foods you plan on never eating

Hey all,

I know after awhile we will all be cleared to eat anything...but, are there things you have decided to never (I know, that is a long long time) eat?  Or, are there things you only eat under specific situations.  For example, I go to WDW typically once per year.  I would love to share a pastry with my family that I can ONLY get at WDW.  Or, a sugar cookie at Christmas....

Right now I am terrified of all these things, but I am wondering how others deal with special desserts.

Anne

the only foods I have on my NEVER EVER EVER eat list are foods that were on that list long before VSG... for the most part, thats Pork... I never have & never will eat it..

other than that, I am one of the few that believe in moderation.... it hasnt failed me yet... call me lucky I guess

I eat desserts....not daily... but I eat them, IN MODERATION...sometimes the size of my tummy prevents me from indulging when I want to... but I would never say they are on my never eat again list

I like your tag line, it made me laugh

Foods I hate - ill never eat those. 

Never is a dangerous word. I used to say that. And boy, the disappoinent and shame wrwrecked me for weeks after I touched those never foods. 

Maybe thats my problem... I say I shouldn't be eating those "foods" maybe I can eat them everyday such as RF Cheese-its in moderation?? 

There are no foods that I would never eat again... unless I never liked them in the first place. I don't believe in "moderation" when I'm trying to lose weight, but I would imagine there is going to be a day when I eat things like bread or a cookie. I'm 28... I'm hoping I'm going to live a longggggg life. I think it would be  unrealistic to say that I'm never going to eat X food again. However, I WILL continue to work on my relationship with food so that I don't go back to the mentality of thinking about when I'm going to eat the 2nd cookie before I'm done with the 1st... then thinking about the 3rd cookie while I'm eating the 2nd. You catch my drift!

I have a plan that works for me.  I decided to go all out during the weight loss phase and I did not eat food that was not going to maximize my weight loss.  The plan was simple and very clear.  During maintenance, things changed.  There is no food that I can't eat.  There is food that I choose not to eat because it triggers me, there is food I choose to eat only occasionally because I really enjoy it and it is not available to me on a regular basis so I am not worried about sliding into bad habits.  There is also food that I now allow into my regular diet that doesn't trigger me and I can keep to less than 10% of my meals.  Most of the time, I still eat food that is aimed at keeping me at goal.  All this works as long as the scale tells me that I am in my goal range.  The moment the scale tells me that I am out of range, I immediately go back to weight loss mode.  So if the holidays fall during a time when I am already out of my comfort zone, no, I would not have a cookie.  However, if the holidays come and I am comfortably in my zone and this is a special cookie that I can only get during the holidays, I am pretty sure I would eat it if I wanted it at the time.  So my answer is a bit complicated and nuanced, but everyone has to find their own answer to this question.

I appreciate the nuance very much.  I know that I have an addiction to refined sugar.  However, I have not experimented with what triggers me and what doesn't.  For me, I will need to figure out how to handle my vacation next month and my longing for "school bread" and a dole whip float 

I can tell you that during the weight loss phase, I would pass on it.  I would acknowledge my desire for it, but then I would ask myself how I will feel after I eat it.  I know that I would not be proud of my actions and that I would feel that for me, this would be taking a step off my path to my goal.  I would also remind myself that this was not forever, it was just for right now and until I reached goal.  Knowing that there was never going to be a food that I had to give up forever, made it much easier to stay on plan during weight loss.

I know Elina and many of the other vets will very much disagree with me on this, so take it for what it is worth. I think I have been fairly successful at losing weight but just to be clear, not as successful as those who have reached goal.

First, I don't buy into the whole sugar addiction thing. Its in your head. Sugar does nothing but increase your insulin response. You would be more convincing saying you were addicted to raw sugar rather than refined sugar. Raw sugar at least gives you a rush and a very small euphoric feeling. Refined sugars just jack up your insulin and forces it to get stored as fat. So your "addiction" is emotional. Realizing that and owning it make it much easier to deal with.

Now I love sweets and one of the hardest things about this journey is dealing with sweet cravings (what you may be referring to as your addiction). The way I have dealt with them and I think pretty successfully is to find low carb alternatives to what you are craving. For me the taste and act of eating/drinking what I am craving has satisfied the craving and allowed me to move on. So I don't know what school bread or a dole whip float is but let me give you an example. I am going to assume a dole whip float is some sort of pineapple ice cream coconut banana sort of thing. What I would do in this case is get some unsweetened shredded coconut, some dasani pineapple coconu****er flavoring (like Mio) and add a tablespoon of the coconut, a couple squeezes of the flavoring, a drop or so of banana extract to a cup of 2% greek yogurt, mix it up and put it in the freezer for about 15 mins. You might need some sweetener too, but tweak it until its close to what you are looking for. I have had some successes and some failures but even the failures sometimes satisfy the cravings. Try googling what you are looking for and put low carb in front of it, so "low carb dole whip float" and see what comes up. Here is one alternative but even here I think its a bit high in carbs but certainly better for you (http://detoxinista.com/2013/02/pineapple-whip/), here is a sugar free pineapple syrup from da vinci that you could mix into the almond milk described above with some sugar free honey substitute or into greek yogurt with some stevia and almond milk to make it creamy (http://www.webstaurantstore.com/davinci-gourmet-pineapple-su gar-free-coffee-flavoring-syrup/711SYPSFPAPL.html?utm_source =google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=711SYPSFPAPL&utm_campaign=PL A&gclid=COHK3oLj17gCFadj7AodzE4ACA)

My point is, you do not have to sacrafice flavor for our program. You do have to keep it to a minimum though. The greek yogurt is good protein but the sugar free syrup will still have a few carbs and calories in them so those are empty meaning no nutrition. So things like this must be a treat, not a regular thing. I feel the same about sugar free popsicles too. 

You can find many low carb desert and bread type substitutes on google and pinterest. Check out some paleo sites too, they are often low carb friendly as well.