Favorite Foods I Try to Resist
For my effort, my major change was in proportions. Truth be told, I LOVE to eat, and I ate BIG quantities of food.... but, today..... I still LOVE to eat and I still eat BIG quantities of food. The change is in proportions:
Basically, if a food is calorie dense (lots of calories in a small package), I tend to eat those foods in small or very small volume. This means that fried foods (which I never liked much anyway) tend to be either avoided or eaten in very small quantities. High fat foods in general are eaten in very small volume.
If a food is calorie diffuse (few calories in a big volume of food), I then tend to eat A LOT of those foods. This means salads, vegetables, fruits, etc.
If the food is calorie medium (an "in-between") caloric content relative to volume, I eat a MODERATE sized volume of those foods. Beans, lentils, chickpeas, chicken, fish, breads fall into this realm.
So, that is what I did in a nutshell. I just changed the proportions of the foods that I ate. It allowed me to lose 120 pounds (~55kg or 8.5 stone).
However, there are a few foods that I find very difficult to NOT eat in HUGE quantities when available. The two foods that I do struggle with to eat in the right volume are:
Pizza
Nuts (especially mixed nuts in a can)
I am not successful in proportional eating of those two foods, and so.... I simply try to avoid those two items as much as possible... because my willpower is not so successful with those two things.
PipeTobacco
4 Comments:
I struggle with many foods. Basically I like the bad ones and dislike the good ones.
I also like food. I see you like chick pea.
Coffee is on
I myself love a lot of food, but I'm restricting myself with a gluten free diet. I don't have health issues or anything, just tried it as an experiment and kept going for a few years now :)
AC:
Hah. I understand! But, fortunately.... for me... I tend to like an array of foods both good and bad, so that has helped me. Also, oddly enough, some of the "bad" foods are ones I really do not enjoy and that makes it even easier to avoid them completely (bacon, pork, fried foods).
PepperLady:
I am glad you mentioned that.... I have actually always liked chickpeas... but have grown to appreciate and use them even more. They are truly very, very versatile! I have made some good breakfast items with them (in omelets for instance) and eat them in salads, and in a whole big number of ways as a main course. I have even eaten them as snacks! And, humus..... man.... plain, on bread, made into a variety of other sauces..... the little chickpea seems to be perfect anywhere anytime to me!
Jordan:
I am glad that "gluten free" is workable for you. But, for me.... I absolutely love "glutens" (or at least the foods that have glutens in them). I do also admit many "gluten substitute foods* like the various pastas, breads, etc.... are ALSO very enjoyable... so I *could* go gluten free if there was a reason.... but my body handles gluten with aplomb so I see no need to refrain. :)
PipeTobacco
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