What Creative Measures Have You Used to Maintain Your Weight Loss Goals?

hope516

This morning I ran out of the house and did not have time to weigh my grapefruit, so I used the postage scale at work to weigh it and figure out the calories.

What creative measures have you used to maintain your weight loss goals?

distinctlybeautiful

I used The Bible, The Book of Mormon, an iron, and an iPod dock for weights when I was stuck in a hotel room and had started a workout video before I realized it required dumbbells. They weren't as heavy as I really needed, but they worked better than nothing!

hope516

lol...i did that last night with a jug of liquid detergent.

tulips_and_tea

I have zero creativity (although I've used the postage scale at work too to weigh my fruit occasionally!) so I lean more towards making habits because I can be quite lazy. So, I keep a packed gym bag in my truck at all times so I have no excuse to not go to the gym and I keep a few staples in my office fridge (such as salad dressing that I like and protein shakes) because if I'm too lazy to pack my lunch I still have healthy options. I can pick up a salad from anywhere and use my own dressing so I know the calorie content better.

Interested to hear creative ideas from others, though!

hope516

I do that too. Making sure your stocked helps to keep you on track at all times. I have at least 3 or 4 premeasured bags of nuts sprinkled around. Keep one in my hand bag at all times, have a pack in my desk at work, a bag in my car, aND use them if I ever get in a pinch.

nineteentwenty

BZAH10 wrote: »

I have zero creativity (although I've used the postage scale at work too to weigh my fruit occasionally!) so I lean more towards making habits because I can be quite lazy. So, I keep a packed gym bag in my truck at all times so I have no excuse to not go to the gym and I keep a few staples in my office fridge (such as salad dressing that I like and protein shakes) because if I'm too lazy to pack my lunch I still have healthy options. I can pick up a salad from anywhere and use my own dressing so I know the calorie content better.

Interested to hear creative ideas from others, though!

Dude I feel you. I'm another lazy habit person. I actually go to sleep in my gym clothes sometimes so that I can roll out and go, especially if I'm on my period and don't wanna do anything. The dressing thing is brilliant.

As far as getting creative, I've certainly dissected a lot of sandwiches to get to the chunk of (grilled!)chicken inside without ingesting the bread/mayo/etc. This works great at fast-food places so that you don't have to succumb to breaded nuggets. I also make deals with myself, for example, no alcohol on the weekend if I don't work out 4x during the week.

heavy_heavy_lowlow

forgot to write down my run time and calories after doing 4 miles so i did another 4 miles and added onto that haha

tulips_and_tea

Yes, making deals with yourself! That's a good one. I do that, too. My treat for after a workout is a 12 minute nap in either the tanning bed or the red light therapy bed. I only get that treat if I workout, though.

This may be on-topic as far as "creative": my upper thighs are my trouble spots so last year I got 2 tattoos in that area. Can't let them get flabby now! Plus I just added on to one of the tattoos last week in anticipation for Spring and the upcoming shorts and swimsuit season.