What was some mistakes you made when first dieting?
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ArcticSero
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I've been going on and off the horse a lot but so far lost 7 pounds, hoping to lose another 26 though and I hopped back on it again the past two months. Recently I realized I haven't been losing weight despite logging what I eat.
Until I realized I forgot to log simple things like butter/cheese/tomato sauce (when using it in spaghetti). I feel a "Duh" moment coming on and I'm resisting to slap my forehead. I've been so focus on the bread/meat/veggies/fruit/juices that I forgot to measure and scale the simple things I'm supposed to (like if I'm adding butter to toast or some cheese on my spaghetti).
Probably why it's extremely slow going process in losing weight.
Just duh.
What were some mistakes you made and didn't realize it?
Until I realized I forgot to log simple things like butter/cheese/tomato sauce (when using it in spaghetti). I feel a "Duh" moment coming on and I'm resisting to slap my forehead. I've been so focus on the bread/meat/veggies/fruit/juices that I forgot to measure and scale the simple things I'm supposed to (like if I'm adding butter to toast or some cheese on my spaghetti).
Probably why it's extremely slow going process in losing weight.
Just duh.
What were some mistakes you made and didn't realize it?
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Eating only 1200 calories
Not using a food scale to measure my food
Not logging correctly
Becoming defeated too soon
Not drinking enough water
Drinking too much wine (maybe)
Not packing my lunch daily
Making too many excuses
Just a few I could come up with. I've been where you are and know it is frustrating. Will add for support and let me know if you need any advice!0 -
Didn't focus on retaining muscle. I cut aggressively, didn't get enough protein, and didn't start lifting. I lost weight but was pretty weak. It's taken me years to gain my "fat guy" strength back.0
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Eating only 1200 calories
Not using a food scale to measure my food
Not logging correctly
Becoming defeated too soon
Not drinking enough water
Drinking too much wine (maybe)
Not packing my lunch daily
Making too many excuses
Just a few I could come up with. I've been where you are and know it is frustrating. Will add for support and let me know if you need any advice!
Is it wrong to eat only 1200 calories? MFP had me on that originally so I gave myself some wiggle room to eat about 1350. Also, I have no friends on this website (despite being here forever) so yeah, I'll be sure to add you too! (I get the feel on the defeated/making too many excuses though, trying hard to stop doing that as well).0 -
Doing too much cardio and burning off a lot of my muscle mass. Made it impossible to lose any fat!0
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Eating only 1200 calories
Not using a food scale to measure my food
Not logging correctly
Becoming defeated too soon
Not drinking enough water
Drinking too much wine (maybe)
Not packing my lunch daily
Making too many excuses
Just a few I could come up with. I've been where you are and know it is frustrating. Will add for support and let me know if you need any advice!
Was pretty much exactly what I was going to say minus the wine lol
That and I started by removing over half of the foods I love from my diet because they weren't "right" or "healthy". I lost 40 pounds in a little under a year and it took around the same time to gain it all back because I was being unrealistic with my food. Now, if it fits in my macros I eat it. I don't care if someone else doesn't think it's "right" or "healthy". I want this time around to be for keeps and that means being able to enjoy foods I love in moderation.0 -
It is for most people. Unless you are very short and inactive 1200 calories is not enough. This is what most people get from MFP since they opt for 2 pound weight loss a week and from what your goals are you should chose 0.5 to 1 pound loss per week. I have learned not to trust what MFP gives for advice ("if every day were like today you would weigh this much in 5 weeks").
Are you weighing your food? If you are not losing current goals chances are you are eating more than 1200 or even 1350 cal a day.0 -
xXxWhitneyxXx wrote: »Eating only 1200 calories
Not using a food scale to measure my food
Not logging correctly
Becoming defeated too soon
Not drinking enough water
Drinking too much wine (maybe)
Not packing my lunch daily
Making too many excuses
Just a few I could come up with. I've been where you are and know it is frustrating. Will add for support and let me know if you need any advice!
Was pretty much exactly what I was going to say minus the wine lol
That and I started by removing over half of the foods I love from my diet because they weren't "right" or "healthy". I lost 40 pounds in a little under a year and it took around the same time to gain it all back because I was being unrealistic with my food. Now, if it fits in my macros I eat it. I don't care if someone else doesn't think it's "right" or "healthy". I want this time around to be for keeps and that means being able to enjoy foods I love in moderation.
THIS!!! IIFYM for the win!!
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Yep yep & yep.
Goal was too aggressive. No real strength training. Didn't (know to) pay attention to my macros.0 -
Eating only 1200 calories
Not using a food scale to measure my food
Not logging correctly
Becoming defeated too soon
Not drinking enough water
Drinking too much wine (maybe)
Not packing my lunch daily
Making too many excuses
Just a few I could come up with. I've been where you are and know it is frustrating. Will add for support and let me know if you need any advice!
no such thing as too much wine
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Definitely trying to do too much too fast, and not being pleased with results because they seemed to be too slow.
It's a process. It takes time. Be patient.0 -
Comparing myself to others...BIG No No!0
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Giving up when I had a bad day0
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Not planning an orderly transition to maintenance, and following it. Losing weight's relatively easy (at least for me), making permanent lifestyle changes isn't.0
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Also trying to restrict myself by giving up certain things like candy because I felt like I HAD to in order to succeed. Then I'd go nuts and eat two boxes of girl scout cookies in one sitting. Now I allow myself a treat when I can fit it in0
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The two mistakes I made were thinking that I had to cut out certain things and only eat salads and rice cakes, and then completely giving up because I ruined everything when I would eat "junk" one day because eating nothing but salads and rice cakes is horribly boring.
So now I just eat what I want, keeping my calorie deficit. If I have a day where I eat too much of what I want, I just get up the next day and get back to it, realizing one day (or even a weekend or week) won't ruin anything.0 -
Not using a food scale.
Not weighing bread or whole fruit once I got a food scale (I logged things as 1 slice of bread/bun/apple/etc.).
Not using the correct food entry in the database (I still struggle with this sometimes).
Overestimating exercise burns.
Logging regular non-exercise activity (like cleaning) as a burn.
Not logging on the weekends or a cheat day.0 -
I spent way too much time focusing on the time it would take to lose so much weight. It was depressing and self defeating. Now I try to look at each day of staying on task as a victory and every 1/4 pound lost as a reason to celebrate.0
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My biggest mistake was not doing any real research on how to actually lose weight. I just used "common sense"0
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My first diet would have been when I was still in high school and my BMI was 19. I guess that might have been mistake #1. Diets back then pretty much consisted of eating nothing but a Snickers bar and a slice of pizza or taco each day for a few days.0
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Thinking that enough exercise would allow me to eat without portion control. Wrong! I recommend the book "Always Hungry?" by Dr. Ludwig...solid science.0
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