Your best advice given to help you lose weight

mish24canada
mish24canada Posts: 152 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi I was just wondering what is your best advice you have been given that has helped you lose weight. Or what is the best advice you can give someone trying to lose weight.
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  • SirBonerFart
    SirBonerFart Posts: 1,185 Member
    Wise man once said "Follow your dreams. You can reach your goals. I'm living proof."
  • helenrosemay
    helenrosemay Posts: 375 Member
    Best advice I ever got, eat less calories that you burn & get active.
  • wormstrup14
    wormstrup14 Posts: 45
    Be consistent
  • Greywalk
    Greywalk Posts: 193 Member
    Get active and stay active. Also run but right up there was: "So how long did it take for you to get that way? And why do you think it will all come off in 3 months or less?"
  • aylajane
    aylajane Posts: 979 Member
    "Just because you trip on the top step doesnt mean you throw yourself down the rest of stairs".

    Meaning - if you "mess up" one day, you just continue on as if you didnt mess up... you dont declare the whole thing a loss and quit the program you started just because you went over your calorie goal one day etc. One slipup is not a reason to give up, or to let it continue the next day.
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
    Take time to reflect on the real specific reasons why you're looking to get healthy. Write those reasons down and review them. If you don't stay motivated....if you don't keep your inner fire lit....you won't stay on track. Staying motivated begins with really understanding why it is important to you to get healthy (and it goes beyond "I want to lose weight").
  • LeahT84
    LeahT84 Posts: 202 Member
    Two phrases come to mind.

    "Slow and steady wins the race"

    "Eat less, move more"

    Those 2 things have gotten me through!
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Primal Blueprint and Mark's Daily Apple was the best advice I ever got. I'm 42 years old and in the best shape and health of my life.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Get a food scale.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    dont make it so hard, it is easier than you think.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Slow and steady wins the race!!
  • TheCaren
    TheCaren Posts: 894 Member
    Two things.

    1. There is no secret to weight loss. Eat less or move more, or both.

    2. TDEE-20%
  • fietsvrouw
    fietsvrouw Posts: 50 Member
    You don't have to reach your goal to start feeling better, confident etc. If you can get through the first part where you are making lifestyle adjustments, once you start to see results, you are already going to start feeling better about everything and feeling better about your body, so the first few weeks really are the hardest.
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    Eat more protein and lift heavy.
  • bsmithmia
    bsmithmia Posts: 41 Member
    Don't let others influence you to break from your plan. With that in mind, may sure your plan is flexible enough to deal with the unexpected.
  • dlionsmane
    dlionsmane Posts: 674 Member
    Be patient and be consistent. When I gained over 50 lbs due to a pregnancy (well that and eating whatever the F I wanted - because I felt entitled.. due to said pregnancy... lol) The hub (at the time) told me it took 9 months to put it on... and rule of thumb is it will take at least twice as long to take it off!
  • Charweezie
    Charweezie Posts: 115 Member
    REPITITION IS NUTRITION!!
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    Here are a few pieces of advice to use in conjunction and you cannot fail:

    1. Everything in moderation (goes with #2 below)

    2. Eat within your calories (and macros as best as you can) for 90% of your meals every week. If you eat 3 meals a day, there are 2 meals per week where you can eat whatever you want.

    3. Exercise regularly. On days when you don't feel like doing it, force yourself. Eventually it will be come habit and you will always want to because if you skip a workout, you will feel irritated and antsy.

    4. LEARN TO COOK. Use measuring cups and a food scale and start cranking out recipes. You'll be surprised at how much you'll grow to love awesomely prepared veggies and lean meats. Fresh herbs will be like freaking heaven.
  • mommy3457
    mommy3457 Posts: 361 Member
    You don't have to eat super healthy in order to lose weight. :smile:
  • stealthSLOTH
    stealthSLOTH Posts: 695 Member
    You don't have to reach your goal to start feeling better, confident etc. If you can get through the first part where you are making lifestyle adjustments, once you start to see results, you are already going to start feeling better about everything and feeling better about your body, so the first few weeks really are the hardest.


    ^^^ Well put. My version of this is to remember to Be Kind to Yourself Today.
    (And by that I mean, don't have all of your energy invested only in the future you. You have to like yourself enough today to keep going.)
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Change lifestyle - Don't diet!

    This saved my life!
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    Don't quit when you mess up.

    Don't say "screw it" and binge when you get frustrated.

    Start over and stick to your plan every meal, every day, every week.

    One "bad" meal won't make you fat any more than one "healthy" meal will make you thin. It's what you do over a period of months and years that matters.

    There is no "end" and you will never be "done." You have to make choices and build habits that you can sustain over time, because as soon as you quit, you will regain everything you've lost.
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    Do it for yourself! Don't try to lose weight for an event, or a person. Make sure you are doing it because YOU want to.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Welcome.

    I personally feel the biggest and most important advice I can give is to stay persistent. You will fall off the track. You might not see the results as soon, or even at all for a while. You might try a workout and not like it and wanna give up. Don't. Just keep pushing.

    If you eat too much one day. Don't say "oh well, there goes the week". No. Keep persistent. Start again TODAY.
    If you don't like a workout. Try something else. Don't just sit around.
    If you don't see results, stay persistent. I have lost my weight in over 1.5 years. For that duration, thats a small amount. But thats fine because in between I feel a lot and had to pick it back up. And now I am in a habit of eating right and working out.

    The second best advice, surround yourself with people who will motivate you and educate you and inspire you. Everytime I fell, I had people push me and I try to do the same for them.

    Wish you all the best. Stay persistent! :)
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,785 Member
    Track everything that goes into your mouth.

    Check out this cool app, myfitnesspal.

    Plan your work and work your plan.

    Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

    The choice is yours.

    Make it so.
  • Bnewman410
    Bnewman410 Posts: 44
    Don't drink your calories!
  • ms_erica
    ms_erica Posts: 173 Member
    Don't focus on everyone else but focus on yourself
  • SherryL0419
    SherryL0419 Posts: 44 Member
    This was something I saw on a motivational picture that stuck with me...."Saying Oh I've already ruined my good eating today, I'll just eat crap is like saying Oh I dropped my phone on the floor, I'll just smash it till it breaks" But personally the best thing I have found from my many mistakes and ups & downs in my own experience is that a positive attitude is the number one thing that helps me.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Drink lots of water!
  • JoelleAnn78
    JoelleAnn78 Posts: 1,492 Member
    A year from now you will wish you had started today.

    No food is off limits. If you make it taboo you will feel deprived, and deprivation cannot be sustained in the long run.

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