Little Changes With Big Results

blb85
blb85 Posts: 187 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
There may be an article posted similar to this, but I haven't seen one as of yet... So I'm going to go ahead and start one!

I want to know from all of you, what little changes did you make in your weight loss journey that had big results?

For instance, years ago, I cut-out regular soda and switched to diet (now I'm going to water only); but I found that helped cut-down my weight by 10 lbs almost instantly!

So what are some of your little changes that had a huge impact on your weight?

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  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
    i cutt out greasy food & fizzy drinks droped 10 pounds after
  • gotolam
    gotolam Posts: 262 Member
    Bring your lunch to work.
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    exercising at least 30 mins a day, and walking on my lunch breaks.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Weighing my food on a digital scale.
  • RinnyLush
    RinnyLush Posts: 389 Member
    Walking to and from work, and packing a salad for lunch almost everyday.
  • TheWorstHorse
    TheWorstHorse Posts: 185
    Broke my addiction to seven-eleven apple fritters. Seriously. Grease-laden-sugar-dough-deep-fried-and-dipped-in-sugar seven-eleven apple fritters. Two at a time.

    This is my deepest, darkest secret. Don't tell anyone, okay?
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    Cutting back a few hundred calories a day which puts me in a calorie deficiency.
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    - gave up cream and sugar in my coffee
    - I no longer eat chocolate ALL day long. I was going through a pound of M&Ms and Reese Cups weekly.
    - I exercise every day and I am loving it.
    - I drink lots of water, a cup of warm lemon water and a cup of green tea every day.
  • MSLUC
    MSLUC Posts: 30
    Stopped eating "white" food for a month. No rice, white bread, or potatoes,etc. Lost 7lbs.
  • WisheeNY
    WisheeNY Posts: 72 Member
    For some reason I can't think of anything...
  • HappyHope0123
    HappyHope0123 Posts: 101 Member
    Drink LOTS of water
    Cut the sugar from coffee
    Cut the honey from tea
    Upped my veggie and protein intake
    Quit eating a snack after 8pm
    Joined the Y and started running....down 11 pounds so far (might be down more like 15, but I didn't weigh myself to start with).

    On the weekends, I bake batches of cookies/snacks for the kids lunches (we have 5 kids). Instead of leaving these in one container in the pantry, I bag them all up individually and freeze them in a larger container. Out of sight, out of mind. I used to eat as many as I want, whenever I want.
  • rideontechnology
    rideontechnology Posts: 54 Member
    Gave up soda (alongside the healthier food) and lost 16 pounds in 2 weeks!
    Also slowly decreased the sugar I'd have in my tea, I'm now down to about 1/3 what i'd usually use, and anyone else's tea is always too sweet for me.

    Also, portioning things beforehand. Good stuff. Keeps you aware of how many portions you're eating.
  • Whyareyoumad
    Whyareyoumad Posts: 268 Member
    Gave up soda
    Eat less bread
    Exercise multiple days a week
    take my lunch to work
    Eat a deficit (this was the big one)
    Track my calories (never knew how much I was eating)
  • MaggieLoo79
    MaggieLoo79 Posts: 288 Member
    Instead of having a meat, grain, and a veggie at a meal, we switched to a meat and 2 or 3 veggies meal.

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