What are your best tips for weight loss?

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When I'm serious about losing weight, I have to avoid potato's.

I avoid fast food. I will go to restaurants etc and research my meals but I avoid fast food chains like the plague.

I eat a lot of peanut butter, ground turkey, veggies and drink lots of water. Oatmeal is definitely awesome!

I work out 6 days a week for about 40 min during the week and an hour on the weekends. Cardio is my friend!

I am at 10 pounds lost since second week in January .

What food do you avoid, how many times a week do you work out, what food do you eat the most...etc. How much have you lost!? Give me some ideas and inspiration!
I currently am doing WW and not finding a whole lot of success. Since Sept I've only lost 9. I run 3-5 days a week, about 3 miles. Tell me your story!

Are you just running? If so, it would help to add some weight training.

When I did lose a decent amount of weight several years ago, I made loose rules for myself, like: only one serving of sweets/ dessert per day, no eating after dinner, get sweaty from working out once a day, and each meal had a full serving of fruit/ veggies in it. The rules definitely worked, but went out the window when I went to college :P

Well im still learning but with all of the people on here its becoming easier and easier. WATER, WATER, WATER need to drink as much water as possible atleast 8 cups a day. I've taken soda completely out of my diet. I started eating more veggies and fruits (one day at a time for me considering im such a picky eater) i work out atleast 4 days a week for atleast an hour each time some times i do 5 or 6 days a week. I cut out fried food and i allow myself one cheat day a week. As you go you'll get so much advice and help from everyone on the website it definitely motivates you and helps alot!! Good luck to you!!

Hi,
My weight loss tips are from 2 separate weight loss Journeys I'll refer to as before and now...

How much have you lost!?
Before (March 2005-late 2006) I lost around 80 lbs. I gained about half this back by January 2008.
Now I have lost about 9 lbs. since early January.

What food do you avoid?
Before I was following a supervised meal plan based on the low GI. not eating any 'white carbs', whole grain breads only 3 days a week 1-slice, egg white ommlettes 4 days a week, carbs at lunch the omlette days but only wheat pitas and brown rice, ate low fat cheese 1 oz or so per day, only certain fruits and twice a day, not really and sweets unless you count light jello or pudding made with skim milk, nuts for snacks (walnut, almonds raw & not salted).
Now I basically eat what I want to fall within my calories, fat and carbs on MFP. I love sweets so it's hard. I stuggle to meet the sugar intake limit. I go over on protein. I eat many of the same good foods from the low GI plan I was on.
For both I try to limit alcohol too, it sucks (for me) but I find it REALLY slows my metabolism. I will only have a drink once per week.

What food do you eat the most?
For both losses I am drinking a lot of water...4L per day...the rule of thumb I follow is to drink the basic 2L(=8 cups) per day plus 2L for EVERY 20 lbs. overweight you were. Water is critical...my rule is 3 cups with breakfast, morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack and then 1 L at supper MINIMUM. (I have a bottle that holds 3 cups so I'm not counting cups just refills), I usually drink more becuase once you drink this much water you are more thirsty, go figure. Alll this water is on top of my daily decaf green tea with breakfast and 2 cups of black coffee and anything else I may drink like skim milk, other teas etc. Big tip-get a kitchen scale, almost everything I eat is weighed or measured! Other main staples of my diet are lean proteins (mostly chicken breasts really, also fish though), lots of veggies (which make me cry) but no white potato, corn, squash generally, Fruit once or twice per day, whole grains (rice, pasta, bread). I have learned to like salad despite my loathing of most veggies because most I can bear to eat raw. I like a huge bowl of spinach with shreddied carrots and other veggies tossed with 2 tbsp. light dressing and topped with 1 oz. low fat cheese shredded and 2.5 oz. baked chicken breast...I'm my favorite supper. Also, eat soon after getting up and then evey two hours or so up to supper.

How many times a week do you work out?
Before-not once.
Now-I try and be active daily. I want to be stronger, this is a life style thing. I now embrace breaking a sweat. I am in bad shape so my idea of exercise is brisks walks in out extremely hilly area or shovelling snow the last couple of days. It also gives you more calories, which I generally consume.

Eat 5-6 small meals throughout the day.....example:

7:00am-egg beaters with zuchinni and ham
10:00am-protein shake mixed with 8 oz water
12:00pm-chicken breast, asparagus, and brown rice
3:00pm-an apple with mixed nuts
6:00pm-salman with a side of zuchinni
8:00pm-if I'm still hungry another protein shake

I always cut out my carbs for dinner! I also take a fat burner, and exercise at least 5 times a week. I do a lot of cardio everyday etc.....

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What food do you avoid, how many times a week do you work out, what food do you eat the most...etc. How much have you lost!? Give me some ideas and inspiration!
I currently am doing WW and not finding a whole lot of success. Since Sept I've only lost 9. I run 3-5 days a week, about 3 miles. Tell me your story!

I don't avoid any foods, I work out about 3-4 times a hardcore workout, and I play my xbox kinect normally one day and 1-2 days of rest depending on how I'm feeling. I eat special K the most probably because I throw it in for breakfast and its a good nighttime snack. I drink tooooons of water all day every day. NO SODA. And I eat 6-7 times a day. I've lost 14.4 lbs since Jan 5th. Hope this helps!