What small changes made a BIG difference?

unstableunicorn · January 2020

Coffee. I find it’s a pretty effective appetite suppressant, so that in place of snacks works well for me.

neugebauer52 · January 2020

In order to give me a better idea, I did some theoretical calculations and my daily milk consumption (about a cup per day, for tea / coffee): full cream - about 155 calories, fat free about 110 calories. Difference in a year is over 2 kg weight difference! Usually I use low fat, just because of the better flavour.

PAV8888 · January 2020

I am assuming we're talking 3.5% (full fat/whole) milk vs 0.3% skim milk as opposed to talking about 10% (half and half) or 18% (coffee) cream?

If we are talking 18% cream which is what most coffee shops will provide you with in Canada, you are talking much much more than a couple of kg per year.

netitheyeti · January 2020

stopped listening to other people's opinions of when/what I should be eating. I do much better if I eat when actually hungry and the food I actually want vs following tips along the lines of "limit carbs after lunch" "dinner should be your smallest meal" etc coming from friends and family... I feel best/least hungry when I eat my main meal fairly late in the afternoon and while I seem to naturally end up eating somewhat low carb I don't go out of my way to cut out carbs, I enjoy fruit and pasta too much

nighthawk584 · January 2020

springlering62 wrote: »

Shopping the perimeter of the grocery store. I seldom venture into the middle aisles anymore.

haha....I usually buy most my groceries from the perimeter, but each time I shop, I walk up and down every aisle just to add some more exercise

seltzermint555 · January 2020

liftingbro wrote: »

I think for a lot of people getting rid of liquid calories outside of a glass of milk would make a huge difference.

This definitely helped me. Although I had to slow my roll on milk also.
But I was always a big liquid calories person, and I didn't really recognize that stuff other than non-diet soda (which I stopped drinking many years earlier) was a calorie bomb. I drink super quickly so that made it even worse...other people sipping their mocha or smoothie for hours and I was done in 2 minutes and ready for lunch or whatever.

Really helped.

springlering62 · January 2020

liftingbro wrote: »

I think for a lot of people getting rid of liquid calories outside of a glass of milk would make a huge difference.

Oh, noooooooo, honey. I was drinking only water and milk. No sodas whatsoever. At least a gallon of milk every two days, sometimes more, to wash down all the cookies and chocolate.

Cutting out milk made a huge difference to me.

The only “milk” I drink these days is watered down homemade almond milk, max two cups per day.

Somewhere, there’s a dairy saying “what happened to all the demand for milk?”

designerdiscounts · January 2020

My previous comment was flagged, not sure what was in there that isn't allowed.

robertw486 · January 2020

designerdiscounts wrote: »

My previous comment was flagged, not sure what was in there that isn't allowed.

Sometimes I see posts like that and wonder if someone just hit a wrong button. But it's hard to say what people will flag and why. It won't matter unless it gets multiple flags and reviewed, and since there is nothing wrong they would just remove the flags anyway.

Little thing for me... always having a meal plan of some sorts before I'm hungry. If I wait until I'm too hungry it's just game on, and no telling what I will eat.

vivo1972 · January 2020

Eating once, maybe twice a day - second meal a nutrient meal replacement shake.. Full meal with a fruit crumble everyday. I feel sated and not deprived, it's my natural way of eating.

'It's only hunger it doesn't hurt' - wait for a couple of hours, walk the dog and prepare food - instead of diving for anything dueto emotional eating or a small rumble of hunger.

corinasue1143 · January 2020

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 · January 2020

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 · January 2020

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!