Weight Loss Tips THAT WORK
Isisa93
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what are some weight loss tips that work...
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1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.0 -
1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
Only tip u will need.0 -
1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
Accurate.0 -
1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
Truth. Though it should be mentioned you need to consume enough to... you know, live on. Find the middle ground.0 -
Lots of water
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Move move move!0
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Track everything that you eat or drink, and your exercise here on MFP. It is really working for me, which nothing else has for a very long time. It keeps me honest, and helps me realize where I am doing ok, and what I still need to work on to be healthy and fit. so I track it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly-lol! 0
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THANK - YOU !!!!!!!0
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I need lots of water too, to both clear out my system and to also make me feel less hungry. I find 8 cups doesn't cut it for me - depending on exercise that day (and this is just for me personally) I find between 10 and 17 cups a day for me.0
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Eat less, move more...0
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Track everything that you eat or drink, and your exercise here on MFP. It is really working for me, which nothing else has for a very long time. It keeps me honest, and helps me realize where I am doing ok, and what I still need to work on to be healthy and fit. so I track it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly-lol!
this is RIGHT ON and true. I agree.0 -
1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
To make certain this is happening because this IS the no. 1 tip:
1. Buy a heart rate monitor with a strap so you know what your true exercise burn is.
2. Measure/weigh what you eat.
3. Log everything you eat.
4. Drink lots of water.0 -
1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
To make certain this is happening because this IS the no. 1 tip:
1. Buy a heart rate monitor with a strap so you know what your true exercise burn is.
2. Measure/weigh what you eat.
3. Log everything you eat.
4. Drink lots of water.
This. Polat FT60 is a fab hrm! X0 -
Nuff said.1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition0 -
I've got lots of tips.
1. Eat more whole foods, less processed.
2. Drink water, a lot of water. All the time
3. Eat regularly
4. Carry a healthy snack at all times. You will need it at some point.
5. Move more than you do now.
6. Sleep, seriously. Go to bed a bit earlier, don't rely on snooze, make yourself comfortable. Unplug for the night!
7. Track your food every day. Make it a habit, even if you go 1000 calories over, track.
8. Make workout or activity plans with friends, even if those friends are online. Online challenges can be great motivators.
9. Measure your food. Measure it every time until you are sure you can eyeball it. After a few weeks of eyeballing it, measure again. You will probably discover that your eyeball measurements are off the mark
10. Make a plan. Decide you are going to workout and then schedule it into your day. Decide you are going to eat healthier, print off some healthier recipes, and then go to the grocery store and buy those healthy foods.
11. Prep in advance. Boil eggs or broil chicken breasts several at a time. Cut fruit and veggies for quick snacks. Make your own single serving packs. Think about the next days meal the night before so you can defrost the meat or pick up any last minute ingreadients.0 -
I've got lots of tips.
1. Eat more whole foods, less processed.
2. Drink water, a lot of water. All the time
3. Eat regularly
4. Carry a healthy snack at all times. You will need it at some point.
5. Move more than you do now.
6. Sleep, seriously. Go to bed a bit earlier, don't rely on snooze, make yourself comfortable. Unplug for the night!
7. Track your food every day. Make it a habit, even if you go 1000 calories over, track.
8. Make workout or activity plans with friends, even if those friends are online. Online challenges can be great motivators.
9. Measure your food. Measure it every time until you are sure you can eyeball it. After a few weeks of eyeballing it, measure again. You will probably discover that your eyeball measurements are off the mark
10. Make a plan. Decide you are going to workout and then schedule it into your day. Decide you are going to eat healthier, print off some healthier recipes, and then go to the grocery store and buy those healthy foods.
11. Prep in advance. Boil eggs or broil chicken breasts several at a time. Cut fruit and veggies for quick snacks. Make your own single serving packs. Think about the next days meal the night before so you can defrost the meat or pick up any last minute ingreadients.
In addition to less calories in and move more.... Do this!!!0 -
watch the movie Fat Head
it'll help.0 -
In addition to some of the other great ones... plan in advance. If I know I am going away, doing something special, etc, I plan in advance for it. A few days ago, I was going away for a conference. I scoped out local restaurants, and knew where and what I'd be eating, and how many calories it had in it before I ever left my house.
I also have very little time for cooking through the week. As of today, I have all meals/veggies cooked so all I have do is come home and nuke them, lunches prepped and ready to go to work, and my home-made yogurt parfaits stacked up for 2 days in the fridge (that's one thing I only like to do two days in advance, but even starting and scratch making the yogurt takes only a few minutes of hands on time). But making my own yogurt makes it much healthier, and so much better, and I can control the kind of sweetner that goes in it, etc.0 -
Be consistent. You can't really gauge true progress unless you're consistent.
A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition0 -
1 Don't treat it as a diet, treat it as a new way of life.
2 you will have good days, you WILL have bad days. But make sure that you have many more good days than bad.0 -
Go to sleep as early as you can, so you aren't tempted to have a "late night snack". Late night snacks are usually a craving for sweets or some sort of junk like chips, which have TONS of unhealthy, unnecessary, calories.0
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Lots of water
and gum... I was eating non stop I quit smoking October 2010 and I found myself eating more after I quit. I think it was having something in my mouth is what caused my snacking since I was not smoking I had nothing to do.. chew gum (it does not work for everyone) but give it a try you will be surprised. I am out of gum right now and I am going crazy0 -
Don't bull**** yourself and eat less. The end.0
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use this site to help you track your food intake :laugh:0
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watch the movie Fat Head
it'll help.
If you mean that it will help to serve as an example of all the crazy bs that gets thrown around in the name of weight loss, then I agree. While you're at it, watch Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, to see another example of a misguided approach.0 -
Obviously, calories needed to sustain your life < what you eat < calories out, but I also suggest setting goals for you that aren't scale-related. There is so much more to being healthy than the number on the scale.0
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watch the movie Fat Head
it'll help.
If you mean that it will help to serve as an example of all the crazy bs that gets thrown around in the name of weight loss, then I agree. While you're at it, watch Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, to see another example of a misguided approach.
I actually thought it was fairly done, though one-sided at times, and learning more about carbs/starches and how they truly affect blood sugar, insulin, etc was very helpful. For myself, if I steer away from breads/pastas, I can actually SEE a dramatic difference in my body in a few short days...*shrug* I liked it 0 -
1. Consume fewer calories than you expend.
The End.
Only tip u will need.
...then what's all this talk about 'starvation mode' and 'eating more to lose'?0 -
Thanks!!0
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These are the weight-loss tips that I'm doing and it's working miracles in my life (everyone is different and like life, one size does NOT and WILL fit all...so:
The Mental
Change my attitude about myself and life (people and situations) in general
1.) No one owes me nothing in this life and I don't owe anyone anything but to love them
2.) My weight and appearance (inside and out) is my choice-- No longer blaming or accusing or excuses my faults and failures on anyone other than myself--owning them (no matter how much it hurts or I can't see or understand the who's what's why's and how's of and when things don't go my way or "life" happens and it's out of my control--accepting that and moving ON) and doing the hard work that it's going to take to release and eliminate the negatives and accentuate the positives in my life--starting with my head (mind) my body (obvious) and heart and soul.
3.) No longer following the crowd, in looking for acceptance, approval (be it my new lifestyle and way of living) but being bold enough to stand alone if i have to and again to blaze my own trail from here on out, in love though. Honestly believing that I'm not any better than anyone else (but no worse either). No longer judging anyone but myself. Being a selfless person more instead of a spoiled, lazy, gluttonous selfish person. Those are HUGE steps for me in my weight-tips FOR MYSELF firstly and if these works for others, cool...if not--move along, nothing here to see
The Physical
Saying NO to the foods and things that have kept me in the grips of OBESITY and all the yuck that follows (inside and out)
NO to junk foods
NO to coffee
NO to sweets
NO to artificial and chemical filled foods as much as earthly possible
NO to Fatty empty calories food and drinks
NO to soda and sugarly chemical drinks
NO to dairy (as much as possible)
NO to beef, pork and very little if any chicken and limited organic eggs
NO to alcohol
NO to eating out often
NO to fatty desserts and things (no matter how "clean")
NO to driving everywhere--instead walk or ride my bike more
NO to daily listening and watching negative news and shows that beat down my spirit
NO to staying up late and no getting enough sleep
NO to selfishness with my time, attention and affections and YES to being a good mom, wife, friend and neighbor
NO to listening to gossip and seeking out gossip and being a gossip myself
YES to organic fruits of all kinds
YES to organic veggies of all kinds
YES to exercise everyday...but nothing crazy
YES to fresh air and sunshine every day walking some
YES to preparing wholesome homemadfe yummy food
YES to listening to classical music often
YES to reading and watching uplifting things
YES to loving myself and my family and friends more
YES to sleeping at least 8 hours per day
YES to cruelty free "clean" and natural and healthy foods of all kinds
YES to portion control
YES to life, love, health and happiness! Yes!!!!!!!!!
Since I've been living like this, just this past month...I've lost 14 pounds, my bodyfat% has decreased more than 10+ percent (from 46+ to today 32% body fat and moving down as I reach my goal(s), I feel less stress and more energy living, thinking, doing and being this way and I'm GLAD.
Some no DOUBT will say... Poo on you, that's depriving yourself--well my answer is, honey, I've been over indulging in JUNK (physically, mentally and every other way) for too many years (okay, most of my long life) and if this doesn't sit well with you...it's okay...it's working for me and I'm working it! This is a NEW way of life for me and I LOVE IT!0
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