What do you do to lose weight?
maharrod7
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HI, I am just starting my weight loss journey and I was wondering if any one had some tips for me?
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Eat clean, eat balanced, stay in your calorie range, and get moving!
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stay in ur calorie goal, i started walking good speed and then i tried jillian michaels 30 day shred.0
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I just started with small steps, cutting out sodas (even "diet" ones) fast food, things like that. And then I started doing cardio, after that came weight lifting. But it all started with one step. And then another. So just remember, when you take one step (even if it's small) your one step closer to where you want to be
As for advice, I'd say to try and stay within your calorie goal set up for you by MFP. And you'll be set! Good luck! And add me if you'd like, I like to say something encouraging to my friends everyday 0 -
- Stop eating fast food. If you have to eat outside or are having a craving for something greasy and salty, make it worth it and goto a decent sit down place, take your time to eat and enjoy. It might be equal calories as a fast food but you'll enjoy it more and get to savor it a bit
- Avoid soda/pop/commercial juices. For typical person, you lose a few lbs a year just by eliminating those alone.
- If you're a coffee/tea drinker, be careful of the additives. The cream and sugar and other crap we put in coffee can be very expensive in terms of calories.
- If you go over your calories "budget" on MFP, dont sweat and go outside and actually sweat those calories out. It doesnt take a long run to burn 200 calories (for me its about 30 minutes of walking, faster if I jog)
- If you had a bad day, you went over your calories by 2000, dont worry, goto sleep, enjoy the deliciousness you had because you will be trying to not have that for a bit and start over tomorrow. You didnt gained all that weight in one day, you aint gonna drop it in one day!
- move whenever you get a chance. Every little calorie counts
- Dont go on a fad diet, just be old school. Eat right, small portions and workout. Millions of people have lost weight doing this, you can too!
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Eat purposefully.
I don't know your situation but for me it was a process of learning to stop thinking about eating as primarily a means to satisfying myself and more as a means of delivering the nutrients my body needs to be healthy.
Beyond that, great advice so far in this thread... log your calories and stay in range, focus on clean and balanced eating, work on small steps.0 -
- Stop eating fast food. If you have to eat outside or are having a craving for something greasy and salty, make it worth it and goto a decent sit down place, take your time to eat and enjoy. It might be equal calories as a fast food but you'll enjoy it more and get to savor it a bit
- Avoid soda/pop/commercial juices. For typical person, you lose a few lbs a year just by eliminating those alone.
- If you're a coffee/tea drinker, be careful of the additives. The cream and sugar and other crap we put in coffee can be very expensive in terms of calories.
- If you go over your calories "budget" on MFP, don't sweat and go outside and actually sweat those calories out. It doesn't take a long run to burn 200 calories (for me its about 30 minutes of walking, faster if I jog)
- If you had a bad day, you went over your calories by 2000, don't worry, goto sleep, enjoy the deliciousness you had because you will be trying to not have that for a bit and start over tomorrow. You didn't gained all that weight in one day, you aint gonna drop it in one day!
- move whenever you get a chance. Every little calorie counts
- Dont go on a fad diet, just be old school. Eat right, small portions and workout. Millions of people have lost weight doing this, you can too!
Good luck
I can personally vouch for every single tip on this list. I like the cut of your jib, riz9007!0 -
What helps me to manage my weight:
1. Sleeping enough.
2. Engaging friends to exercise activities, doing it together.
3. Home cooking, especially with huge slow cooker (=> no need cook too often)
4. Logging in here ALL what goes to mouth and what I exercise.
5. Staying positive about life.
6. Loving fruits.
7. Not buying candies, cookies, etc at home.
8. After "fall" starting over again with no regrets.
9. Wanting to be and look healthy.
10. Reading, testing and sharing good tips from MFP forum.
11. Eating all my exercise calories.
Good luck and enjoy the journey! :-)0 -
all well said and worthy points.
Soda's and cofy/tea shud also be done in minimum.
dont overdo any particular thing because u read or got told by someone about it. be ready to test a lot of different ideas and over a month or 2 month period, settle down on a daily regime which you have made and u feel comfortable with.
Take into consideration the cost impact, lifestyle change, time investment, patience and above all need for self confidence.
best of lucks....0 -
I just started with small steps, cutting out sodas (even "diet" ones) fast food, things like that. And then I started doing cardio, after that came weight lifting. But it all started with one step. And then another. So just remember, when you take one step (even if it's small) your one step closer to where you want to be
As for advice, I'd say to try and stay within your calorie goal set up for you by MFP. And you'll be set! Good luck! And add me if you'd like, I like to say something encouraging to my friends everyday
i concur 100% percent! 0 -
I started by cutting out all alcohol, sodas, fruit juices, squashes and teas/coffees. Water only until I reach my goal weight.
I cut out nearly all fast food, cakes, chocolate, sweets, crisps and biscuits. Now I only eat these as a treat if I have enough calories left over at the end of the day, and then only rarely.
Changed my breakfasts to something healthy. No cereals apart from Oatmeal, Shredded Wheat or Weetabix. No fried food for breakfast except on very very rare treat days and so far there haven't been any of those,
95% of our meals are now home cooked from scratch. Very few processed foods make it into the meal plan.
Red meat is pretty much off the menu. I can count on 1 hand the number of times we've had beef in the last 4 months. Fish, chicken and turkey rule the roost in our house nowadays
Most meals are either grilled, steamed, baked or prepared in the slow cooker. We hardly ever fry anything anymore.
Lots more vegetables and fruits. I've eaten more lentils during the last 4 months than I have in my whole life before.
Started swimming lengths at the local pool 5 times a week for 30-45 minutes each time and started going for long walks as often as possible.
Record everything religiously on MFP and eat up to my calorie limits. Including exercise calories.0 -
Small changes and stick within your calorie allowance that MFP will work out for you. I make a change and challenge myself e.g. this week I've decided to have zero sugar - no sugar in my coffee and cereal etc - just to see if it makes any diff when I weigh in next week; also trying to beat those cravings for sweets and replace that craving with fruit and/or yoghurt instead. Good luck and welcome.0
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This thread has been spot on so far.
Would just like to say, when trying fruit and veg if you hate one try, and try again.
I used to absolutely hate all vegetables now I cannot go a day without eating them.0 -
Why must coffee and tea be cut out? Is this only if you take sugar?0
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Look for and avoid sugar in everything.
Cut back on wheat-based food, it's not the wheat of 100 or even 50 years ago. Two slices of wholemeal bread will spike your blood sugar more than a Snickers Bar.
Eat Real Food, avoid anything with 'low fat' or 'diet' on the label.
Minimise anything with a label
Don't fear consuming fat, embrace eggs (from chickens that have been pastured, ideally) and seafood (wild, not farmed).
Disregard the food pyramid, eat good foods that satisfy you.
Ignore the 'fat will make you fat/harm your heart/kill your children' message.
Treat the whole 'it's just a calorie', 'calories in/out, you will weigh xxx in 5 weeks' thing with deep suspicion if not contempt.
Don't try to exercise too much, as a weight loss strategy it's overrated. Exercise is good but not, primarily, for weight loss.
Learn when you are really hungry and when you have just had some carb-induced blood sugar comedown.
Eat what we have been eating naturally for most of human existance and wonder why the obesity/disease-ridden society we have has only started snowballing since the introduction of things that can be barely classed as 'food'.
Read up on nutrition and understand what is going on with your metabolism and don't take any nutritional advice as gospel, including this. 0 -
All great advice. Really commit to this site! You'll be glad you did! X0
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Visit a naturopath, see if you're dealing with any hormone issues before you start. Hormones can stuff up your progress from word go making it incredibly frustrating if you can't lose the weight you want. I went today and was told I had a thyroid condition and my pituitary gland needed a huge boost. He's put me on a herbal mix from today and we'll keep you posted on the outcome!0
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Why must coffee and tea be cut out? Is this only if you take sugar?
Pssh I love tea and coffee! have them everyday, never had any problems 0 -
Visit a naturopath, see if you're dealing with any hormone issues before you start. Hormones can stuff up your progress from word go making it incredibly frustrating if you can't lose the weight you want. I went today and was told I had a thyroid condition and my pituitary gland needed a huge boost. He's put me on a herbal mix from today and we'll keep you posted on the outcome!
So he did blood tests for the thyroid condition and glandular imbalance and then gave you some mixed herbs to sort the problem out? Sweet!0 -
Why must coffee and tea be cut out? Is this only if you take sugar?
You don't have to cut these out at all. Even if you do take sugar that's fine, as long as you build it all in to your daily allowance.
I have lost 36lbs in 3 months using MFP. I maybe do not eat as 'clean' as other people, but I have found a balance which is completely sustainable for me.
In the past I have tried lots of other weight loss programmes (WW, Rosemary Conley, Slimming World etc) but quickly grew sick of counting syns and points and generally boring everyone around me with what I could and couldn't eat. Now I've found a great balance. Just make sensible choices and make sure you do live a normal life. If you go out for a meal then do some exercise to help fit it into your daily allowance, enjoy it and move on! If you look at my diary you will see that I have been out for a couple of meals recently and had more than my fair share of wine! If I couldn't do this every now and again I know I'd just give this up and fall off the healthy eating wagon. This way, I know I can keep it up quite happily: forever. It's all about finding the right plan for you.
Good luck with your weight loss journey. Feel free to add me as a friend! :happy:0 -
Why must coffee and tea be cut out? Is this only if you take sugar?
Pssh I love tea and coffee! have them everyday, never had any problems
Caffeine causes a short-term elevation in your metabolism, which gives you a burst of energy. Like any addiction, however, as your body becomes accustomed to caffeine, it begins to compensate. Used over the long term, caffeine actually reduces your metabolism. . . you come to need increasing amounts of caffeine just to stay alert. The slower metabolism actually causes you to gain weight on less food. This makes Diet Coke the perfect product, since it is actually helping to create the problem it's trying to "cure."0 -
I fast for 24 hours twice a week0
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Be mindful of what you're popping into your mouth..... Everything in moderation and the best thing I've found to do is Zumba, it's brilliant, burns calories - loads of them, estimated minimum burn is 500 cals in an hours session - obviously the more effort you put in the more you burn and it's fun..... Music and moving with loads of other people that are there for the same reason..... Get yourself booked in on a class :-) You'll love it....0
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This is what I have done and the advice I give to you:
-take tiny steps in the process especially if you start feeling overwhelmed with information (low carb, no carb, eating clean, raw foods WHAT???) There is a TON of information out there, a million people trying to lose weight and twice as many ways to go about it. This can be so so daunting. Make little changes that makes sense to YOU and will fit into your lifestyle.
-set small goals that you want to accomplish every day (less soda, more water, taking the stairs, eating evry 3 hours, just whatever YOU want to accomplish) and add them up at the end of every day. Chances are even if you weren't perfect all ALL things, you did accomplish something and that leaves a positive thought in your head before bed and something positive to wake up to the next day.
-if your life after weight loss won't be without ________ (ice cream, cake, a diet coke, potatoes etc) then don't cut it out for the sake of weight loss. Moderation is what works for me.
-feel free to let people know that you are doing this YOUR way and although you appreciate their advice (because for some effed up reason everybody seems to think they know better or have a faster/quicker way), you'd like to stick to what works for you.
-don't try to be perfect. Just wake up every day and try to be a little bit better than you did yesterday0 -
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Why must coffee and tea be cut out? Is this only if you take sugar?
Pssh I love tea and coffee! have them everyday, never had any problems
Caffeine causes a short-term elevation in your metabolism, which gives you a burst of energy. Like any addiction, however, as your body becomes accustomed to caffeine, it begins to compensate. Used over the long term, caffeine actually reduces your metabolism. . . you come to need increasing amounts of caffeine just to stay alert. The slower metabolism actually causes you to gain weight on less food. This makes Diet Coke the perfect product, since it is actually helping to create the problem it's trying to "cure."
I wish I would have known this 34 months ago...lol (joking)........ I drink a 100 calorie coffee (with real sugar and creamer) every morning.. I drink 2-3 24 oz. Diet Pepsi's every single day (with my 100 oz of water I get in too) and have somehow managed to lose a few pounds.. The biggest things that I have figured out is 1. Get Moving!! If you got time to sit and watch even a 30 minute show or surf the web everyday then you have no excuse for not getting up and going for a 30 minute walk or do some form of exercise. 2. Everything in moderation!! Work in your Lean meat, Veggies, and Fruits, Whole grains but also work in some things that make you not feel so deprived. I have a 1% glass of Chocolate Milk everyday before bedtime. I mix a hand full of Almonds with a cup of Kelloggs Crave Double Chocolate cereal to make a tasty dry candy like treat. Everything fits into my daily caloric intake and once a week we go out to eat and have whatever my heart desires. No Guilt, its my treat for all the weeks hard work... Best of Luck to you....0 -
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Lots of great advice.
For me, i started very small. I just entered my numbers in MPF and started logging all of my food - every bit of it.
Within a couple of weeks, i was amazed at how much i had learned about food and the nutritional values of all of the food i was eating. The more i learned, the more i started naturally, with hardly any effort, making better and better choices about what to eat and what to buy and have in the house.
I generally have no trouble sticking to my calories now and rarely feel hungry with no calories left to consume.
Really i am shocked about how much simple knowledge gives me huge control.
Good luck!0 -
Log Food
Eat what you want when you want( I am living proof that you do not have to cut out fast food, bread, or coffee)
Exercise(Cardio and Weights)0 -
I usually just eat a less. Crazy, right?0
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