the best weight loss advice

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  • Natashaa1991
    Natashaa1991 Posts: 866 Member
    1) log everything you eat. accurately!
    2) don't drink your calories
    3) don't restrict your diet. don't deprive yourself. just eat treats in moderation.
    4) don't obsess about the scale. weigh yourself no more frequently than once per week.
    5) don't get discouraged if you have a "bad" day. no one day will make or break you.
    6) be patient. there is no magic pill. it took you years to put on the weight, it will take you months to take it off.

    I agree with all except #4. Weighing every day keeps me honest. After a high calorie day, it shows up on the scale the next morning, and I know to reel it in before it goes too far. Definitely just a personal preference though. Also for #5, one bad day won't break you but it will set you back. Understanding that going into the bad day will help you decide "is it worth it?". Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.

    i hate to have to disagree on this thread, but i feel i should respond to your criticisms...

    weighing every day can't possibly give you accurate feedback. your body weight varies from hour to hour and day to day, so weighing every morning won't give you any real feedback on your weight loss because you can be up or down a couple of pounds just due to water retention and undigested food being present or absent from your digestive tract. you may think you're seeing a difference on your scale every day that reflects your weight loss or gain from the previous day, but you're really not.

    also, one bad day will not set you back. even if you ate 3500 calories above maintenance, that will only result in 1lb of actual weight gain. that's a lot of food for 1 day and the overall result is still insignificant. keep in mind that you may see your scale go up more than that if you are weighing every morning due to water retention, but that water will eventually be shed. 1 gallon of water weighs a little more than 8 lbs.

    if you ingest alot of sodium and water today, you'll see an increase of a few pounds on your scale tomorrow, but that doesn't mean you gained a few pounds. alot of people who weigh daily don't realize this and they get very panicky when they see "water weight" reflected on their scale, which is why i always suggest that people not obsess about the scale. it's a long term trend tool, that's all.

    i agree with this
  • Natashaa1991
    Natashaa1991 Posts: 866 Member
    in the past month i've had 10 really bad days myself. it didn't set me back at all, except that i felt bad and i will try not to do it again.
  • tonicook890
    tonicook890 Posts: 12
    love for me = FAT lol but i do take part in the black coffee best all day everyday and 0 calories!!!!
  • GomesDavid
    GomesDavid Posts: 149
    fall in love!! again ..why not :)

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