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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 24, 2019 23:34:27 GMT
Friday, 10/25
While you were losing weight and when you are maintaining your weight loss what have you given up food and drink wise, and what have you refused to give up?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 24, 2019 23:43:48 GMT
I really didn't give up anything. If it is high points or not particularly healthy I have it in infrequent and small amounts. My tastes have changed over the years so I have fewer cravings (except for cupcakes). I did give up having sweets in the house but have them when I'm away from home or bring home a single serving.
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Post by cathygeha on Oct 25, 2019 8:02:26 GMT
While you were losing weight and when you are maintaining your weight loss what have you given up food and drink wise, and what have you refused to give up?
I haven't really given up anything. I know that if I forego some foods I do better when losing and maintaining BUT if I really want something I work it in.
At various times I have cut out or cut back on foods I suspect might be causing me to stall or gain, I don't eat sweets or bake as I once did, I don't do the big platter meals or double burgers and sauces...but if I were to REALLY want one...I would have it and work it in.
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Post by lani on Oct 25, 2019 16:19:47 GMT
I haven't given up totally, but I do try to limit added sugar and processed food. I will never give up full fat cheese, wine, my weekly pizza and weekly candy bar. I forgot, also a weekly snack pack of barbequed potato chips. It sounds bad all typed out, but the rest of the time I am aggressively healthy with my eating.
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Post by surfgirl on Oct 25, 2019 17:58:28 GMT
When I first did Flex I think it was, I gave up real dairy and ate LF cheeses only. LF sour cream, etc. Now, with PP, I eat LF cheese at times, but I mainly decided to eat real cheese because I love cheese, and since we don't eat meat of any kind, I'm not giving up the cheese too! You can pry it out of my cold dead hands...Anyway, we even do traditional Swiss Fondue every holiday season, we do it once a year and we enjoy the hell out of it. What I have given up - but it's due to health reasons, not weight loss reasons - is that we eat as little processed food as possible. I cook three meals a day at home, and we try to only eat out once a week. And even then, we go to places where the food is prepared with fresh veggies and ingredients. We don't eat at places like Chili's or Applebee's because they rely mainly on Cisco-type processed foods in their dishes. We also eat organic whenever possible because why look for trouble with pesticides, etc.?
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Post by irisinnia on Oct 25, 2019 19:02:08 GMT
I feel like I'm giving up lots of things, but they're not really gone...
I'm giving up having soda with lunch AND dinner.
I'm giving up eating copious amounts of: ice cream, chips, cookies, anything that I never measured, just ate mindlessly.
I'm giving up going out to eat whenever the mood strikes (and the mood strikes quite frequently).
I still have all these things... but a lot less.
Ice cream gets replaced with yo-nana a lot.
Chips get replaced with veggie straws, pirates booty, or baby carrots.
Cookies get replaced by small candies like ghiradelli squares or dum dum suckers or mints.
Soda gets replaced by water.
And going out to eat gets replaced with something small at home.
I have mixed feelings about all this.
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Post by luvvinlife on Oct 25, 2019 22:02:45 GMT
I have stopped baking. I have stopped eating most processed foods, prepared salad dressings, added sugar and salt, store-bought cookies and cakes, and soda.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 25, 2019 23:00:15 GMT
luvvinlife, I stopped baking too except for making apple pies for hubby from the apples from our trees.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 25, 2019 23:01:21 GMT
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Post by irisinnia on Oct 26, 2019 2:06:46 GMT
bbbearsmom, Well, the mixed feelings are a little embarrassing. On the one hand, hurray for me, making good choices, that's fantastic. On the other hand, these foods make me happy, I don't want to vilify them or cut back on them, it feels like I'm caving in to the mainstream. Rebel! I know the last one doesn't make any sense. They do make me happy in the moment, but over the rest of my day/life they do not. I need to stop making my favorite foods part of my identity. They are neutral choices. Just like my favorite color may be blue but I can still wear pink or green and know that doesn't mean that I don't like blue or that I don't look good. So I can love (insert favorite food) but that doesn't mean I need to eat them, it doesn't mean that I don't like them because I'm not eating them, and it doesn't mean that I'm somehow not myself because I'm making a choice not to eat them today.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 26, 2019 19:36:05 GMT
irisinnia, Thanks for sharing. Interesting post.
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Post by surfgirl on Oct 27, 2019 18:09:15 GMT
bbbearsmom , Well, the mixed feelings are a little embarrassing. On the one hand, hurray for me, making good choices, that's fantastic. On the other hand, these foods make me happy, I don't want to vilify them or cut back on them, it feels like I'm caving in to the mainstream. Rebel! I know the last one doesn't make any sense. They do make me happy in the moment, but over the rest of my day/life they do not. I need to stop making my favorite foods part of my identity. They are neutral choices. Just like my favorite color may be blue but I can still wear pink or green and know that doesn't mean that I don't like blue or that I don't look good. So I can love (insert favorite food) but that doesn't mean I need to eat them, it doesn't mean that I don't like them because I'm not eating them, and it doesn't mean that I'm somehow not myself because I'm making a choice not to eat them today. irisinnia, the first time I was firmly on PP - I was about a week in, maybe less - I went down to my local Farmer's Market. I was in a foul mood because I couldn't eat anything there that I wanted to eat, and I was seriously pissed off! Then I saw the Mexican Fruit Lady - they sell fresh fruit juices and they sell fruit cups in tall cups - big spears of watermelon, mango, jicama & cucumber. They squeeze fresh lime juice on top with some mexican chili spices and its fabulous. I got that, and it was so good, and it was free points, and I realized that I DID have an OP option at the marker that I could eat and that was satisfying to me as well!
Anyway, my point is, you have healthier options that are worth replacing and kudos to you for making those replacements! I'm talking about things like soda - which is awful from a health stand point - but you're replacing it was just water. Why not make a big jug of fresh lemonade and cut your water 1/2 & 1/2? It'll taste so much better and it's still a healthy replacement? I add fresh ginger to my lemonade and honey, and it's delicious! Or cut some citrus pieces and steep them in a jug of water to flavor it. In a pinch, I'll use Crystal Light - its not health food, I know, but it's one of my few processed things I use sometimes - I do 1/2 lemonade and 1/2 strawberry, and just put some in until you get a watered down version. Tastes great!
What else do you do in life that makes you happy? Do you have any hobbies, or crafts or sports or anything that you enjoy doing? Can you do those things when you're thinking too much about food choices, just to disrupt the train of food thoughts?
Lastly, I really love what you said about food not being part of our identity, and that what you like to eat is a neutral choice! Those comments are worthy of 'what a thin person says'! I can love cheese, and eat it in moderation, but splurge on occasion, so long as the splurge part isn't a daily thing. For example, I've been buying blue cheese crumbles and putting one portion's worth over salads. It makes the salad taste amazing and I'm only taking a 1.5PP hit so why not work that into my dinners? I'm enjoying a food I love, but in heavy moderation, and it makes me feel like I'm not denying myself things I like.
You're doing great, seriously, just keep at it! You can't change Rome in a day...and you can't change everything about your eating habits in one fell swoop either.
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