what's "rule" do you have?

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  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    My rule is, if I can burn it off, I can eat it.

    I'm still working out what I can and can't realistically burn off in a day, but I'm getting there. The thing is, I started noticing a difference in what I want to eat after only the first few days of exercise. It seems to be altering my tastes. Which is fine.
  • CashierCantin
    CashierCantin Posts: 206 Member
    No hard rules really....I can be stubborn and be defiant when it comes to things like that.

    I just have to 'remember' that I can now have anything I want.....within reason and moderation. I can HAVE a slice of pizza or cake but make it a serving size. I can also NOT have it and live. LOL

    i am also finding out on my journey that I can lose weight eating the right kind of carbs!!! I never thought I could lose weight eating brown rice and bread and pasta. Its AWESOME!

    Thank goodness for this site and it's caloric calculator. It has helped me tremendously and OK...here is my hard rule...I must log EVERYTHING! Regardless if it was good or bad or I'll go over...EVERYTHING! No lying to myself and others. If I ate it, I log it!
  • staps065
    staps065 Posts: 837 Member
    Try to stay within my calorie and nutrient goals every day, even on "cheat" days.
    Try to stay under my sodium for the day (seems to be very hard for me and I don't add salt to anything!).
    Try to be reasonable with carbs, especially breads and go whole grain, high-fiber and complex whenever possible.
    Try to keep well under my fat goals (although today isn't starting out well!)
    Limit caffeine and no caffeine after 3 or 4:00 PM.
    Hit my minimum of 8 glasses of H2O every day (most days I hit that before 7:00 AM!).
    And as another poster said, just because it's free or unlimited doesn't mean I have to eat it!

    Wow! I have more rules than I thought I did! Really they are guidelines..............
  • MelissaGraham7
    MelissaGraham7 Posts: 406 Member
    My #1 rule is to BE ACCOUNTABLE. I log every day no matter whether I am over or under. I am accountable every day without excuses. It works well for me and I celebrated my 2-year weight loss journey anniversary yesterday.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    The only thing hard and fast (while keeping things PG13!) is the way I run!

    Other than that, my only rule is that if I can't eat everything I love, I should at least love everything I eat. I'm not going to have something I don't like just because it's good for me. Every bite that goes into my mouth has to be something I enjoy eating.
  • VinVenture
    VinVenture Posts: 290
    Portion control, it's better to take two small servings than finish one big one, you have a better chance of moderating it.

    If pigging out is inevitable (or heavy drinking, as students occasionally do), do a proper, heavy workout that day for damage control. More of the kcal will go into building muscle, so less can go to fat. Also, you get a lot stronger effect on the alcohol, so limiting the liquid kcal is easier.

    If you crack, don't beat yourself up about it. Doing so will only make you cave in further and that's making it worse. Just get back on track and call it a cheat day, they're good on occasion.

    Figure out your cravings, if you crave chocolate - eat something with magnesium in it, if you crave soda and candy, eat red meat. (You'd be surprised how well this one works)

    Take time to enjoy the food, the smell, the colours and textures. To paraphrase Dylan Moran "You just sit there, dipping bread in anything runnier than bread, thinking to yourself. Tomorrow I'¨ll eat something that has more than two colours!" My rule of thumb, at least three colours in the meal.
  • Monica_in_MO
    Monica_in_MO Posts: 162 Member
    I try to eat a well rounded diet and nothing is truly off limits with the exception of potatoes and pasta. They are gateway drugs for me!! If I don't eat them, I don't want them. But if I eat them, I want nothing more than MORE potatoes and pasta. And I also never, never drink calories.
  • caroln3
    caroln3 Posts: 217
    I try to log every thing I eat.
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    I have no rules. Everything in moderation. If I want a glass or two of wine at dinner, I'll have it. I do best when I don't restrict myself.
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover Posts: 1,217 Member
    I drink 2 cups of water (very fast) right before I take my first bite of any meal or snack, and drink 2 cups immediately after I'm done. Fills me up way better than if I ate first then drank water, or drank water throughout eating.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    No rules apart from not going over my calories. That's the only thing that matters.
  • it_be_asin
    it_be_asin Posts: 562 Member

    You just reminded me of another rule I have.

    Which is?

    Need to eat just before I get to sleep or I get hungry in bed. I quoted you cause you pretty much said it for me.
  • regions02
    regions02 Posts: 154 Member
    If I run out of calories, I don't eat!
    Try hard not to use my exercise calories!
    Try to walk every day.
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