Your Best Tip

andreaheileman
andreaheileman Posts: 48 Member
in Motivation and Support
If you could give someone one tip, your best tip, for weight loss.... what would it be? :flowerforyou:
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  • RoyBeck
    RoyBeck Posts: 947 Member
    Be patient.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    I'll go with the obvious... eat less, move more.

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  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Drink lots of water.
  • acoustictones
    acoustictones Posts: 47
    Create habits and a life style that revolve around a good diet (what you put in your body), exercise/activity and rest.

    My goal is to create habits that make these feel like an actual part of my life rather than a core that I have to try and fit in or truly pay attention to.
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    Plan Ahead
  • syemon
    syemon Posts: 50
    RIGHT what do you do when u get up in the morning ?? Ill tell you what you do ! Go buy your *kitten* a full length mirror ! and u put it on your bedroom wall ! and each and every morning you wake up you look in that mirror and you tell yourself "I CAN DO THIS" "I LOOK GOOD" "I FEEL GOOD" "IM THE BEST THING SINCE SLICE BREAD" and if you feel a plank you aint shouting it loud enough !!! Motivation comes from self belief , if you don't believe in yourself how do you expect others too !!! Now go buy your *kitten* a mirror and tell yourself u look GOOOOOOOOOD !!! :)
  • FrnkLft
    FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
    Be diligent and honest about counting your calories, whether over or under.

    And since people's emotions are the leading cause of failure with weightloss... don't get down on yourself either way.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    don't listen to what works for everyone else and do what works for you.
  • smpgetsfit
    smpgetsfit Posts: 38 Member
    Planning and preparation are key!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Don't starve yourself.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Be diligent and honest about counting your calories, whether over or under.

    And since people's emotions are the leading cause of failure with weightloss... don't get down on yourself either way.

    That's a good one...

    Everyone has good days, everyone has bad days. You will do. Don't beat yourself up over the bad ones.
  • krisrice87
    krisrice87 Posts: 1 Member
    Nothing tastes as good at feeling "fit" feels!
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    Everything in moderation. Cutting out certain types of foods will set you up for failure. Along these lines, everyone falls off the bandwagon every now and then. The faster you get back ON, the more successful you will be with weight loss and maintenance. Note that this takes practice!!! Be patient with yourself.

    And something that helped me a lot with exercise: If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you. Doing the same 30 min on the elliptical every day is going to cause you to plateau. Mix it up, find stuff you like, and give it your all every time you work out.
  • heatherannh23
    heatherannh23 Posts: 71 Member
    Drink half your weight in water daily.
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Keep at it!! If you fall off the wagon, whether for a snack, a meal, an entire day, week, month, etc. GET BACK ON!!
  • brc912
    brc912 Posts: 43 Member
    Aim to win each individual meal, and if you fall off the bandwagon one meal, make sure you succeed in the next meal. Don't let one bad decision snowball into a bad day/week/month/year... that is how you end up gaining everything back...
  • Beckboo0912
    Beckboo0912 Posts: 447 Member
    do your own research and what you feel will work for you and tweak if needed
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    Drink half your weight in water daily.

    Dafuq? So you mean I should drink 120 pints of water a day? That would only be 40 gallons....
  • HealthyNurseK
    HealthyNurseK Posts: 38 Member
    Just keep going.

    (This isn't about one meal, one snack, one day, one week.....Just keep going, and it will happen)
  • ptbodacious
    ptbodacious Posts: 65 Member
    My favorite tip ever - Just because you tripped on the first step doesn't mean you have to throw yourself down the entire flight of stairs.
  • foodiscomplicated
    foodiscomplicated Posts: 85 Member
    by food author Michael Pollan

    "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."

    Probably the first two words are most important. "Eat food" means to eat real food -- vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and, yes, fish and meat -- and to avoid what Pollan calls "edible food-like substances."

    Here's how:

    Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. "When you pick up that box of portable yogurt tubes, or eat something with 15 ingredients you can't pronounce, ask yourself, "What are those things doing there?" Pollan says.

    Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.

    Stay out of the middle of the supermarket; shop on the perimeter of the store. Real food tends to be on the outer edge of the store near the loading docks, where it can be replaced with fresh foods when it goes bad.

    Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot. "There are exceptions -- honey -- but as a rule, things like Twinkies that never go bad aren't food," Pollan says.

    It is not just what you eat but how you eat. "Always leave the table a little hungry," Pollan says. "Many cultures have rules that you stop eating before you are full. In Japan, they say eat until you are four-fifths full. Islamic culture has a similar rule, and in German culture they say, 'Tie off the sack before it's full.'"

    Families traditionally ate together, around a table and not a TV, at regular meal times. It's a good tradition. Enjoy meals with the people you love. "Remember when eating between meals felt wrong?" Pollan asks.

    Don't buy food where you buy your gasoline. In the U.S., 20% of food is eaten in the car.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Drink lots of water

    Don't just do cardio, do some weight training as well
  • HealthyNurseK
    HealthyNurseK Posts: 38 Member
    My favorite tip ever - Just because you tripped on the first step doesn't mean you have to throw yourself down the entire flight of stairs.

    Love this!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Patience "young Skywalker"
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    Make exercise a part of your life.

    DON'T listen to anyone who says something like:

    "Hunger Is Your Friend... run away.... fast!
  • Domane1963
    Domane1963 Posts: 85 Member
    Get your mindset right. If you can find your "mojo" and remain motivated and determined, you WILL succeed....
  • mheebner
    mheebner Posts: 285 Member
    The biggest tip I've learned, or the biggest eye opening information for me:

    Weight loss happens in the kitchen.

    I think more people would have an easier time losing weight if they first realize this. To this day I have a hard to impossible time convincing people of this simple fact. Way too many people think you have to do hours and hours of cardio at the gym to lose weight when in fact a simple calorie deficit will do it.
  • nyboer
    nyboer Posts: 346 Member
    Just keep going.

    (This isn't about one meal, one snack, one day, one week.....Just keep going, and it will happen)

    ^^^This
  • whitlisd
    whitlisd Posts: 85
    I have many tips, but the biggest one I can think of is to deal with the root cause of why you are heavy in the first place. I went to counseling and dealt with my past, got honest with myself and everyone around me, and my whole life changed. This is not something that will end "If I can just lose 50 lbs".....no. You need to teach yourself that this is for life. If you fail at one meal, or for one week, it's no big deal. Don't get the mindset that "Oh, now I have to start ALL OVER AGAIN". Just tell yourself you are going to carry on where you left off. You will not have done any damage and whatever weight you might have put on will come off quickly.
  • pltjess
    pltjess Posts: 101 Member
    Don't completely restrict yourself from something simply because it's "unhealthy."

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