What are you must haves to help with your weight loss?

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  • s_pekz
    s_pekz Posts: 340 Member
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    Coffee
    Fitbit zip
    Brooks Glycerine 12
    Superfeet insoles
    Montreal Habs baseball cap
    Headlamp (cause its dark by like 5 pm here...)

    Oh and chocolate. lots and lots of chocolate.
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
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    Zombie threads to outrun.
  • rach3649
    rach3649 Posts: 40
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    So far..
    MFP.
    My membership to the aquatic centre/gym (love love swimming)
    I am buying an elliptical for home on days when time is tight and I want to just exercise at home after everyone has gone off to bed.
  • rach3649
    rach3649 Posts: 40
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    rand486 wrote: »
    Coffee - zero calorie, delicious, suppresses the appetite.

    Nectar of the gods. I'm never *not* drinking it.
    +1
  • AmigaMaria001
    AmigaMaria001 Posts: 489 Member
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    Willpower
    Discipline
    Patience
    Good healthy foods in place and ready to prepare
    Sugarless Gum
  • OldSportOldsport
    OldSportOldsport Posts: 275 Member
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    - Chicken. So amazing for protein, relatively few calories, delicious and versatile. I could write an ode to the humble chicken.
    - Spices - give what could be plain and simple food a lovely kick of flavour.
    - Mizuno Wave Inspire shoes for the gym. Didn't understand what a good pair of shoes could do before!
    - diet coke. There are haters but I'm keeping this particular treat!
    - It's been said but - MFP itself. Logging calories every day has been the most invaluable tool along the way.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    edited October 2014
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    Barbell. Plates. Food.

    oh wait, for weight loss specifically. Patience. Food.
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
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    CHEAT DAY!
    I must have that one day per week where I can eat anything I want and have as much as I want.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    -food scale
    -sturdy shoes that won't wear out on you in three months (ugh...haven't had any problems with my Asics I bought in April at least)
    -music that pumps you up
    -access to weights...even if you only have the machines available to use rather than free weights, it's still worth working
    -support from family/friends/those on MFP
    -my Fitbit, as it lets me see how active I am at work and judge if I need to take a walk that evening
    -my Kindle for the days I *have* to do cardio at the gym (no wifi and only two tv stations doesn't go very far)
    -Runkeeper for seeing my distance/pace
  • 7elizamae
    7elizamae Posts: 758 Member
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    Food scale
    Air-popped popcorn!
    MFP or some other convenient way to track calories in/out
    Wine!
  • LeslieTSUK
    LeslieTSUK Posts: 215 Member
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    mfp app
    food scales
    honesty
    and stick to same carbs and sugars each day

    then let time do the rest
  • mike_ny
    mike_ny Posts: 351 Member
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    You have to want it bad enough to make it happen.

    All the best gadgets, exercise equipment, memberships, foods, etc... won't get you to your goal if you can't stick with it when you don't see the success you want when you want to see it.
    Those things can definitely help, but it still all comes down to willpower and perseverance.
  • AllieLosingIt
    AllieLosingIt Posts: 150 Member
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    My must haves:

    MFP helping me create a deficit
    Accurate logging with a food scale
    Nikes
    A desire to change

    I also like my HRM, treadmill, good music, etc., but I can lose weight/fat without them if they weren't available.
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
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    A plan (for exercise and food)
    Food scale
    Dessert every day
    Patience
    Willpower
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
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    Great thread!

    Determination/Commitment
    Food scale
    HRM
    YouTube - workout videos for inclement weather
    Well stocked refrigerator/freezer
    ALL non-scale victories (They really keep me motivated.)

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