Food you HAD TO give up...

M&M's, Oreos and Fritos...the Trifecta of foods!

Let me start by saying, I believe in MOST things in moderation. That being said I don't think I'm capable of Doritos in moderation. I think my relationship with Doritos is mostly over. Not that I eat tons of Doritos but when I do I surely eat far too many... I think this probably applies to buttery popcorn as well.

doritos in moderation?! that seems like torture

Ice-cream
tacos and cheese
chocolate
butter
cream
bread with oil + balsamic
crisps (or chips for our foreign friends)
chips (fries)
burgers
sausages

Saying that I am so much happier with myself now that I am doing something about it. In all honesty I have not missed any of them yet, but only been 5 weeks.

Pasta
Chips
chocolates
sweets
popcorn
sodas
butter
cream
bread
chips
the list goes on. Main rule : NO GLUTEN AND WHEAT (i'm allergic to it and have IBS) so most foods are no no's for me.
I'm busy renewing my relationship with fresh veg, fresh fruit and lean meats and herbs too. Very strict I know, but I am so tired of feeling tired, depressed, moody and sick for no apparent reason. So sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and close your eyes and work towards your goal, if you fall get up and dust yourself off and carry on.

All of those above I can't help to binge on if i start, it's a very very thin line for me right now. I'm retraining myself to enjoy what nature intended for us and also moderation is key.

cookie dough (eggless)
juice (ughh I miss juice! especially tropical blends)
big flour tortillas with lots of melted cheddar, my favourite snack, RIP!
Ice cream


These are things that either contain too much sugar and therefore turn me into the Sugar Hulk, or things I just don't know how to stop eating once I start, or BOTH, so I stay away. Otherwise I don't really deprive myself of things.

Cheeseburgers. Why can't I eat a few cheeseburgers?

Hey I don't get why everyone has given up Coke; why don't you all switch to Zero/Diet? No calories to speak of and a little aspartame never hurt anyone...

I also haven't really given up anything. What's the point? It's a lifestyle, I'm not about to NEVER have something again. I so know to keep my biggest temptations out of the house tho.

I have three remedies that help with sweet cravings, that's eating more protein, drinking peppermint herb tea and what helps the most is eating cereals like chocolate special K, kellog's krave or different flavored cheerios like peanut butter, dulce de leche, or chocolate. It helps for not too many calories

I agree with the "don't give up stuff, it's a lifestyle" people, but I have found that things like candy corn, m&ms, for example, are meaningless triggers. I don't miss them when they aren't around, I don't crave them when I see them, but the old ad, "I bet you can't eat just one" comes into play the second I take one. It is just to sad to "treat" myself with stuff like that instead of a meal at a nice restaurant. I do find peppermint tea surpresses my sweet tooth. I think I'll keep some in my purse from fall through Christmas.

I've given up on Chips Ahoy cookies.... I've replaced them with WhoNu? cookies...

I looked at those cookies and they had HFCS in them

Yeah those cookies are a big fat marketing ploy! The ingredients are extremely similar to their national brand counterparts...and in addition to the HFCS they also contain trans fat (causes increased bad cholesterol but also DECREASES good cholesterol). They are marketing to us and we are voting with our dollar! Please don't send that vote in their favor, this food is crap, dont buy their crap but most importantly...don't eat it!

lol, guess I'll just bake my own then so I know what's truly in my cookies.... seriously, thanks for pointing it out. I didn't really research too deeply on them just that it sounded like a viable alternative (last summer). After doing more looking around online after reading your response, it does seem like it has caused quite a stir.

soo... guess i'll truly give up my cookies!

Pepsi, once I start drinking it I can't stop. I always think well, just one at the restaurant and then I pick one up at the store and then I think oh, well and pick up a six pack, etc. It is all or nothing when it comes to Pepsi.

I really am surprised that no one said alcohol of any kind. Beer, vodka, tequila, gin. No one has had to give up any of these? Wine, even? I know I have. Only once a week is my goal. I'm not there yet (please, I'm no alcoholic) but it's as hard as someone with a candy fixation. And I don't like sweets much at all. I do enjoy a good margherita, though!

I should be giving up alcohol, but I refuse. It's too much a part of our lifestyle. Instead I am really focusing on moderation and working out to earn some calories. I could be doing better, but everyday is a new day! I love to end my day with a nice glass of wine!

cookies, brownies, etc are very hard for me to just eat a single serving of. I try very hard to ban all of that from my house! Never mind that I ordered Girl Scout Cookies...but that is one time of the year! :laugh:

pickles andgreen olives..bot contain TOO much sodium for such small amounts, so i found it better to just stop..my son still loves both, so i usually keep some waaayyyy in the back of the fridge hidden, and sometimes i will have a moment of weakness, and have more than a serving size, or drink a bit of juice, but my body isnt used to it like i used to be able to handle, so i usually end up throwing it back up..whatever i manage to keep down, i have a gain the next day

I do better when I don't deprive myself, so I will still splurge on occassion or fit something into my calorie goal but I have to say that I have cut out all soda's and bottled juices. For me it was too many calories and would replace me drinking water so I gave it up completely.

Cookies, cake, candy, full fat ice cream... anything with massive amounts of sugar and processed carbs. If I had one cupcake or cookie, it was so good I had to have another - I would buy a bag of miniature chocolates thinking I would dole them out one per day and they would be gone in two days.

That being said, I still have a Skinny Cow Truffle bar or Edy's Fruit bar every night as a reward if I leave enough calories. And I have either (one) beer, or glass of wine, also accomodated for in my daily calories. I have always been able to drink in moderation, my drugs of choice were left behind last decade. And now I work for an alcohol distributor, so it kinda comes with the territory!

This way I have something I can give up for a day or two to break a plateau, too. But so far, so good! I have a long way to go, though.