10 Simple things you can do to facilitate weight loss
glickman1
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1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
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1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
1. Agree strongly.
2. Agree strongly
3 and 4. Personal preference imo, can be just as effective to eat a few large meals. Some people find many small meals more satiating, some people find a few big meals more satiating...have to find what works for you.
5. Agree weakly. Fiber is a low calorie way of feeling full and will help with digestive health. Good to do especially if you struggle to hit a caloric deficit, but not necessary.
6. Agree. Having a support base is important. Not sure they need to remind you themselves but having someone to talk to about it is very helpful.
7. Agree. Doesn't have to be exactly 3-4 days a week but you should find a lifting routine and stick with it, more for health and muscle retention than for weight loss but still important.
8. Agree strongly. If you have unrealistic expectations you will end up discouraging yourself uneccesarily.
9. Agree strongly. I'm very detail oriented and I find tapping into that and formulating routines to be very helpful. I do feel though that this is a personal thing and might vary person to person.
10. Agree. Would change this to just stay hydrated but essentially agree. Body can confuse thirst with hunger and drinking more fluids can help with satiation and help you maintain a calorie deficit long term.
Overall good advice.0 -
Some good advice here, but I don't think there's such a thing as "one size fits all" for weight loss. Different people have weight issues for different reasons and therefore solutions are different too.0
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1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Why?
4. Why?
5. Yes
6. Why?
7. I like what you've done here
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Sure, why not
Now get back to class.0 -
#3 and #4 are complete preferences. It has been proven that how often and the size of the meal does not matter as long as you are in a deficit.0
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All good advice. I find #9 the most difficult to deal with as I travel a lot for work - both driving and flying. Trying to establish a good time to exercise is difficult.0
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1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
7 - no but you should do it anyways
3,4,5,10 - No, No no no no. All fallacies....in relation to weight loss at least.0 -
1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
Agree with most except:
3&4 as stated above - personal preference. Three regular sized meals work just fine.
6 - Sorry, but I'm a responsible adult and don't need mommy and daddy to tell me I should be eating better.0 -
How many times do I have to report this guy on his previous post before someone stops him. Good grief.0
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i agree with most of whats said here, other than meal timing and size, in fact many would say that one or two large meals a day will facilitate fat loss better than smaller more frequent meals (intermittent fasting).
but dont try and dish out advice in your first couple months. sit back and read the forums for awhile otherwise you may end up steering someone down the wrong path0 -
If it’s so simple to lose weight by doing these 10 things then why are you on MFP wanting to lose weight?0
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....now get a hall/bathroom pass, come back and tell these smarty's what you think!0
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1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
Disagree. If you are serious about including an exercise routine, schedule it into your calendar and treat it like you would any other appt. Don't make it something that just gets squeezed in if you have free time, because free time is hard to come by.2. Measure everything
Kind of the entire point of the site, not new information.3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
Have no bearing on weight loss. Some people find fiber helps them feel more full, but eating more fiber is not going to cause weight loss in and of itself.6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
Support systems are nice, but your weight loss should not be dependent on someone else keeping you on track.7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
Nice for body composition and retaining LBM, but unnecessary for weight loss. A calorie deficit is all that is needed.8. Be realistic with your expectations
A good idea in general but will not do anything to actually facilitate weight loss.9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
Routines are good if you are someone who likes routine. Go with what style works for you. Your comment about OCD is way off base and shows you have little understanding of what OCD actually entails.10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
Your body does not confuse hunger and thirst, we often misinterpret the signals. Drinking water is good for health but again, has nothing to do with facilitating weight loss beyond water weight.0 -
1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
1. WTF is "free time?"
2. The measurements change when I think about Kate Upton. Is a puzzlement!
3. I'm 6'3 and I find high school students to be succulent and tasty.
4. Drop by my house it's the colonial on the hill with an offset terrace.
5. Craptacular, agreed!
6. My "friend" tried to kill me in the Balkans. I work alone.
7. Yep.
8. Yep.
9. If you have OCD, it's not usually your choice as to what you fixate upon.
10. Totally
Sorry about that one time in the Balkans! I swear I wasn't aiming for your head *kicks rocks*0 -
In to be taught all about the everythings!0
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4 5 and 6 are more for controlling hunger and preventing binge eating
As for weight lifting, it's been proven lifting heavy weights several times a week burns more calories than cardio due to the body expending energy rebuilding the muscle
Take my advice however you choose to0 -
1. Get an idea of what free time you'll have and plan what you'll do with that time accordingly
2. Measure everything
3. Eat smaller meals
4. Eat more meals
5. Eat more fiber
6. Have a friend or family member willing to help you out remind you every so often
7. Lift heavy weights 3-4 times a week
8. Be realistic with your expectations
9. Develop routines. If you have OCD, use that to your advantage
10. Drink more water, your body confuses hunger and thirst sometimes
1. WTF is "free time?"
2. The measurements change when I think about Kate Upton. Is a puzzlement!
3. I'm 6'3 and I find high school students to be succulent and tasty.
4. Drop by my house it's the colonial on the hill with an offset terrace.
5. Craptacular, agreed!
6. My "friend" tried to kill me in the Balkans. I work alone.
7. Yep.
8. Yep.
9. If you have OCD, it's not usually your choice as to what you fixate upon.
10. Totally
Sorry about that one time in the Balkans! I swear I wasn't aiming for your head *kicks rocks*
1. You were close, but wrong head. Thanks for the vasectomy.
2. How did you survive the "accidental" napalm strike and turn into a woman?0 -
it's been proven lifting heavy weights several times a week burns more calories than cardio due to the body expending energy rebuilding the muscle
I would like to see that study. Honestly, I would. Do you have a link to it?
This is coming from someone who is an avid supporter of weight lifting while attempting to lose weight...I've just never heard that before.0 -
As for weight lifting, it's been proven lifting heavy weights several times a week burns more calories than cardio due to the body
proven where? in your basement? As stated previously it's important for retaining lean mass, but the "regerative calorie burn" effect is negligible at best.0 -
4 5 and 6 are more for controlling hunger and preventing binge eating
As for weight lifting, it's been proven lifting heavy weights several times a week burns more calories than cardio due to the body expending energy rebuilding the muscle
Take my advice however you choose to
DYEL Bro?0 -
4 5 and 6 are more for controlling hunger and preventing binge eating for some people, though it has the opposite effect in others and no one should be afraid to experiment and find what works best for them
FTFY0
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