Little changes that lead to Success!

nm212
nm212 Posts: 570 Member
edited November 14 in Motivation and Support
What is one or more little thing you changed in your diet that has made a tremendous difference in your weight loss?

My #1 change is adding a fruit or vegetable to every meal, even breakfast!!

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  • suruda
    suruda Posts: 1,233 Member
    Water....drinking lots of water
    An apple a day, slicing an apple and having it with me for snacks
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Just changing to better habits. People are creatures of habit and when a new one is formed, it has a tendency to stick.
    Mine was skipping breakfast so I could eat late into the night.

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  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    Packing breakfast, snacks and lunch instead of grabbing fast food. Fast food isn't necessarily evil but my calories are better spread out during the day.
  • Just_Ceci
    Just_Ceci Posts: 5,926 Member
    Having single serving size snacks readily available.
    Learning how much a portion really is.
  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    Awesome! I am loving all of these so far!!
  • missmegonline
    missmegonline Posts: 15 Member
    Planning ahead!! The saying is true. "Fail to plan, plan to fail." If I don't plan out meals ahead of time, have fresh fruits and veggies on hand, go grocery shopping.... I have a miserable week and my meal choices will prove it. So much easier to hit up a drive thru when I haven't prepped for the week.
  • cindyj7
    cindyj7 Posts: 339 Member
    Pre-logging my meals. I'm much less apt to stray from my plan if I already have it in my diary.
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    Planning.... If you fail to plan... You are planning to fail.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Putting off breakfast until I was actually hungry, usually 9:30 or 10:00. Upping my calories so I lost slower, but didn't starve and binge. Lifting heavy. Stronglifts 5X5.
  • jos05
    jos05 Posts: 263 Member
    I keep individual snacks in my desk at work...100 calorie type snacks and I make sure I always have a protein shake around 3pm...it will help carry me to dinner!! :smiley: I've fallen off track so many times...but I always restart! (I feel it's probably just normal in life) So I make a list of 2 things I want to change each week...starting on Monday's. This week I wanted to hit the gym 5 times and drink at least 10 glasses of water each day! I've found that if I just add to things to my list every week...I stick to them.

    Best of luck to all that post! :)
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    I started boiling potatoes instead of frying. I eat potatoes A LOT, so this actually made a HUGE HUGE difference.
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Upping my calories so I lost slower, but didn't starve and binge.

    This is so so so true.
  • JohnBarth
    JohnBarth Posts: 672 Member
    Three things:
    Getting "bad" foods out of the house and not buying them.

    Getting out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off regardless of what kind of excuse my brain wants to make.

    Not letting one poor food choice ruin your progress--one bad meal turning into a bad day, then a bad weekend, then a bad week. All of a sudden, it's two months later, and we'll start again next month, etc.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Just eating less in general
  • rhileyschubbygranny
    rhileyschubbygranny Posts: 145 Member
    If I MUST stop and get fast food I get Wendy's chili, pre-make all my lunches for the week on Sunday, stock up on lots of yogart and low fat cottage cheese for protein to eat for breakfast and after exercising, eating back half of my exercise calories (that in itself made a huge difference!).
  • Mexicanbigfoot
    Mexicanbigfoot Posts: 520 Member
    Planning ahead and pre-logging. And weighing and measuring EVERYTHING. I was very surprised how much I was over-eating portions!!
  • EmmaFitzwilliam
    EmmaFitzwilliam Posts: 482 Member
    Fewer breads/grains and more produce.
  • JoyeII
    JoyeII Posts: 240 Member
    Planning ahead. Shopping once per week for my next week's predesigned menu. Packing my breakfast, lunch, and snacks for work, and learning to like exercise.
  • Shellys_Start
    Shellys_Start Posts: 27 Member
    1. Measuring my food instead of eyeballing it. Amazing how far off my perception was.
    2. Not falling back into the trap of giving up due to a missed exercise routine, a cheat meal, feeling sick one day, etc. The old me would have allowed that to completely derail my new way of life. Now I keep the past in the past and deal with it day by day.
  • jalarson23
    jalarson23 Posts: 62 Member
    If you can keep yourself in check, allowing yourself to indulge now and then so that you don't rage quit and over indulge regularly.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Not eating until noon or later. I know i will eat ALOT between 6-10pm. Waiting to eat helps ensure i have calories left
  • Mccmack
    Mccmack Posts: 195 Member
    Vegetables. This is my second time trying to lose weight on this site. The first time I had problems eating at or under my calories because I ate too many foods that increased my calories without giving me much nutrition. This time, I am eating a huge bowl of vegetables during the day. This fills my stomach for several hours and hardly makes a dent in my calorie intake. I usually have several hundred calories available for snacks at night. That was never the case before the vegetables.
  • Frappleberry
    Frappleberry Posts: 251 Member
    Having breakfast everyday and also planning my meals for the next day. It's amazing how easy it is to stick to and I like the comfort and security it gives me as during the day I don't even have to think about what I'm going to eat!
  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    You guys are awesome. I find setting mini goals for the day helps too. Also, finding the positives and being grateful for one or more things in your life, every day. That way you focus on your progress and not what you coulda, shoulda, woulda, done :wink:
  • MsTiff1981
    MsTiff1981 Posts: 214 Member
    Food preparation. I work 12 hour shifts and use to come and just consume whatever caught my fancy. Now I preplan and grocery shop the week, and that keeps me on track.
  • AlciaMode
    AlciaMode Posts: 421 Member
    I need to get with this meal planning stuff.
  • Hippychick5983
    Hippychick5983 Posts: 130 Member
    Bringing my lunch to work instead of going out and buying it. Less chance of getting fast food. Plus I don't have to guess portion sizes and info. I already know!
  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    Yeah, bringing lunch to work and eating breakfast at home has really helped me alot too. I try to do that most days...
  • ToBeMe33
    ToBeMe33 Posts: 26 Member
    I think meal planning is the key
  • GBrady43068
    GBrady43068 Posts: 1,256 Member
    edited March 2015
    1) Brainstorming ways to make "inactive" activities include more movement.
    For example, I usually read during work breaks. Now instead of reading while seated, I typically walk around the building AS I read.
    2) Making use of the health stuff at work. If it's too cold to go outside, there's a work gym...walk on the treadmill.
    3) Avoiding the elevator..take the stairs.
    4) Don't park at the closest spot all the time...in fact, I kind of go out of my way to park farther than I need to..those extra steps eventually add up when it's EVERY day.
    5) Try not to drink your calories (even though I bombed out at Smoothie King last night ;)
    6) If you CAN don't keep your "trigger" foods in the house (you know, the ones where if you open the container you will not stop until you hit bottom?) For me, it's ice cream. I would much rather go out for a single scoop when I get a craving. If I have a pint of Ben and Jerry's in the freezer, I will almost always be EATING a pint when I open it. Better to admit I'm "weak" than have a calorie bomb day.
    7) Notice, I did NOT say.....NEVER eat that food again. That's unrealistic and you are setting yourself up for failure when you start to feel "deprived". I still eat ice cream...I just try not to eat it 16 oz at a time every single week.
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