Your best advice given to help you lose weight

"If you're going to do this, do it for you."

I'm used to doing things for other people and putting everyone else before myself, and putting myself last, supposing I make the list at all. This is the first thing I've ever done completely and solely for myself.

You didn't put the weight on overnight and it is not going to come off overnight. One of the eyeopening moments when I got on www.loseit.com and looked up the foods I was eating and discovered I was killing myself.

Recently, a phrase that is very important...... "Flavor does NOT last longer than FAT does." That is right, if you eat it, it better be worth the work it is going to take to get it off.

"Time is going to pass anyways. A year will pass regardless how you live it. You choose if you want that time to pass working on losing weight or doing nothing."

The best advice I ever heard was not to be downhearted if you don't notice changes straight away, Rome wasn't built in a day!

Stick with it! If you "fall off the wagon," just get back on. Tomorrow is always a new day! and ask yourself "how bad do I want this?!?"

Thanks for the post, as the advice given here has helped remind me why I need to keep going. I would say the best advice is to be honest on calories and log them! The one thing that has helped me stick with this lifestyle change so far is MFP friends and community. When you feel like you are falling, reach out and there is always someone to help pull you back up! And m favorite quote from this post is..."Just because you trip on the top step doesnt mean you throw yourself down the rest of stairs".

no matter how bad it sucks, watch your macros...your calories will fall into place when your macros are in order. I wish I learned that 2 years ago. Also, stay consistent with your exercise. You can work out 3 days a week, but don't take the next week off.

ok so first was
" eat to live not to live to eat"

and second is
" no excuses"

i say those two things to my self all the time ,

the first when i fine myself thinking about food , "is it time to eat?" ...ok so 2 hours and i can have a snack" what should i eat when it's time?" .... lol ya i used to obsess on food just a tad lol ... hmm just dawned on me i haven't done that in forever ... progress ya me lol

the second rears its head when i start putting off exercising lol when i start with the "weeeelllll i can't go to the gym today because...." which will turn into me then thinking i'll skip exercising today altogether then I'll go Friday ..." that's when i say no excuses ! if i can't go to the gym, i walk, i can't do that, i'll use my bike in the house etc etc

"If hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the answer"

All the mechanics of losing weight (diet, exercise, moderation, heavy lifting, shakeology, Atkin, etc) aren't worth a damn if you don't pinpoint and overcome the reason you are using food to medicate your pain or fill your emptiness.

Work the programs to treat the 'symptom' (fat), but at the same time work at addressing and overcoming the 'cause' of your addiction to food...lest fighting obesity will be a lifelong struggle.

Learn to love yourself right now, regardless of how much you weigh; be grateful to your body and in awe of the miraculous machine that it is.