What food have you had to entirely forgo?

Any sweets. I have zero self control when it comes to sweets! Even if it is something low cal like jello.. the second I eat it I will crave more junk. If I need something sweet now I’ll eat a piece of fruit or something

OP, Wheat Thins or Triscuits with your hummus makes your favorite a whole grain and protein combo snack.

HrtOcean, once you cold turkey the fast food or doesn’t taste as good anymore. Speaking of turkey…. If you fry up a couple pounds of ground for taco meat and a couple pounds plain and freeze, you just take out what you need for your quick meal when you are ready to make it, that helps. A nutritionist told me to use corn tortillas and if you put in an air fryer toaster oven with the meat and cheese and then add a pile of romaine and tomato and salsa, it is as good as any restaurant taco.

My kryptonite is chocolate. I’ve switched to dark chocolate primarily but those Lindt balls are still 70 calories each. I try for only one but I give in too often and have another. This is in addition to my regular “snack”. I know I can eat just plain dark chocolate but I still want the creamy texture. I have started eating a rice cake with Nutella spread for my chocolate problem. The protein is filling.

Cookies, brownies, donuts (any sweets). Sugar makes me want more sugar.

This is so hard for me to understand, grapefruit. Like suzysunshine said, I buy one, eat it, go to the store and buy two more, go home, eat them, then back to the store. Why?

no1racefan2 wrote: »

Chips. I will eat allllllll the chips.

I owe a lot of my weight when I was younger to Doritos, and Quest makes a product for that now…

😂the cost more than the calories keeps me in check on those.

I prolly overeat nuts and peanut butter too bad, so I shy away from them now. I do add PB2 to my protein shakes to give me a PB kick tho.

Sugar-- well, added sugars (eating fruits/veggies/or unsweetened dairy is okay if they have a moderate to low glycemic index).

Grains-- bread products, pasta, corn, rice, oatmeal, cereals, etc. etc. anything with flour, etc.

Starchy veggies & fruits -- potatoes, bananas, etc.

I gave these up because I'm diabetic and they spike my blood sugar, they make it hard for me to stop eating/trigger hunger/cravings/desire to binge.

They also are the worst culprits in causing inflammation that makes my arthritis & auto-immune disease to flare up.


I also avoid seed oils when I cook, but I don't worry too much if I eat things with some seed oils.

Another ice cream person here. Recently I discovered a delicious gelato sold in single-serving sizes and bought two; those were manageable and reasonable calorie-wise. I have high hopes that this will change someday, because I have mostly successful in limiting intake of other things I love, like no more than about 20 grams of roasted cashews a day (usually 10, which is something like six nuts) and no more than one square of 70% chocolate a day (again, usually half that). The trick is that I can’t eat nuts out of the can; I have to count out very carefully and mindfully. Trail mix and granola are also a no-go right now. I think my biggest problem is with things that have a super-high calorie count for a tiny portion; they just don’t fit into my calorie budget. If I eat a pint of my favourite ice cream, that’s basically my calories for the whole day.

You can make a bunch of stuff like ice cream from milk, protein powder and frozen fruit. Just use the fruit as the ice in a blender. With the right combo, it ends up like soft serve. Berries are my favorite to use with vanilla, but frozen banana (sometimes withPB2) goes well with chocolate.

I can't think of anything I completely forgo, that I actually like.

There are a few things I can't moderate, so I buy them very rarely, but I do still eat them. Old-school taco flavor Doritos are one I can think of. From a bag, I can maybe portion out one serving a couple of times, but then before the bag is gone I'll probably eat hundreds of calories of them in one sitting. S'allright, as long as it's rare.

There are a few things that dropped out of my rotation because I don't like them enough that they're ever worth their calories. I'd almost say donuts are one, but so many people think they're ultra-wonderful, and periodically - maybe once a year? - someone tells me "you just haven't had the ones from XYZ" so I try the ones from XYZ. So far, nope, just not good (to me) at all.

I'm still eating the basket of deep-fried (whatever), though . . . just not very often at all.

no1racefan2 wrote: »

Regarding ice cream: I have had a lot more luck buying items in pre-portioned amounts. So for ice cream, I'll buy ice cream sandwiches or popsicles or something, instead of a carton of ice cream.

I know it's more expensive, but pre-portioned snacks really help me stick to my calorie goals.

Yeah, that's me, too. Ice cream, chocolate, salty snacks: It's weird to me that I can eat an individual serving pack and be happy, leaving a whole bunch of other individual servings sitting right there in my house, but can't moderate the big multi-serving packs. But that's how it works for me, so that's what I do.

I haven't denied myself anything due to calories, but I do have to keep a VERY tight hold on the reins anytime I'm presented with soda or bread. Used to pound 2 liters of soda per day, and could easily put away half a loaf of bread every meal. Now I allow myself two 12-oz cans of soda per week, along with only 2 rolls/slices of bread for a single meal per day.

Something I had to give up for non-dietary reasons was cinnamon gummy candy. Adore the stuff to pieces, but it sticks to my teeth for like forever, and was singlehandedly responsible for multiple cavities growing up, so for the sake of my teeth, I had to let them go.

BBQ flavored chips. I will eat an entire large bag, enjoy it and not be sorry.

For me it’s trail mix! Any snack mix with nuts and fruit and chocolate is like crack to me! I have no self-control with it. And since it is so calorie dense, it can ruin your day very quickly!

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PAPYRUS3 wrote: »

For me, it's nut/seed and peanut butters. I end up using so much and it's addictive for me! Whole nuts and seeds are 'safer' but I still can go to town on those too, so I don't normally have them around.

I satisfy that pb flavor with pb powder now.

Oh...and can't have halva anywhere near me lol!

I am now convinced we were twins separated at birth..lol!

I also use powdered pb for same reason

No doubt! I know so when I read/see all your other posts too!🙂