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rodgersskylar14

hi guys!! I am new to my fitness pal and officially starting my weight loss journey! I am hoping to loose 30 pounds and would love any tips and tricks or you’re favorite low calories snacks below !!

AnnPT77

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10951909/new-member-%F0%9F%A9%B7

Hello and welcome!

My favorite tip is always going to be to make an easier-to-follow plan rather than a "lose weight fast" plan. A manageable plan makes it easier to stay the course long enough to lose a meaningful total amount of weight, plus as a bonus helps a person learn practical, positive new routine eating and activity habits that enable staying at a healthy weight long term. (Most people find keeping weight off more challenging than losing it in the first place!)

Many people seem to arrive here with a plan to cut calories to the bone, adopt a restrictive set of eating rules (maybe one of the trendy named diets), then often add a punitively intense daily exercise plan on top of that. That doesn't usually end well, but typically does end quickly. It's just. too. hard.

Most of the people I see here who've lost a lot of weight and kept it off - me included - have done something a lot more boring: Log food, find some relatively manageable calorie cuts that leave them mostly full and happy the majority of the time, try to add more activity - exercise or daily life movement - in ideally fun (but at least tolerable/practical) ways.

For myself, I don't always choose low calorie snacks. I use a balance of low calorie snacks and ones that may have a few more calories but also add something useful to my nutrition goals. I like cut-up raw veggies (maybe with seasoned plain Greek yogurt as a dip), fruit, string cheese, hard-boiled eggs, crispy chickpeas (or lentils, fava beans, etc.), dry-roasted edamame, to name a few. Partly-thawed frozen fruit with plain nonfat Greek yogurt and peanut butter powder is tasty, too. I sometimes have a small individually-wrapped square of good-quality dark chocolate, just for the enjoyment, too, once my nutrition for the day is reasonably dialed in.

Another tip that's helped me: Read and post here in the Community. I've learned a lot here, really practical stuff from people who've succeeded with goals like mine, plus it helps me keep my head in the game.

Wishing you success - IME the quality of life improvement is more than worth the effort it takes to accomplish!