what your best tip to give someone

enewsome2

Don't freak out if you're "under" your calories, do not freak out if you are "over" your calories, just keep trying everyday, and remember that your body doesn't lose weight on a 24 hour only basis; meaning, you can eat 500 calories under on Monday (when you're not hungry) and eat 500 extra on Tuesday, and still lose weight.

Also, continue to have fun and have small splurges- life is all about balance!

vmekash

1) Don't be in a hurry. Slow/steady weightloss = better chance of permanent weight loss

2) Small changes you can live with, one or two at a time

3) Forget whatever flubs you had yesterday. Today is a brand new day, and you get to start each day with a clean slate.

Amberonamission

Find a physical activity that makes you smile huge. Find the joy in the whole process. If it is the best thing you do in a day, you will do it everyday.

Lisah8969

It's not a diet. Don't deprive yourself of the things that you like. Make them better when you can and when you really just need something that is considered bad, make sure it fits into your calories and macros for the day. This absolutely has to be something you can live with every day.

TheVimFuego

Keep it simple, keep it sustainable.

hope516

Get your head right before you try to get your body right. If you are doing it for someone other than yourself and before you have made a REAL commitment to yourself than you have NO chance of succeeding :flowerforyou:

DebbieLyn63

If you are looking for weight loss advice- only listen to those who have actually lost weight. Much of what you will receive on here is stuff someone read in a magazine or on a website. Or heard from someone else who read a magazine or an internet article.

Also, find as many people that are your gender, around your age and height, similar life circumstances, and have around the same amount of weight to lose, (or started at your weight), that are succeeding at losing weight and getting healthier. See what they are/have been doing, and do that. If you are a working mom with limited time to exercise, don't compare yourself to someone 20 years younger who is single with no kids and can spend several hours in the gym, .

Don't be confused with all the BMR, TDEE, eat back your exercise calories, whatever 'rules' you hear. Figure out what works for you.

And most of all- don't quit. Many factors will affect how quickly you lose or don't lose. Don't get discouraged when the scale doesn't move like you want it to. Keep at it and look at long term.

Eat Better-Eat Less-Move More

Lozzy_82

Find exercise you enjoy! If you loathe and resent every minute you spend on a treadmill then don't go on the treadmill. If you find something you enjoy, whether it's spin, running, Zumba, or whatever, then it won't feel like a chore and you're less likely to give it up or find excuses not to do it.

When you're tempted to skip a workout just think: "In one hour's time I will either feel awesome and proud of myself for working out, or angry with myself for skipping it. How do I want to feel in one hour?". This thought has got me up and moving SO many times when I've just wanted to collapse on the couch!

If you make a bad choice don't let it derail you, just get straight back on track. If you find yourself giving in and scoffing a massive piece of cake, don't think "Oh well, I may as well take today off and start again tomorrow"! You'll soon find yourself thinking "I'll start next week, or "I'll start after that party at the end of the month".

Also, drink lots of water!

earndien

Do not reward yourself with food, you are not a dog.

love it

lilteepot

Read the roadmap, (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12) and understand your BMR and TDEE.

shellydd

Watch Super Size Me.

my teenage step daughter told me to do this. she also read a book about "fast foods". poor kid can hardly eat at mcDonalds

Dunkelheit666

One who attempts too much, succeeds in nothing.

You have to be in this for the long haul. The beginning will hurt and be fairly unpleasant. You have to want it more than it sucks to be tired sore or hungry.

TavistockToad

be patient!

eat less, move more!

do strength training!!

jaimiefj

What doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you.

fit4lifeUcan2

2 words: GET MOVING!

dlegros

Find exercise you enjoy! If you loathe and resent every minute you spend on a treadmill then don't go on the treadmill. If you find something you enjoy, whether it's spin, running, Zumba, or whatever, then it won't feel like a chore and you're less likely to give it up or find excuses not to do it.

Very solid advice - I lost a load of weight 10 years ago, but got bored of going to the gym, stopped exercising which then started a chain reaction of events culminating in weight gain.

Now the gym is only supplemental to my main exercise (Krav Maga) and if I miss a session unexpectedly, my instructor will be asking me why; but as I really enjoy training I can keep it up

SorchaRavenlock

That number on the scale doesn't tell the whole story! Take measurements, take pictures, pay attention to how your clothes feel. Sometimes what we don't lose in pounds, we lose in inches instead...

gogoyubarino

Don't eat that second piece of cream cake.

ladyairborne

I'VE LOST 11 LBS IN 40 DAYS,,,, IT'S GETTI NG EASIER,, INVEST IN A FITBIT, IT LINKS TO MFP,, AND IT HELPS ALOT

Graceious1

For you to succeed you have to find your own motivation for living a healthy lifestyle and review it every so often because it can change.

One more thing, enjoy a splurge every so often and enjoy it.

alpine1994

I don't know if I qualify as losing a lot of weight, but the most important thing I learned along the way was that the hardest part is breaking old habits and creating new ones. You need to start slowwwwwwly or else you will crash and burn.

Also, don't set time limits on your weight loss, like "I want to lose 10lbs by December". This is also a way to crash and burn. Even when you're doing everything right (eating at a deficit, counting calories correctly, exercising regularly, etc.) your body will do what it wants. I usually maintain for three weeks and then all the weight falls off the 4th week. There is no rhyme or reason, but imagine if I gave myself a time limit during those 3 weeks when I wasn't losing anything? It would've driven me nuts and made me quit.

annie786

My problem was always the food side, as I love to exercise.
For Food- pay attention to Portion size. No matter how good the food taste, only take one serving. Don’t go back for that second serving. The food will still be there for the next day and you can enjoy another portion then. Also eat everything, instead of a big piece of cake, I will have just a sliver- I get the taste and my craving is satisfied…
It’s all in the small changes- and sticking to a slow and steady progress.
Good Luck, Cheers

ElleBee66

Sleep - get plenty of it - or as much as you personally need. It is much harder to make sensible choices when you are exhausted.

oonaghmolly

Never eat yellow snow.

For weight loss, find what works for you, just be sensible about it.

Coz that is where the Huskys go

amy1612

Lift heavy.....thats the best advice I've had and its changed my life.

orangelobster

Start each day with a big huge glass of water with some lemon juice in it.

Angie_1991

Don't get discouraged......the weight wasn't put on over night it won't come off over night either. Perfection takes time! You can do it......

It's what I would want to hear.......

vanessaclarkgbr

Life - head down *kitten* up, get on with it (family motto!)
Diet - don't sweat the small stuff, it's the downward trend that matters.

Good luck

bcattoes

Exercise! You can lose without it, but you won't look as good and you likely won't stay healthy for long without it.

Sox90716

Don't let the critics or anyone else get you down. Run your own race!