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    What one item or thing has helped you the most on your weight loss journey?

    Posts: 139 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I was just wondering what one item, tool, gadget, etc.. has helped you succeed the most on your weight loss journey?

    For me, it's my food scales. I don't think I could be successful without them. Sometimes I'm saddened by how little some portion sizes actually are & other times I'm pleasantly surprised. Without a scale. I'd either overeat (which is obviously not good), or I'd short myself & log calories that I didn't even eat. Weighing my food definitely keeps me in check!!

    So what helps you the most?

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    • Posts: 3,358 Member
      MyFitnessPal.
    • Posts: 231 Member
      IsaackGMOON wrote: »
      MyFitnessPal.

      ^^ this ^^
    • Posts: 1,225 Member
      Knowledge. Without it I would be sitting here covered in It Works wraps and drinking some crappy herbalife shake.
    • Posts: 42 Member
      I'll second Knowledge.
    • Posts: 287 Member
      edited August 2015
      MFP & Food Scale
    • Posts: 2,229 Member
      Food scale & patience
    • Posts: 4,474 Member
      Honesty is the thing that most helped me to succeed. Nothing helped until I became honest with myself.
    • Posts: 139 Member
      Great answers & yes, knowledge is most certainly the key! I am sooooooo against diet pills & all the diet gimmicks that so many people fall for. Calories in vs.calories out... very simple concept to understand, yet so many people are clueless!
    • Posts: 3,177 Member
      Besides MFP, my fitness tracker. Started with a BodyMedia armband, now have a Garmin Vivoactive.
    • Posts: 242 Member
      MFP and my Fitbit. MFP keeps my accountable with my food and my Fitbit keeps me moving.
    • Posts: 6,666 Member
      MFP and Food Scale.
    • Posts: 139 Member
      I don't have a fitness tracker, but plan on getting one this week. I can definitely see how much motivation they'd be to get me moving more!
    • Posts: 9,603 Member
      Not giving up. Lots of failing, lots of trying again.

      I want to be healthy more than I want to be fat and eat yummy and/or easy foods, so I keep working at it.
    • Posts: 15 Member
      Self love.
    • Posts: 26 Member
      This place!! I've been browsing quite a bit, and find so many people here to be inspiring.
    • Posts: 2,229 Member
      VeganKay92 wrote: »
      Self love.

      !!! So true!
    • Posts: 1,276 Member
      MFP and my Fitbit.
    • Posts: 7,724 Member
      MFP forums. Great information, guys. Keep up the good work! :)
    • Posts: 11 Member
      Stereotypes about how females are weak and of course MFP - I can keep track of my calorie intakes while working out to prove that females aren't weak and men aren't the only ones who can be strong.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      mewilliams11 wrote: »
      I was just wondering what one item, tool, gadget, etc.. has helped you succeed the most on your weight loss journey?

      For me, it's my food scales. I don't think I could be successful without them. Sometimes I'm saddened by how little some portion sizes actually are & other times I'm pleasantly surprised. Without a scale. I'd either overeat (which is obviously not good), or I'd short myself & log calories that I didn't even eat. Weighing my food definitely keeps me in check!!

      So what helps you the most?

      what do you weight your food at if you dont mind me asking please?
    • Posts: 153 Member
      Google, MFP, and my food scale.
    • Posts: 748 Member
      Joining a gym and getting immersed in the fitness lifestyle

      I learned all I need from my friends there and my trainer.

      MFP food log is great

      The forums spend way too much time arguing about sugar or carbs or other silliness. It would have been much harder to learn about sound nutrition if all I had was the MFP forums.

      Buying a bike and riding regularly. A mile is worth 50 calories. I get 5 x 20 mile rides in each week. An easy 5000 calories burnt right there.

    • Posts: 15 Member
      Mfp and my fitbit
    • Posts: 254 Member
      My allotment. I can spend all day outside digging and moving crap around and get a tan with it. Plus it makes me happy and gives me veggies :)
    • Posts: 703 Member
      Ranch dressing...a little bit on foods I don't normally eat like chicken breast or a bag of veggies helps me a lot =)
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    • Posts: 4,770 Member
      Ninkyou wrote: »
      MFP and Food Scale.

      This.
    • Posts: 197 Member
      edited August 2015
      Tough one... I'd have to say intermittent fasting, personally. I was struggling even with MFP as I would pretty much be grazing all day, I really struggled not to go over on calories even at 1700+. Fasting for a portion of the day has totally changed how I look at food and eating, so that even on days when I don't fast I can easily say "no".
    • Posts: 52 Member
      logging into mfp everyday, using a hula hoop and spinning bike in front of the TV.
    • Posts: 52 Member
      logging into mfp everyday, using a :) hula hoop and spinning bike in front of the TV.
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