Tips & Tricks

As corny as it sounds, I read a quote that I recite in my head anytime I am feeling unmotivated to work out. "The long term emotional pain of being overweight is far worse than the temporary pain of working out".

Obviously there is more to it than that, but that little line gets me out of bed to go to the gym and makes me push harder when I feel like I can't pedal any further (I do cycling for cardio).

I lost 50lbs doing alternate day intermittent fasting-definitely not a main stream plan, but it worked great for me and now my mom is having great success with it

If you're exercising that much, you should be eating at least 1500 calories. It's much easier to stick with a reasonable amount of calories.

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I agree, i actually had to stop insanity.. I was exercising too much and only eating 1200 calories, and for 34 days i lost nothing. I think my body went into starvation mode but i was eating, just exercising too much.. I had to choose between exercising less or start eating more and it was just hard for me to eat more, so i stopped the insanity and i started alternating between Jillian Michaels Cardio Kickboxing and Turbo Jam Fat blaster. I burn 500 calories doing both of them, one is 25 minutes the other is 30 minutes, just depends how i feel that day, Cardio Kickboxing is very similar to Insanity, lots of jumping jacks, jump rope, punching and kicking. I am really excited that this week i only exercised once but i kept at my 1200 calories and i still lost 2.2 lbs, the key really is to eat 1200 calories, when you exercise, you give yourself more calories to eat but eating your calories is very very very important. If i am eating a big dinner or fast food, then i make sure to exercise that day so it gives me 500 more calories. Hasn't failed me yet, i pretty much eat what i want as long as its under the calorie goal... chips, anything i make sure to mark the calories. Good luck

As corny as it sounds, I read a quote that I recite in my head anytime I am feeling unmotivated to work out. "The long term emotional pain of being overweight is far worse than the temporary pain of working out".

Obviously there is more to it than that, but that little line gets me out of bed to go to the gym and makes me push harder when I feel like I can't pedal any further (I do cycling for cardio).

wow I love this thnx (((HUGS)))

Do one thing for 30 days, 30 days is how long it generally takes to develop a habit. I use this to create good habits. Small steps; drink lemon water first thing in the morning for 30 days - don't miss a single day. Go for a walk every day for 30 days, don't eat after 7pm for 30 days, this is an easy way for me to develop new habits so I break my bad habits with initial effort, but with no effort over time.

This works well for me

Do one thing for 30 days, 30 days is how long it generally takes to develop a habit. I use this to create good habits. Small steps; drink lemon water first thing in the morning for 30 days - don't miss a single day. Go for a walk every day for 30 days, don't eat after 7pm for 30 days, this is an easy way for me to develop new habits so I break my bad habits with initial effort, but with no effort over time.

This works well for me

wow sounds hard but easy @ the same time gonna try this thnx (((HUGS)))

Lift heavy things up.


Put them down.


Eat ice cream.

you need to take a day away from everything and everyone and focus on yourself. you need to discover what YOUR motivation is. is it a size, is it a dress, is it a feeling,etc. only you can discover this and any tip, trick, or quote will only be temporary until you find out why you are doing this. find that motivation/goal, set a time to it (i.e. 6 mo, 1 yr, etc) and then make mini goals. but all of this must be according to what works for YOU. what motivates you, what can you afford, what are your obstacles, what are your successes.

at the end of the day, all i can say is, "Know Thyself"

Great advice! I would like to add that the goals you set are realistic, yet challenging.

Any tips and tricks to how you lost/ are losing the weight?

I have no motivation this go round.

My only tip is diet green tea. It really helped boost my metabolism and speed up my weight loss. Love what it does for my body.

my "tip" and "tricks" are that there ARE no tricks. it's a lot of comittment, hard work, patience. I am not looking for tricks. I am happy with the slow process, as long as I know I'm going in the right dierection.

Find ways to be active that you enjoy for sustainability. I've faltered in the past because I hate cardio and thought that was what one was supposed to do to lose weight. Finding strength training has been great for me- I look forward to it and enjoy it, not that it isn't hard and frustrating sometimes.