First Thing You Changed

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  • Stardawn52
    Stardawn52 Posts: 15 Member
    No soda pop for a year and a half now
  • agrant85
    agrant85 Posts: 92 Member
    No sweet tea, coffee with breakfast and water the rest of the day...
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I started working out.
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    Broke off my relationship with McDonald's as in my car doesn't drive me there anymore and stopped with Little Debbies.
  • donald149
    donald149 Posts: 211 Member
    Cutting out soda (I don't miss it) and logging has really helped! Although I slacked off on the logging and just now getting getting back into it.
  • MrsWells1983
    MrsWells1983 Posts: 160
    1. Joined MFP and started counting calories (and I'm not limiting myself to 1200 cals, so easy to fall off the wagon when you are starving!)
    2. Drink more water
    3. Move, Move, Move!!!!

    I've only been using MFP full time for the last week and it's the best thing I've ever done. I'm accountable for what I put into my body. I can see how many cals I'm eating and how many I'm burning (or need to burn). I'm more aware of cals and am surprised as to where I find them! I don't cut things out completely! If I crave a choc I have one, then suck it up and move on, I know to make my next food choice a healthy one. I have a free day a week where I eat 'what I want' but within reason, I'm still really aware of what I am eating on those days. I can see this way of thinking is something I can do for life.

    I've dropped 1.6kg in the first week of being on MFP and for the first time in my life I don't want to do it in a hurry, I want to do it slowly and healthily.

    Tam x :happy:
  • deeva2266
    deeva2266 Posts: 65 Member
    Portion control and measuring foods

    Cut back from 2 servings of almost anything down to 1 like 2 teaspoons of sugar to 1

    Log food every day and do not miss a day ever!!

    Try to exercise 30 minutes a day with 1 day off a week
  • 1two3four
    1two3four Posts: 413 Member
    What are the first few things you changed in your diet that had an effect on your weight loss?

    Eating less. Literally smaller portions followed by not drinking my calories. In the beginning I drank ONLY water, black coffee, unsweetened tea and milk. Now I drink a little bit of pop, juice and stuff but it's not like it was before it's a sometimes thing. Not an all the time, I don't drink water kind of thing. As for the eating less thing I would only eat one plate of something. Or half the amount of ice cream I would normally eat. Or one cheeseburger, not a double.

    That and moving more. I KNOW it's not diet but it's important. It doesn't have to be exercise. It can be taking the stairs, parking further away or getting the mail every day instead of once a week. (Or walking to the box from the house instead of getting it from the car).
  • akp4Him
    akp4Him Posts: 227
    1. No refined carbs. (now that I am close to goal weight...I have some every once in a while...but when I started...I cut out refined carbs. I only ate whole grains...kept me fuller longer!)
    2. Drank more water.
    3. More exercise.
    4. Ate at a deficit.
  • eileen0515
    eileen0515 Posts: 408 Member
    1. Weighing and measuring everything that passed my lips

    2. Tracking everything that passed my lips

    3. Limit eating out, and when I do, I make smart choices. Usually requires pre-planning.

    4. Never leave the house for extended errands without healthy, low calorie, protein snacks. Tuna packs are great.

    5. Exercise, duh!

    6. Minimal alcohol, sad but true..

    7. Number one most important change. Eat at a caloric deficit.
  • error_number_404
    error_number_404 Posts: 19
    i dropped dairy and then i dropped gluten and then i dropped about 30 pounds in like 3 months and idk how that even happened lol.
  • monicarcaro
    monicarcaro Posts: 60
    Alcohol intake. Finally finishing undergrad helped a TON with weight loss... no more drinking to excess5 nights a week lol
  • fruitleaf
    fruitleaf Posts: 5
    Portion control and started exercising.
  • pwnderosa
    pwnderosa Posts: 280 Member
    Logging my food.

    Upped the intensity of my workouts

    Reduced the calories in my morning latte from 150 to about 40 by swapping out high calorie sweeteners and creamers for low sugar/low fat alternatives.
  • DennyHodge
    DennyHodge Posts: 56 Member
    Exercising consistently helps tremendously but until you get the nutrition part figured out, you can only get so far no matter how hard you work out.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    Stopped drinking four or five Diet Mountain Dews a day (I usually just drink water now, Coconut or Silk Almond Milk, and maybe once a week I'll have one diet soda).

    I also started to eat more fruit & vegetables (I still struggle at times eating vegetables). I try & eat healthier bread options such as wraps, pocket thins, or pita bread.
  • CLFrancois
    CLFrancois Posts: 472 Member
    Bread.
    Oh, and chicken biscuits. Which includes a biscuit which is bread, but also the fried chicken part.
    Ugh, now I want one.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Stopped eating fast food. Well I didn't completely stop, but I cut back from lunch 5 days a week to maybe a couple times a month.
  • haleyjester
    haleyjester Posts: 197 Member
    I cut back on sodas and increased water intake.

    I dont get seconds.

    I use a smaller plate as long as im able...Im weird about certain foods touching sometimes.

    exercising. I use to do nothing
  • Trishkit
    Trishkit Posts: 290 Member
    I don't drink my calories (except when it's a post-workout, green protein smoothie), drink lots of water, fresh fruits and veggies for snacks, and keep an eye on sodium intake.
  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    The first things I had to change were my attitude and perspective. Once this changed, the rest was easy. It just required patience.

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