What I wish I knew when I first started getting healthy...

rachiriot1994

Not to feel bad when I have a bad day, miss a work out or don't eat well... because it's 1 day, and it seems a "bad" day for me now is still 3x less in fat than an average day. Don't let it demotivate

Don't be demotivated when people who have lost weight/are thin give you advice. It's not always good advice, and people lose weight in different ways. Find your own methods to get healthy and don't stop enjoying what you are eating

Surround yourself with positive people in life. Not even just for fitness.

Don't be scared of muscley gym guys, or the super skinny gym girls. At least all the ones I've spoken to have thought it was awesome I was there!

Any bad/hard days or clusters of feeling demotivated are all just part of the journey. Just get back on track as soon as you can!

Set goals (Mine atm are the 5k I'm running in October, and to eat more protein! )

What are the things you wish you knew when you first started getting healthy? I'm only a stone and a half in to my weight loss/getting healthy journey, so I'm sure I still have lots to learn =D

elaineously

I wish I knew that logging consistently even on days when I go waaaay off track still is important and helps me anyway. I also totally agree with what you said about not beating yourself up on bad days. Just keep going and try to do better the next day. Congrats on the success you have so far!! You seem like a good positive person who's succeeding and learning a long the way, I'm going to send you a friend request!

SueInAz

Congrats on what you've learned so far. Here are a few of mine.

You don't have to change your entire life in one day. Making one small change at a time is actually better. You don't have to eat "healthy", either, just eat less. Strength training is super important to preserve muscle mass. Losing weight slowly and changing your eating habits is better in the long run than crash dieting when you have an event looming. Repeatedly crash dieting leads to muscle loss which makes it harder to maintain your goal weight and harder still to lose the weight when you eventually gain it back.