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

famousmel · April 2016

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?

Officially_Rosey · April 2016

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

dutchandkiwi · April 2016

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 · April 2016

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.

AlphaCajun · April 2016

Used this when gearing up to be able to jog 5k without slowing, when I get to that breaking point and my head is telling me "it'll be ok, just take a short break" remember what I looked and felt like a year and a half ago. Works for me.

As far as the "running next to the cute girl/guy" thanks, never even thought about it but there's one girl that seems to end up on the treadmill next to me lately no matter how many are open.. hmm...

travelgirl77 · April 2016

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

PersianKitty94 · April 2016

Around 9-10 pm every night, I have a cup of green tea and 3 dates. It really helps keeping me away from late night snacking. If I don't have dates, I eat a small pastry with my tea. Another thing I've noticed is that as long as you don't completely cut out foods you love, the greater chances that you will continue calorie counting. I eat a bit of everything. I've lost 9 pounds in 14 days.

meritage4 · April 2016

I stopped the negative self talk. I treat myself kindly and gently.

Fairysoul · April 2016

These are all great!

KareninLux · 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 !

valente347 · April 2016

When I don't feel like working out I'll tell myself it's ok just to go easy or finish early. Once I get started though, I usually do the whole routine.

Fairysoul · April 2016

I do that too!

valente347 wrote: »

When I don't feel like working out I'll tell myself it's ok just to go easy or finish early. Once I get started though, I usually do the whole routine.

launchpadmkquak · April 2016

I thought of another one. I am dieting with my wife and when we are together we usually do just fine. Unfortunately, she works most Saturdays and I'm left to my own devices. Through out the whole week, if I was going to eat something bad, Saturday's are the day I would do it.

So most Saturdays, I'll do yard work or work out in the morning. Then I'll eat a big lunch, bigger then I normally would. I try to eat something relatively healthy but I eat more then usual. It's probably more of a mental thing but I'm less likely to mess up later in the day when I'm a little bored and would usually get hungry. I call it my "preemptive strike." I figure an extra couple hundred calories of a lean protein at lunch is a lot better then driving through McDonald's in the early evening. I know it's not the most logical and solid plan but it's been working for me.

Penthesilea514 · April 2016

Focus on what eating healthier ADDS to my food options, not what losing weight SUBTRACTS from my life. I felt for a long time I had to suffer and be starving to lose weight but really finding new things I like to eat and trying new things has kept me interested and motivated. Really, I think about what all of this is bringing into my life, what I am gaining, and it turns out that it helps me say no to other things that are less healthy (or learn how to eat them in moderation).

Good luck to everyone and thanks for sharing

eman460 · April 2016

i try pop corn in evening as i have been told it doesnt count for bad evening eating it fills stomach and counts less goodie

HannahInHawaii · April 2016

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?

Love that. I started using a new motto for 2016. "Lose The Lazy." It's helped me a lot!

peaceout_aly · April 2016

I "treat" myself to a Quest bar or ONE bar each day (usually twice a day) to get my protein in and kick that craving for sweet treats.

Another tip that actually helped me a lot was to focus on getting my body weight in protein (i.e. 110 lbs = 110 grams), that's when I saw the most results with building muscle and definition.

Pre-logging is a great thing to do. Helps you stay on track.

Miles_to_Go · April 2016

I've been going off the rails since last summer with unintended Maintenance. Maybe it will help to remind me what I did early on...

* Chewing sugar free gum seems to help when I'm bored at work on the computer. I have a problems with snacking. Still struggling with it when I'm at home.
* Also drinking Crystal Light lemonade when it's hot out and I'm craving something sweet.
* Cut down on the amount of carbohydrates I was eating (pastries, cakes, potato chips, bread, rice, pasta - that was the majority of my food before). Try to increase protein intake to feel fuller.
* I recently joined a gym to try and break out of my exercise rut. It's too easy to get comfortable with a routine, so this as been a fun way to get re-energized about exercising. Normally I'm not a "joiner" - I don't like signing up for group activities, but this has been pretty fun.

Miles_to_Go · April 2016

Also - early on I kept singing the "Just keep swimming" song from Finding Nemo.
It kept me going when I was really struggling to get started.

LillysMomma09 · April 2016

Love this!

I do my best to never eat all of my workout calories, to always have at least half of them left at the end of the day.

Being kind to myself has been hard to adapt to and I'm still trying. We're gonna have bad days, beating yourself up over it doesn't make it any easier. Just get right back on track the next day.

I plan all my food for the whole day first thing in the morning. This way if something does come up and I'm offered a cookie or whatever I know I have wiggle room and it won't throw me over for the day.

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