the best weight loss advice

there's two actually. 1. fall in love with yourself and 2. black, strong coffee-curbs your appetite and gets you pumped for the gym

Fixed that for you

1) log everything you eat. accurately!
2) don't drink your calories
3) don't restrict your diet. don't deprive yourself. just eat treats in moderation.
4) don't obsess about the scale. weigh yourself no more frequently than once per week.
5) don't get discouraged if you have a "bad" day. no one day will make or break you.
6) be patient. there is no magic pill. it took you years to put on the weight, it will take you months to take it off.

The best weightloss advice I ever heard was "Eat less, do more... It's not rocket science is it?"

Ah yes - that's what my Dr. Referred to as the MAMEL diet - "Move About More - Eat Less" - it's working pretty well so far - 157lb and counting :laugh:

Take your weight loss one day at a time. Patience is the best weight loss tool. No one gains all their excess weight in a month. Don't expect to lose it all in a short timeframe. My other tip? Find an exercise you like to do, so that you'll do it! It doesn't matter how many calories you burn just get used to doing what you like. Start slow, stay patient. You can do it!

I've always applied the K.I.S.S. method myself....... :drinker:

The best tip is to eat healthy, not eat less. This plus strength training.

P.S. healthy eating means eat whatever the heck you want within normal reason. It does not mean to cut anything completly out of your diet. (the only exception would be medical reasons of course)

Great advice! This is doable for life, not a short term "diet "!

Take your weight loss one day at a time. Patience is the best weight loss tool. No one gains all their excess weight in a month. Don't expect to lose it all in a short timeframe. My other tip? Find an exercise you like to do, so that you'll do it! It doesn't matter how many calories you burn just get used to doing what you like. Start slow, stay patient. You can do it!

Yes! Patience is the toughest aspect. Patience means you don't give up if the results are so slow; it also means you don't give up if things are not going the way you plan and instead you investigate what you need to do to correct whatever you're doing wrong and wait to see if your new course of action achieves the results you want. I love it - it is like so many things whether dealing with people, learning a language, improving a skill or profitable gambling.

The best tip is to eat healthy, not eat less. This plus strength training.

P.S. healthy eating means eat whatever the heck you want within normal reason. It does not mean to cut anything completly out of your diet. (the only exception would be medical reasons of course)

Agreed, too!

Eat healthy, fueling foods and add in some exercise! It should primarily be about your health.

Once you get to your goal continue with a healthy life style to maintain your weight. Healthy living for life.

1) log everything you eat. accurately!
2) don't drink your calories
3) don't restrict your diet. don't deprive yourself. just eat treats in moderation.
4) don't obsess about the scale. weigh yourself no more frequently than once per week.
5) don't get discouraged if you have a "bad" day. no one day will make or break you.
6) be patient. there is no magic pill. it took you years to put on the weight, it will take you months to take it off.

I agree with all except #4. Weighing every day keeps me honest. After a high calorie day, it shows up on the scale the next morning, and I know to reel it in before it goes too far. Definitely just a personal preference though. Also for #5, one bad day won't break you but it will set you back. Understanding that going into the bad day will help you decide "is it worth it?". Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.

i hate to have to disagree on this thread, but i feel i should respond to your criticisms...

weighing every day can't possibly give you accurate feedback. your body weight varies from hour to hour and day to day, so weighing every morning won't give you any real feedback on your weight loss because you can be up or down a couple of pounds just due to water retention and undigested food being present or absent from your digestive tract. you may think you're seeing a difference on your scale every day that reflects your weight loss or gain from the previous day, but you're really not.

also, one bad day will not set you back. even if you ate 3500 calories above maintenance, that will only result in 1lb of actual weight gain. that's a lot of food for 1 day and the overall result is still insignificant. keep in mind that you may see your scale go up more than that if you are weighing every morning due to water retention, but that water will eventually be shed. 1 gallon of water weighs a little more than 8 lbs.

if you ingest alot of sodium and water today, you'll see an increase of a few pounds on your scale tomorrow, but that doesn't mean you gained a few pounds. alot of people who weigh daily don't realize this and they get very panicky when they see "water weight" reflected on their scale, which is why i always suggest that people not obsess about the scale. it's a long term trend tool, that's all.

My best weight loss advice is don't select foods just because they'll make you lose weight faster, like celery, grapefruit, etc. Make a list of the foods you enjoy eating and then try to figure them into your weight loss plan. You'll be much more likely to stick to your diet plan if you actually enjoy the foods you're eating than if you're picking foods simply based on what will get you results. You might lose a lot initially but you probably won't stick with the plan and will gain it all back.

If you find yourself starting a diet buying a lot of foods that are foreign to you because they're part of some fad weight-loss plan (like the cabbage soup thing), you might want to reconsider your strategy.

BTW, I like to weight myself every morning to start the day with the right mindset. I want to remind myself that I'm trying to lose weight and motivate myself to stick with it. I've been on diets many times in the past so I know not to get too upset about daily fluctuations on the scale. If I went a whole week without the accountability of stepping on the scale, I'm afraid I would be tempted to cheat midweek, thinking I could make it up by the end of the week.