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 !!
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!
