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mrskaramarie
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Hello! My name is Kara and I have 52 pounds I would like to drop! It will be a long journey and could use some good motivation and some helpful tools that may have worked for you! So let me know what has worked for you! Thanks!
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Hey Kara,
Some of the thing that work for me:
- I made a daily schedule for myself of when I will eat and exercise.. every 2 to 3 hours my alarm clock (on my phone) will let me know when I should wake up, eat, exercise and sleep... Having a certain structure helps me stay on track...
- I don't deprive myself of anything, for example if I want a piece of chocolate, cake etc. I will have some, BUT I will never exceed my daily calorie intake!!.. (by doing so you will lower the chances of a relapse, because you still can get a taste, but you have to limit yourself so you don't go overboard with it)
- drink 2 liters of water daily!!
- force yourself to go outside as much as possible. In stead of taking the car, try to walk or ride a bike as much as you can.
- pick a day, when you will weigh in.. Never do it more than once a week.. (i always do it on saterday)
- pick a day when you won't count your calories.. A day off.. but this does not mean that you can eat take-out food or you can go to the mcdonalds and stuff yourself with junk food... You still have to limit yourself, but i find it nice to have atleast 1 day off, were I don't have to count every calorie I eat.
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Hey nice post. I've been at it for a while, but I really liked some of your suggestions.Hey Kara,
Some of the thing that work for me:
- I made a daily schedule for myself of when I will eat and exercise.. every 2 to 3 hours my alarm clock (on my phone) will let me know when I should wake up, eat, exercise and sleep... Having a certain structure helps me stay on track...
- I don't deprive myself of anything, for example if I want a piece of chocolate, cake etc. I will have some, BUT I will never exceed my daily calorie intake!!.. (by doing so you will lower the chances of a relapse, because you still can get a taste, but you have to limit yourself so you don't go overboard with it)
- drink 2 liters of water daily!!
- force yourself to go outside as much as possible. In stead of taking the car, try to walk or ride a bike as much as you can.
- pick a day, when you will weigh in.. Never do it more than once a week.. (i always do it on saterday)
- pick a day when you won't count your calories.. A day off.. but this does not mean that you can eat take-out food or you can go to the mcdonalds and stuff yourself with junk food... You still have to limit yourself, but i find it nice to have atleast 1 day off, were I don't have to count every calorie I eat.
Hope this helps!0 -
Hey nice post. I've been at it for a while, but I really liked some of your suggestions.Hey Kara,
Some of the thing that work for me:
- I made a daily schedule for myself of when I will eat and exercise.. every 2 to 3 hours my alarm clock (on my phone) will let me know when I should wake up, eat, exercise and sleep... Having a certain structure helps me stay on track...
- I don't deprive myself of anything, for example if I want a piece of chocolate, cake etc. I will have some, BUT I will never exceed my daily calorie intake!!.. (by doing so you will lower the chances of a relapse, because you still can get a taste, but you have to limit yourself so you don't go overboard with it)
- drink 2 liters of water daily!!
- force yourself to go outside as much as possible. In stead of taking the car, try to walk or ride a bike as much as you can.
- pick a day, when you will weigh in.. Never do it more than once a week.. (i always do it on saterday)
- pick a day when you won't count your calories.. A day off.. but this does not mean that you can eat take-out food or you can go to the mcdonalds and stuff yourself with junk food... You still have to limit yourself, but i find it nice to have atleast 1 day off, were I don't have to count every calorie I eat.
Hope this helps!
Thanx .. I'm glad you found some of it useful.. We are here to help each other out
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