All u successful people: What are your top 3 tips for weight

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  • jazzalea
    jazzalea Posts: 412 Member
    Eat healthier.... not less

    move more..... and move more often!

    Track EVERYTHING...... it's not just accountability.... it's learning what happens when you do THIS with YOUR body..... and what happens if you do THAT...........

    good luck :)
  • miller0438
    miller0438 Posts: 72 Member
    Awesome advice I can contribute one thing thats finally clicking for me and thats you have to truly love yourself!! Ive always believed that if I hated myself enough id lose the weight.....so wrong!! It all starts with love for yourself :)
  • chelsea_thatsme
    chelsea_thatsme Posts: 138 Member
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  • mrb_9110
    mrb_9110 Posts: 189 Member
    1. Log everything - that means EVERYTHING - and be honest about it.
    2. Eat your exercise calories - at least half of them.
    3. Strength train - you can increase your resting metabolism and look better!
    4. Get more protein - the MFP guidelines for protein are too low I think. I try to get close to 100g a day, especially with exercise your body will thank you.
    5. Drink more water - I feel better and look better and perform better when I'm hydrated.
    ^this. Plus I would add, Eat clean 80% of the time, and give yourself some slack for the other 20%
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Bump for later! Awesome Thread!
  • emstgm
    emstgm Posts: 117 Member
    bump to read later
  • Bellemorte24
    Bellemorte24 Posts: 24 Member
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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    1. You have to fuel your body so eat enough calories NETTING over 1200 cals. I actually net 1400-1500 and have lost 101 lbs and still losing. The healthier the food the better.
    2. Log and accurately measure everything. Even condiments.
    3. Find a steady balance of cardio and strength training.
  • Caylee320
    Caylee320 Posts: 56 Member
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  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    1. no fried foods
    2. no fast food
    3. Track EVERYTHING even if you know you shouldn't have had it still track it. It's a teaching tool.
    4. me personally I like games and I like challenges so I challenge myself weekly goals and monthly goals, when a goal is reached and I busted the walls of my challenge, I reward myself with something like shoes, purse, something I want that isn't food. We aren't dogs so don't reward yourself with food.
    5. Cardio is great calorie burner, but add some strength training, and ab work with it, you might not see the scale go down but don't freak about the scale my tape measure has become my best friend.
    6. Find what works best for you, just because someone eat's back their calories they burn works for them, it might not for you. I know I'll probably get slammed for that, but I'm living proof that after 102 pounds lost, it doesn't work for me. I do not nor will I eat them back unless I stop losing and need to figure out what's going on.
  • Shellyyy7928
    Shellyyy7928 Posts: 78 Member
    Love this thread! Awesomes stuff:)
  • meljaniya
    meljaniya Posts: 22
    BUMP...
  • bademasi
    bademasi Posts: 180 Member
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  • bunny1006
    bunny1006 Posts: 325 Member
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  • OpenHeaven
    OpenHeaven Posts: 275 Member
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  • MrsM1ggins
    MrsM1ggins Posts: 724 Member
    I'm sure I heard it from someone else on here but, don't reward yourself with food. That's what you do when you're training a pet. You're not a dog!
  • kindra3434
    kindra3434 Posts: 176 Member
    I don't eat anything at all 2 days out of 7 each week.

    ^^^What in the world???:huh:
    LOL
  • proctor78
    proctor78 Posts: 51
    Love it!!!
  • nataliefallbach
    nataliefallbach Posts: 105
    What I have done that has worked:

    1) water, water, water and more water
    2) no soda, not even diet
    3) go to the gym 5-6 days a week, even if you only have time for 20 minutes
    4) no excuses, EVER! Just keep pushing yourself, losing weight is not a sprint, its a marathon, NEVER GIVE up on yourself
    5) log everything and if you forget something, go back and log it later even if you already submitted it
    6) Do it for the right reasons, for yourself and you will be successful even if you aren't seeing the results as fast as you want
    7) If you can't pronounce the ingredient in your food, chose something else, its processed garbage crap, do this at least 90% of the time and you will see a difference!

    Good Luck!
  • nullmom
    nullmom Posts: 10
    Everybodys right!!!!
    1)eat less but more often (I eat 3 small meals and 2 snacks a day)
    2)exercise (you have to work your body and your heart rate needs to increase to reduce risk of heart attack the more sweat the better!!)
    3) Log everything (IF YOU NIBBLE IT YOU HAVE TO SCRIBBLE IT)
    4) Drink water water water

    Do these four things and you will get there!!! And remember if you are working out you might lose inches and not pounds at first so dont stress so much about the number on the scale. Inches lost is more important than pounds lost.

    Best of luck to you!!!
  • mtcHavingItAll
    mtcHavingItAll Posts: 69 Member
    Awesome topic! BUMP!!!
  • DoingthisforChris
    DoingthisforChris Posts: 38
    Great Post Good Luck Orig Post
  • egiakatt
    egiakatt Posts: 90 Member
    These are great to read! Thanks for sharing... And thank OP for asking
  • watboy
    watboy Posts: 380 Member
    1. Eat lean foods
    2. Lift heavy and often
    3. Try for cardio at least 3 times a week
    4. Don't litsen to advice on MFP

    sorry that was 4
  • emhtx
    emhtx Posts: 3
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  • scorpiomfs
    scorpiomfs Posts: 167 Member
    bump da bump bump bump
  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 671 Member
    1. Eat clean...eat foods your great-great grandma would recognize as food, not processed crap.
    2. Cardio, at least 25 minutes, as many days a week as you can.
    3. Some kind of strength training to build muscle.
  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,130 Member
    1. Log every bite (and measure it whenever possible).
    2. Exercise - get an HRM for an accurate calorie count.
    3. Eat back some of your exercise calories - I do a zig zag approach with this, eating all of them some days and very few other days. Your body needs FUEL.
    4. Don't rush it - there's no fast way to do this.
    5. There's nothing you CAN'T eat - just eat in moderation or "wait 'til tomorrow" if you're out of calories.
  • persilcolours
    persilcolours Posts: 92 Member
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  • DeanneLea
    DeanneLea Posts: 261
    1) Track every bite
    2) Don't do anything now that you are not willing to do the rest of your life. Make this a lifestyle change. Are you going to deprive yourself of foods you love the rest of your life? Probably not. Eat them in moderation.
    3) Exercise at least 30 minutes a day, 5x per week
    4) Eat at least half of your exercise calories back
    5) Be happy with your choices exercise and food wise. If you aren't happy, you probably won't keep it up.

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