What are your top fitness tips?

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burningstar28
burningstar28 Posts: 23
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What is your number one (or top 5) fitness/weight loss/health tip? How much weight have you lost so far, if any?

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  • liscar
    liscar Posts: 311 Member
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    lost 21 pounds

    log everything you eat
    get a good support system, like here at MFP
    always eat your allotted calories AND your exercise calories
    drink lots of water
    and get a heart rate monitor - changed my world
  • Bearface115
    Bearface115 Posts: 574 Member
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    :bigsmile: Good question i wanna know too :wink: :blushing:
  • jennyfair24
    jennyfair24 Posts: 273 Member
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    30+ pounds before starting MFP. Best advice/tips:

    1) Be consistent
    2) Drink lots of water
    3) Get enough sleep
    4) Maintain healthy nutrition
    5) Invest in a heart rate monitor
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
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    Only have lost 8 pounds but im only 126 at the moment D: but!:

    1.) log everything you eat
    2.) invest in a heart rate monitor
    3.)Lift weights 2 times or more a week, girls too!
    4.) Drink plenty of water
    5.)eat 6 meals spread out throughout the day, every 2-3 hours <---- most important for me! boosted my metabolism and I am never hungry
  • jtsmou
    jtsmou Posts: 503 Member
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    Stop whining, stop making excuses
  • helloiloveukitty
    helloiloveukitty Posts: 448 Member
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    I've lost almost 80, some pre mfp but all recent...in the last year, year and a half

    1) make lifestyle changes you plan to actually keep not just do until you lose whatever you want to or get in your goal size
    2) therapy and or figuring out the reasons you became obese / unfit / ect
    3) find a balances of exercises; some that you love and could do forever just for fun and some that are a challenge
    4) multivitamins and fish oil (sorry vegans, I know you can't do fish oil)
    5) don't let slip ups, gains or bad eating days force you to quit....KEEP GOING
  • RussianLynx
    RussianLynx Posts: 83
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    Log everything you eat.

    Buy a kitchen scale so you can figure out what a "serving" is EXACTLY.

    And get a heartrate monitor. It will help you figure out an accurate account of calories you burn. Mine is programmable to certain heartrate zones so it will tell me when I need to back off a little and when I need to kick it into high gear. I love it!
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
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    1. have a goal (i.e., "i want to lose 12 lbs in 12 weeks")
    2. have a plan (i.e., know what your workouts and meals will be ahead of time.)
    3. work your plan
    4. believe in yourself - if you know you will succeed then you will succeed. if you think you will fail then you will fail. it's that simple
    5. write down your progress - weight, body fat %, measurements, etc
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
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    Weight I've lost so far is in my ticker, though it rounds up, so it's actually 130.6 since last April/May.

    1) My self-confidence is so astronomically high, I don't care what anyone says, I do what I do for me and me alone.
    2) I'm responsible for my own actions, therefore I'm experimental with what I do, in life and in health.
    3) Eat it. Enjoy it. Love it. Log it. Lose it.
    4) I drink at least 12 glasses of water a day, on average.
    5) PATIENCE. I have plenty of it.
  • lucylorelei
    lucylorelei Posts: 46 Member
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    65 lbs
    1. Log everything.
    2. Don't let setbacks set you back. Move on.
    3. Regular, meaningful exercise
    4. Cut WAY back on processed foods (HFCS and hydr. oils)
    5. Protein and fiber.
  • Ally_Clare
    Ally_Clare Posts: 355 Member
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    1. Have the motivation (buy a new pair of joggers or read a health magazine)
    2. Stretch before you work out
    3. Drink plenty of water
    4. Bring a friend, they are friendly competition and you are less likely to blow off a trip to the gym
    5. Even if you can only exercise 20 min a day its better than nothing so GET MOVING

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