What Other Factors (Besides Nutrition) Help You Succeed?
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I have no willpower if I'm in a house full of cookies or at work surrounded by unhealthy foods so here is what I do:
I live close to my work (within a couple miles)so I leave all my credit cards and debit cards at home and I dont bring any money to work. That way I don't go to the vending machine and I don't eat fast food for lunch. I pack a healthy lunch, and I eat it!
Also, I have two kids (ages 3 and 1). We dont buy them crap for food. The worst we buy them is alphabets cereal or honey nut cheerios. Any cookies or crackers I buy for them are expensive and organic and would not last if me and my husband ate them so those are the kids food only.
Desserts for the whole family include chocolate banana ice cream (only sweets in it is banana) or avocado pudding (with small amount of honey). They are extremely tasty treats and cheap
Oh and doing a whole30 elimination diet (no sugar and paleo) for 30 days when I need to in order to get rid of my cravings if they are out of control. I started a MFP group for Whole30 a couple days ago because I started another one April 6th.11 -
Besides tracking, walking, walking, walking.7
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What helped me was doing a lot of research on the internet for "tips and secrets to losing weight". I found so much information, and so much of it was very valuable and useful.4
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Defiantly recording everything in my food diary even when it makes me cringeJustSomeEm wrote: »Being honest with myself - i.e. recording everything in my food diary even when it makes me cringe.
Forgiving myself if I don't 'nutrition' as well as I should and moving on. And remembering that this is a lifestyle, not a diet.3 -
First of all thank you for sharing: I too had to remove a toxic abusive person from my life and surround myself with loving caring people. Life is so much better. I think compared to most people my age I spend a lot less time dating. I do like sharing a close bond with someone special but agree I don't have too be with someone. Self worth and self love is the way to go.OlyCapitalChick wrote: »1) removing toxic horribly abusive people from my life
2) changing jobs
3) 10k steps a day
4) joining a gym and hiring coaches/personal trainers
5) MFP app using macros and going lowish carb high protein
6) daily vitamin
7) haven't watch TV in 2 years (except for seahawks at the bar)
8) learning to like myself and being alone
9)therapy
10) lots of self work5 -
What helps me is to remind myself that there are people who went from 300-pound-depressed-nothing to inspiring-bikini-model-everything. Hearing about other people's success stories makes you believe you can do it too, and that's all you really need - is to believe.9
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nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.nutmegoreo wrote: »Realizing that if I wanted to have some reasonable expectation of a normal life while losing this weight I needed to stop lying to myself about how the choices I was making was influencing not just my weight, but my emotional well-being. I needed to accept that the weight was a symptom of so many other issues and that, while I could take the weight off without fixing those, I would still be a miserable cuss, just a thinner one.
Following the no nonsense approaches to weight loss that were sometimes less than gently explained here allowed me to get my head around all the lies and misrepresentations that are spouted by the diet industry and get to the heart of the fact that I have the control, I needed to learn to use it. While doing this, I worked on other aspects of my life that were out of balance.
While I'm only half way to goal, I am much happier with my life and I have confidence that I will get there and be better balanced for it. The friends I have made along the way are amazing and regularly make me smile. They also keep me focused and accountable, and send me hugs (not the creepy kind though) when I need them.
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shuki_cotren wrote: »I have no willpower if I'm in a house full of cookies or at work surrounded by unhealthy foods so here is what I do:
I live close to my work (within a couple miles)so I leave all my credit cards and debit cards at home and I dont bring any money to work. That way I don't go to the vending machine and I don't eat fast food for lunch. I pack a healthy lunch, and I eat it!
Also, I have two kids (ages 3 and 1). We dont buy them crap for food. The worst we buy them is alphabets cereal or honey nut cheerios. Any cookies or crackers I buy for them are expensive and organic and would not last if me and my husband ate them so those are the kids food only.
Desserts for the whole family include chocolate banana ice cream (only sweets in it is banana) or avocado pudding (with small amount of honey). They are extremely tasty treats and cheap
Oh and doing a whole30 elimination diet (no sugar and paleo) for 30 days when I need to in order to get rid of my cravings if they are out of control. I started a MFP group for Whole30 a couple days ago because I started another one April 6th.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to leave my purse at home! If I have money, I will be tempted to buy junk food and I just don't have the self discipline to say no! No money means that I can't buy junk and so I don't even think about it. I'm sure one day my self control will get better!
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Water! I have a pint on waking up and then one before every meal. I have a pint if I think I'm hungry (and wait half an hour to see if it was hunger or thirst), I have a pint if I am hungry (to curb my appetite somewhat before eating), I have a pint if I'm bored and in danger of late night snacking.6
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1) Never denying myself the things I enjoy eating. The difference is that now I don't tell myself I "deserve" it, but rather I have to "earn" it.
2) Logging every thing that goes in my mouth, regardless of how much shame I have when I look at it in black and white. I also make sure to look over my past couple days of logging to see what was right and where I need strength.
3) Reading, reading, reading posts on MFP - mostly success stories for motivation and tips on nutrition and exercise. Knowledge is power!
4)Measuring/weighing everything and planning my meals for the week. I also try to pre-log my food for the following day so that I know ahead of time if I have room for anything in case I get a craving or temptation. Anything that doesn't have a calorie count is estimated (I use a higher than likely number) and logged.
5) Not listening to all the people around me who have things to say about how diets work. This goes hand-in-hand with stopping myself from telling people that it is as simple as CICO....most people can't accept this and don't want to hear it.
6) Keeping a few of my larger clothing items around to try on every once in a while. Seeing how they practically fall off my body proves that I'm doing something right.
7) Recognizing every day how much less pain I'm in, how much better my brain works, how much healthier my body is, and that people ask ME what magic I've been doing.
8) Always finding different foods to try to keep from getting bored. Remarkably, this has introduced me to a whole new palette of flavors.
9) Making sure I buy fresh produce every few days. This ensures that when I open the fridge and see all the healthy stuff, it actually looks enticing and I look forward to eating it. Wilting/brown/flavorless produce just doesn't cut it for me.17 -
Repetition is always key. Constantly doing or eatining the same thing will give you results, there's no doubt about it!6
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Getting my workout in first thing in the morning! I am not a morning person at all but I am a busy mom and if I don't get it in while the kids are still asleep first thing, something is likely to get in the way.10
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Also having a COMMITTED workout buddy and intermittent fasting.0
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Simplifying the process was the biggest one to me. As soon as I stopped worrying about eating the right foods or doing the right exercises I was able to make it work. I ate things I enjoyed that kept me full and did exercises I enjoyed.
Second biggest was to stop trying to lose weight so fast.
Exactly the same here. As soon as I got out of the mindset that eating healthily meant having to eat a bunch of foods that I don't normally eat and give up ones I do, I was so much better off. I eat whatever I want to, just within my calorie limit. And the thing is... knowing that I can have whatever I want to actually makes eating healthier foods easier. It doesn't feel like a chore, punishment, sacrifice, or rule, because it's a choice. If I go over by a bit, I don't tear myself apart for it either.8 -
What made my weight loss so great is leaving soda behind, having a positive outlook, bring active, having a heathy diet and detox waters!!7
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Can I just say thank you for everyone who posted? I read through all of it.
I used to be so anal with thinking I had to eat only lean foods and could never eat a hot dog or cake again, lol. This is what changed for me:
- Exercise! It's not so much what you do, but building a lifestyle Habit and working up from there.
- Moderation! You don't have to become a rabbit to lose weight. It helps to add wholesome foods, but it's not the end of the world if you have 1-2 cheat meals during the week as long as you eat in moderation and plan for it.
- It takes time! You have to go easy on yourself and enjoy the process of discovering new foods and exercises. If you concentrate only on numbers, you will get frustrated real fast that you arent dropping as much as you wanted when you wanted. Goals help, but make sure you are realistic.
- Log everything! It can be cringeworthy, but it can help change what you eat when you discover what is in your food.
- There is no one size fit all! It's important to tailor your meals to addressing what your problem areas are. What works for someone else may not work for you and that's ok.16 -
Wanting it badly enough... I watch this video when I get off track.
When you want to Succeed as Bad as you want to Breathe, then you'll be Successful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70r4thpsCO4
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I log all my foods two weeks ahead of time. I know it probably sounds crazy but it really keeps me in check. Also, having a plan saves money too.3
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I am not dieting, I am changing my life. I decided on that early on, and i decid that every single day. That choice is key.
This is part of how i am building a healthy life, so i am really focusing more on changing my habits and tailoring my way of life to fit my needs and priorities. I also keep things manageable; I do not get up to go jogging at 4am. I would hate that. Sleep is too, too important to me. However, i do walk a lot at work and do strength training, running, yoga, and various other activities when i can. These are all secondary to changing my eating habits, though, since that is what made me fat in the first place.5 -
Research and self educate if it's foods exercises etc. Helping me find out WHY I need to do X and X has helped me. I have taken it down to cell level science to btw. I wanted to know why and the more I find out the more furious I am with media, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, fast food chains everyone trying to make a buck on things they have surrounded us with. Where if it was an exercise equipment down to false advertising of "lose weight and not change your lifestyle" but now educated I see how they throw a couple vitamins in a medicine cocktail and I see how it's sold. Spark and Wraps are the biggest joke I have ever seen. All you need to do is figure up your bmr every 6 to 7 calories down stay within limits amd move more. Loss becomes slow? Do a refeed. Rinse. Repeat. Simple.3
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