BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN

alexandraleaden
alexandraleaden Posts: 99
in Food and Nutrition
I want to know the concept or piece of advice that started your weight loss or success...what was the advice or thing that changed it all FOR YOU.

Alex
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  • skiersteve12345
    skiersteve12345 Posts: 89 Member
    sticking to a workout plan and sticking to the amount of calories for more than a week without changing it every few days lol
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Being turned onto MFP. No, I'm not a suckup! :p But learning about counting calories, and then meeting this whole community of awesome people with awesome insights, experience and advice was the biggest push twd fitness I needed.

    I forget who told me about MFP. I think I may have just done an app search for "calorie counter" on my phone....
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    Lift and skip breakfast and lunch
  • jennontheroad
    jennontheroad Posts: 142 Member
    One thing I heard that stuck in my mind- - when you eat something- ask yourself- what is this food doing for my body?

    Also- I recommend Michael Pollan's food rules - if you can't pronounce it, don't eat it!

    Read all labels, and understand what you are eating.
    Soon, you'll be making almost all your food from scratch.
  • primalfare
    primalfare Posts: 11
    Primal Blueprint. Changed my life forever!
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    When I saw that malnutrition can cause vertigo.. and many other symptoms I was experiencing...

    Been on the righteous path since then!
  • tsikkz
    tsikkz Posts: 404 Member
    Best thing I was ever told..

    Change occurs when the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of changing.

    Every time I wanted to give up I would tell myself how bad it felt to be overweight and how I deserved to be healthy and happy.
  • Librarymind
    Librarymind Posts: 20 Member
    Feed my brain healthy fat so I wouldn't be hungry, such as sugarless plain coconut flakes, avocados, whole eggs, and olives.
  • Mock_Turtle
    Mock_Turtle Posts: 354 Member
    calories in < calories out
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    "Buy Starting Strength."
  • Game8
    Game8 Posts: 442
    Never bypass hard work for quick type results and never try to get something that is not due to you. Make a commitment and forge your body rep by rep under the iron.
  • 1brokegal44
    1brokegal44 Posts: 562 Member
    Don't give up.
    Log everything.
    Be totally honest with yourself.
  • rm7161
    rm7161 Posts: 505
    Using a food scale to help log my diet. It's responsible for most of my success.
  • upgetupgetup
    upgetupgetup Posts: 749 Member
    Get at least 30 mins of something physical in every day.
  • jenmsu83
    jenmsu83 Posts: 185 Member
    Best advice I was given and that I try hard to pass on is to make sure to eat ENOUGH. So many people get into the very low calorie trap and think that's the only way to lose weight. I was and still am amazed at the amount of calories I am able to eat and still lose weight.
  • littlebudgie
    littlebudgie Posts: 279 Member
    Also- I recommend Michael Pollan's food rules - if you can't pronounce it, don't eat it!

    By that logic, chemistry students can eat anything and my best friend can't eat quesadillas. :laugh:

    The best advice I got was to look for pictures of people I want to look like. I'm primarily interested in muscle building, rather than weight loss (although at the moment I'm working on dropping body fat), and this helped me get an idea of what areas to focus on to build the body I want.
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    Log your food.
  • meaningful99
    meaningful99 Posts: 174
    Don't eat mindlessly. If you want to eat something, think about it and then choose to eat it.
  • laurelobrien
    laurelobrien Posts: 156 Member
    sugar is addictive and bad for you

    think about and savor the food you're eating
  • wikitbikit
    wikitbikit Posts: 518 Member
    Not advice, but--

    Imagine a roll of paper towel. You can use half the roll before you can tell you've even used a single sheet. But as you get closer and closer to the core, you can absolutely tell the roll is getting smaller sheet by sheet. ... It's the same kind of thing when it comes to seeing fat coming off your body.

    More advicey type stuff--

    With exercise, start slow. Maybe you think you 'ought' to be able to walk or run at a certain pace, but you don't need to prove it to yourself the very first time. Start slow so that you can see yourself progress, and so that you don't wear yourself out (emotionally as much as physically) trying to maintain a pace that you're really not ready for. There will be plenty of time to make it harder.

    Don't be ashamed of your body. Ever. It's yours, and it's the only one you've got, and you have to find a way to love it no matter what shape it's in. Give it love by showing it that you care about it, that you acknowledge it, and that you want to improve it. But don't ever, ever be ashamed of it.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    Consistency, never giving up and not letting one bad day/meal send you off track. The 'diet' does not start on Monday, it starts now
  • KatjaO
    KatjaO Posts: 71
    Log all the food you eat and do it in any simple calculator, such as MFP( accuracy is not as necessary as ballpark). In its simplicity you just become so unaware of all calories that it it much easier to resist temptation. Or make a better choice.
  • candirose69
    candirose69 Posts: 149
    from my most trusted health professional (my sister the nurse XD)

    Find something you enjoy doing that will make you move and do it! no point having a gym membership and not going!!!
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    When life gives you lemons, make apple juice.

    Then wonder how the hell you did it.
  • secret_agent_meg
    secret_agent_meg Posts: 18
    Best advice I read in a column somewhere but can't remember where: Remember that food is designed to sustain and nourish you. Its not a treat. Stop thinking of food as a reward and think of it as fuel.
  • Arkhos
    Arkhos Posts: 290 Member
    When I first started with my trainer, she was giving me a nutritional meal plan removing all my favorite junk foods and my eyes must have been popping out of my head, cause then she said, "It's Just Food." Not sure why, but it made me realize what an emotional attachment I had made to my food, and changing the types of food shouldn't be such a devastating, scary prospect.

    Some other motivational phrases I like:

    It Doesn't Get Easier. You Just Get Better.

    Every Second is a Chance to Turn Your Life Around.

    Stop wishing for it. Start working for it.

    It's never too late to become what you might have been.
  • mixedlollies
    mixedlollies Posts: 58 Member
    Some of the best advice I've been given is to listen to my body. If I'm hungry, I'll eat. If I feel like I need a rest day, I'll take one.

    Also to eat often. I try not to go more than three hours without eating. That has put an end to my binges and I feel more energised and awake.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    The best advice I was ever given was as a child - Eat your veggies, do your chores and go outside and play. It is really is the secret to happiness and health.
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Decide what you're going to do, make it realistic, and then be consistent with it. Consistency is key.

    Also, focus on the process, and progress will follow.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    listen to your body.

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