Everything I wish someone had told me 100 pounds ago...

jeffrodgers1

These are great. Thanks!

What is a potato wheel? It sounds delicious.

It's evil and intended for the baked potato. Typically a potato wheel is a round serving dish containing sour cream, cheese, bacon, and chives.

Shrinking_Moody

Thanks for sharing your advice. I've picked up on some basics but it's always nice to have new insights. Also I 100% agree w/ logging everything. I don't care if I'm on my 16th glass of water - I'm logging it.

ChelleDJM

Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this for us. I do many of your, "rules," but I need to work on #8 - putting the fork down. I don't know that it will help me eat less, because I weight things out before they go on the plate and I don't refill. But it would allow the meal to go slower. I feel like I make everything and, "WOOOOSHHH!!!" it's gone like it's an eating competition or something. It's good to learn to take things slow and enjoy food instead of shoving it all in as fast as possible like I have always done.

I'm in a little but of a rut right now, so I am going to print your list and tack it up where I can see it every day just to keep me in check.

DianneBoo

These are great! Thank you so much for sharing!

TArnold2012

Thanks for posting. I hope you don't mind that I copied and pasted this to my blog so that I can refer to it from time to time. I have just started my journey and have a long way to go but unlike times past I believe I am going to do it this time around.

mitchipooo

We all need a reminder of these things, should be read once a week to help motivate us. Thanks for sharing.

ruthmiriam

Thank you for posting your sensible tips! There's so much confusing information on here, it seems like I lose sight of common sense sometimes.

My husband and I switched to using salad plates for dinner, and we fill half of the plate with whatever the veggies are, and then use the other half for the starch and protein. It's been working very well to help us get enough veggies, and control portion sizes. Also, I just try to burn about 500 calories a day in some kind of exercise, which is similar to your tip #4.

Kooraloo

Thank you for sharing your advice! Definitely bookmarking this page for future reference

BeckaT79

Very Motivational!! Thanks for sharing

kdeaux1959

Excellent, common sense approach. Balanced.... I like this. No "don't cardio or you will get fat"; "eat at least 5000 calories per day or you will get fat" or even meal timing schemes here... Just simple day to day common sense. So rare these days. Nice post.

cominupmilhouse

I loved this post and am very glad I read it, because I think #4 is a fantastic daily goal to set for oneself and I'm going to start using it! Thanks a ton, it's all extremely sensible and simple advice, and congratulations on all your success with it as well.

CeCe_oceansoul_420

These are excellent tips! I've just begun my journey, but I've already taken on several of these tips. For example, I eat all of my meals on bread plates rather than dinner plates, include a fruit or veggie and a glass of water with every meal and snack, and have started exercising a minimum of 60 minutes a day, every day. So far I've lost one inch off my upper arms and calves, 2.5 inches off my waist and hips, and 3.5 inches off my thighs, and have officially lost 6 pounds over the last three weeks (I wasn't weighing myself before, so there's no telling how much I've lost in total over the last 8 weeks).

Your weight loss is such an inspiration, thanks for the post!

kympow

Great information!!! I especially love the burning your lowest calorie meal.... I will be revisiting this post on my journey....Thanks for taking the time to post it and putting such great thought into it!

snetterv

I am new here so I'm really not sure how this works or how to navigate. But happening upon your blog I was able to get a few suggestions that I haven't tried yet. I have been using MFP since April needing to lose 35lbs. I haven't done much since my husband passed, but sit in a chair. So now 2yrs later and 35lbs over I am returning to life. I have only lost 6lbs since april, but I am on alot of meds including prednisone, so it's going to be really hard to move that dial. I guess my BMR is really low because I haven't done anything in quite a while, I have bumped up the activity and I like the 5:30 rule. Thanks for the blog

toogsmom

Wow great advice! Ive lost 28 lbs so far , but when i reach my goal weight it will be a 100 lbs lost~ it was great to read tips from someone who has actually did the work to lose the weight! Running has become my best friend , completed 5ks and just the other day my first 10 k! Next goal a half marathon! So any tips on training for half marathon and seems like ive hit a plateau ~ i stay around 1200 calories a day and run most every day at least three miles sometimes 6, and i cycle as well! any advice from your experience would be helpful

anorangie

Thanks for taking the time to post this; it's great.

RejoicingL

Thank you for sharing those tips. I am just starting to see from other people's logs, just what a difrence being active makes! I will work on that!

islandnutshel

Thank you, for writing well, with lots of thought. Your progress is so inspiring.

gypsycoyote

Great tips! I am going to copy these down tomorrow. Thank you!!

irisheyez718

Great post, congrats on your success!

missxjuicy

great tips; congrats on the weightloss.

m1311

I laughed when I read #5! That's me...sit around the house and get hungry just to do something different. I haven't been doing that since I started MFP, because the whole "write it down" thing has worked really well, but just today when I didn't want to do some work on the computer, I found myself wandering into the kitchen. Old habits try to resurrect themselves.

About #11, I noticed something interesting when I started pulling out my grandmother's china for weekly family dinners. The plate is the same size as today's dinner plate, but the border along the rim takes a full inch off the outer edge, and it's tilted slightly up in addition. We naturally don't cover up the border area with food. When we have a meal on our regular dinner plates, there is no border "guarding" the edge of the plate. So eating from a salad plate is a great idea, and mimics what our more slender grandparents would have used for real estate on the plate.

Thank you so much for these points. They are real.

cheerforsteelers

Thank you for sharing! I just started out on my weight loss journey so this is great! I'm working with a nutritionist and she is guiding me along what you wrote.

davidsgirl145

bump for later reading

mevalentina

Great advice thank... And very impressive great sucess story

Crystalchaos72

Bumping to spread the word:) great job + great tips

jeffrodgers1

Thanks for the compliments people... Most of these are common sense, but I fully realize we are all different. Try them and if they work for you...Awesome. If they don't work for you, you will have learned that and hopefully will find something that does.

Remember that health is something most of us WORK at. It needs to be fostered for a lifetime.

mrtobias50

Thank you for posting this. All very sensible points. You are inspiring me!

cballiet

Great stuff!

slappywags37

Thanks! some great info in there