What's your best little tip that has helped you?

launchpadmkquak
launchpadmkquak Posts: 53 Member
in Success Stories
I'm thinking for this thread we should get a list going of little tips that have helped us. It could be with dieting, excising, motivation or anything else. I'm not looking for general things like "eat at a calorie deficit" or "commit to excising" or "do it for yourself".

I'm thinking more like "I suck on a peppermint after dinner so I won't eat ice cream" or "I put sugar free jello in my iced tea" or "I find the cutest girl in the gym and go and use the machine next to her"............

I'm not saying I do anything of those things, I just wanted to give some funny examples of the kind of things I'd like to hear about.

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  • Fairysoul
    Fairysoul Posts: 1,361 Member
    When dessert is being made for holidays and such I started using fruit instead of things like cake. Like fruit crisp for example with less sugar because fruit is flavorful enough.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Sometimes I buy myself toys to motivate myself to exercise more. Example: I got a sweet carbon fiber handlebar, now I need to go ride some rough pavement and enjoy how comfy they are.

    Oh, wait, this isn't the confessions thread.
  • michaelafoor916
    michaelafoor916 Posts: 710 Member
    weighing all solids with food scale
  • mewilmes
    mewilmes Posts: 44 Member
    Increase fiber and vegetable consumption
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    edited April 2016
    Be creative about changing your habits. A lot of my best strategies came from looking at my problems differently, like instead of not eating when I'm bored, I challenged myself to come up with things to do, so I'm not bored.
  • jacki865
    jacki865 Posts: 122 Member
    giving up sodas and only drinking water is what has helped me the most. Also my body ran on 3 fast food/dining out meals a day, now that I cut that down to 3 fast food/dining out meals a week the weight melts off. Im on a 1200 calorie diet and I look at my weekly intake more then my daily. Some days I only eat 600 calories, other days I eat almost 2000. It all evens out in the end. I move more, I work out 5 times a week and every Sunday I go hiking which burns a significant amount of calories
  • CJsf1t
    CJsf1t Posts: 414 Member
    Drinking 2-3 liters of water. It helps me stay full and prevents me from overeating
  • Officially_Rosey
    Officially_Rosey Posts: 73 Member
    Chewing sugar-free mint gum has helped me to not constantly think about wanting to eat. I've been put on a temporary diet for medical reasons and the first days were tough! Chewing the sugar-free gum really helped :smiley:
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    edited April 2016
    angelwings2000 wrote: »
    I LOVE Skinny Pop popcorn. I used to derail at the end of my work day on my long ride home. Now, I have 1- 100 calorie bag of Skinny Pop every day on my way home. This satisfies my urge for munching on the way home and keeps me from devouring everything in sight once I get home.

    I like skinny pop! I also buy the boom chicka pop lightly sweetened popcorn.

    What helps me the most is faithfully measuring and weighing my foods.
  • xXxWhitneyxXx
    xXxWhitneyxXx Posts: 119 Member
    AddieOverhaul wrote: »
    When I get my afternoon sweet craving after lunch at work, instad of going for a cookie or chocolate bar I suck on a Werther's. They are super sweet, last a while, and only a few calories (I think 18?)

    I also give myself challenges. Like, no Kraft dinner for a month (it's a weakness of mine). Not being able to have it for a month feels doable, and helps me get out of the habit of eating it regularly.

    This is a very good tip. I have to keep kraft dinner out of the house too ... its a trigger food for me.

    I leave between 200-400 of my daily calories for the evening, my Netlfix and chill snack lol. I usually have something like pop corn and a rice krispy treat. Gives me something to look forward to every day and usually keeps me from eating a ton of sweets through the day.
  • Officially_Rosey
    Officially_Rosey Posts: 73 Member
    famousmel wrote: »
    I stopped 'bargaining' with myself. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it. No sleeping 10 more minutes or only working out 30 minutes instead of 40 b/c of the weather. I could talk myself out of anything. That means I should be able to talk myself INTO anything, right? :)

    Hmmm, I need to use this tip in other aspects of my life. It would be a good approach in putting an end to my bad habit of procrastination :smiley:
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    I love cooking so one of the tricks was; Try out new recipes, but then ones with a low calorie count and lots of veggies. It is how we discovered the spiralizer but also a vegetable mainly dish which started it life as throw left overs together with chickpeas. Since the calorie count is very low we eat it very often now.
  • TexasPaige
    TexasPaige Posts: 16 Member
    I put a different fruit in my water every day (rotating through). I try different combos. Today is strawberries. I also like strawberries and oranges. I cut up the fruit and put it in mason jars in my fridge, ready to go at any time.
  • travelgirl77
    travelgirl77 Posts: 99 Member
    What a fun thread! Through some trial and error I found that when I ate breakfast, I generally wanted to eat more throughout the day. So, I usually fast until about noon each day and when I break that fast, I do it with a piece or pieces of some type of chocolate candy (some m&ms, a miniature bar, etc). I look forward to this every single day and I exercise fasted so I don't get this treat until after that is complete. I go on with my normal meal type eating after this. I don't know why it works, but it does.

    My second tip is that I have to drink at least 48 ounces of water before I can have my coffee or any other drinks. I feel like it flushes me out
  • Fairysoul
    Fairysoul Posts: 1,361 Member
    These are all great!
  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
    edited April 2016
    I find I saw 'today is just one day' or Tomorrow is another day' ... especially if I have not worked out or if I am even slightly over my cals for the day. This really helps me keep a good perspective on this.

    Before one bad day and I would sabotage for a week. No more of that!!

    Edited to add: Just checked a report and every time I have exceeded my net calories it has only been for one day and it does not happen a lot !

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