I love this app and it’s helped to prove my theory!!

britishbombshell08

I say this because I’m a firm believer that the most important thing is to be healthy. When people go on “diets” they cut so many needed nutrients out of their lives. This is why I always say it’s a “lifestyle change” and I stand by that. This app has helped me to further prove that. I’ve been on it for about 3 weeks now and lost 5lbs. This is simply because I changed my lifestyle back to proper eating but I still had some carbs or treats along the way whilst making sure to stay under my calories. It’s worked for me and I’ll continue to lose until I reach my goal weight and then it’ll be all about maintenance after that. I always say, slow and steady wins the race and I’m losing the weight in the right way. What are your thoughts?

PAV8888

Sounds like a lovely attitude!

I would suggest you also get a weight trend application for your phone (or start logging your weight using a weight trend web site) or use some sort of averaging when looking at your weight change.

This is especially important for you given that you travel and that air travel and restaurant food (and being female) all exacerbate the water weight swings one experiences..

NovusDies

One of the biggest problems I have had in the past and one that I see that many people that come through here have is that they make it harder than it needs to be. To start losing weight you need a calorie deficit. When you first begin you want to keep it as simple as possible. The more requirements and restrictions you add the harder it is going to be. Forget "eating healthy" just eat less. After you nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time then you can worry about the rest.

britishbombshell08

PAV8888 wrote: »

Sounds like a lovely attitude!

I would suggest you also get a weight trend application for your phone (or start logging your weight using a weight trend web site) or use some sort of averaging when looking at your weight change.

This is especially important for you given that you travel and that air travel and restaurant food (and being female) all exacerbate the water weight swings one experiences..

Thanks so much for the tip. Definitely makes sense 🙏👍

britishbombshell08

NovusDies wrote: »

One of the biggest problems I have had in the past and one that I see that many people that come through here have is that they make it harder than it needs to be. To start losing weight you need a calorie deficit. When you first begin you want to keep it as simple as possible. The more requirements and restrictions you add the harder it is going to be. Forget "eating healthy" just eat less. After you nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time then you can worry about the rest.

That’s a good way to look at it also because eating less also creates less calories. Thanks for the thought 👍

lorrpb

NovusDies wrote: »

One of the biggest problems I have had in the past and one that I see that many people that come through here have is that they make it harder than it needs to be. To start losing weight you need a calorie deficit. When you first begin you want to keep it as simple as possible. The more requirements and restrictions you add the harder it is going to be. Forget "eating healthy" just eat less. After you nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time then you can worry about the rest.

Disagree. If you're eating cr4p you might find it difficult to stay within your calories. You won't get to eat much on calorie dense food only. Managing WHAT you eat helps you manage HOW MUCH (calories) you eat. Eating with good nutrition helps maintain you health and energy levels.

I'm not saying to make yourself nuts over it, but it DOES matter for "most" people {someone will always say they lost 100 lbs eating nothing but pizza.)

PAV8888

I wonder if the person woo'ing, i.e. pressing the cuddlily renamed "WTF" button, believes they're cheering?

NovusDies

lorrpb wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

One of the biggest problems I have had in the past and one that I see that many people that come through here have is that they make it harder than it needs to be. To start losing weight you need a calorie deficit. When you first begin you want to keep it as simple as possible. The more requirements and restrictions you add the harder it is going to be. Forget "eating healthy" just eat less. After you nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time then you can worry about the rest.

Disagree. If you're eating cr4p you might find it difficult to stay within your calories. You won't get to eat much on calorie dense food only. Managing WHAT you eat helps you manage HOW MUCH (calories) you eat. Eating with good nutrition helps maintain you health and energy levels.

I'm not saying to make yourself nuts over it, but it DOES matter for "most" people {someone will always say they lost 100 lbs eating nothing but pizza.)

What do you think "nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time" means? Some diet changes will probably happen as a person figures out satiation. The formula will be different for different people.

You don't know how "most" people are eating before they start a weight loss program. When these arguments show up it always seems that the person making them assumes the person starting (or restarting) weight loss was eating nothing but candy bars and potato chips prior to losing.

britishbombshell08

NovusDies wrote: »

lorrpb wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

One of the biggest problems I have had in the past and one that I see that many people that come through here have is that they make it harder than it needs to be. To start losing weight you need a calorie deficit. When you first begin you want to keep it as simple as possible. The more requirements and restrictions you add the harder it is going to be. Forget "eating healthy" just eat less. After you nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time then you can worry about the rest.

Disagree. If you're eating cr4p you might find it difficult to stay within your calories. You won't get to eat much on calorie dense food only. Managing WHAT you eat helps you manage HOW MUCH (calories) you eat. Eating with good nutrition helps maintain you health and energy levels.

I'm not saying to make yourself nuts over it, but it DOES matter for "most" people {someone will always say they lost 100 lbs eating nothing but pizza.)

What do you think "nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time" means? Some diet changes will probably happen as a person figures out satiation. The formula will be different for different people.

You don't know how "most" people are eating before they start a weight loss program. When these arguments show up it always seems that the person making them assumes the person starting (or restarting) weight loss was eating nothing but candy bars and potato chips prior to losing.

That is the truth, you never know how “most” people are eating before they start a weight loss program. But no matter how they are eating if they now choose to drop calories they have to adjust some things. I definitely have never been a terrible eater but I decided to make better choices and add in more fruits and salads to my life. I already drank a gallon of water each day and I had many other healthy things I did but I still needed to adjust certain things for my lifestyle. All I’m saying is it doesn’t need to be a crash course diet where you cut everything one deems “not as healthy” out of your diet, you can simply adjust for you.

britishbombshell08

britishbombshell08 wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

lorrpb wrote: »

NovusDies wrote: »

One of the biggest problems I have had in the past and one that I see that many people that come through here have is that they make it harder than it needs to be. To start losing weight you need a calorie deficit. When you first begin you want to keep it as simple as possible. The more requirements and restrictions you add the harder it is going to be. Forget "eating healthy" just eat less. After you nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time then you can worry about the rest.

Disagree. If you're eating cr4p you might find it difficult to stay within your calories. You won't get to eat much on calorie dense food only. Managing WHAT you eat helps you manage HOW MUCH (calories) you eat. Eating with good nutrition helps maintain you health and energy levels.

I'm not saying to make yourself nuts over it, but it DOES matter for "most" people {someone will always say they lost 100 lbs eating nothing but pizza.)

What do you think "nail down eating in a deficit without being hungry all the time" means? Some diet changes will probably happen as a person figures out satiation. The formula will be different for different people.

You don't know how "most" people are eating before they start a weight loss program. When these arguments show up it always seems that the person making them assumes the person starting (or restarting) weight loss was eating nothing but candy bars and potato chips prior to losing.

That is the truth, you never know how “most” people are eating before they start a weight loss program. But no matter how they are eating if they now choose to drop calories they have to adjust some things. I definitely have never been a terrible eater but I decided to make better choices and add in more fruits and salads to my life. I already drank a gallon of water each day and I had many other healthy things I did but I still needed to adjust certain things for my lifestyle. All I’m saying is it doesn’t need to be a crash course diet where you cut everything one deems “not as healthy” out of your diet, you can simply adjust for you.

I definitely agree with that. Each person is different and we all have different metabolisms so it’s up to us to adjust with what works for us