What's the single biggest change you've made?
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A dead heat between quitting grains and starting resistance training.0
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Exercise! Exercise! Exercise! It's made all the difference. Also, cutting way back ( not completely ) on milk and wheat products. I almost never eat bread or cereal anymore and pasta is just an occasional fling. i feel soooooo much less bloated. Try it you'll like it!
PS, i never drink juices or sodas or flavoured anything and never have. I have not given up my evening aperatif and weekend wine or beer with din din. I do have my limits you know!0 -
two best this i ever did was buy a food scale, and started running.
Biggest changes i have made... pretty much everything! I quit smoking and researched exercise machines and bought an elliptical a year before i even started this. (No room for excuses, so make sure you have none!) I gave up fast food, soda (i have one on cheat day on occasion!) only drink on saturday nights now (i used to drink more than 18 beers every day) i stopped drinking my calories, i have increased my fruits and veggies and more than anything at all.. ive changed my outlook on life!0 -
More sport!0
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two best this i ever did was buy a food scale, and started running.
Biggest changes i have made... pretty much everything! I quit smoking and researched exercise machines and bought an elliptical a year before i even started this. (No room for excuses, so make sure you have none!) I gave up fast food, soda (i have one on cheat day on occasion!) only drink on saturday nights now (i used to drink more than 18 beers every day) i stopped drinking my calories, i have increased my fruits and veggies and more than anything at all.. ive changed my outlook on life!
Wow! I'm holding on to this one for awhile. VERY inspiring! Good you!0 -
Before joining MFP, my husband and I became Pescatorians - we only eat fish (no livestock or poultry). Since joining in the past few weeks, I would say my biggest changes have been to cut out wine, drinking mostly water and starting couch25K (which I love!).0
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Recently went paleo. Not able to do excessive amounts of exercise, but since I gave up the wheat and white sugar the weight is coming off anyway.0
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I gave up diet coke completely - I was drinking about 4-6 litres a day, costing me an absolute fortune! Now I only drink water and feel much better for it. Also, actually doing exercise! I swim about 4/5 times a week now.0
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i do regular exercise! and dont always eat what i fancy just because i fancy it!0
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Cutting out Wine :-( I love really good wine and I was drinking almost every day while cooking then have another with dinner, wow those calories added up quick. I always had a snack of cheese with these glasses because it tasted and paired great. The amount of calories I consumed with wine and cheese was more or the same as my dinner which I never missed wow no wonder I was super-sized. I was in denial that I would work off those snacks. The more I ate and drank the lazier I became and found the TV entertaining me. Not good there is so much I can do without being ashamed of my appearance; going to the beach is not humiliating neither is riding my bike.0
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Tons of water so I stay hydrated
A LOT less carbs. Not specifically LOW carb, but just less crap carbs. If carbs from fruit, I don't care, but if they're carbs from crap, I try not to. The less I eat them, the less I crave them; and the better I feel
Oh, and a TON of vitamins. After bloodwork, I was hideously deficient in a lot of stuff, the vitamins have helped amazingly!0 -
Wow, I'm so glad I posted this! What great responses, and I'm so inspired to see other people's goals, lifestyle changes and weight loss journeys. Sweetened drinks seem to be the most popular villain - LOL! Thank you all for sharing your experiences0
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To bring it all to one single change ....
I joined MFP - made some good friends who have helped me stay focused and make the other changes stick.
Minor changes:
Exercise .... no longer do I spend all day at my desk at work and then log onto the net as soon as I get home.
Food .... 1) Portion size - if the pack says serves 4 I freeze 3/4 of it for later .... previously I used to eat a "man sized portion" (assuming that the man was 4 times as big as the average person) - 2) I cut out my morning donut and sausage roll - 3) I no longer have KFC or McDs 3-4 times a week.
Drinks .... my daily "soda" has been replaced with water .... my daily beer replaced with water .... my daily tea ... well that is still tea but now it is weak with less than half a sugar.0 -
The biggest change is cutting portion size to approximately half of what I used to eat.0
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Ive cut out the fizzzy pop!! Back in high school i used to drink like 3 - 6 bottles of fizzy pop a day! It was for about a year!! I gained soo much weight, ive had to have a few fillings in my teeth because the amount of sugar has just rotted them away! And i made myself not buy anymore and drink anymore and see how i could cope without it. Amd 3 years down the line, i never drink fizzy pop! I dont really like it anymore! Water is much nicer and healthier0
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Reading labels, getting enough protein and most of all I exercise every day,
I love swimming so that helps HUGELY as vigorous exercise doesn't feel like a chore0 -
I only drink water all day and one iced coffee. I switched from cream to milk in my coffee as well. I don't feel hungry as often because I am drinking 80-100 ounces of water a day. It really makes a big difference in the hunger.0
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6 out of 7 days a week exercise before and after work
MFP (honorary mention)0 -
I cut out unnatural sugars. Fruits and all that are okay, but I used to add sugar to everything. Now I like the taste of a latte with no sugar in it.0
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Stopping undereating. I didn't realise that I used to do that until I started tracking my calories. I lose my appetite sometimes (due to mental health issues) and I used to go through long phases of undereating, then suddenly get hungry and eat a lot. The combination of the two meant that what I ate on the hungry days was stored as fat all around my waist.
By ensuring that I eat enough calories even when I've lost my appetite, I no longer have phases of overeating and I've lost more than 10 inches from around my waist.
Most people don't realise how much undereating can sabotage you. I was already eating reasonably healthily and doing exercise before I realised this about undereating. So that was the biggest change that led to me successfully losing the weight.0
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