What's the single most effective change you've made?
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I can't decide between two:
- Bringing lunch to work at least 3 days per week instead of getting takeout every day. This has helped my budget & my calorie count!
- Planning the next day or two in advance. It's a great feeling to know I can hit my calorie and macro goals by just following my plan, and I give myself an evening treat almost every day so I have something extra to look forward to.0 -
keep my makeup in my gym locker to force me to go.0
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keep my makeup in my gym locker to force me to go.
LOL! I'd never heard that one before!
For me, it's reducing bread and cookies intake.
Or, burning more calories by exercising more.0 -
limit carbs and sugars and drink water0
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keep my makeup in my gym locker to force me to go.
That is an amazing idea.
Definitely just logging EVERYTHING, being honest and overestimating instead of underestimating (for example, before I'd log "1 tbsp peanut butter" when it was actually a more generous scoop...). Planning the next day's meals in the food tracker ahead of time (to budget for weekend treats).
Also, simply being more mindful has lessened my sugar cravings. In fact, i basically never want sweets now! Now I just have to watch I don't eat too much salty stuff, haha.0 -
Quit smoking.0
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Eating a crap ton of food and weight training.0
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Eating a crap ton of food and weight training.
That ^^^0 -
Portion control and staying away from soda !!0
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Hard to put just one - eating a lot more calories, lifting weights and drinking a lot of water0
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Cutting out pop and fast foods. I'm a bit of a mountain dew addict and my husband and I used to eat out a lot. So I'm trying to hardly ever eat out and mainly drink water.0
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I have been logging religiously since last May. I think I skipped a total of 5 days due to being sick....and Christmas! I need to log to keep myself accountable. It drives me nuts if I don't! :laugh:0
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Logging every single bite! If it goes in the mouth, it goes in the log.0
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I would say the most effective change I've ever experienced, is only having water as a drink. : )0
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Going back to my personal trainer 2 times a week! I wasn't budging on the scales - been back for 2 weeks & it's coming off. YAY0
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Eating more often and eating smaller meals and more fruit and veg : )0
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It's a tie between daily gym visits and eating clean, because I think they influence each other: I don't want to eat crap if I've worked out, and I don't want to fuel myself with crap if I'm going to be working out.0
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adding strength training with my cardio, drinking more water, and logging in EVERYTHING...made me realize how much I was really eating0
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Clean eating! No processed garbage!0
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Getting up at 5am workout M-F, before anyone else is up, to get it done and over with for the day. Sucked for a long time, but a year later, It's just my schedule. LOVE IT!!!0
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