Foods you haven’t eaten in your current weight loss journey

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  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    I don't think there's a single food that I actually enjoy eating that I haven't had during my weight loss. Sure, I eat certain food less frequently than I used to. But pizza, burgers, bagels, cake, sweets, etc have all been part of the menu. I have not found the need to deny myself anything.
  • wifeoferp
    wifeoferp Posts: 86 Member
    My husband’s homemade brown butter chocolate chip cookies. They are so good and I couldn’t eat just one or two. So even though I’m doing IIFYM and could fit one in, I don’t even indulge.
  • nixonjk
    nixonjk Posts: 3 Member
    I’ve given up soda completely and that’s about it. Slowly allowing myself to eat other things in moderation so I haven’t really “given” anything else up. Sweets are the most difficult thing for me... if I make brownies then I just eat one and give the rest away to keep me from eating the whole pan. 😬 I’d like to keep up my current diet for life so I’d rather not restrict myself on food that I really enjoy. As long as I’m not bingeing and have balance then my weight drops!
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,082 Member
    I've had just about everything that I used to have, just less often and less amounts, or lower calorie versions. Pasta is the one thing I haven't had at all. Good pizza (sorry Rev 450 calorie Margherita pizza, you'll satisfy a craving but don't equal the good stuff). I've only had nuts once, when stuck on a mountain road from an accident and was in a car for 11 hours, it was all we had to eat. I love nuts too much to just eat one serving!
  • smoofinator
    smoofinator Posts: 635 Member
    Starburst, oddly enough. I would buy the "all reds" bag, which contained strawberry, cherry, watermelon, and passion fruit I think. I'd eat the entire bag in one day. I'm surprised I still have all my fillings.
  • bosque1234
    bosque1234 Posts: 60 Member
    Wow, got me thinking. Peanut butter, cake, sweets of all kinds. McDonald's/Wendy's/Sonic drive thru crap. Lean Cuisines. (I used to eat them but am making my meals now.) Dominoes Pizza. Bread for the most part. I don't like and will never eat liver, beets, etc. Weird food will always be weird, even when trying to get healthy. Mexican food--agree with other poster, plus I live in New Mexico! Land of tamales, enchiladas, tacos, sopapillas, chips, margaritas, flan... :'(
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    - Doughnuts (haven't had one in 5 years), because I decided I don't like them enough to be worth the calories.
    - Sugary sodas (6 years), because I like diet sodas just the same so there is no reason to drink more calories.
    - Peanut butter (anywhere between 3 months and 2 years between), I like it, but for some reason when I consider how I want to spend my calories, something else usually wins.
    - Steak and chunk beef (5 years), because I decided I'm done trying to like them and there is no point in spending my calories on things I don't like.
    - Alcohol (once or twice every year or two), because I don't care much for the taste and I don't like the feeling of altered mental state.
    - Nuts that aren't mixed into something (2-3 times a year) because reasonable portions of them cause more mental discomfort than not having them. I need to put away more than 1000 calories of nuts to be happy.
    - Eggs (no more than 2-3 eggs a week with stretches of abstinence) because I don't tolerate them well unless they're in baked goods.
    - Cauliflower pizza/rice, zucchini noodles made to mimic a pasta dish, and some other diet alternatives, because they aren't mentally satisfying and leave me wanting the real thing even more.
    - Sweet potatoes and sweet squashes, because vegetables aren't supposed to taste sweet. Makes me shudder.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Haven't had a soda or any sugar added drink for over 2 yrs.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    I don't think there's a single food that I actually enjoy eating that I haven't had during my weight loss. Sure, I eat certain food less frequently than I used to. But pizza, burgers, bagels, cake, sweets, etc have all been part of the menu. I have not found the need to deny myself anything.

    Same for me. Using a weekly goal, I can find ways to fit in anything. Just not anything at any time.
  • PWRLFTR1
    PWRLFTR1 Posts: 324 Member
    I eat all the foods...just in moderation.
  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    This is a tough one....the only thing I can think of is that I used to love getting a chicken biscuit from chik fil a before work, and I cut that out. If I go once, i'll crave it all week.

    I have drastically reduced the amount of a lot of things, biggest ones being Dots candy, Triscuits, bread in any form, and any kind of fast food or restaurant food. I used to buy a box of Dots at least once a week, I've only had them twice in 18 weeks. I used to buy a box of Triscuits every week and I think i've only bought one box the last 18 weeks, and some weeks I don't eat out at fast food or other restaurants at all which is a huge drop in frequency for me. Used to be almost everyday at lunch, and every weekend, and one or two week nights for dinner.
  • Kupla71
    Kupla71 Posts: 1,490 Member
    My trigger is also high calorie ice cream so I don’t buy it anymore. I started making my own at home using frozen bananas and frozen strawberries and also as another alternative buy breyers delights ice cream. Also I don’t order pizza anymore. I can’t limit myself to one or two slices! Everything else I can eat in moderation so I don’t cut anything else out.
  • aries68mc
    aries68mc Posts: 173 Member
    Doughnuts, fast food, diet coke, anything deep fried, hot dogs, just to name a few. Since the middle of January, when I started Nutrisystem. I have the NS entrees and snacks and supplement with lots of veggies (free) and then Smart Carbs and PowerFuels at serving sizes that they direct. I have definitely learned portion control!
  • umbramirror
    umbramirror Posts: 256 Member
    I don't think I have cut out any foods in particular in my weightloss journey, but I definitely became more mindful about what I eat. I could have had ice cream, chocolate cake, fried foods, etc. if I wanted to have them as long as they fit into my calories for the day (and I did have these foods occasioanlly) but I thought about whether they were enhancing my health/nutrition or hindering it. Overall, in moderation, these foods would not hinder my health, but I didn't want to form unhealthy habits again so I limited my intake. Now that I am in maintenance, I have simply increased my caloric intake and allow myself to have even more of what I enjoy. I try to eat as "healthily" as I can, while still eating foods I love.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited July 2019
    Diet sodas & light beers (which I never drank anyway), processed refined white sugar and any processed food w/sugar added (except ketschup that I have to have as a condiment to certain food like scrambled eggs and certain meat), potatoes and any pasta.

    Pretty much a paleo diet (lots of fruit, veggies, fish and meat) w/the exception of some beer, wine, nuts & seeds, flour tortillas and rice. Not advocating paleo, it's just the way I eat.
  • texasredreb
    texasredreb Posts: 541 Member
    Bread and fast food. I didn't have either frequently before dieting and have even less now.
  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    Not a lot that I've completely cut out, but there are a couple. I used to regularly have frozen pizzas for just a quick dinner for myself, but they're not worth the calories for a bit of cheese on cardboard. And then salt and vinegar chips is the biggest one. I just can't have them in the house.

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