Name something that was easy for you to give up
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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 -
Random amounts of mayo on everything. Not missed.
High calorie ready made dressings on salads. Also not missed.
Adding the (multi) daily "obligatory" fries to everything to the point of saying to myself... I wish McDonald's had some different sides! Now fries are an occasional treat, more often than not ordered by themselves unless I was having pre-Corona fish and chips, instead of being the obligatory part of the combo.
Since the thread is about "easy to give up" this does not qualify as it involved a long weaning process. But I truly do not miss my 3 cream - 3 sugar syrups and have replaced them with copious amounts of dark roast strongly brewed coffee--black.0
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