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What's the best diet or fitness advice you've ever heard?
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Don't.....give......up9
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Go to bed at a decent time. This has made such a difference to me.13
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Lillymoo01 wrote: »Don't start it if you can not maintain it for life. Otherwise you will keep losing and regaining.
This is pretty much the #1 thing.
So many people start these diets like shake diets or no sugar no diary no this no that whatever and it's like thats great, but are you going to be able to stick to that rigid lifestyle for the next 5-10-15 years? If not it's not worth starting
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don't try and compete or compare with your friends or family members - as a 5'2-5'3 woman I could for example never lose weight as fast as some people who are taller and a lot heavier than me... and don't pay too much attention to unwanted "advice"/criticism from people who just happened to see you eat 1 meal and have no clue what you do the rest of the day or your calorie needs in general (unless they're genuinely concerned about your eating habits - I've seem people get really blind/in denial about some pretty disordered eating)6
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Silentpadna wrote: »
It makes sense. 250 calories of protein and salad is more nourishing thank 250 of crap26 -
There are no shortcuts. Consistency with a good nutritional supporting program for moderate calorie deficit is essential.
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It's about forming habits.8
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"Go slower" ... in regards to starting jogging. I always started too fast and would tire almost immediately, but when a friend told me to simply run slower - it clicked.16
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Silentpadna wrote: »
Meaning I'm not eating to meet a certain calorie intake and looking at the quality of foods, like whole foods. Less processed stuff. And eating until I get almost full. Like rather than grabbing a breakfast sandwich having a smoothie with a homemade turkey sausage pattie I made.14 -
Don't kid yourself, be brutally honest with yourself about what you eat.
I admitted I was just a greedy pig off the back of this advice and was finally able to change my habits.20 -
If your plan is to make a significant change to your daily diet and activity when you reach goal, you have a significant chance of failure.13
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Borrowed from Aadam Ali's Physiqonomics page this morning:
You don't get the abs and then become the person who has abs. You have to, first, become the person who has abs and then you will get abs. Meaning: change your habits and your habits will change you.27 -
Get enough sleep.
People severely undervalue the absolute necessity of good solid sleep.14 -
Not one thing but a combination of things my trainer told me. He's also a registered dietician.
1) If it's a quick fix diet, not a lifestyle change, it won't last long term.
2) Don't give up anything you are not willing to give up for the rest of your life. If you love popcorn or ice cream, eat it, but learn to eat it within your calorie count. Eliminating any food/group is unnecessary unless you have a medical reason to do so.
3) Make small, manageable changes that you can sustain for the long term.
4) You can't out excercise terrible eating habits.16 -
He/she who eats the most while still losing weight wins (or something like that). I can't remember who started saying this, but it has been very helpful.15
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He/she who eats the most while still losing weight wins (or something like that). I can't remember who started saying this, but it has been very helpful.
I was reading through thinking I would add this.
It was a wise rabbit who assumed another suedonim, now gone (still missed), that used the phrase.
Cheers, h.4 -
An old trainer once told me, "Look, you're going to mess up and eat too much. It's no big deal. It's a pebble on the Great Wall of China. Just keep moving and do the 'next right thing' right away. Not tomorrow or next week. The next meal or the next minute."
That has always helped me. In the past, I'd "mess up" and say screw it and give up.
The only sustainable way forward is to be easy on yourself.23 -
A friend of mine told me that I have to exercise. He's lost 100lbs. Then he said, "you're going to be uncomfortable for a little while. Oh well". So when I'm hating my elliptical, I repeat those words. Yup. It's hard and it IS uncomfortable. But it works.8
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Borrowed from Aadam Ali's Physiqonomics page this morning:
You don't get the abs and then become the person who has abs. You have to, first, become the person who has abs and then you will get abs. Meaning: change your habits and your habits will change you.
This.
Unfvck yourself and unfat yourself.
- Paraphrased from Alexander Juan Cortez1 -
Don't turn a one day slip into a one week slip.10
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mulecanter wrote: »Don't turn a one day slip into a one week slip.
Don't turn a one meal slip into a one day slip.11 -
Happysoul0317 wrote: »A friend of mine told me that I have to exercise. He's lost 100lbs. Then he said, "you're going to be uncomfortable for a little while. Oh well". So when I'm hating my elliptical, I repeat those words. Yup. It's hard and it IS uncomfortable. But it works.
"Get comfortable with being uncomfortable."12 -
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You can't expect to get there by exerting no energy.
Honorable Mentions:
-Be honest. Be consistent. Be patient.
-The best exercise is the one you enjoy doing.
-Embrace progress, not perfection.
-If you don't need the calories, it's still wasting food.
-What you eat in private you wear in public.11 -
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k8andchr1smom wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »
It makes sense. 250 calories of protein and salad is more nourishing thank 250 of crap
Not sure why I got "woo'd" here.16 -
Food scale.
Lift heavy.
Good sleep.10 -
k8andchr1smom wrote: »k8andchr1smom wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »
It makes sense. 250 calories of protein and salad is more nourishing thank 250 of crap
Not sure why I got "woo'd" here.
Because context matters. If you are only eating salad and protein, your diet is not nourishing. It is probably deficient and adding a little "crap" would actually be beneficial.
80/20 rule.15 -
Don't overthink or complicate.
Don't "ban" what you think are "bad" foods. Everything in moderation.
Be persistent and patient.
weight loss is cals in vs. cals out.9 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »k8andchr1smom wrote: »k8andchr1smom wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »
It makes sense. 250 calories of protein and salad is more nourishing thank 250 of crap
Not sure why I got "woo'd" here.
Because context matters. If you are only eating salad and protein, your diet is not nourishing. It is probably deficient and adding a little "crap" would actually be beneficial.
80/20 rule.
It was an example, and I am an 80/20 proponent, but I stand by the concept of whole foods being more nourishing than junk food.12
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