What do you wish you knew when you started?
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I wish I would have understood the concept of lifestyle change.. You don't have to be perfect but you do have to realize that there are consequences for all the choices you make. Those choices may cause you to take longer to reach your goals but you'll get there so long as you keep pressing forward and DON'T GIVE UP!0
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bump0
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I wish I had known I was allergic to yeast. All the yo-yoing could have been prevented, and possibly could have kept my gall bladder...0
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I wish I had known that you really don't have to starve yourself to lose weight! You don't have to give up all of the yummy things that you love!0
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yep! i wish i wouldve known all this info and actually put it in place in my 20s when i could lose weight easier.0
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That strength training would work better then hours of cardio0
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But, most of all, I really wish I had known that I was worth this.
^this more than anything else. I wish that I had known that I deserved to be better for myself and that it ALL that matters.0 -
I wish I would have taken measurements at the start. I wish I would have looked in my closet for my old (smaller) clothes earlier, better fitting clothes show progress faster!!0
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Feed the muscle to burn the fat
Weights > Cardio
Macros are important.0 -
The evilness of sodium. I am 33 and just realized that it makes me bloated, grouchy and my scale go nuts!0
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I wish I knew that I could eat more and lose weight! At the beginning I restricted my diet to 1,100 caliries. I lost weight, but it stalled for MONTHS! I was advised to increase my calories to 1,500-1,600 calories, which I did and I have been losing ever since!0
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I wish I knew that strength training was important.
I did a lot of cardio, dancing and walking. I lost 30lbs, but was still a little flabby.
Strength training toned me up quickly, but it made me gain.
I should have started my strength in the beginning to make weight loss a lot easier!!!0 -
How important it is to eat the proper amount and not skimp on calories...starvation mode is costly to the journey. Buy clothes at a thrift store as your not in any one size very long.0
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"I wish I knew what I know now when I started"...
...that I would gain it all back quickly and it would take twice as much effort to get it back off....oy!0 -
That exercise would have made a HUGE difference when I started. It would have made the process SOOOOOO much easier.0
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Importance of heavy lifting.0
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How easy losing weight is if you do it the right way and stay dilligent. I spend all those years wishing....when I could have just done something about it.0
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Just this.....To keep going, .. This is the long haul, lose some, stick, go on holiday, gain a bit, lose some more.
Don't sweat if you go over, make up for it the next day.
Learn to count your calories.
Eat a few less calories and do a bit more exercise.
Don't believe the hype.0 -
I wish I had known...
- that I was worth the effort and that if you make a bad choice SO WHAT, it is one bad choice and the next 30 could be great ones. Don't give up on yourself.
- that strength training is an excellent way to transform your body
- that hours & hours of cardio a week are unnecessary for weight loss (still important for other health reasons)
- that 15 minutes of HIIT is more effective for fat loss that 45 minutes on the elliptical
- what my TDEE & BMR were & why they were important to my weight loss ( do the research )
- that I do not have to eat 1200 calories a day and go bonkers trying to accomplish everything in my life on such a little amount of fuel/energy
- that eating below your BMR for extended periods of time is harmful to your body
- the difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger
- that using ALL MFP tools really does help (Join a group & make friends, they are your support system!)
- that nothing will happen overnight and I have to accept this. It took years of neglect for me to get here and it will take some time to rectify it and that is ok. I think for weight loss, slow is better because it means you are learning, making lifestyle changes and less likely to put all the weight back on down the road.
Just a few off the top of my head, hope they are helpful.0 -
I wish I knew that it was OK to trust myself to eat junk food every once in a while.
There's a reason why they are called 'sometimes' foods.
Don't get me wrong - it was important for me to stop outright to teach myself new eating habits. I just wish I knew from the beginning that the only way this will be any form of easy is if I have complete trust in myself in what I eat and holding myself accountable.
Understanding this has made my 'diet' a 'lifestyle' - which is so much easier to manage.0
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