What's the biggest small change you've made?

therealnoahgibb

I cut out soft drinks completely. Now I only have 1 about every 3 months or longer. I also started drinking unsweet tea and black coffee. I lost 10 lbs when I first start by simply cutting off my soft drink intake.

Archcurl

The late night "snack" that too often became an entire meal bc I just didn't stop.
Also, when eating before taking my medication I now only eat a handful of something unless I'm actually hungry. I always felt like I needed enough to in my stomach before the meds got in but now I'm realizing a handful is enough. I don't need to stuff my face when I'm not hungry just to take my meds. I can eat a bit and when I'm hungry I'll have more later
Also, since I've been snacking less late at night, I do snack after dinner but not half an hour before heading to bed anymore, I'm back into the habit of being hungry by the time I fall asleep. And there is nothing wrong with that. Accepting that feeling a little hungry isn't bad. It only makes the food taste better

ldowdesw

I'm back into the habit of being hungry by the time I fall asleep. And there is nothing wrong with that. Accepting that feeling a little hungry isn't bad. It only makes the food taste better[/quote]

I’d much rather go to bed on empty than over full as I sleep so much better.

Kuchiness

Bought an electric grill and stopped frying.

katrinalwaters0808

- I vowed to myself to stop making excuses. Cliche and sounds easy but it’s the best change in mindset I could have had to be on track to a sustainable healthy life style.
- Swapped milk for almond milk.
- Said no to every sweet treat in the office unless it was a jam doughnut. There were never jam doughnuts and when there were, it felt good.
- plan my meals for the week. Not necessarily prep. Just plan. Kept me on track.

peterKent85

Just to add to what I wrote on this thread in August, I started to count calories properly and cut out all high calorie fizzy drinks/Energy drinks. I’ve progressed from my 5llb loss last time which I thought was a huge amount at the time, and am down by 2 stone and some change. 1 more stone to go until I get to my original goal weight but I’ll get there.

DeterminedMummy94x

Switched dr pepper for 2l water, (one 500ml bottle a week now as a treat). I also stopped adding sugar to my coffee and made 3 of my 5 daily cups black, so cut out some milk cal too.

quiksylver296

rajeshvvcool wrote: »

Scrapping the breakfast altogether. Basically 16:9 intermittent fasting,

You have 25 hours in your day?!? Tell me how to do that trick!!!

peppermintcaroline

No soda, alcohol, or juice. Too many calories and there are far more satisfying places to get my calories.

KF500T

Changed my attitude. Sounds cliche, but if I woke up grumpy everyday I remained grumpy everyday. Once I started actively CHOOSING to be happy, things started to fall into place.

Larkspur94

Cut sugar from tea.
Replaced squash, to no added sugar squash, to plain water.
Reduced milk in tea to just at meal time, black/green before and after.
Got to logging cals and macros instead of counting in head throughout day.

anl90

Cutting sugar almost completely out of my diet. And no soda. Both have been so hard, but I cannot go back to my old habits.

HarryJamesPotter7

Xiaolongbao wrote: »

DebLaBounty wrote: »

I stopped making excuses!

My favorite inspirational quote is "You can have results or excuses - you choose."

I loveeeee this quote sooo much!!!

jryepin93

1. Buying a food scale
2. Spending less money on fast food (I'm still a sucker for an egg white delight from time to time)

leanmachine1974

I have been using stevia in coffee and am getting my 8 glasses a day.
Logging daily and working out when I have exceeded my calorie intake for the day.
I also bought a weighted vest and have just started using it.
Exercising daily no excuses.
I’m only on day 8 and down about 6 pounds! I think limiting sodium helped with water retention

WilmaValley

Love this thread!

Archcurl

ldowdesw wrote: »

I'm back into the habit of being hungry by the time I fall asleep. And there is nothing wrong with that. Accepting that feeling a little hungry isn't bad. It only makes the food taste better

I’d much rather go to bed on empty than over full as I sleep so much better. [/quote]

Exactly!