Fruit is also what I use when I need something sweet...oranges mostly since I get them really cheap...on top of that they are organic & picked ripe rather than the garbage they try to sell in the stores. If we do buy anything dessert-like, we try to find very low sugar & fat sorbet or something along those lines...& we eat very small servings of those.
G/F & I have slowly been eliminating snack foods from our house. Instead of chips, candy, & other snacks, we have been focusing on buying fresh veggies, fruits, plain almonds, etc. Cutting snacking down helps A LOT...but it is definately hard to do at first.
We have been cutting our red-meat intake down to almost never & avoiding high fat bacon, sausage, & hamburger. Been trying to stick to fish & chicken most of the time now. We have always grilled almost all our foods rather than bake or fry them, especially the meats. So if we do buy something like bacon, we try to get really lean, lower fat & grill just a little up for each of us(used to just share 1lb. between the 2 of us >.<).
Finally, I have been forcing myself to eat much smaller portions than I have in the past. I always used to eat until I was full rather than measuring out proper servings. That was definately not easy for me to do as I love food so much lol. My metabolism is nothing like it was back then & I have definately had to make constant adjustments to my diet to match it.
Going to buy a new bike after Sakuracon & start riding it wherever I can in place of driving my car...gonna need some real commitment for that. I love driving my cars.
