight loss plan.0 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Ummm ... yak's milk? Not that I wouldn't, but it's not commonly available in my neck of the woods or anywhere I've traveled in the past 2,146 days, I think. Pretty sure I haven't had any ostrich or emu. Not sure where to source that either.
I had an ostrich burger from Borough Market next to London Bridge - that market is a foodie's delight.
Lucky you! I knew a place that was raising emu, but I have no idea where they sold the meat. (I'm assuming they sold the meat. I suppose they could have been rescue emus.)4 -
Nuts & legumes (peanut butter, almond butter, PB2, cashews, pistachios) - my preferred food for cheat days/"refeeds" after prolonged/dieting too aggressively; will easily hit 4-5,000 kcals/day on days I would let loose.
Been close to 2 months without during this "cut" since I'm using a more tamed down deficit vs. a more cyclical approach (more aggressive deficit days with 1-2 high kcal days/week).
Can't argue with the slow & steady/consistent approach; I do "splurge" and throw in a jar of preserves a few days per week (~200kcal/jar...nothing compared to an entire jar of cashews and/or pistachios)
Alcohol - it's a given...I drink roughly 1-2 times per year, mostly just because my sisters want to see me tipsy2 -
Bourbon. I haven't had a drink since January.2
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I've cut out full-fat ice cream. It's one of my favorite things in life, but it's also a trigger food. And one serving doesn't cut it for me, it just leaves me sad.
So I pretty much decided that I have to do without it and will only have it during special occasions or vacation or something like that.
I also stay away from things like nuts and peanut butter. Just too calorically dense given my 1450 allowance right now.
Have you ever made Nice Cream? It might scratch your itch.2 -
slimgirljo15 wrote: »Chocolate.. I truly believe everything in moderation but it is my kryptonite and I cannot eat just a couple of pieces. Usually I go 6 months chocolate free then have a block.. I enjoy it guilt free then go another 6 months.. maybe one day I'll learn to handle that sweet, creamy deliciousness better.. 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
I eat 2-3 squares of dark chocolate every night and still managed to lose 36 pounds, but it has to be the 86% or higher stuff. My fav is the Alter Eco dark chocolate. I recently purchase 30 bars that hopefully last me 2-3 months.1 -
Gummy bears. Haven't had a gummy bear excursion in a year's time. The end.0
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Haven’t drank any “adult beverages” since beginning my current journey on August 31, 2018. Further than that but don’t have exact date.1
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Cheese and alcohol. I have had only small quantities of both since late Feb. alcohol more for health reasons, and cheese because it’s one of my trigger foods. I’ve eaten both on special occasions, though. And I plan to eat a LOT of cheese and drink my share of wine when I go to France later this year.1
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After a year injury (buldging herniated disc pinching a nerve) and being bed ridden, I'd put on weight. I gave up almost all forms of corn and soy (except fermented soy) and almost all fast-food joints (excluding rare visits to Panera, Chipotle, Salad&Go, or In&Out), dropped 75 lbs fairly quickly. It's been about 10 years without these.
Fast forward, gained weight from another injury combined with an illness. After week of unleavened bread (religious observation: week of eating mostly meats and veggies) I realized starchy carbs and breads make me bloat. So, have given up all baked goods and starches for about 4 weeks now. Feeling better than ever!
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slimgirljo15 wrote: »Chocolate.. I truly believe everything in moderation but it is my kryptonite and I cannot eat just a couple of pieces. Usually I go 6 months chocolate free then have a block.. I enjoy it guilt free then go another 6 months.. maybe one day I'll learn to handle that sweet, creamy deliciousness better.. 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
I eat 2-3 squares of dark chocolate every night and still managed to lose 36 pounds, but it has to be the 86% or higher stuff. My fav is the Alter Eco dark chocolate. I recently purchase 30 bars that hopefully last me 2-3 months.
2-3 squares.. that's just a teaser lol 😁
I did lose 21kg at the beginning of my journey here and I've been on maintenance almost 4 years...I eat all the other things I like in moderation, chips, burgers, cake etc.. but chocolate I don't have control with..dark chocolate is ok but my favourite is just good old Cadbury dairy milk.
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Biggest reduction for me in the last 3 or so years since I started this journey is alcohol. I used to regularly drink a few pints and maybe a bottle of wine every week. Now I hardly touch the stuff. mainly because I'm more aware of what happens when alcohol enters your body and what it stops your body doing while its detoxing to get rid of it. Other than that, I haven't stopped eating anything that I enjoy. I go in and out of certain food groups, like nuts etc depending on what my macros are set at for a particular period of the year. After that I take everything in moderation and if I feel like having something I just plan ahead and make sure it fits into my calories for the day. That gives me something to look forward to rather than spontaneously picking something up because I fancy it.0
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slimgirljo15 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »Chocolate.. I truly believe everything in moderation but it is my kryptonite and I cannot eat just a couple of pieces. Usually I go 6 months chocolate free then have a block.. I enjoy it guilt free then go another 6 months.. maybe one day I'll learn to handle that sweet, creamy deliciousness better.. 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
I eat 2-3 squares of dark chocolate every night and still managed to lose 36 pounds, but it has to be the 86% or higher stuff. My fav is the Alter Eco dark chocolate. I recently purchase 30 bars that hopefully last me 2-3 months.
2-3 squares.. that's just a teaser lol 😁
I did lose 21kg at the beginning of my journey here and I've been on maintenance almost 4 years...I eat all the other things I like in moderation, chips, burgers, cake etc.. but chocolate I don't have control with..dark chocolate is ok but my favourite is just good old Cadbury dairy milk.
You've got to try baker's chocolate Jo (pure cacao...for chocolate purists); it's a somewhat bitter rich taste. I for the life of me can not bring myself to eat chocolate anymore in any quantity mainly because the wicked headaches are not worth it (opportunity costs too; I'd rather spend my kcals on other high fat foods I can tolerate much better)3 -
Keto_Vampire wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »slimgirljo15 wrote: »Chocolate.. I truly believe everything in moderation but it is my kryptonite and I cannot eat just a couple of pieces. Usually I go 6 months chocolate free then have a block.. I enjoy it guilt free then go another 6 months.. maybe one day I'll learn to handle that sweet, creamy deliciousness better.. 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
I eat 2-3 squares of dark chocolate every night and still managed to lose 36 pounds, but it has to be the 86% or higher stuff. My fav is the Alter Eco dark chocolate. I recently purchase 30 bars that hopefully last me 2-3 months.
2-3 squares.. that's just a teaser lol 😁
I did lose 21kg at the beginning of my journey here and I've been on maintenance almost 4 years...I eat all the other things I like in moderation, chips, burgers, cake etc.. but chocolate I don't have control with..dark chocolate is ok but my favourite is just good old Cadbury dairy milk.
You've got to try baker's chocolate Jo (pure cacao...for chocolate purists); it's a somewhat bitter rich taste. I for the life of me can not bring myself to eat chocolate anymore in any quantity mainly because the wicked headaches are not worth it (opportunity costs too; I'd rather spend my kcals on other high fat foods I can tolerate much better)
Hmm, I'll give it a try, but if it's bitter I'm probably not going to like it. I love the creaminess of Cadburys.. and it's only Cadburys I crave not Lindt or Nestle..
My mum can't eat chocolate because it brings on headaches too.0 -
Anything that involves a drive-thru. I go really wild when there's no accountability :-)1
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In the three months I lost weight I didnt eat any bread at all. I would have, but it didnt really fit into my calories. Used to eat it a lot, but I didnt crave it at all.1
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Ummm ... yak's milk? Not that I wouldn't, but it's not commonly available in my neck of the woods or anywhere I've traveled in the past 2,146 days, I think. Pretty sure I haven't had any ostrich or emu. Not sure where to source that either.
Emu meat is fairly easy to find in Australia - not a staple on anyone's diet but there are certainly restaraunts that serve it.
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Things I havent eaten on my weight loss/maitenance journey
watermelon
peanut butter
caviar
black pudding
milk of any sort other than dairy cow
tripe
liver
brains
jalepenos
Mind you, I didnt eat these things for a decade or more before trying to lose weight either
Silliness aside, nothing.
meaning there is nothing I havent eaten since starting to lose weight compared to before - less often, yes, smaller portions, yes - but nothing that I havent eaten at all.3
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