Advice you don't 100% follow but know you should
claire_90
Posts: 99
I'm not sure if this has been done but this is my list of things I don't always adhere to, but everytime I do it makes a significant positive impact on my weight loss/toning. add yours 
1. Drink more water
2. Get more sleep
3. Do strength training/weights
4. Avoid Alcohol
5. Eat more (my calories can slip quite low)
When I follow those tips/advice I shred a lot but some of it's sooo harrrd to follow all the time lol
1. Drink more water
2. Get more sleep
3. Do strength training/weights
4. Avoid Alcohol
5. Eat more (my calories can slip quite low)
When I follow those tips/advice I shred a lot but some of it's sooo harrrd to follow all the time lol
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Don't step on the scale more than once a week.0
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Don't go over your calorie limit. Even if that chocolate cake on the breakroom table is super pretty.
Otherwise, I'm good.0 -
Don't step on the scale more than once a week.
Oh that one applies to me too! ( 3 times a day is where I am currently at and the flucuations can do my head in, I only record once a week and that number is always a loss, if I only stepped on them once I would be so much happier!!)0 -
I'm not sure if this has been done but this is my list of things I don't always adhere to, but everytime I do it makes a significant positive impact on my weight loss/toning. add yours
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2. Get more sleep
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*this*
*sigh* It's 2:40EDT and I should been asleep 2.5 hours ago! One more topic thread and I'm done...0 -
Don't step on the scale more than once a week.
Yep, and
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
3/ Don't eat dessert
all kind of related, I guess 0 -
Stay off the forums.0
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Exercise daily, even if it's just a walk.
Eat clean, give up unhealthy snacks and junk food.
Give up starbucks, fattening coffee creamers, and baked treats0 -
1. Definitely get more sleep (It's 12:58am MDT. Studying for a midterm that I should have had all nicely set out a week ago. :yawn: )
2. Don't push yourself too hard if you're just starting out/are in pain. (Hurt my knee because I wasn't used to strenuous exercise)
3. Don't eat in front of any screens. (Mindless eating. :sick: )
4. Drink more water. (I never remember to bring my water bottle with me to Uni)
5. Eat as regularly as possible. (I tend to have a small breakfast, skip lunch, large snack when I get home, medium sized dinner, medium sized snack, small snack. Which is bad. :P I either overeat or under eat by a fair bit)0 -
1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water daily
2. Eat more protein , less carbs
3.Weigh myself once a week only
4. Don't compare myself to others
5. Don't do too much, too hard, too soon physically0 -
1. Definitely get more sleep (It's 12:58am MDT. Studying for a midterm that I should have had all nicely set out a week ago. :yawn: )
2. Don't push yourself too hard if you're just starting out/are in pain. (Hurt my knee because I wasn't used to strenuous exercise)
3. Don't eat in front of any screens. (Mindless eating. :sick: )
4. Drink more water. (I never remember to bring my water bottle with me to Uni)
5. Eat as regularly as possible. (I tend to have a small breakfast, skip lunch, large snack when I get home, medium sized dinner, medium sized snack, small snack. Which is bad. :P I either overeat or under eat by a fair bit)
I'm guilty of number 3 lol, but I do portion out my snacks for the game/tv program I intend on watching and pew log them so I know I can eat the amount in front of me lol0 -
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
i dont understand why you shouldnt do either of these?0 -
Eat Clean
Drink more water
Exercise/strength train more *i do walk 4 miles a day*
Don't look at the numbers on the scale and be disappointed
Probably get more sleep!
Eating cleaner is definitely my number 1 though, when its only me to feed i find it hard to stay away from the microwave meals
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-eat your exercise calories back
-eat more to weigh less
-avoid soda
-strenght training
..........:noway: no thanks!, i wont eat my exercise calories back, i wont eat more, i wont avoid soda and i wont do strenght training :bigsmile:0 -
It's outdated misinformation is all. I eat right before bed, it hasn't hurt me one bit, as a matter of fact it's 12:10 and I'm about to eat in a little bit then go to sleep.
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
i dont understand why you shouldnt do either of these?0 -
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
i dont understand why you shouldnt do either of these?
Fairly curious myself. Last I had heard, the whole 'night eating makes you fat' stuff had been totally debunked, so long as that food still fit into your daily intake requirement.
Admittedly, eating late can screw with some people's sleep, and in those cases, it should be avoided.0 -
the carbs and late night thing doesn't make any sense to me either!
If I stop eating before 8pm I usually just wake up at like 5am starving. I'd rather eat later and sleep in otherwise breakfast is early, lunch is early and I snack all afternoon waiting for dinner
carbs help brain function, they are important 0 -
No idea, but it's what "they" always say (I'm reading a book called "Lose the last five kilos" - I think I might throw it out the window!
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
i dont understand why you shouldnt do either of these?0 -
It's outdated misinformation is all. I eat right before bed, it hasn't hurt me one bit, as a matter of fact it's 12:10 and I'm about to eat in a little bit then go to sleep.
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
i dont understand why you shouldnt do either of these?
I always heard it was because you don't burn calories while you're sleeping. But I always eat at night. In fact the only time I dont' eat is when I'm sleeping! I like to have a variety of small things throughout the day and I've had luck doing that over the not eating because of what time it is thing because smy body isn't starving when I wake up or go to sleep.0 -
No idea, but it's what "they" always say (I'm reading a book called "Lose the last five kilos" - I think I might throw it out the window!
Sadly, some books serve best as overpriced window props.0 -
I'm not sure if this has been done but this is my list of things I don't always adhere to, but everytime I do it makes a significant positive impact on my weight loss/toning. add yours
1. Drink more water
2. Get more sleep
3. Do strength training/weights
4. Avoid Alcohol
5. Eat more (my calories can slip quite low)
When I follow those tips/advice I shred a lot but some of it's sooo harrrd to follow all the time lol
1. Avoid Alcohol
2. Get more sleep.
OP I dated your twin, are you as evil as she is?0 -
Haha you made me lol! I think (and I may be wrong) that the premise behind it is that 90% of people weigh in the morning and if you don't have anything to eat for several hours that you will weigh less, which is true. However what they are not taking into account is that your not actually losing weight doing this, just weighing when your stomach is completely empty which isn't really weight from fat, just weight from food your still digesting.
No idea, but it's what "they" always say (I'm reading a book called "Lose the last five kilos" - I think I might throw it out the window!
1/don't eat carbs at night
2/ Don;t eat after 8pm
i dont understand why you shouldnt do either of these?0 -
Eat enough fibre.
I eat lots of vegetables but have several days where I don't meet my fibre goals. That is something I really need to work on.0 -
Need to eat more veggies
Need to eat more veggies
Need to eat more veggies.....0 -
I'm not sure if this has been done but this is my list of things I don't always adhere to, but everytime I do it makes a significant positive impact on my weight loss/toning. add yours
1. Drink more water
2. Get more sleep
3. Do strength training/weights
4. Avoid Alcohol
5. Eat more (my calories can slip quite low)
When I follow those tips/advice I shred a lot but some of it's sooo harrrd to follow all the time lol
1. Avoid Alcohol
2. Get more sleep.
OP I dated your twin, are you as evil as she is?
I am a sweetheart!0 -
Eat enough fibre.
I eat lots of vegetables but have several days where I don't meet my fibre goals. That is something I really need to work on.
Ha - I am always over my fibre goals....the side effects can be somewhat disconcerting 0 -
One of my bigger ones I need to remember to follow-eat food with less sodium and drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.0
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Drink more water
Get enough sleep
Do weight training0 -
To me, what would be logical would be to follow the advice with the best research data to back it up. But do I? Do I heck as like!
The two really obvious ones are:
1) sugar is pure evil, so eat less of it
2) in the long term, not eating meat protein will lead to increased loss of muscle mass
In the case of 1), I just love my cakes etc too much. I'm not overweight, and the evidence against sugar isn't publicised widely enough for it to reach my conscience that often. In the case of 2), I haven't eaten meat, apart from fish, for over 2/3 of my life, and the idea is rather yucky.
On the other hand, I'm great at taking advice that suits my preferences: I eat loads of fibre and dairy (though it interferes with iron absorption) and olive oil (though some research suggests it was the fish and tomatoes making the Mediterranean diet so healthy, and olive oil was purely coincidental).0 -
I'm not sure if this has been done but this is my list of things I don't always adhere to, but everytime I do it makes a significant positive impact on my weight loss/toning. add yours
1. Drink more water
2. Get more sleep
3. Do strength training/weights
4. Avoid Alcohol
5. Eat more (my calories can slip quite low)
When I follow those tips/advice I shred a lot but some of it's sooo harrrd to follow all the time lol
I definitely need to do all of those... especially avoid alcohol and get more sleep
they kind of correlate too haha. It's hard being a student and being healthy is my excuse ;p 0 -
I'm not sure if this has been done but this is my list of things I don't always adhere to, but everytime I do it makes a significant positive impact on my weight loss/toning. add yours
1. Drink more water
2. Get more sleep
3. Do strength training/weights
4. Avoid Alcohol
5. Eat more (my calories can slip quite low)
When I follow those tips/advice I shred a lot but some of it's sooo harrrd to follow all the time lol
this..along with don't make excuses...I used to.but not anymore0
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