Your best tips for weight loss

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  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    Have patience.
    Weigh your food and log with correct entries (no generic or homemade). Eyeballing or guestimating is not an option.
    Drink more water.
    Move more.
    Don't fear fat (or carbs).
    Use a weight trend app (Libra or Happyscale) to record your weight.
    Have patience (yes I repeated this intentionally).
  • thelettermegan
    thelettermegan Posts: 49 Member
    Make friends with leafy greens.
  • deetails26
    deetails26 Posts: 108 Member
    GoRun2 wrote: »
    Has anyone tried using smaller plates? Do you find that you eat less?

    Yes! When I put normal portions on a large dinner plate now, it looks so empty! I use salad plates now for my meals. I eat less/normal portions and I also don't feel like I'm being deprived. Its psychological for me.
  • deetails26
    deetails26 Posts: 108 Member
    I try to have a salad with my lunch and/or dinner. Fills me up and keeps my calories at bay.
    I don't eat after 7/8pm. I have found if I do, it becomes a downward spiral. If i'm hungry, I'll drink tea. Something about a warm drink makes me not want to eat.
    I weigh every day. I understand there will be normal fluctuations but it allows me to get on top of bad habits before they get out of hand.
  • spzjlb
    spzjlb Posts: 599 Member
    edited February 2018
    craygslyst1 wrote: »
    Using MFP, I enter my food BEFORE I eat it.... it reminds me to really watch my portions. Entering after, well, too late!

    I log before eating, too, and it really keeps me in check.

    Also, if I am at an event where there are hard-to-resist treats (e.g. at a cocktail party or work meeting with nice snacks at coffee break), I take one or two bites, just to satisfy my curiosity, then I discard the rest. Often at work events, people just cut the treats in half anyway (I'm lucky to be surrounded by like-minded people). That small taste is keeps me from feeling deprived, plus I don't get angry at myself for eating an unnecessary and unplanned full serving of junk.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    edited February 2018
    [1] Eating out less. Restaurant food is very calorie dense (not just in large portions), and it is tempting to have multiple courses
    [2] Less TV if you have a tendency to boredom snack; or at least keep lower-calorie-density items around for that and keep the other stuff out of the house.

    ETA: it depends on where your excess calories came from. My 2 culprits are above. Yours may be different.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    Being consistent, and allowing all foods in moderation.

    Whoever said this is woo, why?
    I lost over 1/2 of my body weight doing this.
  • fionawilliamson
    fionawilliamson Posts: 110 Member
    I never eat all of my exercise calories back, IF is working better than I thought it would, but it does limit me to two meals a day with a small snack in between.
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    Being consistent, and allowing all foods in moderation.

    Whoever said this is woo, why?
    I lost over 1/2 of my body weight doing this.

    Could be a woo "yea" too. This is why the woo button should be replaced. Its typically taken out of context.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,156 Member
    My tip is to eat foods you like. If you give up all the foods you like and start eating foods you don't really like because they are "healthy" you will never be happy or feel truly satisfied. eventually you will give up on eating the "healthy" foods and go back to eating the "bad" foods. You can lose weight without being miserable. You just have to find a woe that you can sustain for life.
  • mandabeth34
    mandabeth34 Posts: 158 Member
    Chew gum and eat lots of veggies.

    Not in that order.
  • GoRun2
    GoRun2 Posts: 463 Member
    Mmm roasted balsamic vegetables
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    PowerliftingMom wrote: »
    As others have mentioned, plan ahead what you would be ordering before eating out and lift weights! Since I started eating clean, I don't crave junk food like I used to.

    This is soooo the truth! You just have to get thru the first week!
    You also have to want your goals more than food in excess!
  • frannieshack
    frannieshack Posts: 327 Member
    If it is a sandwich or something I can cut in two, I eat half a portion and save the other half for later. It keeps me satisfied longer than eating that same amount all at once. Does anybody else do this?
  • jhall626
    jhall626 Posts: 1 Member
    Cut added/processed sugar. Eat tons of veggies at every meal. Go for a walk before breakfast. DONT weigh yourself obsessively, if I don't see results quick enough I get discouraged! Meal plan and prep.
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    Know your trigger foods and keep them out of your house.

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