Hardest thing to give up?

baystateapple

I'm trying to lose weight before the wedding.  I've given up most crap food and I'm eating healthier.  Chocolate (usually my biggest vice) wasn't difficult to give up, which was a surprise.  The tough thing?Cookies.  And since FI is a twig of a thing that has never needed to watch his weight and has amazing metabolism...and a serious cookie addiction...there's always junk food in the house.  I sent him grocery shopping on his own last week (big mistake) and he came home with all sorts of junk.  While I'm proud that he's doing the shopping on his own...this was less than helpful.Anyone else have this issue now (or when they were getting married)?  Or is everyone else just better at ignoring their baser impulses than I am?

Nebb

Chocolate isnt awful for you, just get one with a high percentage of cocoa instead of milk chocolate. My husband sounds like your FI and so far I havnt had a problem - all he eats is pizza, chicken fingers, fries and grilled cheese; I just dont crave it anymore. Honestly, after you start making progress it just doesnt seem worth it anymore and once you know whats in the food (the amount of fat in most foods makes me sick), its easier to decide. The longer you do it the easier it is. You might also wanna check out the GIS board - they have lots of food ideas/substitutions and are great for support.

lissa71679

I havent cut anything totally out of my diet.  If I want a candy bar I have one...or half of one.  It when I deprive myself of the foods I love I go off my diet big time.  So from time to time I have a volcano burrito from taco bell or order that lasagna I have been craving.  As long as you dont overdo it all the time I think you will be fine.My FI can eat anything he wants and not gain an ounce so I feel your pain.  What I did with all his little debbie type treats is put them in their own drawer...if I cant see them I dont want them. have you looked online for lower fat cookie recipes?

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I have absolutely no will power when it comes to sweets. Luckily, FI doesn't care for them. He really loves chips, which I don't care for, so it works out fine. We just don't keep any type of sweet in the house.

sarah0725

Hey, you got engaged on my birthday!You have more than a year before your wedding, and this is plenty of time to readjust your thinking about food and get to where you want to be. Have you thought about seeing a nutritionist? I did this at one point and it was really great, and I learned a lot about food. Portion sizes are a big part of it - a lot of us need to retrain our brains to get used to the size of what our body actually needs, rather than what restaurants tell us we need.On the cookies issue: figure out what you really like, and how many calories that will be. Don't eat crap - eat something that is really delicious, that you really want. And then, go for only a small amount, and maybe not every day. It's okay to reward yourself with delicious things that you have planned for in your diet. It actually makes it easier to stay on an eating plan.

MeaghanandMichael

I have a serious problem steering my car away from Mickey D's drivethrus at like 3 in the afternoon. A large diet coke and french fries is my favorite.

engaged2Q

A program like Weight Watchers might help.  I did really well on it for a long time, but then my life became super-chaotic with teaching and coaching and take out became my best friend (I know, lame excuse and I could probably order better stuff when I get take out)...anyway, so mostly due to stress and not being able to go to meetings along with some changes with medicines I take I gained weight back before the wedding (which is in three weeks).  It can work wonders though, because it lets you have things like cookies while letting you feel like you are in control. Honestly, I think the most important thing though, is that you like the way you are regardless.  That is when I have done the best with weight loss is when I recognize that I have beautiful qualities no matter what and my size doesn't determine that--in other words when I have focused on my health, rather than the way I look (the wedding hasn't helped that at all). Good Luck!  Okay, I have to get off of TK now to do some wedding stuff. 

temerityjane

You are a stronger person than I am. I am also dieting for the period before the wedding (10 lbs down, woo hoo!) but the second I tell myself a certain food is off limits, that's it. It's all I want. And it just becomes an untenable situation.Personally, I'm doing Weight Watchers, where no food is off limits, but I'm forced to make better choices in order to be able to spread my eating reasonably throughout the day (former breakfast - toast with butter, eggs with cheese, bacon - new breakfast - low fat nutrigrain waffle, eggwhite, yogurt). There are things I can't give up - my after dinner ice cream, for one - so in that example, we've replaced our normal carton of ice cream with portion controlled Skinny Cow sandwiches and cones.For me, it's about finding a suitable replacement. A surrogate cookie, if you will. I just can't do foods being completely off limits, but I go out of my way to find a reasonable substitute.I have the same problem with Buddy, by the way - if he does the shopping on his own, it's tons of junk. Which is funny, because even before I started dieting, we didn't keep junk in the house. Ice cream and tortilla chips, maybe (whole grain tortilla chips now!)

razdazzle_22377334

Chips and salsa is my vice.  I don't diet, when I try to diet I last a few days and then crave everything and end up overeating.  Instead I try to do portion control and count calories.  The best thing for me to lose weight is exercise.  I'm trying to lean up for the wedding, so I'm trying to watch what I eat more than usual.  One thing that helps me is to have a cheat day.  I don't go overboard on cheat day, but I don't limit myself either.  If that makes sense.

sarah0725

Salsa doesn't have to be a vice. It's incredibly good for you, because it's basically all veggies, and very flavorful. Most veggies on Weight Watchers are zero points. If you replace the chips with celery or something like that, you're golden.

ring_pop

I also have a cookie addiction, but fortunately DH has been really supportive of my efforts to not even buy them. If they're not in the house, I actually don't miss them much.Every now and then when we do buy a bag, we take some time at night after dinner, take one (or two, at most) each out of the bag, put it on a plate, put the bag away, and sit down to have them together. Making a little ritual out of it, rather than just opening the bag and chowing down as many as we feel like, helps to limit ourselves.

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Great, now I want cookies and fries:-/

lyndausvi

The only time I  give up my favorite things is during Lent. I'm weired like that. Whenever I go on a diet I just use protion control. If I want a treat I always buy the smallest protion I can find just to get the taste of it.

baystateapple

Thanks everyone!NCV2 -- I KNOW, right?  I feel the same way!Dashing out for a bit, gotta pick some stuff up.  Back later!

SpringBride1114

Fast food! I would eat it every single day. McD's fries were the hardest. Now I treat myslf to it once or twice a month.