What changes did you make to your diet?

Probably one of the biggest changes I have made is weighing and measuring everything. It is so helpful and a good education to see what portions are supposed to be like.

i'm very cautious with portion sizes. I am careful about how much sodium I have daily. I don't drink soda anymore. I drink more water.

i stopped eating out all the time...now i only do it when i have to and i try to eat something as healthy as possible when i do. I watch my portions and calories. try to make better choices (white rice to brown rice etc.) and still struggling with stopping soda all together but def. cut down ALOT. got along way to go but small steps at a time

I eat heavy breakfast everyday, took out sugary stuff like sodas, iced teas, fruit drinks, sports drinks, processed foods & also junk foods from my everyday diet (though I take a few twice a month). I only drink fresh fruit juice once a month. So I drink lots of water, eat whole foods, whole grains, more fruits & vegetables everyday. I cook my own food, only eat out 2x a week when I'm at work.

I eat more protein, I eat a smaller amount of low fat dairy products, my portion sizes at dinner have shrunk, I eat less sugar (have cut dried fruit and sugary breakfast cereals out), and I am careful about eating carbs now. I eat less pasta, noodles and flatbread because they don't fill you up; but I eat more oats, rice and corn because they do.

I EAT SOUP, IT WAS THE ONE THING i NEVER AGREED TO PUT IN MY MOUTH..

The main change I have made is to portion size rather than to what I eat, although there have been some major changes because I'm watching my calories, so Ryvita has replaced almost all bread (apart from mini naans)

BEFORE:
Breakfast: Ham Cheese & Tomato Pannini; fruit or cheese scones with butter or paté; sausage roll in a bread roll with cheese and mayo; large bowl of porridge with maple syrup; 2xbowls of breakfast cereal

Lunch: baguette with chicken, salad & mayo and a packet of crisps; microwavable ready meals with toasted naan; pasta and sauce.

Dinner: usually large plate of meat potatoes & veg; lasagne with a lb of grated cheese + garlic bread; big bowl of meat curry with rice plus popadoms & chutney, samosas, naans; fish with half a tub of coleslaw; fishy rice & peas; moroccan chicken with whole pack of couscous - all meals included some type of bread.

Snacks: chocolate, sweeties, biscuits, crips, toasties, cheese & biscuits.


NOW:
Breakfast: Ryvita, cottage cheese and smoked salmon; cheerios with banana; ham omelette

Lunch: soup; Ryvita as above; omelette; beans on toast (1 slice); leftovers

Dinner: as before, just a lot less on my plate and only eating 1 or part of 1 mini naan.

Snacks: seldom, maybe a banana, some oat biscuits, a few grapes, water.

I still drink exactly same as before, but do include 3-4 glasses of water instead of snacks.

Before

Breakfast - None
Lunch - Sainsburys Beans with Sausages, 3 slices of white bread with i cant believe its not butter.
Dinner - 2 Chicken Legs with oven baked chips / Minced beef with rice/spaghetti/Burgers and chips. pint of coke
Snacks - Crisps, chocolate bars, etc.
10-12 cups of tea, each with 3 sugars and full fat milk.

0 glasses of water.

Now

Breakfast - None
Lunch - Turkey breast chunks in Best of Both bread, with i can believe its not butter light.
Dinner - 2 Chicken legs with oven baked chips/Be good to yourself diced beef with rice/extra lean beef escalopes with rice or chips. Pint of 7 up free.
Snacks - Crisps, fun size chocolate bars, similar things but now in moderation.
10-12 cups of tea, each with 2 sweeteners and skimmed milk.
Isotonic drink with every exercise session.
Multivitamin+minerals tablet, cod liver oil tablet.

1 glass of water with my tablets.

Not much of a change, just now logging everything, keeping things in moderation, and exercising 6 times a week, compared to 0 times.

I now measure everything instead of just spooning/pouring it on.....I use actual measuring spoons to measure my sugar and measuring cups for milk.......My added sugar intake has really dropped......When I first started I was putting 1 teaspoon of sugar on my morning cereal, now it's half a teaspoon......

I haven't cut much out only pizza.....But I'm going to have a go at making my own using the cauliflour to make the base.......

My water intake has gone up........

Before

Breakfast - nothing
Lunch -something from a fast food place
Dinner Whatever was quickest to fix, (pop in oven dinners and such)
Snacks none

Now

Breakfast Mon-Fri Oatmeal Weekend Eggs and toast (no butter)
Lunch - Usually a turkey or ham sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and onion
Dinner- Some type salad, and a meat (usually baked)
Snacks Apple, or popcorn, or other fruit

My changes are a little backwards I think. Before I would live on coffee and diet coke all day and wouldn't eat until supper time. Then I would eat huge portions, and not stop eating until bed time. Telling myself its okay because I didn't eat all day long. Now I try to eat 5 meals a day, watch all my portions, and I still have a big supper, and sometimes desert, but I adjust the rest of the day to allow it rather than starving myself. I truly believe I put my body into starvation mode with my crazy ways. I actually eat more now and have lost 30 pounds in 3 months.

Before:

Breakfast- nothing or leftovers from night before, sugary cereal, cookies and coffee
Lunch- Microwave meal loaded with sodium, hot pocket, leftovers, fried foods out of the cafe , sweet tea
Dinner- Fried foods, bread, rice, sweet tea

After: (everything measured)

Breakfast- oatmeal, special k, smoothie, protein bar, eggs and chicken sausage on the weekends
Lunch- Turkey sandwich on wheat bread, salad, healthy leftovers
Dinner- Baked, broiled, or grilled meat, veggies, rice, bread (in small potions) and tons of water

I feel alot better also!

Before:

Brek: 2 thick slices white farmhouse toast with butter & a mocha, or 2 slices wholemeal toast with low fat cream cheese, a tiny bit of hellmans mayo and a couple handfuls of sliced cherry tomatoes

Lunch: anything and everything, often chicken and biscuits and salad, or catering sandwiches and cheese and ham baguettes

Dinner: Roast vegetables with sweet potato, broccoli and chicken (brown meat only) at 11pm or so. Followed by a bowl of sweet ceral.

Snacks: Crisps, a biscuit a day, kit kat, cheese biscuits all throughout the day

Now:

Brek: 1 slice brown gluten/wheat free bread (Genius) with 1/2 tsp light lurpak and a boiled egg white, sometimes two. Low fat/calorie mocha

Lunch: Ham, salad and gluten free bread or wholemeal pitta bread & water

Dinner: Stews, soups and salads, seafood noodle dishes, sometimes allow myself oven fries with ham and always eat LOADS of vegetables to fill me up.

Snacks: Oranges, melon, potato chips every so often and occasionally chocolate (1 stick of kit kat with unsweetened tea.

THE ONE THING I CANNOT SEEM TO GIVE UP ON, IS RED WINE, USUALLY ABOUT 150ML GLASS PER DAY. IT'S TOUGH TO STOP THIS HABIT OF RELAXATION VICE.

Before: Drinking too much coffee, eating conventional grocery store foods, counting calories and trying to keep the fat low. Exercising for hours at the gym.


Now: Eating high fat, moderate protein, low carb. Not counting calories and eating intuitively by listening to my body. No more chronic cardio so I can heal my adrenal glands and get my cortisol levels under control. So, I move slow, sprint occasionally, lift heavy things and play more. No more conventional grocery store foods either. Meat, eggs and dairy comes straight from the farm and I bought into a local CSA for vegetables. The fruit I eat I purchase from a pick your own farm down the road from my house.