What's your secret!?

islandnutshel

Consistency and patience. Slow and steady wins the race and you learn so much along the way.

Jay_Jay_

20g carbs per day, natural calorie restriction and a lot of time. No planned cheat days, treated it like a lifestyle change. Mistakes were mistakes and I continued on that same day. I wish I could say there was more to it, but it worked wonders for me. Very little exercise, though I'm trying to include that more now as I near my goals.

ChristyRunStarr

if you eat it, YOU LOG IT.

True. I log everything BEFORE I eat it so I don't have to have an "oh crap" moment later. If it fits into my day and I have some wiggle room, I'll enjoy it. If not, I'll work my day around it the following day so I never deprive myself of anything

annajazz11

Water!!!

One of my friends drunk way to much coke/sprite. So we took her 20oz used bottles and used them for water. It is amazing how psychological food cravings are some times. So now she always has her bottles on hand, but with water

Logging in all of my food. Many times we are not always aware of just how much we are eating everyday, and our food diary is the perfect way to show that, yup, the butter, and coke, and brownie you had do add up lol.

Make small goals. If you have to lose 60lbs. Do it in smaller 10lb goals at a time that way it does not seem so overwhelming.

Buy a pair of pants one size smaller then your current size. Make you first goal to fit into them. Once they do, plan a mall day/girls night out(or guys night out) and strut your stuff! I am guilty of doing this, but it feels so good doing it. Admit it, it makes you feel sexy to be a size smaller

Get a friend or support group. People who will nag you to get out of bed to do a morning work out and stop being lazy. That is what I love about this place. If I eat 6 donuts one day, some can be like "OMG girl you just ate a billion calories!" And the next day I only eat two, someone can be like "You go girl for starting to cut back the portions!"

Weight loss should not be a crazy crash diet. Or an extreme change. Take it slow at first. The first things I did was stop eating snacks before bed and going on a half hour walk everyday. Them upped it to one hour walks and no sweets after dinner. That was 1.5 years ago. Now, 60lbs later, I do so much more. I know have a calorie limit, go on bike rides, jog, and do work out programs at my gym three times a week. I still have 30lbs to go to reach my goal. But the best thing is that I know I will keep it all off vs gaining it all back after a crazy crash diet that leaves you starving.

Good Luck to everyone out there!

SaffSaad

* I exercise first thing in the morning
* My top fridge shelve is filled with ready to eat veggies to snack on.
* My weights, they motivate me to keep going.

buffcleb

I eat less food

Taylor0212

1. Planning my workouts
2. Burning more calories one day when I know I wont be able to hit the gym the next
3. Green tea and coffee before workouts
4. WATER WATER WATER
5. Weigh myself daily to make sure i'm on track
6. Weight train and cardio
7. If you don't feel like working out one day, go for a walk!
8. Patience!
9. Remember that if you go over your limit one day thats it's not the end of the world
10. Be proud of yourself every step of the way! Celebrate the small victories!

jahall76

There are NO shortcuts!

However, one thing that has really helped me is my heart rate monitor. MFP does not give you an accurate calorie burn. Only way to be sure is a HRM.

keith0373

Get laid daily!

MsDover

Shhhhhh.... now don't tell anyone this magic formula.......



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