Best piece of fitness/weight loss advice you have...

ashort1623
ashort1623 Posts: 12 Member
in Motivation and Support
The best advice you have for those starting/ struggling to lose weight and/or stay motiviated....

Stick with it!!! Results take time, but if you give up they will never come!
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  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    There is no "right" way to lose weight or get fit.

    Pick something that works for you and stick to it.
    For ever.
  • Mellie289
    Mellie289 Posts: 1,191 Member
    Don't go on a diet. Change your lifestyle in a way you can sustain forever that includes all the things you love in moderation.
  • apocalypsepwnie
    apocalypsepwnie Posts: 373
    There is no quick answer. You are winning if the weight loss is slow and steady. You will hit plateus. You will get sick and tired of counting. There are days you wont want to exercise. This is life, it's how it works. Just make up for it and learn your lessons.
  • apocalypsepwnie
    apocalypsepwnie Posts: 373
    oh oh!
    and
    deiting is losing weight, you're bound to find it again.
    changing your life is getting rid of it. For good.
  • jesusHchris
    jesusHchris Posts: 1,405 Member
    Don't drink two scoops of NOXplode and then workout like a mofo if you have not tried the stuff.
  • Car0lynnM
    Car0lynnM Posts: 332 Member
    Don't go on a diet. Change your lifestyle in a way you can sustain forever that includes all the things you love in moderation.
    This is totally it.
  • justaride08
    justaride08 Posts: 37
    Drink water, water, and when you can't do it anymore, drink more water. When I hit a plateau I step up the water and it falls off!
  • Dianemustang
    Dianemustang Posts: 77
    exercise - even if only 10 minutes - all I do is walk
  • honey_bee_keysha
    honey_bee_keysha Posts: 773 Member
    "Don't drink your calories"

    Another piece of advice: There are always going to be moments where you just want to give up. Push aside that annoying like voice and just do it.
  • jesusHchris
    jesusHchris Posts: 1,405 Member
    Don't go on a diet. Change your lifestyle in a way you can sustain forever that includes all the things you love in moderation.
    This is totally it.

    I like to argue, so....

    People do not want to sustain weight loss forever. A diet is a special and temporary reduction in intake to lose weight. Diets are ok. Fad diets are stupid and do not work for the long term.
  • joannaorgovan
    joannaorgovan Posts: 71 Member
    If you look as "pretty" as you did before you worked out after you finish, you're not working hard enough.
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    In my view, the Top 4 are as follows:

    1. Fit as many of your favorite foods as possible into your daily macros.
    2. Construct an exercise routine that you love and try to include some form of strength training and cardio in it.
    3. Food and exercise are dose dependent, like medicine: if you get too little of each, it won't work; if you get too much of each, you'll have bad side effects. Find the right dose.
    4. Protein, protein, protein.
  • ashort1623
    ashort1623 Posts: 12 Member
    Don't drink two scoops of NOXplode and then workout like a mofo if you have not tried the stuff.

    No idea what this is exactly, but it made me laugh out loud :)
  • ashort1623
    ashort1623 Posts: 12 Member
    If you look as "pretty" as you did before you worked out after you finish, you're not working hard enough.

    I'm totally down for looking like a hot mess after a work out--- It makes me feel like I accomplished something! Anyone else agree?!
  • kellabella314
    kellabella314 Posts: 26
    It's not going to happen overnight. Slow progress is still progress!
  • rox2112
    rox2112 Posts: 15 Member
    Everybody has advice and wants to share "what works" for them. Figure out what works for you and what keeps you happy and motivated and you WILL succeed. Don't deprive yourself. If you crave a Big Mac, eat a Big Mac. Just make sure you log it and pay attention to how foods make you feel. LOG EVERYTHING even if it's a bad day. I've only not logged once but it was a day I was sick.
  • jazzalea
    jazzalea Posts: 412 Member
    eat healthier not less...... and move more :):flowerforyou:
  • mariagabriella
    mariagabriella Posts: 267 Member
    There is no "right" way to lose weight or get fit.

    Pick something that works for you and stick to it.
    For ever.

    this!!

    get to know your body. find out what works for you.

    enjoy it!! it is tough but it is so worth it and weight loss and fitness is actually kind of fun. :)
  • mariagabriella
    mariagabriella Posts: 267 Member
    If you look as "pretty" as you did before you worked out after you finish, you're not working hard enough.

    I'm totally down for looking like a hot mess after a work out--- It makes me feel like I accomplished something! Anyone else agree?!

    definitely agree. I try to look worse after each work out haha.
  • page68
    page68 Posts: 220 Member
    Come here or anywhere and log your food an exercise, every day, every bite. Hold yourself accountable. Own your food, log it and move on. Every day is a new day to be honest with yourself. It's worked for me since May 2010.
  • KBjimAZ
    KBjimAZ Posts: 369 Member
    You didn't gain it all in one week, so don't try to fool yourself into thinking that you can lose it all that fast.

    and

    Don't sweat what the scale says. There will be slight ups and downs.
  • bombecka19
    bombecka19 Posts: 7
    Get active! Funnily enough I was discussing this with my boyfriend this morning, I've found when I'm not doing any exercise I crave bad food even more. Now I'm back to exercising regularly again a greasy Sausage & Egg McMuffin for breakfast no longer sounds so appealing...!

    Not sure if it's just subconcious or whether my body is truly is yelling "after all this effort don't you dare put any rubbish inside me" :laugh:
  • ImKindOfABigDeal40
    ImKindOfABigDeal40 Posts: 807 Member
    It's all centered around what goes in your mouth. It's very similar to quitting smoking. It's never going to work until you set your mind to it. If you go in half assed, you won't make it. You have to dedicate yourself to change and stick with it.
  • trelm249
    trelm249 Posts: 777 Member
    First and foremost: Give a Damn!

    About yourself, your health, those that care about you, your long term goals and dreams. Don't quit yourself and those that care about you.

    That is all far more important than the passing satisfaction of eating whatever food craving that will push you over to giving up.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Do only that which you can imagine doing for life.
    Don't start out on a crazy, 2 hours + per day workout regime, if you know you wont be able to sustain it...and realistically, not many can. Don't cut out foods, if you know you will end up eating them again eventually. It is much better to find a way to integrate your less healthy favourites, whether that be a little each day, a little a few times a week, or a nice meal of your choosing once or twice a week, or heck, just having a day once a week where you eat what you have been craving the other 6 days, within reason. You have to find what will suit you for life, not what is the latest, hottest fad, or what worked for others. Don't start anything you can't finish.
  • Glassblaster
    Glassblaster Posts: 23
    the future depends on what you do in the present
  • sonjarogers72
    sonjarogers72 Posts: 110 Member
    Believe in youself first....If you don't, be prepared to see the faces of those who said you couldnt!
  • Fat2Fit4Life
    Fat2Fit4Life Posts: 599 Member
    First and foremost: Give a Damn!

    About yourself, your health, those that care about you, your long term goals and dreams. Don't quit yourself and those that care about you.

    That is all far more important than the passing satisfaction of eating whatever food craving that will push you over to giving up.

    I AIN'T QUITTIN' YOU! :happy:
  • relucas81
    relucas81 Posts: 76
    When I was finally told that all that mattered was calories in and calories out
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    In truth, the calories aren’t the end game. Your body is. So the EXACT amount of Calories that are right for you is the EXACT amount that will allow you to maintain your ideal body weight no matter what some calculator or chart says.

    The only way to know for sure if this is the right amount for you is to test it out. If you gain weight or can’t lose weight eating a set amount, then you know you need to eat less to lose weight no matter how many calculators and text books say otherwise.

    This doesn’t mean your metabolism is broken, it just means the estimate of your needs was just a bit off.

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