What have you stopped eating? (food, potatoes)

[Pikantari]

Just drove past Dunkin Donuts and thought of the donuts and eating the donuts and it turned out to be something I don't like. I no longer have a craving for them.

Carrots in hummus? Different story.

[jillabean]

Ohhh... I love carrots in hummus! Sometimes tomatoes too (those little grape tomatoes) but carrots are best.

I don't really limit my diet much... I am more of an "anything in moderation" person. Although I tend to eat mostly fresh fruits, veggies, whole grains, and lean protein because I carefully count my calories and that kind of thing gives me more "bang for my buck" diet-wise. Things like fast food and doughnuts no longer appeal to me. I don't crave them and they are "too expensive" calorie-wise.

That said, I've been struggling to lose the last 12 pounds for several months now (losing 12 more pounds will put me in comfortably back in my healthy BMI range). I weigh myself weekly and the scale hasn't budged since late last year.

I started adding a little more exercise. But I am trying to cut a few bad habits out of my diet to help. #1 on the list, I put a teaspoon or two of sugar in my hot tea and I have a bad habit of not counting it when I count food. Doesn't sound like much until I mention I drink hot tea about 5-10 times a day. That's a lot of sugar or up to 80-160 calories a day or 560-1120 per week! I am hoping the combination of the cut and the added exercise will push me over the plateau and help me with that last 12 before summer.

[texan2yankee]

For many years we haven't eaten take out (junk) food, bread products, and grocery store prepackaged foods other than cheeses.

[lubby]

soda and most fast food with the exception of occasional pizza and Chinese takeout. Red meat once a month.

[ashpelham]

I have been a rare consumer of fast foods for a long time, but still an occasional regular mountain dew. Most of the time, diet mtn dew. I will say that I eat more when I drink diet soda, so I should just give this up altogether too. But water just does not satisfy my thirst at all. It does nothing for me, and the taste of water, or lack thereof, is even a bit of a turn off. There are times when I can really take it down though.

I'm active. Work out 3-4 times per week, mixing high intensity cycling on the road with weights in the gym. I am 6'0" but I've been above 200lbs for 7-8 years now, at age 38. I attribute this to late night snacking. During the daytime, I'm actualy quite disciplined.

It's a hard thing to do...

[California831]

Originally Posted by northyorked

anything made from or containing:

• refined grains
• refined or added sugars
• "vegetable" oils (actually industrialized and highly-processed seed oils)
• non-organic dairy or anything "skimmed" or fat-reduced
• feedlot or cafo beef/pork/poultry/eggs
• farmed or canned fish
• non-organic fruits and vegetables
• anything containing that sludge called "textured soy protein" or other "fake meat" fillers
• anything designed to be a substitute for real food, like margarine or that science experiment subway calls "egg mixture".

i don't avoid these foods 100%, but they are last on my list of preferences.

great list!

[California831]

I do not eat:

-grains
-processed foods
-sugar
-non local/organic veggies and fruits
-non grass fed beef
- non pasture raised chicken
- corn
- potatoes (although I may integrated local red potatoes into my diet at some point)
-Nightshade veggies (peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, etc) - supposed to inflame psoriasis
-Mostly any food readily available at the stores

I do about 90% of my shopping at local farmers markets. I do buy a few things at trader joes and whole foods (pickles, bacon, peanut butter) thats about it.

[johndocter]

Cut off Fast food, Fruits juices, Red meat, Sugar Product, Sweets, Soda, Fish. Make a Simple and Lovely Lifestyle.

[glass_of_merlot]

Nothing. I eat what I want. You don't have to give up any foods out drinks in order to lose weight.

[GrammyRegas]

I've given up refined sugar, anything other than grass fed meats, milk with hormones/antibiotics, only wild caught fish, absolutely no processed foods, wheat/gluten products, stick to organic vegetables for the ones I cannot grow myself. I keep my own chickens so I have my own "clean" eggs to eat.