I just think if you eliminate all of those foods you will quickly fail. Definitely cut dessert foods out. Definitely cut liquid calories out (no beer, no soda). Other than that I say eat what you like just in less quantity.
There's not that much wrong with red meat, its actually quite filling. Fatty foods are generally more filling than the alternative. Also, regarding cheese, I personally would have a hard time doing without it. Just don't eat entrees that are heavy on cheese (stay away from italian food). Putting cheese on a sandwich or burger seems fine to me.
Main things I'd try to 100% abstain from:
- desserts/candy etc
- soda, beer, liquor, sweetened tea, juice (you get the idea, no drinkable calories)
- extremely carbheavy cheese heavy foods like italian or casseroles
- carbs that accompany the main food (for example eat the burger but hold the fries)
- probably fruit, i know people say fruit is healthy, but to me its basically sugar that doesn't really fill you up
- if you eat salads, stay away from thick dressings like ranch or 1000 island, a balsamic viniagrette or similar requires that you use so much less for the same sized salad
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