What was the 1st thing you changed?

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  • aleggett321
    aleggett321 Posts: 186 Member
    Bought a treadmill.
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    The first thing i changed was to decide to stop eating sugar - as in refined sugars (fresh fruit has always been allowed and after three months i brought back in dried fruit but in extreme moderation, Honey and artficial sweetenrers are still off the menu because they make the food too sweet which triggers my unhealthy eating behaviours.

    Just this month i am starting to experiment with cooking sweets without these added sugars. But will have to continue eating in very managed ways. My first one was a rose water flavoured orange fruit salad and then my second one a tarte with dried fruit and pine nuts.

    Other than that i decided i could eat ordinary sweets foods in certain prescribed situations where the risk of overindulging is low.

    I started doing htis over 7 months ago and have so far only had 6 sweeets or desserts. I've had No chocolate or no icrecream at all. I plan to do this for the rest of my life.
  • BetterKimmer
    BetterKimmer Posts: 178 Member
    I stopped eating nutella....I am still thinking about it every day.....

    You are so young with a long life ahead of you. And to know you'll be longing everyday until the end. Tragic. :sad:
  • lindainprogress
    lindainprogress Posts: 129 Member
    I first got my brain wrapped around the fact that if I made these changes, there was no way on this planet that it would not work. next came the I am worth it concept
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    The first thing was to start being more aware of eating out of emotions and actual hunger. Basically, identifying my triggers to eat.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    My mindset. It's also the most recent thing I changed since it's ever evolving.

    The second was weighing and measuring my food.
  • juanpegler
    juanpegler Posts: 92 Member
    the belief that I couldn't do it.

    How did you do this?
    This is my brick wall.
  • kathy6655
    kathy6655 Posts: 24 Member
    Changed my mindset from I can't to I can, took one day at a time and was realistic in my goals. I didn't put the weight on overnight so it's not going away overnight! Be prepared to love yourself and if you have a good day or week say well done to yourself you deserve it. Good luck on your journey :smile:
  • SpicesOfLife
    SpicesOfLife Posts: 290 Member
    no more "pack of chips followed by a bucked of ice cream followed by a bag of nuts" :laugh:
  • JosieRawr
    JosieRawr Posts: 788 Member
    I didn't do any massive "change"

    I just started tracking.. That was my change.
  • bunbunzee44
    bunbunzee44 Posts: 592 Member
    cutting soda.
  • 60sPanda
    60sPanda Posts: 303 Member
    Logging everything for that wake-up call. Then cut out pasta altogether (to me anything but an extra large portion is not worth it). Took up swimming again after 30 years.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Logging everything for that wake-up call. Then cut out pasta altogether (to me anything but an extra large portion is not worth it). Took up swimming again after 30 years.

    The way I worked around extra large pasta portions is to bulk them up with low calorie things like mushrooms and zucchini
  • garnerish
    garnerish Posts: 67 Member
    The very first thing?

    My self loathing.

    You can't change yourself if you don't love yourself.

    The next thing was cutting out soda for water.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Stopped drinking a daily coke.
  • ajnb88
    ajnb88 Posts: 339 Member
    Switched from Coke and energy drinks to Diet Coke and Sugar free energy drinks. That alone was a massive contributor to my initial weight loss.
  • adawson55510
    adawson55510 Posts: 60 Member
    About 10yrs ago starting to eat breakfast every day
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    i cut out chips and other crappy junk food completely for a week before counting calories. i worked them back in within a month or so once i got my intake under control
  • JanesGame
    JanesGame Posts: 55 Member
    My attitude, went from being depressed and wanting results NOW. To small slow steps and a healthier outlook on life.

    You wont do it if you're not in it, it just won't work
  • 178lbs
    178lbs Posts: 14 Member
    A couple of people have mentioned using journals - do you do that on here via 'My Blog' - sorry if that's a dumb question.

    The first thing I'm changing is to consciously think about the calories I take in and the quality of the food I put in my body.
  • vkdarling
    vkdarling Posts: 161 Member
    Got rid of Sodas and Fast food....
  • Shelle58704
    Shelle58704 Posts: 25 Member
    I started working out. I'd walk on a treadmill for a half hour a day, and worked up to an hour. Then increased my incline. After working out for a month, I really started looking at my food and making small changes there. In the past when I'd try to change it all over night I'd get burned out and I couldn't stick to it.
  • leiggilybuff
    leiggilybuff Posts: 3 Member
    Stopped drinking my calories (gave up soda, Starbucks drinks and stick to water, tea, or black coffee)
  • joakool
    joakool Posts: 434 Member
    No more pop!
  • crispsandwich
    crispsandwich Posts: 177 Member
    my attitude - from being "on" a diet, to just living healthily for the rest of my life (hopefully)
  • Shelle58704
    Shelle58704 Posts: 25 Member
    A couple of people have mentioned using journals - do you do that on here via 'My Blog' - sorry if that's a dumb question.
    For me personally, I would journal (not food log) in a notebook. A journal for me is like siphoning off bad emotions. It's to the point now, just writing is very therapeutic. Right now I'm having difficulties staying motivated, and I know it's directly related to the fact that I haven't written in my journal in awhile.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    Making excuses for being fat ("There's younger people at work fatter than me", "I'm middle-aged and in a sedentary job"). I realised I would only get fatter unless I did something about it. I started logging my food, and realised the only way I could continue to enjoy everything was to exercise to "earn" it :wink: Then I discovered Zumba and everything speeded up from there!
  • MissMissle
    MissMissle Posts: 293 Member
    Stoped eating candy for a month... lost over 10 pounds. That was motovation right there - however, the weight has come off very slowly since then!!
  • beckyjeanleemaddox
    beckyjeanleemaddox Posts: 154 Member
    Satisfying my cravings by substituting lower calorie foods for higher calorie foods. Like instead of fried chicken, baked chicken, instead of cake, melon, Also quit drinking sodas, diet or other wise. I was a true addict but I stopped cold turkey. Limiting breads, pastas and "white" foods. I still have them but not like I once did.
  • steveyinasia
    steveyinasia Posts: 121 Member
    What was the first thing you changed in making steps to a better lifestyle? And go...

    mind/attitude.

    Darn....beat me to it however it was the same for me

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