Any top tips for weight loss

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  • Ataraxia81
    Ataraxia81 Posts: 63 Member
    Remember it's a lifestyle change, not a "diet". Drink lots of cold water!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    ariann4 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    ariann4 wrote: »
    Eat breakfast!!! Breakfast should be your biggest meal throughout the day. You will have energy to start your day out right and be less likely to make unhealthy choices throughout the rest of the day. Just making this one change in my day has made all the difference. Good Luck :smiley:

    That might work for you, but not for everyone

    You could say that about anyone's suggestion. Kind of like how weighing out everything I eat throughout the day like a few people suggested would become exhausting and annoying to me and set me up for failure. Ya... not for me. Skipping breakfast is one of the worst things you can do to your body, of course aside from excessive drug and alcohol abuse. I'm going to school for Chinese Medicine and all of my teachers who are either LAcs, NDs, and/or MDs say this when it comes to breakfast.

    Late night snacks are also bad for your body too. Your body needs to focus on resting not digesting at night.

    Meal timing is irrelevant when it comes to weight loss. There are people on here who feel physically ill if they eat before noon. There are also people on here who eat half of their calories after 9 PM.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I follow 16:8 which means I break-fast closer to lunch time. I still have breakfast, just later :)
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    ariann4 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    ariann4 wrote: »
    Eat breakfast!!! Breakfast should be your biggest meal throughout the day. You will have energy to start your day out right and be less likely to make unhealthy choices throughout the rest of the day. Just making this one change in my day has made all the difference. Good Luck :smiley:

    That might work for you, but not for everyone

    You could say that about anyone's suggestion. Kind of like how weighing out everything I eat throughout the day like a few people suggested would become exhausting and annoying to me and set me up for failure. Ya... not for me. Skipping breakfast is one of the worst things you can do to your body, of course aside from excessive drug and alcohol abuse. I'm going to school for Chinese Medicine and all of my teachers who are either LAcs, NDs, and/or MDs say this when it comes to breakfast.

    Late night snacks are also bad for your body too. Your body needs to focus on resting not digesting at night.

    Meal timing is irrelevant when it comes to weight loss. There are people on here who feel physically ill if they eat before noon. There are also people on here who eat half of their calories after 9 PM.

    It makes sense that meal timing doesn't matter if you are tracking calories consumed/burned and making sure there is a small deficit. But I did read a study that said eating a good breakfast (including protein) was highly correlated with keeping the weight off.

  • ariann4
    ariann4 Posts: 8
    edited January 2015
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  • ariann4
    ariann4 Posts: 8
    edited January 2015
    ariann4 wrote: »
    You could say that about anyone's suggestion. Kind of like how weighing out everything I eat throughout the day like a few people suggested would become exhausting and annoying to me and set me up for failure. Ya... not for me. Skipping breakfast is one of the worst things you can do to your body, of course aside from excessive drug and alcohol abuse. I'm going to school for Chinese Medicine and all of my teachers who are either LAcs, NDs, and/or MDs say this when it comes to breakfast.

    Late night snacks are also bad for your body too. Your body needs to focus on resting not digesting at night.

    Another helpful tip: How are you eating? Are you eating in a rush on your way to work in the car? Are you eating until you are completely full? In front of the laptop or TV? Sitting down, taking your time, properly chewing every bite, and being completely present with your food also makes a huge difference. I can't stress enough the importance of chewing completely because this is where the digestive process starts. Chewing fully makes your body's job of digesting that much easier. Making simple changes like this can also help with weight loss. My teachers also say that you should only eat until you are about 70% full, ie you still feel like you could eat more but are no longer hungry. Picture how difficult it is to wash the dishes when the sink is completely full of water... it is difficult for your stomach to do it's job when it is completely full. This might offend people on here but I'm going to say this, there is more to losing weight than just counting calories and exercise.

    I do log everything I eat and look at my calories but I do it more so to see where I am slipping up through out my day. I use it as a tool to hold myself accountable.

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    I'm just sharing what I have been learning in school and also what I have put into practice. Meal timing is very relevant... Eating right before bed is extremely less than ideal. Also, the amount of sleep you are getting matters too when it comes to weight loss. My teachers also say that getting to bed from at least 10pm to 6am is the optimal time for body to recuperate and get ready for the next day. This is coming from both a western and eastern mind set. I'm not just making this up. I know that everyone has different work schedules and lifestyles. I personally have difficulty adhering to a set bedtime but I do understand how important it is. I'm saying all these things to help.
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