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What small changes made a BIG difference?

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  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Making myself snack. I used to not eat until I was hangry! Then ate it all. It’s better for me to eat regular meals, and snack if I can’t have a full meal.
    Allow myself to overeat occasionally without guilt. If you lose weight 9 out of 10 days and stay the same 1 out of 10 days, you’re still losing. It’s all good!
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    For me, everything is about habit forming. Turn actions that need motivation early on into things that you eventually just do naturally. And I find that a lot easier if I start the morning right, which actually starts the night before. No computer after 9, in bed around 10, so I get up early enough. I do that, I just naturally want to do a little activity, whether it's a walk, a swim, or just doing housework, before breakfast and leaving for work. But I feel like the day is starting on the right note.
  • sulwen314
    sulwen314 Posts: 21 Member
    The biggest small change for me was eating actual meals. Left to my own devices, I'll snack all day long and never eat something that resembles a substantive meal. That would be fine if I was snacking on nutritious foods, but nope - Doritos and ice cream were my favorites. Now that I've started to focus on eating at least two real meals a day at lunch and dinner, I find that I'm much more satiated than I ever was with my constant grazing. I still eat ice cream, I just eat a little bit of it after dinner instead, as it's intended to be served!
  • niknak8800
    niknak8800 Posts: 8 Member
    Cutting out peanut butter - its so calorific. Only drinking coffee (with milk), tea and water.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Lifting weights. I no longer fear calories or gaining.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,723 Member
    niknak8800 wrote: »
    Cutting out peanut butter - its so calorific. Only drinking coffee (with milk), tea and water.

    I just can't!! :( It's the one food I'd carry to a deserted island. :wink:
  • chris89topher
    chris89topher Posts: 389 Member
    niknak8800 wrote: »
    Cutting out peanut butter - its so calorific. Only drinking coffee (with milk), tea and water.

    Have you tried PB2? It's delicious! I like the chocolate version.
  • i_fraser11
    i_fraser11 Posts: 35 Member
    Using creatine
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