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If you could give just one tip on how to lose weight...

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  • azelizabeth
    azelizabeth Posts: 34 Member
    Pack your lunch for work.
  • slinke2014
    slinke2014 Posts: 149 Member
    have patience
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    be consistent and disciplined
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    Take it slow. You didn't gain the weight quickly and you won't lose it quickly if you want to keep it off.
  • erialcelyob
    erialcelyob Posts: 341 Member
    Vegetables!
  • megjay18
    megjay18 Posts: 78 Member
    Food scale - weigh everything and log honestly.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Learn to cook if you don't already.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,311 Member
    Follow the MFP process (CICO, logging, net cals, etc.), experimenting to see which ones among the appealing-to-you eating strategies and activities make the process easiest and most sustainable *for you*.

    By eating strategies, I mean all those things like 3 meals vs. 5 meals vs. 3 meals plus snacks; meal timing (including things like intermittent fasting, big meals at varied times of day, etc.); macro manipulation (high fat, low carb, all that stuff; vege- pesca- whatever-e-tarianism; and so forth.

    By "activities", I mean any form of movement you enjoy, including very little movement at all if that's what floats your personal boat.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    DC0hen wrote: »
    Don't diet. Eat nutritious meals.

    Raw salads are great.

    Check your food combinations. Number one nono is carbs and proteins in one meal.

    Bad advice - you should pair carbs with protein - the carbs trigger the insulin release which helps to transport amino acids into the cell

    Salads are great

  • FunSizeSandy
    FunSizeSandy Posts: 7 Member
    Make it a permanent lifestyle change, because being on a diet sucks lol
  • SteveMFP123
    SteveMFP123 Posts: 298 Member
    Don't completely deprive yourself of everything you enjoy, just eat less of it and have it less often.
  • noclady1995
    noclady1995 Posts: 452 Member
    Get enough sleep.
  • RainbowInTheDark
    RainbowInTheDark Posts: 37 Member
    Eat to live, not live to eat!

    That's what i think everyday when i wake up.
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  • bgaunya
    bgaunya Posts: 23 Member
    clean eating is the name of the game.
  • ZeroDelta
    ZeroDelta Posts: 242 Member
    USE A FOOD SCALE
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Don't deprive yourself.
  • safarigirlelka
    safarigirlelka Posts: 29 Member
    Draw an imaginary line down your dinner plate, fill half with a green salad and then the other half your planned dinner.
  • RedLipsRedDress
    RedLipsRedDress Posts: 125 Member
    safarigirlelka wrote: »
    Draw an imaginary line down your dinner plate, fill half with a green salad and then the other half your planned dinner.
    I do the same thing with most of my meals and it helps a lot. I can't even eat a meal that's not 1/2 vegetables any more, I just don't like the idea of eating it. I'm not giving advice because I've been on mfp for a little more than a month. Just a big thank you to everyone for sharing and helping.
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    teamvic wrote: »
    What would it be? No lists, keeping it nice and simple. Just one tip, new to this (just logged my 30th day in a row and looking for more inspiration) interested to see what people put as their top tip.

    Eat less, exercise more.
  • plantedinpots
    plantedinpots Posts: 44 Member
    don't lie to yourself- knowledge is power.
  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
    My tip would be: "don't look for one tip"
  • Bud_
    Bud_ Posts: 116 Member
    Don't let a 'bad day' put you off!
  • alanahp93
    alanahp93 Posts: 56 Member
    Be prepared to wait, nothing happens overnight sadly lol
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