Psstt....What's your secret?

ieatstickers
ieatstickers Posts: 51 Member
edited September 22 in Success Stories
Everyone has them. Whether it's really a secret or not, we all have our tricks and tips that helps us lose weight, or keep it off, in the long run.

Mine is exercising at least one hour a day doing cardio and pilates. I eat what I want, but try to make the better choices, and always in moderation.

So, come on. Share your secrets. What's yours?
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  • melliebee
    melliebee Posts: 187 Member
    Drinking water.. lots of it!!! :)
  • Pedro_Infante
    Pedro_Infante Posts: 116 Member
    Eating my meals with chopsticks.
  • Shawnalee0703
    Shawnalee0703 Posts: 1,093
    Real food, from the earth or an animal ;) Nutrient dense. As well as circuit training with strength and cardio! :)
  • MyWishfulShrinking
    MyWishfulShrinking Posts: 56
    Water and keeping my mind/hands busy so I don't eat just because I'm bored.
  • TaraMaria
    TaraMaria Posts: 1,975
    Eat your calories...don't stop. Don't eat after 8PM. And keep your spirits up. Its a hard journey but you can do it! Keep a great attitude and a smile on your face!!!:happy: :happy: :happy:
  • T_R_A_V
    T_R_A_V Posts: 1,629 Member
    Interval training....
  • tarapin
    tarapin Posts: 169
    Eating my meals with chopsticks.

    HAHAHAHAHAHA Very funny :laugh:

    mine is being accountable for the first time in my life. More cals going out then coming in!
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    eating nutritionally dense foods, with lots of protein and fiber and staying within my calories
  • Panda86
    Panda86 Posts: 873
    Water, keeping busy with projects so I don't eat out of boredom, and I always keep Granny Smith apples on hand. They are a great snack, and because they are sour they kinda make my stomach pucker up or something so I don't feel like eating for a while afterward, lol. I am sure that sounds weird.
  • shreddin_mama
    shreddin_mama Posts: 1,076 Member
    i have kids and a job where I'm constantly running back and forth. so even i don't get a exercise in i know i'm burning some calories.
  • missmiller1
    missmiller1 Posts: 131 Member
    Tracking what I eat. It makes me accountable for what I put in my body and if I don't want to journal it, I probably won't eat it!
  • mccorml
    mccorml Posts: 622 Member
    eat less and exercise more there is not secret to weight loss..
  • ElisaMarie82
    ElisaMarie82 Posts: 62
    I have been shedding pounds by simply doing 40 minutes - 1 hour of cardio, 5 times a week, and if I happen to go over my calorie intake that day then I hit the workout really hard! Don't ever let yourself feel like you've failed if you splurge once in a while, we all do it! Good luck on your journey! <3
  • Photoplex
    Photoplex Posts: 49 Member
    Prunes. A lot of prunes. And interval cardio training, although December has been a bit of a fail for that.
  • SkierElle
    SkierElle Posts: 335
    Getting over my sugar addiction... along with limiting grains

    Eat stop eat - intermittent fasting.

    but they're not secrets; it feels natural!! the way it always should have been.
  • roylawrence87
    roylawrence87 Posts: 970 Member
    I stay away from meats of all kind.
  • TaneeisFitforLife
    TaneeisFitforLife Posts: 433
    Taking the time to chew my food & keeping an open mind :)
  • reneeot
    reneeot Posts: 773 Member
    View food as fuel 1st; enjoyment 2nd!
  • kanonxbou47
    kanonxbou47 Posts: 265 Member
    Braces. They hurt like hell and I can't eat.

    ...not really, although that is a problem at the moment.

    It's eating what I like, but only a little of it.

    And I take a low-cal snack with me to the gym so after I work out I won't die on the bike ride home or eat a ton of sugar when I get there.

    And vegetarianism, so that my family doesn't feel inclined to make me enormous meals.
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
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  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    MFP! LOL no really.
  • chatal36
    chatal36 Posts: 167 Member
    Love this post.. no suggestions yet though i havent lost n e thing :(
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    Water and constant logging. Oh, and understanding that diet is far more important than exercise when it comes to weightloss. Exercise is GREAT for so many reasons and has many added health benefits but only accounts for 10-20% of weightloss success. So I watch EVERYTHING that goes past these lips. :)
  • atynk
    atynk Posts: 400 Member
    Gum... I keep in my purse and car and if I'm hungry and am tempted to stop at a drive through I chew one until I get home and make something better for me!
    Oh and if I do stop at a TIm Hortons, I get an Iced coffee made with choc milk.. it keeps me full !
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    MFP! LOL no really.

    me too...i work at a computer all day, so i'm always on here..i notice on weekends i suck because i don't track and i don't exercise, because i'm not sitting in front of a computer...i always think that if i tell someone i'm going to do something, i have to do it or else i lied lol so i tell the world i'm going to do zumba tonight so i feel obligated to do it:blushing:
  • Lindsay7360
    Lindsay7360 Posts: 99
    BUMP! :)
  • shannonichole
    shannonichole Posts: 126
    Mine is getting new music for my ipod and I only use my ipod for exercise. That way I look forward to going for walks because I have something new to listen too.
  • shellywoodworth
    shellywoodworth Posts: 75 Member
    Mine is MFP too, I sit behind a computer all day and I like to snack, so instead when I am feeling the urge I start ready success stories and it inspires me to be good.
  • Fieldsy
    Fieldsy Posts: 1,105 Member
    a protein shake at night time is great
  • superwmn
    superwmn Posts: 936
    Love myself with everything I do, everything I eat and every thought in my head.

    Charmagne
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