What other good habits has your mfp journey got you into?

By that I mean when I started I assumed it’d be a simple case of less calories consumed (calories in v calories out, etc) and I just eat less of what I’ve always eaten, but since I started I have

- Started exercising more (this was unheard of for me before now)
- Greatly reduced my salt intake
- Reduced the amount of processed foods I eat
- Cut down takeaways (Indian & Chinese) to a minimum (so when I do have one now I enjoy it more as a treat)
- Far more conscious than ever before about what I put in my mouth (I am not just reducing what I was eating, I am now eating far more fresh veg, etc, than ever before)

It all adds up to the “diet” becoming “way of life”.

I lost about 3st a couple of years back and put it all back on and I reckon a big part of that was because I wasn’t motivated to eat less of the bad things that got me big in the first place, so I slipped back to eating my usual big portions after a few months. This time out I needed to develop a new diet altogether (with some of my old favourites chucked in for good measure, but mostly fresh veg, etc). I know this isn’t the way many approach it, but it’s worked a treat for me.

It has all amounted to me being 30lb down so far, I feel far healthier and I am absolutely loving it.