I got to the point where I was willing to give up anything and everything in order to get myself fit and trim. And for me that meant lots of things - ice cream, bread, rice, pasta, cookies and cake and so on and so on. Yes, I loved them and got pleasure from eating them, but I abused them and I finally realized that those things couldn't be in my life if I wanted to indeed be that healthy, trim and HAPPY person that I so badly wanted.
And to tell you the truth, I don't miss them. Not one bit. I am loving my new life so much, that I hardly ever give them a second thought.
I absolutely love what I'm eating now, very much so in fact, but it's all really healthy, full of nutrients and low cal. So, though I did need to give some stuff up initially, I have had a bit of the stuff in moderation since hitting maintenance, I never feel deprived because I have found alternatives to the junk I was feeding myself before. It's all about tradeoffs. You give up one thing, you get something BETTER in return.
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