What's the best weight loss / fitness advice you ever got?

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  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
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    Beer aids in weight loss. JACKPOT.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    Mine was "don't take advice from strangers on the internet".
  • backpacker44
    backpacker44 Posts: 160 Member
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    Someone posted on mfp:

    If you aren't hungry enough to eat an apple, you aren't hungry....

    wow-that rang true as I am a mindless night snacker!!!!

    That is SO good.
  • NCchar130
    NCchar130 Posts: 955 Member
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    "You can't out-exercise a bad diet."

    ETA - "Bad diet" I have taken to mean, simply, too much!
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
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    "The tape measure is always a better friend than the scale!"
  • barbaratrollman
    barbaratrollman Posts: 317 Member
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    Best one so far was to use MFP.

    I really never believed it would help as much as it has. I'm very grateful. :)
  • carissar7
    carissar7 Posts: 183 Member
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    Fat doesn't make you fat!
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
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    Pick heavy things up and put them down. It took me a long time to come to the mountain on that one.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
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    Just do it. Yeah, I don't want to right now...but just do it. I'm always happy I did it later, so just do it. Whatever IT is, whether its a session at the gym, a walk, another glass of water, another healthy meal instead of a trip to Mickey D's, whatever. Just decide and just do it.
  • kingscrown
    kingscrown Posts: 615 Member
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    Regarding exercise..."Stop you're whining and just do it."
  • reneelee
    reneelee Posts: 877 Member
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    Food doesnt have to wow your taste buds, it just has to taste just so .
    This statement made me think, if my taste buds are wowed I'll want more. Itsfine to wow your taste buds, but it doesn't have to be every day.
  • mccorml
    mccorml Posts: 622 Member
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    moment on the lips lifetime on the hips
  • bekkadillon
    bekkadillon Posts: 200 Member
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    Just do it!

    Don't give up, don't ever give up. ~Jimmy Valvano
  • AllAboutThatTreble
    AllAboutThatTreble Posts: 156 Member
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    TDEE - 20% is at the top of the list. No more deprivation diets. I've lost the most weight since I started trying 3+ years ago and I'm not hungry all the time.

    Also:
    Inches lost > pounds lost. In the end, how I look & feel is what matters most, not what the scale says
    Lifting heavy weights = looking and feeling strong & sexy.
  • melmckay99
    melmckay99 Posts: 358
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    "A year from now you will wish you had started today."

    "You can have excuses, or you can have results, but you can't have both."

    And my all time fave:

    "Eat clean, train dirty!"
  • jkgillia
    jkgillia Posts: 8 Member
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    Someone posted on mfp:

    If you aren't hungry enough to eat an apple, you aren't hungry....

    Wow, amazing advice- I've never thought of it, but I will certainly keep it in mind from now on.
    Many days I see the scale and feel like it's never going to move again- it just makes me want to eat a box of cookies. But I pretend it is because I'm hungry. This is a pretty good motivator- just tell myself if I want to eat a dozen apples, then I may.
  • goombasmom
    goombasmom Posts: 70 Member
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    "Eat way more veggies... and just a little bit of the white rice. Too much rice and you get fat." my mom

    Should have listened! Although the bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups probably didn't help, either...
  • rdcphone572
    rdcphone572 Posts: 75 Member
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    My grandmother:

    You can't become what you wish to be if you remain as you are.

    Once a task is begun, never stop until its done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.

    Pollan:

    Eat real food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

    Jillian:

    Move!
  • aldousmom
    aldousmom Posts: 382 Member
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    From my straight-taking doc: "I don't care what numbers you throw at me, if you aren't losing weight, you're eating too much".

    ;) He was totally right.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
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    Even if you fall from grace, get back on it the next day.

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