Secret weight Loss weapon

ashleyvrewss

I am back onto MFP and would love to know everyone's favourite tip for there personal weight loss? And what works best any new tips people swear by? However weird or standard would be cool to hear from you all :-)

LivingtheLeanDream

get moving, whenever you can - every little helps
and obviously CICO ...and get yourself some nice mfp friends to keep you motivated all the time

1961dublin

The 5;2 worked for me, and coconut oil/healthy fats on non fast days combined with low carb!!

999tigger

Consistently burn more than you consume.

zezelryck

Start by not trying to quit everything at once. Ease into it, make some slight changes to your diet and keep on improving the food you eat. Don't feel humiliated and guilty if you have a bad day food wise. Pick yourself up the next day and carry on regardless. Make changes to your life, watch less TV, use the stairs instead of escalators when you can. All these subtle changes will help. Just grow into them, if you try doing it all at once it will be really difficult to maintain, you need to turn it into a lifestyle that you can live with. :-)

MamaP47

Recruit love ones to eat healthy and workout with you...so you're not alone. Plus, if you get your kids involved, hopefully they will have better eating/exercising habits when they get older.

ashleyvrewss

I'm loving these tips guys!! I always find I don't lose when I don't exercise it's only when i do make the effort to do some form of exercise I notice the scale changes and looser clothes! I could be eating less even but nope untill I move my butt nothing shifts!

111grace

God, Love, delight in learning & fine tuning, Listening to my own body and what it needs & Abundant Happiness.

kayleighmc123

Don't deprive yourself of everything. If you want a little bit of chocolate, have it. Don't leave it for a week then go mad all weekend because you've deprived yourself so much. Works for me anyway

111grace

also Laughter, lightheartedness, & a cheerful spirit

999tigger

Make the commitment and be prepared to deal with the consequences.

reginastiffler

I find that if I cheat on the weekends, and eat my exercise calories during the week, I lose more than when I don't cheat.

granturismo

zezelryck wrote: »

Start by not trying to quit everything at once. Ease into it, make some slight changes to your diet and keep on improving the food you eat....

This is working for me. About 8 months ago, I started reducing snacks at night and walking 10000 steps every day.
Then my weight loss plateaued after 2 months so started eating healthier breakfasts and lunches while maintaining the same calorie intake (reducing or cutting out bread, eating more greek yoghurt etc), plateaued after 2 months and then started c25k and lost weight again.
My weight loss rate has decreased partly because I exceed my calorie intake at least 3 days per week (night time snacks) but I think my exercise level is counterbalancing this.

xShreddx

For me, the secret weapon was carbs. I didn't realize how the body burns energy and when I hit my first plateau, lowering my carbs is what did the trick!

xShreddx

zezelryck wrote: »

Start by not trying to quit everything at once. Ease into it, make some slight changes to your diet and keep on improving the food you eat. Don't feel humiliated and guilty if you have a bad day food wise. Pick yourself up the next day and carry on regardless. Make changes to your life, watch less TV, use the stairs instead of escalators when you can. All these subtle changes will help. Just grow into them, if you try doing it all at once it will be really difficult to maintain, you need to turn it into a lifestyle that you can live with. :-)

SUPER ADVICE!!!!!!!

ndj1979

get a food scale
weigh/log/measure everything
realize that no foods are "bad" and you can eat the foods you like just less of them
carbs and sugar are not evil, you can eat them and lose weight...

SonicDeathMonkey80

When you exercise, do it consistently. No matter what you do, frequency, intensity, duration, just be consistent.

ndj1979

xShreddx wrote: »

For me, the secret weapon was carbs. I didn't realize how the body burns energy and when I hit my first plateau, lowering my carbs is what did the trick!

LOL

feralkitten1010

Trust the math and patience! Patience is my best friend right now.

HappilyRubina

For me exercise was never the tough part, clean eating still is. This is what I've found working for me.
I listen to my body. I eat when my body is hungry and not due to craving or to please someone by company or for not wasting that food. And I stop when I'm done. I let my body tell me the need. Hope it makes sense.

JDunkley89

zezelryck wrote: »

Start by not trying to quit everything at once. Ease into it, make some slight changes to your diet and keep on improving the food you eat. Don't feel humiliated and guilty if you have a bad day food wise. Pick yourself up the next day and carry on regardless. Make changes to your life, watch less TV, use the stairs instead of escalators when you can. All these subtle changes will help. Just grow into them, if you try doing it all at once it will be really difficult to maintain, you need to turn it into a lifestyle that you can live with. :-)

As a lot of people are saying, this is great advice! I've lost 25lbs so far. I basically started by getting active regularly. I started doing Muay Thai three times a week, and discovered that I actually like exercising when I'm not doing something that is boring and repetitive. So find something you actually look forward to doing. Diet-wise, I found healthy foods that I liked eating. I started weighing everything, and tracking everything that I was eating. Weighing my food and using measuring cups really helped me. I bought a Fitbit tracker, and I try to get at least 10,000 steps in a day. I live on the 6th floor of an apartment building, and 9/10 times I use the stairs. Just make small changes that are healthier, and they will start to add up!

tedrickp

"Honoring personal preference is one of the most powerful yet underrated tactics for achieving optimal health and body composition" -Alan Aragon

Capt_Apollo

hard work

zyxst

Eat at a deficit

SnuggleSmacks

Develop a positive relationship with food. Eating should only inspire guilt and shame if the food is stolen.

gmorris82

Not my secret weapon but a friend of mine doses up on amphetamines and hits the treadmill for literally all day sessions, i worry about her a lot.

748marie

feralkitten1010 wrote: »

Trust the math and patience! Patience is my best friend right now.

::::: I agree, it takes time. Be patient and be ready to work hard for more than a month!

jgennace

Once you change your lifestyle, you will grow to enjoy it. After a while you won't desire the old habits.

juliemouse83

Sticking to it, even when it gets frustrating. There will be periods when you don't see the scale move at all, and that's ok. Just keep going. If need be, re-adjust your calories in, but don't give up.

SonicDeathMonkey80

xShreddx wrote: »

For me, the secret weapon was carbs. I didn't realize how the body burns energy and when I hit my first plateau, lowering my carbs is what did the trick!

Thanks for the laugh

joolsmd

The only thing that works for me is logging everything I eat. If I stop logging I start gaining