what is your secret simple formula for losing the weight you lost?

rainbow198

Walking everyday. Lifting 4 days a week. Not drinking my calories (pop, store-bought juice, alcohol). Cooking the majority of my meals at home and keeping a food journal.

Once I was consistent with all of this the weight came off and I've kept it off.

tomsarno

Like the commercial said 'take three capsules at bed time, No need to exercise or change your eating habits' ..NOT

Actually when I stopped drinking everything but water my weight loss journey became much easier.

angeltilo

crazygooselady wrote: »

Accurate counting. And it helped that kids gave me Noro Virus so I didn't feel like eating. I don't recommend it as a plan.

LOL

cwolfman13

why does everyone think there's some kind of magical formula? there isn't one...

eat a little less, move a little more...that's about as magical as it gets.

Contodaelalma

Fall in love ... with someone, with life but first and foremost with yourself!
Love gives you energy, curbs your appetite, increases self-esteem .... etc

LilannB

I changed my thinking in order to change my life. I went from a person who felt I could eat what I want whenever I want and not exercise. To a person who watches my calories, logs my food everyday, avoids fast foods and exercised five times a week. The result is the pounds are coming off slowly but surely.

nashvillenellie

Honestly, I get asked all the time " What did you do to lose weight?. To which I always reply "There is no magical or easy way to lose weight!". My Dr had told me I would disappoint people by being honest and telling them I did it the hard way. He was being pretty honest. It is a pretty basic concept, Eat less, burn more and be accountable! I think the most important thing for me was learning how to be accountable. That is where logging your food comes in. Learn what a real serving size is. My Dr had me to do an exercise that opened my eyes to how easy it is to over assume the size of the servings. He had me to get everything out on my plate at dinner as I normally would. Then he had me to get measuring cups and put each item in the cups. Then I compared what I had actually put on my plate to the actually recommended serving sizes of the particular food. Almost every item I had gotten too much out.

nashvillenellie

Honestly, I get asked all the time " What did you do to lose weight?. To which I always reply "There is no magical or easy way to lose weight!". My Dr had told me I would disappoint people by being honest and telling them I did it the hard way. He was being pretty honest. It is a pretty basic concept, Eat less, burn more and be accountable! I think the most important thing for me was learning how to be accountable. That is where logging your food comes in. Learn what a real serving size is. My Dr had me to do an exercise that opened my eyes to how easy it is to over assume the size of the servings. He had me to get everything out on my plate at dinner as I normally would. Then he had me to get measuring cups and put each item in the cups. Then I compared what I had actually put on my plate to the actually recommended serving sizes of the particular food. Almost every item I had gotten too much out.

nashvillenellie

Honestly, I get asked all the time " What did you do to lose weight?. To which I always reply "There is no magical or easy way to lose weight!". My Dr had told me I would disappoint people by being honest and telling them I did it the hard way. He was being pretty honest. It is a pretty basic concept, Eat less, burn more and be accountable! I think the most important thing for me was learning how to be accountable. That is where logging your food comes in. Learn what a real serving size is. My Dr had me to do an exercise that opened my eyes to how easy it is to over assume the size of the servings. He had me to get everything out on my plate at dinner as I normally would. Then he had me to get measuring cups and put each item in the cups. Then I compared what I had actually put on my plate to the actually recommended serving sizes of the particular food. Almost every item I had gotten too much out.

professionalHobbyist

Finding healthy foods I like, and eating reasonable amounts of them

Never blindly snack eating ! I used to consume 1000 calories on that daily

Ease into burning off calories thru exercise.

A workout buddy can be awesome!

Jruzer

Exercising as much as I can, and eating as much as I want within my goals.

jcorpern

Weighing and measuring every singe item that passes my lips in a day and making sure that calories in are less than calories burned