Favorite piece of advice

lindzann88
lindzann88 Posts: 27 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What was your favorite piece of advice that was given to you when you first started your journey? :happy:
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  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
    Be honest with your logging, use a scale to weigh food, and diet is the most important thing..you cannot outrun a bad diet! :)
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Be honest with your logging, use a scale to weigh food, and diet is the most important thing..you cannot outrun a bad diet! :)

    ^That's my fav, too!
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Be honest and be patient! Oh and you don't have to be perfect just try to do better today then yesterday.
  • hwoeltjen
    hwoeltjen Posts: 199 Member
    Have to +2 on the scale and diet advice.

    Wrapping my head around the importance of nutrition was one of the best steps forward I ever took. I had battled with weight for years. At over 300 pounds, I was losing.

    I read a book, by some guy, I don't remember what his name was. He gave a breakdown of what percentage of my diet needed to be protein, fats, carbs, and fiber. When I realized how easy weight loss was when you understand nutrition....the weight started falling off.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    diet (calories, tdee, activity #'s, etc etc), scale, patience.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Lift heavy.
  • Poofy_Goodness
    Poofy_Goodness Posts: 229 Member
    "If you're not going to challenge yourself, you should just quit."

    I know it doesn't sound like advice, or even good advice but it shifted my perspective big time and allowed me to do things differently.
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    Just fcukin do it.

    It actually worked really well for me.
  • scottyg70
    scottyg70 Posts: 388 Member
    "You can't out-exercise a bad diet"
  • hwoeltjen
    hwoeltjen Posts: 199 Member
    Just fcukin do it.

    It actually worked really well for me.

    +1

    Really like this. I tell myself this constantly. "Ah well maybe I will just skip the gym today....dude just fcukin do it."
  • gmthisfeller
    gmthisfeller Posts: 779 Member
    Be honest with your logging, use a scale to weigh food, and diet is the most important thing..you cannot outrun a bad diet! :)

    +1
  • nathotte
    nathotte Posts: 51 Member
    Every day is a new journey. Some good, some bad and some ugly.

    Was good advice given to me by a wise friend and is what's kept me going. I have all 3 and always try to do better when I slip but slip ups do happen, to everyone.
  • SkinnyFatAlbert
    SkinnyFatAlbert Posts: 482 Member
    Leaves of three let it be. Leaves of four eat some more!
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    All the above, plus don't give the scale power over you. Gains in fitness are better than weight loss.
  • ash8184
    ash8184 Posts: 701 Member
    Make small lifestyle changes each day - they all add up and then it doesn't seem like time is ticking by/you're on a diet :)

    ETA: "eat to live, don't live to eat"
  • sunflower9194
    sunflower9194 Posts: 149 Member
    Be honest with your logging, use a scale to weigh food, and diet is the most important thing..you cannot outrun a bad diet! :)

    Exactly! I was exercising regularly for months, but it wasn't until I got serious about watching my food and stopped giving myself a "cheat" day a few times a week that the weight came off. I love that line, "you can not out run a bad diet!"
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Keep your eye on the big picture rather than the minutia of the day to day. It's about "lifestyle" not "daystyle" or "weekstyle"
  • JaxDemon
    JaxDemon Posts: 403 Member
    'Be patient and results will come'

    and during it I keep hearing

    'Everything happens for a reason'
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Not really advice I got so much as something I learned, but to someone who is just starting out, I would say don't quit. People are so eager to lose weight that they seem to expect it to happen easily and overnight. There will be days when you feel like you're not making progress and you wonder why you're even bothering. You just have to keep chipping away at it. You don't have to get where you're going tomorrow. You just have to get on the right path and keep moving forward. You'll get there eventually.

    But I also agree that educating yourself about nutrition and about how weight-loss happens is critical. Not only will it help you figure out what to eat and how much to eat; it will also give you a defense against all the horrible diet advice on TV and in magazines and help you separate fact and fiction. But you have to be diligent and be willing to look at primary sources and do some critical thinking of your own. I say this a lot: information is power.
  • fittlefattle
    fittlefattle Posts: 20
    Just fcukin do it.

    It actually worked really well for me.

    This for me, too. For working out, for logging EVERY bit of food, for making a healthy meal instead of take out. Don't want to? Too bad, just do it. I also try to keep in mind that this time is going to pass, whether I choose to do something good for myself or not. When I turn in for the night I want to be happy with my decisions, when I reflect back on the year I'd like the same thing. Pride or regret...ultimately you make that choice one decision at a time.
  • soehlerking
    soehlerking Posts: 589 Member
    "Do something today that future you will thank you for." and "A year from now you'll wish you had started today." I'm not sure that that second one is advice, but it motivated me through a lot of hard workouts and temptations. And when I wanted to starve myself and not take care of my body, the first quote came into play--it's important to keep in mind that you'll still have this body in a year, so you want to take care of it.
  • star5785
    star5785 Posts: 140
    "It's not how you start, but how you finish"
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Be patient. Don't starve yourself. And don't lie to yourself.

    Edit: T-t-t-typo.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    From here?

    Two pounds a week is too aggressive for the small amount you need to lose--up your calories.

    I did.
  • MzLaLa29
    MzLaLa29 Posts: 258 Member
    log everything. "if you bite it, you write it" I thought that was cute but realized how true it was when I logged a stick of gum and a cough drop. What the heck? lol
  • _namaste_
    _namaste_ Posts: 246
    Your food choices account for 80%. You can exercise all you want but if you're not eating right your results will be minimal compared to what they could be.

    Muscle is so much sexier than fat (i.e. lift weights!) and muscle burns an incredible amount of calories at rest (as compared to fat). Start lifting as soon into your journey as you can! I didn't and got to my goal weight and thought "this is it?"... 1 year later from that experience and my body is entirely transformed due to lifting weights.
  • SherryIsRunner5
    SherryIsRunner5 Posts: 74 Member
    Hydrate! Still working o that one, but it is such good advice!!
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    Don't take *anything* you read on a public forum or website serious. That includes all of MFP. If you want legitimate information to follow, seek a professional, read some books, do your own research. All you will find here are opinions, and opinions are just like *kitten*. Everyone has one.
  • BenjaminMFP88
    BenjaminMFP88 Posts: 660 Member
    *It took me 25 years to get this heavy, i'm not going to lose it all next week

    *You can't outrun a bad diet
  • CassandraBurgos83
    CassandraBurgos83 Posts: 544 Member
    Eat your dessert first ;-)

    My grandmother was full of great advice!

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