StikWitEM wrote:What do you guys typically eat/drink when it comes to dieting for losing weight?
I no longer diet, I've simply changed how I eat. It's become a lifestyle thing for me.
I only eat two meals a day. I rarely snack.
I generally skip pasta and fried foods. I rarely eat red meat like steaks and burgers. I eat a lot more veggies. When I go grocery shopping I stick to the perimeter of the store and skip the middle isles. My refrigerator ALWAYS has the following: limes, lemons (citrus enhances almost any recipe), bell peppers, jalapenos, avocados, skinless chicken breasts, some kind of fish, red and white onions.
My work place cafeteria generally makes horrible for you hot meals, but the sandwich and salad bar is great and cheap. Just about every day I make a basic ham or turkey sandwich with pickles and mustard with sides of baby carrots, strawberries and cottage cheese.
I drink a lot of coffee, unsweetened iced tea and crystal light. And alcohol. It's probably my primary source of calories. If I were really dieting I wouldn't drink as much as I do, but I can stay slim and still have my whiskey sour or two beers or half a bottle of wine or gin and tonic and bitters and not gain weight so I really don't give a ****. Sorry Mr. Liver.
For dinner I like my foods to have some heat. I make a lot of guacamole (probably three batches a week) because it goes so damn well with spicy soups, salads, fajitas and as a substitute for butter on a sandwich. It's also become my go-to dip when entertaining. My friends all but demand I make it now.
So yea, my rules are skipping pasta (generally going easy on carbs and sugar), skipping processed foods, eating fresh foods, poultry and fish, not snacking, two meals, drink whatever booze I want.
Nothing direct to my eyes, just the hot wasabi in the air.
