What food to NOT eat?

I dont really eat rice or pasta maybe once a month at most,

I try not to refuse myself anything to be honest, I'm just watching the quanities and stick to my cal allowance.

This time I want to lose the weight and keep it off, so I figure if I allow myself little bits of treats while I'm dieting, I'll find it easier to stick to, plus when I'm trying to maintain and eat a 'normal' diet, not much will change.

Good luck with your journey ;0)

Things that I think taste bad, just for the sake of being healthy. Stuff like powdered vitamins or fish oil or whatever.

I had been one to eat white rice and pasta on a regular basis. Of course, I was also overweight...and in denial about the calories in it. HAHA. I hardly eat pasta anymore....and white rice only once in awhile.

Now, I have been substituting rice with quinoa, which I have grown really fond of. I also don't drink any soda or flavored drinks. I drink iced tea but it's the loose leaf, natural kinds.

I have noticed in my efforts to "eat better" and watch my calorie intake, I avoid a lot of processed foods as well as sweets. That's saying a lot because I think I was the queen of eating crap.

I never deprive myself...so if I have a craving, I'll get it, but since I've been choosing to eat more "raw" foods, I seem to crave the crap a lot less.

I personally stay away from white rice, pasta, white breads and dairy (lactose intolerant.) I stay away from pizza too because I can't control myself when its around.

Other than that I eat what I want. If there's a certain food where you can't control yourself when it's around, I would not buy it.

Things I never eat:
Soda / Pop
Bacon
French Fries
Funnel cake
Fried Chicken /cry
Anything deep fried actually...
Marshmallow
Butter
Anything made by Hostess
Anything from Taco Bell
White Rice

Things I almost never eat:
Pizza
Donuts
Chocolate
Ice cream
McDonalds Breakfast (I can't help myself sometimes.)
White breads
Cookies/Cakes/Etc.
Chinese or Mexican food - my two biggest weaknesses. LOL

i refuse to eat grapefruits because i hate them. other than that, i eat what i want. other than that its preference. i like wheat breads over white, they taste better. i like whole grain pastas better, more flavor. but i still eat white pasta sometimes. i eat white basmati rice more than i eat brown rice because thats what we have in the house. i dont believe in cutting anything out, because then ill just want it more. if its not my cheat day and i go over, i make sure to exercise more. but most of the time i hold out til my cheat day and all is well.

edited to add: i avoid HFCS for myself, and abosolutely nothing with hfcs and/or artificial colors for my kids..

Anything the wife has cooked.

Cheeky!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Pizza and white pasta and rice I still have white bread from time to time as some of ky family don't have brown

I eat everything I want! OMNOMNOMNOMMMM!

:laugh:

But, seriously...in the beginning I couldn't eat cheese or pasta because they were my downfall. I still limit pasta but cheese makes a near-daily appearance. Nothing I want is off-limits.

I'm a moderation person so I haven't really cut out anything, but I do try to avoid white bread (I've always preferred brown anyway).

I have stopped buying flavoured drinks though. As someone else said, I'd much prefer to eat my calories than drink them and I'm more than happy with just drinking water.

I used to drink a hot chocolate milk drink from the machine at work every morning and sometimes a few more throughout the day because they're only 10p each and I always thought the cups were quite small. Then I worked out that it's about 168 cals per cup so I don't allow myself them anymore! I was only drinking them because they were cheap and quick, so I don't miss them, but they were certainly adding up calorie wise.

Garlic bread.... I used to have it at least 3 times per week and now I rarely indulge.

Other than that nothing is 'banned' but of course I keep an eye on what I eat.

I try to stay as healthy as possible as much as I can!

Anything that's brown that should be white (brown rice, wholemeal bread, wholegrain pasta)... YUK!!! YUK!!! YUK!!!

I tend not to each much bread/pasta now because they are particularly calorie-dense and when you only have 1500kc a day, a 500 Calorie sandwich at lunchtime is less appetising that a huge bowl of thick veggie soup with usually less than half the Calories But I probably eat rice/potatoes alternately every day and pasta about once a fortnight, if that, but only because the hubster's not fond of it.

I've started introducing chocolate back into my diet... usually as Duo Penotti chocolate-hazelnut spread on a fruit-crunch Ryvita... but had an orange kitkat yesterday which was nice as I didn't guzzle it down with 2-3 others as I'd normally have done.

I know you have to make some sacrifices when on a calorie-controlled plan, but I don't think it's helpful to banish foods or demonise them. You have to learn to respect food and understand you cannot eat the quantities that got you fat in the first place.

But what I have discovered is that I have found alternatives to my old staples which have now become my new staples and with a bit of variety and a better understanding of the calorific value of certain foods, I can make better choices without feeling like I'm missing out. :happy: