Secret to Your Success

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  • RitaPotter67
    RitaPotter67 Posts: 3
    Someone told me once that becoming over weight didn't happen over night. It took awhile. It will take awhile to lose it as well. So I learned not to be in such a rush to lose the weight and starve myself. Patience was the key. Be honest with myself and logging every item correcting. Changing the way I eat by switching to diet soda, eating three small meals and two low calorie snacks a day, and eating more fruits and vegetables. Before long fruits replaced the craving I had for sweets. In three months I have lost 17 pounds.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    realistic expectations
  • jmsspr93
    jmsspr93 Posts: 117 Member
    NOT eating breakfast
    Eating a small lunch
    NOT listening to people saying youve lost enough or youre doing it too quickly.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Being consistent, getting a food scale and eating delicious food every day... makes life much more enjoyable and understanding that it won't happen overnight
  • SharonCMach
    SharonCMach Posts: 305 Member
    Eating alot more healthy foods & exercise, exercise, exercise. :)
  • adipace815
    adipace815 Posts: 112 Member
    In terms of overall success, for me it has come down to a healthy dose of determination. Like everyone else, I have learned the best ways to ensure some level of success such as logging religiously, using a food scale, heart rate monitor, activity monitor... But it's that determination that has me being as accurate as I can be in order to reach my physical fitness and health goals. I really never had any success until my heart was in it and I was determined to succeed.
  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    Wanting to be slim > wanting to gain comfort from eating.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Not giving up.
  • adorable_aly
    adorable_aly Posts: 398 Member
    Getting into a routine.
    Having a 'why'.
  • Yabiwaz
    Yabiwaz Posts: 17 Member
    Moving away from my family. They all eat very large portions and even when I ask for small portions I still get too much food and my mother would still have food to put in the bin (my pet peeve!).

    Living on my own gives me a lot more control over what and when I eat. Not hungry at 6pm? No problem, a small meal of soup will be fine.
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
    Logging daily, no matter what.
    Making small changes that I could maintain long term.
    Using slip-ups and mistakes as an opportunity to learn, instead of a reason to beat myself up.
    Finding exercise that I enjoyed doing (it was out there! I was amazed!)

    Patience and persistence. Make it easy for yourself to succeed.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Finding the RIGHT number of cals for me to eat - not too many, but not too few either. And finding exercise that I enjoy.

    These two things have made the whole process, and true lifestyle change, totally sustainable, almost easy. I still enjoy the foods I love, I love the results from eating right and exercising, and I can do this for life. :drinker:
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    Loathing being fat so much that staying fat forever was never, ever an option.

    Every single thing about my life is better thinner. Every. Single. Thing. And it only gets better the closer I get to my overall "best self" image.

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