What are the TOP 10 things you did to achieve success?

111grace

1. The most important change?
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4legsRbetterthan2

Improve accuracy in my logging: got a food scale and quite taking days off

mskinner1091

1. Eat at a deficit
2. Drink lots of water
3. Exercise
4. Log food accurately
5. Eating 4-6 small meals daily
6. Talking about my success with others
7. Journaling
8. Educating myself on food & fitness
9. Cooking at home more
10. Love myself!

angier321

1. Eating at a deficit
2. Measuring everything
3. Staying away from the vending junk machine
4. Replying to and reading postings a LOT
5. Remembering how absolutely terrible i feel when going overboard with food
6. Telling my inner 5 year old that I don't need all the junk
7. I truly love salads with all sorts of yummy things in them
That's about all I got for now...

katsmo

1. Figured out my diet first, then added exercise to the mix.
2. Always plan ahead, pre-log my day, peruse restaurant menus/nutritional info online beforehand.
3. Stick to my pre-logged plan each day and eat at a deficit.
4. Don't go hungry or eliminate much of anything from my plate, but just eat in moderation.
5. Don't use exercise as an excuse to pig out that day.
6. Be good to myself on all fronts: with food, activity, fresh air, mental stimulation, massages, enough rest, etc.
7. Have an open mind to other possibilities that may work for me.
8. Comparison is the thief of joy.
9. Follow my own path and make choices that will work best for me, regardless of what others around me are doing.
10. When I fall, I have to power myself back up and start fresh the next day.

stevencloser

1. Eating less
2. Moving more
3. The daily calorie amount is less a limit and more of a guideline
4. There is no 4-10.

yogsvr4

Eat less
Exercise more

Kept it simple.

dym123

1. Eat Less
2. Be Patient
3. Move More
4. Be Patient
5. Lift heavy things
6 - 10. Be patient.

bergk24

1. Getting A Food Scale
2. Exercising 5 days a week
3. Drinking Water
4. Weighing myself every week
5. Talking to People about my goals
6. Letting myself have a cheat meal
7. Getting rewards when I hit milestones
8. Preparing healthy choices ahead of time
9. Not comparing myself to others but to myself
10. Music

aldousmom

I don't have 10 things:
1. changed my diet to mostly plants, and plant based foods (same calories)
2. exercised more, but stopped "eating back the calories"

i've maintained my goal weight (give or take a little) for a couple of years now, and I've become an ultra-marathoner (plus straight A's on my yearly physical)

AmyRhubarb

1. Figuring out my BMR and my TDEE and eating between those numbers to lose weight.
2. Regular exercise that I enjoy and fits into my day.
3. The mindset that this is for life.
4. Therefore exercise, calorie, and weight loss goals need to be realistic and sustainable.
5. No deprivation - no food is off limits, but I fit it into my goals.
6. Slow and steady progress is still progress.
7. Realizing can do anything I put my mind to - educating myself on nutrition and fitness wasn't difficult!
8. Take progress pics for comparison and use a tape measure to track progress, not just the scale.
9. Use a food scale.
10. See #3.

wils5150

1. get the right frame of mind
2. food scale
3. food scale
4. food scale
5. move everyday

fat2strongbeth

1. Moving more
2. Lifting weights
3. Eating less
4. Staying focused
5. Not getting discouraged especially on bad days
6. Being patient

jalunnijr

1. Change eating habits to slow down and reduce meal sizes
2. Shop for fitness
3. Reduce restaurant meals
4. Drink zero calories
5. Adopted circuit exercise 45 minutes 5 days
6. Bought nutri bullet
7. Reduced calories to 500 below maintenance
8. Weigh daily
9.didnt quit even after a pizza munchie attack

111grace

Hi all Gorgeous People thank you so much for your replies, much appreciated and Kind Greeting to all Big Big Hugs {{ }}

Timorous_Beastie

1. Make the decision to start.
2. Appropriate calorie deficit, logged accurately.
3. Didn't demonize any particular food. Nothing is off limits.
4. Regular exercise.
5. Regular rest days.
6. Learn to run and pace myself with C25k.
7. Strength training.
8. Focusing on measurements, how clothes fit, progress photos and fitness achievements rather than the number on the scale.
9. That I'm worth the added expenses. Good shoes, good food, fitness equipment or gym membership... don't scrimp on those things.
10. Breaks from logging. Currently, I don't log on weekends or major holidays. Otherwise, I get too OCD about it all.

knightreader

1. Be in right frame of mind
2. it's a marathon, not a sprint
3. You don't get skinny by eating one salad, just like you didn't get fat eating one hamburger
4. drink a ton of water
5. try new physical things
6. prepare your food
7. surround yourself with people with similar goals, not just here but in real life
8. realize we are all different. what works for someone else might not work, or be practical, for you
9. eat to live, not live to eat
10. educate yourself

paisiovich

1. Acknowledged being sick and tired of being sick and tired.
2. Joined boot camp.
3. Increased cardio
4. Workout twice a day
5. Purchased a nutriIBullet to increase the volume of fruits and vegetables, protein, and other variables required for a well balanced diet. I make about 3-6 daily, feel a lot better, and have cut back 80% of my solid diet. It works.
6. Removed most grains and dairy ( except Greek yogurt) from my diet.
7. Purchased a polar heart rate monitor and Polar M400 to measure exactly what's going on.
8. Added myfitnesspal to my arsenal which syncs with polar to provide me with a complete overview of both consumed and burned energy, fat, carbs, minerals, etc.. I extremely love the fact that I can just barcode scan my consumables or choose from a plethora of choices when you punch in a food choice.
9. Focus more on things like diet deficiencies like iron and diet overloads like sodium, working out to increase flexibility and symitry as opposed to bulking that can cause injury which just puts you back to square one.
10. Realizing that life brings you what you focus on. Wilful ignorance is systimized cruelty. Love yourself first, the earth you walk on and respect every plant and animals purpose.

I combined myfitnesspal with my polar monitor at the beginning of March and have easily lost 17 lbs this month. This is probably the best physical and nutritionally combined monitoring system I've embraced mostly because it's incredibly easy to use and it's so robust.

Add me

Machka9

1. Let MFP calculate my daily calorie amount based on a 0.5 kg loss each week.
2. Eat under the daily calorie amount every day ... close, but just under.
3. Weigh food/portions. That's very eye opening!
4. Pay attention to calories ... read packages, research restaurants before I go, make educated selections.
5. Make good food choices ... foods that are low cal, but are going to make me feel full longer. Choose wisely. Think about what I'm eating. Make deliberate choices.
6. Savour my food ... I don't get to eat a lot of it these days, so I want to slow down and enjoy it.
7. Spices and salt help reduce cravings ... my foods of choice tend to be very low salt. I found myself craving potato chips and other high calorie salty foods. When I noticed that my salt intake is less than half what it should be, I started salting my food, and the cravings for high calorie salty foods went away. Eating food with lots of flavour (spices of various sorts) also makes me feel more satisfied. Just because we're eating less, doesn't mean we have to eat bland.
8. Do not drink my calories.
9. Exercise more AND be more active in general. Get up and move. I count the "exercise", but I don't count whatever I might burn during the "be more active in general" part.
10. Eat some, but not all, of my exercise calories.

And ... know that weight loss is not linear. It doesn't happen in a nice neat line where you consistently lose 0.1 kg every day. It happens in fits and starts. But it happens.

aliali786

Fix my nutrition
Drink more water
Exercise
Plenty of Rest
And keep on increasing my knowledge on fitness

malibu927

1. eat less
2. move more
3. don't restrict foods I love
4. lift all the things
5. focus on nutrition, add treats in moderation
6. buy a food scale and utilize it as much as possible
7. understand that weight loss isn't linear
8. realize this is going to be a lifelong process even after reaching my goal weight
9. repeat 1-4
10. repeat 5-8

hezemakiah

eliminated creamer from my coffee in the morning
replaced my soda habit with a water habit
began incorporating more whole foods rather than processed foods
no junk food or soda allowed in the house
began fitting some exercise into my week
making sure I am getting enough sleep
keep positive motivators around

happykelly209

katsmo wrote: »

1. Figured out my diet first, then added exercise to the mix.
2. Always plan ahead, pre-log my day, peruse restaurant menus/nutritional info online beforehand.
3. Stick to my pre-logged plan each day and eat at a deficit.
4. Don't go hungry or eliminate much of anything from my plate, but just eat in moderation.
5. Don't use exercise as an excuse to pig out that day.
6. Be good to myself on all fronts: with food, activity, fresh air, mental stimulation, massages, enough rest, etc.
7. Have an open mind to other possibilities that may work for me.
8. Comparison is the thief of joy.
9. Follow my own path and make choices that will work best for me, regardless of what others around me are doing.
10. When I fall, I have to power myself back up and start fresh the next day.

Really inspiring I love the pre logging I may try that to plan better.

happykelly209

1. Shoes on and out at wake up NO EXCUSES.
2. Eat FISH
3. Eat fruit
4. Eat vegetables
5. ALmond milk instead of dairy milk
6. Soup soup soup
7. KALE
8. Squats,burpees,bleachers, rinse repeat
9. HEAVY weights
10. RUN RUN RUN

NicoleMKlein

1.support from family and friends
2.excercise
3.10,000 plus steps a day
4. Lots of water
5. Cheat meal once a week
6. Log weight once a week, same day and time
7. Rewards for reaching goals (25 pounds)
8. Talk about my success
9. Donate the clothes that got too big
10. Know this is for life

111grace

I love reading all of your posts this is the most wonderful post ever Thank you all for coming from the most generous & authentic place that is you {{ big hugs }}

zdyb23456

1. weighing my food/portions
2. running/exercise - as much as I can
3. taking at least 10,000 steps per day; on running days trying to log 15K+
4. limiting/reducing evening snacking, which is where I can/do the most damage
5. limiting eating out as much as possible
6. logging slip-ups and getting over it by getting right back on track i.e. not blowing the rest of day/week/month just because I binged on chips (or whatever I over indulged in)
7. reminding myself that there is no reason to overeat something that tastes good - it will still be there tomorrow to enjoy
8. asking myself honestly if the calories are worth it, more often than not it isn't
9. pre-logging really helps, more than I thought it would
10. weighing myself regularly to get ahead of weight increases

Bshmerlie

1. The realization that this is not a diet but a long term plan for life.
2. Prelog the next day and prepare meals if possible.
3. Only watch TV while on a treadmill.
4. Weigh my food before I cook it.
5. Keep snacks with me at all times.
6. Never go hungry. (See rule 5)
7. Drink lots of water ALL day long.
8. Force myself to get off the couch and exercise.
9. Get 8 hours of sleep.
10. Get as many family members to get on the plan as well. This will make your life easier.

These are the things that work for me. These are the things that help me to stick to my daily goals. And this is why I will lose 100 pounds. There's no going back get off your *kitten* today.

mbaker566

1. move more
2. eat less
3. stop making excuses
4. repeat 1-3
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10. repeat 1-3

Bizurke51

111grace wrote: »

1. The most important change?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. so
6.
7. on
8. &
9. so
10. forth ....

1. Started my diet immediately, instead of waiting for tomorrow
2. Accurate logging/overestimating
3. Gym, Gym Gym,
4. meal planning a day ahead
5. progress pics
6. cheat days
7. people noticing
8. finding "go to food"
9. being a homebody
10. the will to succeed

111grace

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