Those who are nearly, or are, at your goal

pinguwing
pinguwing Posts: 9
in Health and Weight Loss
To those of you who have reached your goal (or are nearly there), what one thing do you wish you'd started earlier in the weight loss journey?

More strength? More cardio? A food you wish you'd discovered earlier?

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  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I wished I'd be really accurate with logging from the beginning. Weight, not volume, no using other people's recipes or "generic" whatever from the database.

    I also wish I'd started lifting sooner, but that was a medical thing.
  • pinguwing
    pinguwing Posts: 9
    The weight of food is so important - couldn't believe what an actual 30g bowl of cereal looked like in comparison to what I'd been having!
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Low carb. I might not have lost much more than I have, but it sure would have been easier without all those horrible daily cravings.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.
    Me too!
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Higher fat, and coconut oil to get there. And lifting weights. And patience.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I wish I started lifting weights and being active/fit when I was around 17 or earlier, instead of waiting till my 30's. I did a lot of stuff that was arguably unnecessary or "bro-sciencey" at the beginning, but I never did anything THAT weird, and I have no regrets. One of the best decisions I made in my entire life was to get healthy and fit.
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    No regrets about how I did it. I just wish I had discovered the ritual of tracking my food earlier in life. It would have saved me 10 years of being overweight.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.

    This so I didn't have to eat like a bird for all those months.
  • Keiras_Mom
    Keiras_Mom Posts: 844 Member
    I wish my mother had told me about our family history of thyroid disease before she died, so I would have been on the lookout for it. I also wish I had discovered intermittent fasting earlier. Other than that, my journey's been amazing, and I couldn't have asked for better results!
  • faeriewings1
    faeriewings1 Posts: 98 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.

    This and heavy lifting
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    To those of you who have reached your goal (or are nearly there), what one thing do you wish you'd started earlier in the weight loss journey?

    More strength? More cardio? A food you wish you'd discovered earlier?

    Weight lifting!! So sorry I didn't begin until more than halfway to the goal.
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,895 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.
    this, and wish I started strength earlier also
  • luckyclover78
    luckyclover78 Posts: 115 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.

    THIS. I think I'd probably be done loosing by now.
  • victoriannsays
    victoriannsays Posts: 568 Member
    I wish I started weighing my portions when I began

    I wish I started at a higher calorie amount than what MFP gave me.

    I wish I started lifting weight sooner.

    I wish I realized how much going out and drinking with my friends was detrimental too my success :)
  • mmddwechanged
    mmddwechanged Posts: 1,687 Member
    I'm about one pound away from my goal. I've lost ten pounds and I wouldn't change a thing. One distinct feature of my weight loss has been that the last three months have been S L O W and this only makes me feel all the more confident that I will be able to Maintain once I reach my goal.

    Ok I didn't lift and my cardio is limited. If I could have I would have. I'm not muscular, in fact I am losing muscle mass as we speak but i love my clothes, how they fit, how i can still look sexy when i layer (imo), and how they fit. There are medical reasons for my muscle loss and if I could lift I would have. But I am extremely proud of myself for tracking and losing during a rather difficult time in my life.
  • mareeee1234
    mareeee1234 Posts: 674 Member
    I wish I discovered the TDEE way of calculating calories instead of what MFP set for me.

    SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! and weights!!!
  • volume77
    volume77 Posts: 670 Member
    how did you all calculate your tdee
  • Emtabo01
    Emtabo01 Posts: 672
    TDEE, lifting, food scale
  • wendybird5
    wendybird5 Posts: 577 Member
    Nothing, actually. The reason I hit my goal was because I learned as I went and just continued to build upon what I learned.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    how did you all calculate your tdee

    See this thread. You just need the first page of it. If you have trouble let me know.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

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