What was the 1st thing you changed?

The first thing i changed was to decide to stop eating sugar - as in refined sugars (fresh fruit has always been allowed and after three months i brought back in dried fruit but in extreme moderation, Honey and artficial sweetenrers are still off the menu because they make the food too sweet which triggers my unhealthy eating behaviours.

Just this month i am starting to experiment with cooking sweets without these added sugars. But will have to continue eating in very managed ways. My first one was a rose water flavoured orange fruit salad and then my second one a tarte with dried fruit and pine nuts.

Other than that i decided i could eat ordinary sweets foods in certain prescribed situations where the risk of overindulging is low.

I started doing htis over 7 months ago and have so far only had 6 sweeets or desserts. I've had No chocolate or no icrecream at all. I plan to do this for the rest of my life.

I first got my brain wrapped around the fact that if I made these changes, there was no way on this planet that it would not work. next came the I am worth it concept

My mindset. It's also the most recent thing I changed since it's ever evolving.

The second was weighing and measuring my food.

Changed my mindset from I can't to I can, took one day at a time and was realistic in my goals. I didn't put the weight on overnight so it's not going away overnight! Be prepared to love yourself and if you have a good day or week say well done to yourself you deserve it. Good luck on your journey

I didn't do any massive "change"

I just started tracking.. That was my change.

Logging everything for that wake-up call. Then cut out pasta altogether (to me anything but an extra large portion is not worth it). Took up swimming again after 30 years.

The very first thing?

My self loathing.

You can't change yourself if you don't love yourself.

The next thing was cutting out soda for water.

Switched from Coke and energy drinks to Diet Coke and Sugar free energy drinks. That alone was a massive contributor to my initial weight loss.

i cut out chips and other crappy junk food completely for a week before counting calories. i worked them back in within a month or so once i got my intake under control

A couple of people have mentioned using journals - do you do that on here via 'My Blog' - sorry if that's a dumb question.

The first thing I'm changing is to consciously think about the calories I take in and the quality of the food I put in my body.

I started working out. I'd walk on a treadmill for a half hour a day, and worked up to an hour. Then increased my incline. After working out for a month, I really started looking at my food and making small changes there. In the past when I'd try to change it all over night I'd get burned out and I couldn't stick to it.

No more pop!

A couple of people have mentioned using journals - do you do that on here via 'My Blog' - sorry if that's a dumb question.

For me personally, I would journal (not food log) in a notebook. A journal for me is like siphoning off bad emotions. It's to the point now, just writing is very therapeutic. Right now I'm having difficulties staying motivated, and I know it's directly related to the fact that I haven't written in my journal in awhile.

Stoped eating candy for a month... lost over 10 pounds. That was motovation right there - however, the weight has come off very slowly since then!!

What was the first thing you changed in making steps to a better lifestyle? And go...

mind/attitude.

Darn....beat me to it however it was the same for me