I'll be honest, I really haven't given anything up. I really feel that everything can be enjoyed in moderation if you approach it correctly and plan for it. The only thing that I have given up for the most part is fast food. I was never a fast food junkie per se, but I didn't enjoy it occassionally. Now it just makes me cringe and sounds completely unappealing and I know that anything I can make will be a million times better and won't make me feel like crap. If I go out to eat I want it to be really worth it or I want to plan ahead and make healthier choices that I enjoy more. But I do enjoy a decadent dessert or martini from time to time
i cant give up diet coke. it's so bad for me, but it's so good.. i only buy 1 can though when i go grocery shopping so it's cut down my consumption by like a million.
i also am not giving up anything. I avoid certain foods that are triggers. I absolutely HATE artificial sweeteners. I have one thing i have been able to tolerate splenda in--that is the myofusion drink I bought. However, after it is gone, i will be replacing it with one without a/s. That stuff gives me headaches, and i'm convinced it is poison.
I also don't give up fat. I don't eat low fat anything on purpose. I might tolerate it in some foods, definitely not milk though. my milk, cheese and butter have to be real full fat stuff. I love raw nuts--so that is always on my menu.
2 not-so-good-for-me things I will never be able to give up...
My husband's baja fish tacos with adobo sauce and cheeseburgers. I just make my own cheeseburgers now so I can control how much meat and other stuff goes into them (plus they taste so much better). And as for the tacos, well, I just don't plan on having them every night! lol
Ice Cream. I've tried multiple low fat/low calorie/low carb ice creams... BLECH. I have to have the real thing. Good thing that... normally at least... I don't eat it that often.
Well... I think that's it. I've fallen in love with Soy Milk. Almost everything else, the low calorie/low fat/healthier thing just tastes so much better to me.
I agree with just about everything that has already been said - hamburgers (turkey burgers and veggie burgers don't even come close as a substitute!), cheese, full fat dairy products and salad dressings, Starbucks, wine.
Two additional items for me:
Bacon! Turkey bacon is beyond disgusting so I only eat real bacon, but only 1 or 2 slices a week.
Pizza! I know it's going to give me a stomach ache the whole next day, and the calories are just unbelievable, so I seriously limit how much and how often. But, oh how I love a really good pizza from the local pizzeria!
Lol! I agree with everyone on the cheese thing! My mom used to get FAT FREE american cheese. ~gag~ It was so nasty. It wouldn't melt. I would rather never eat cheese again.
And ever since I was PG with my son, I haven't been able to stand artificial sweetners. I REALLY wish they would make soda with about half the sugar (or less!) and use REAL sugar.
Tomorrow, I am planning to have a cheeseburger... I can't wait. I have been craving them for at least a week now. (so, I know it isn't just a whim that will pass). Don't get me wrong - I enjoy a turkey burger or veggie burger on occassion... but for what they are. They are NOT substitutes for a juicy hunk of cow. Mmmm...
I'm another one who doesn't believe in giving up anything. I've tried! - and for all my hard work & occasional successes all I truly got was MISERABLE.
All things in moderation, I always say! But I do try to cut portion sizes, and also to eat MORE of the healthy foods so I won't be so ravenous for the UNhealthy foods. I have found that "noshing" every couple of hours (eating 5-6x per day) is better for me than 3 bigger meals.
I have been already using things like skim milk instead of whole, 2% cheese instead of full-fat, etc. for decades. So whole milk just seems icky to me, and full-fat cheese seems "too thick" or whatever. I try to substitute the "lesser evil" whenever possible. Such as eating sugar free jello pudding instead of a 1/2 bowl of regular chocolate ice cream. It's that chocolate-y taste I'm after, and I have found that I can get it for cheaper (fewer) calories if I try.
Then there are things like Mountain Dew. My most favorite drink ever! - I tried Diet Mtn Dew, but it was JUST GROSS!!!... so ... I started mixing regular Dew with Diet Dew until little by little I had more diet than regular... and finally now I just drink diet and I like it.
I find little tricks like that help me most of all.
Ice-cream and the very occasional Chinese take-out. For the Chinese food I always pick a healthy, veggie oriented option. However, when it comes to ice-cream I want GOOD stuff. Once every two weeks, only if I've been completely on plan, I have a small blizzard from DQ. If I mess up, even a little, I don't let myself have it. I love ice-cream so this is actually a GREAT method of motivation, plus I don't have to actually keep it in the home.
I have always preferred skim milk so that's not an issue, but here's my list:
Butter
Full fat cheese
White pasta, which is weird because my family enjoys the ww stuff but I am not in love with it.
Artificial sweetners, bring on the stevia!
Diet Pepsi, but not everyday.
Alcohol, whether a light beer or cocktail, I'm going to have 1 or 2.
Everything in moderation, I will make allowances to eat what I want. Life is too short.
Turkey bacon is beyond disgusting so I only eat real bacon, but only 1 or 2 slices a week.
I know it's going to give me a stomach ache the whole next day, and the calories are just unbelievable, so I seriously limit how much and how often. But, oh how I love a really good pizza from the local pizzeria!
I REALLY wish they would make soda with about half the sugar (or less!) and use REAL sugar.
or veggie burger 
on occassion... but for what they are. They are NOT substitutes for a juicy hunk of cow. Mmmm... 
But I do try to cut portion sizes, and also to eat MORE of the healthy foods so I won't be so ravenous for the UNhealthy foods. I have found that "noshing" every couple of hours (eating 5-6x per day) is better for me than 3 bigger meals. 
Dhani 
