Name something that was easy for you to give up
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Surprised that I don't miss ice cream, but I dont!1
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Milk. Switched to almond milk for caloric reasons and don't think I'll ever go back.1
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Fast Food
Alcohol
Sweets
Now that I'm maintaining I've added some of that back in (mainly the alcohol part!) but I still don't eat sweets much (maybe twice a month if that?) and I'm not much of a fast food guy. Maybe we get a pizza once every 2 months?
It's not that those things are bad for you its just that you have to make choices with your calories and how to "spend" them. I could eat a Big Mac and fries but that would take up like half of my daily calories! So I don't. But I can get a single plain burger at Culver's and it's like 300 calories. Put some Ketchup on it for another 25 calories and voila!
Nothing is bad, everything in moderation.
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Let try to give this thread some new life, Name something that was easy for you to give up0
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I drank Tab for years(remember that nasty soda??) then switched to Diet Coke. I got sick of spending so much money that didn't offer any benefits whatsoever and might even be detrimental the way I downed can after can. So after probably 40+ years of drinking diet sodas, I stopped. DH drinks it like I used to and some days it's very tempting to pop a top and guzzle. But no, I just can't let myself get back to that again. Not to mention it gets downright expensive.
For now(maybe the past few months) no bread or pasta or rice. It's not that I've 'given them up' per se, it's just because I don't really want to waste calories on them these days.1 -
Fast food was easy. Other than that, I have just tried to limit things such as sweets, alcohol and salty, crunchy goodies.
The one thing I truly wish I could give up would be sitting on my butt, binge watching Netflix on non work days and get moving more. My exercise logs would look soooooo much better
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Fast food. After decades in an office that had no kitchen and few fast food choices, Zestos (a local chain) and Krystal had definitely palled. It has been a relief not to eat fast food every day.
Would that I had had the brains to simply pack a lunch and get ahead of the weight piling on, but no.......it was just what we “did”.1 -
All drinks with calories. (juice, pop, etc)1
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Coca-cola. Before this. I would have told you I was addicted to coke. And I was right. We are talking 1 to 4 litres of coke a day. Everyday.
Thanks in part to the pandemic, I started dieting. And when I did. I just stopped drinking coke. It definitely helps that I was eating at home and not going into stores. Just ordering groceries online. But one day I went from drinking a 2L a day. To the next drinking nothing.
I haven't had a sip of Coke for over 9 months now.
Don't get me wrong. If I had some I'd be in trouble I think. But so long as I steer clear, I've been good. No cravings. No withdrawal symptoms LOL. I didn't even substitute it with anything.3 -
I have up soda pretty easily. Even more surprising was how easily I gave up sugar in my coffee. I hate coffee, but drink a small iced cold brew every morning just to wake up. Since I hate the taste, I would add sugar or simple syrup IN ADDITION TO flavored creamer. Turns out a tablespoon of the creamer makea it sweet enough. Who knew.0
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Alcohol.
Soda (was never a fan).
Meat.0 -
Rice I think. I used to eat it every alternate day with curry but now I have it once a week.0
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Alcohol. I haven't really drank any since I was 28 years old. Have a beer MAYBE once a year. And it's usually because it's at a pizza party.
And SMOKING. I quit cold turkey.
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I gave up nothing. Just less.3
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For me it was Coca Cola and alcohol. I still crave the pop but I just won’t drink it no matter what. I also went from drinking Tim Hortons double doubles to a regular and with time I will go down to black coffee. I just started metformin for diabetes 2 days ago. I remember how great it felt when I was losing weight and I am determined to get there again!0
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Easy? Yes. When I finally realized I did not want to feel like I did when I was heavy I really lost my taste for a lot of foods. This still happens. It may take one time or longer. I know intuitively if I am better not having it, measuring it with extra accuracy or learning that it is ok but to have on occasion. I am going through this now with a certain nut butter. I finally stopped bingeing on peanut butter- incredibly happy about that! However I am still skeptical of adding it. The fresh ground is definitely good. I have one now that I weigh and it amazes me how inaccurate using "tablespoon, teaspoon" as not of measure because the weight is across the board I teaspoon can be 5 grams or 9. it depends and I never thought it would be that much off. This one is natural but stickier and challenging to measure. With nut butter calories add up quick!1
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Spinach.2
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It was so easy. To give up just about anything. My list is long like a CVS receipt. Here are a few .. Ice cream, alcohol, sugary drinks, cakes and candy bars.0
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I don’t look at as ‘giving up’ something but rather making different choices.
Some easy different choices I made include:
Swapping the proportion of yogurt and cereal in my breakfast. It used to be a big bowl of cereal with a little yogurt. Now it is a little cereal with a lot of yogurt. The result was fewer carbs and more protein.
Drinking water as my drink of choice.
Filling my plate half with vegetables.
Not so easy different choice — reducing or even eliminating my after dinner snack. I still often look for something at round 9pm.
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tgillies003 wrote: »I don’t look at as ‘giving up’ something but rather making different choices.
Some easy different choices I made include:
Swapping the proportion of yogurt and cereal in my breakfast. It used to be a big bowl of cereal with a little yogurt. Now it is a little cereal with a lot of yogurt. The result was fewer carbs and more protein.
Drinking water as my drink of choice.
Filling my plate half with vegetables.
Not so easy different choice — reducing or even eliminating my after dinner snack. I still often look for something at round 9pm.
That’s not my disagree but I had to laugh. The 8:00 hour is “chai time” and at 9pm on the dot I have a dessert.
9pm must be your and my witching hour. What?!!! No dessert? Bitching hour.2 -
I haven't given anything up entirely but things I very rarely have now are alcohol, pizza, pasta and potatoes. Not because I don't enjoy them, I just don't relish the way they make me feel after eating them.0
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I've given up eating breakfast and an early lunch as I now do time restricted eating and eat from 3-10 PM. 😁 Other than that, about the only thing I've actually given up is regular soda.1
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Giving up meat and cheese to go vegetarian was super easy (will be a year in July). Giving up ketchup, on the other hand, was absolute hell. I went through ketchup withdrawals, tremors, hot flashes, etc.. getting a sponsor really helped.
In all seriousness, I was hooked on ketchup. I ate it on EVERYTHING. Quitting taught me that if you cold-Turkey off of something, I’m about 2 months (that’s what it took me, time could be a bit duffer for others) your taste buds will completely change.
Giving up ketchup took last 10 pounds off me, cured my salty and sweet tooth, and made good taste completely different.2 -
Workouts I felt I *should* do but didn't want to do, were boring, or painful on my joints.
I recently moved to a new house with mountain trails across the street and find myself hiking every day for the sheer love of it.
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Donuts! They’re just not worth it to me anymore. I find that’s true of a lot of sugary sweets now, but I love chips and salsa!0
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Big portions. Did it gradually but it was surprisingly easy.1
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Is there anything you guys struggled with but was able to give it up easily?
For me, it was alcohol. I was a heavy drinker but refused to be called an alcoholic because I could go days, weeks and months without a drink but my real problem was I didn't know how to stop once I started drinking. I would have to drink the whole damn bottle before I felt enough was enough. On July 7, I quit drinking cold turkey and changed my diet completely. I have since lost a total of 22 lbs and got my A1C back below 6.50.
If you are a drinking alcohol and you're struggling losing weight, I can almost guarantee that if you quit drinking, you'll see a huge difference immediately.
Going out to eat I found out I like my cooking better and can eat more when made at home vs going out to eat5 -
Soda and large portions, probably. Also vegetables. Most vegetables make my IBS very upset.
Soda....I was very poor before I started losing weight, and one month we could either eat dinner all the days of the month or I could get my diet colas. I knew I could get the caffeine from tea, so let the sodas go. Later on I was doing laundry at my mother's house, and kept a case of diet cola there because it wasn't as much fuss as making tea while I was there. And I started noticing every Monday (I washed on Sundays) I HURT. My chronic pain was very seriously worse! I blamed it on the labor of helping her clean house, making a big dinner, and doing five or six loads of laundry in eight hours. But one weekend I got there and Eldest Son, who's been living with Mom since she hurt her back, said, "Hey, Mom, I drank all your sodas, sorry, I'll get you more when I get paid." And so I had no sodas. Did all the usual stuff and drank tea instead. And Monday I was a little tired but not at all sore. Kept an eye on it. Drink soda- sore tomorrow. Drink tea- just fine. I can figure out what my body is trying to tell me, there! And so I've never missed it.1 -
I honestly don't think I've given anything up ENTIRELY, but in practice I almost never eat rice, potatoes, or pasta anymore. I WILL but they were always 'filler' to me to add bulk to meals. bulk that, given my previous obesity I super did not need.
Oh wait, I did give something up completely. I replaced all my dairy milk with unsweetened almond milk. I don't miss that at either.2
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