What's the single biggest change you've made?

Biggest would be drinking only water as much as possible too. I only drink alcohol once a week. Also I only buy rice cakes & reduced fat cracker snacks instead of chips. I am a chip fanatic so that was difficult for me. I also buy special k protein snack bars with chocolate so if I'm ever craving chocolate or ice cream I just eat one of those instead & that does the trick!

It isn't a single thing, it's a combined effort:
(Before I started at all, I quit smoking. It's hard to seriously dedicate to your health if you're still playing the lung cancer lottery.)
-First, I started to exercise. I now workout 6 days a week. This is a product of knocking off that stupid habit of "I can't" and trying EVERYTHING. I like to exercise, and that shocked the crap out of me.
-Calorie counting followed by portion control. I don't need all the food I think I do. I'm not *actually* that hungry. Boredom will **** you up.
-Last week I gave up alcohol. That is the big one for me. I've been a hardcore drinker for years. Every day, SO MANY EMPTY CALORIES... I'm lucky my liver isn't shot. Though who knows.

I think the alcohol is the biggest thing, though. When I made that change it really proved to me how important my health really was. It's the biggest sign of commitment I've put out there. I'm proud of that. And also, if I really expect to get this beer gut off, I can't really keep drinking, now can I?

I have almost cut out soda. I occasionally slip. This will be a challenge as long as there is Ginger Ale and Dr. Pepper in the world.

I was drinking around 6+ cokes a day. I quit cold turkey when I started this 1 1/2 weeks ago and replaced it with water. Before I hardly drank water. Also in the mornings I would put in a Tbsp. of sugar in my coffee and drink a lot of sweet tea. Its amazing I am not diabetic! Now water is pretty much all I drink. If I crave soda I tell myself I can have a diet soda if I drink a bottle of water and still want it. Nine times out of ten I don't want it anymore. I also have been exercising more and feel a lot better in the short time I have been doing this.

Cut out my beloved Dr. Pepper.. Haven't had one in about 13 months.. Doesn't even sound good anymore. Way to sweet.

Not drinking my calories, aside from coffee and almond milk all I drink is water.

Completely cut out soda's(4 months) and McDonalds (July 9)....since July 9th I have lost almost 20 pounds

LOL. July 9th made 1 month without Mtn. Dews and was also the Day I quit smoking (August 9 made 1 month smoke free!!!!!)

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Quite a few - hard to pick one!
Eating consciously (only when hungry) and being more active (love my fitbit!) is probably the biggest one!
Plus, while still trying to lose weight: low carbs, lots of water and drinking wine only on special occasions - a bad day at work does not count as a special occasion! (anymore!)

- I've cut back on pops, I use to be a coke addict where I needed to drink a can daily or I couldn't "concentrate" , I've replaced that with water

- I've stopped eating out as frequently and cooking at home

- I've stopped pretending not to see the labels of foods that I put into my mouth.

Mine would probably have to be resiting the urge to by boxed/bagged goodies. I'm a sucker for things like frozen chicken wings, nuggets, pizza, ect. The easy stuff! It's been challenging putting together meals from scratch, but so much more rewarding.

Cutting out bread + pasta!

Actually looking at and following the servings on things. It makes it a lot easier to pass up the cookies when I realize its 8 g of fat for only 2 cookies! Before I'd eat like 10 and say it was 8 grams of fat..um, no.

I've only been in this for six days, but my biggest change is portion control! I've always used food for comfort, so if I was upset, a lot, I'd eat and eat and eat almost until I was sick. The last six days have been a struggle. But I'm so proud of myself. I baked peanut butter cookies w/ my children, and I only ate ONE!!! That is huge for me. I used to eat like 5 or 6 while they were cooling.
I've also cut out fast food. Again the comfort thing. I hate my job, so I'm always upset on the way in, and I used to stop at McDonald's or Wendy's nearly every night. I've started eating before I leave and bringing a healthy snack with me.
And lastly, I'm a huge sweet tea fan. But I've almost completely cut that out. I think I might have drank one glass of water per day before. Now I drink nearly 8!! And in 6 days I've had 2 8oz glasses of 1/2 sweet 1/2 unsweetened tea, and the second made me a little nauseous.
Like I said, it's only been sick days, but I'm so incredibly proud of myself!! It's a struggle, but I'm going to keep on chugging along!! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!!


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Cut out take-aways (Chinese or Indian food delivered to the house from a take-out shop not a restaurant).

We used to have at least one, often two a week. I've not had a Chinese all year, only had one Indian and it made me feel really ill, I think because I ate too much and I'm not used to so much fat. I really miss my vindaloos and donner meat though.

Also cut down on fast food, again we would have one or two a week. I think I've had one McDonald's, one Subway (salad) and two Burger Kings this year.