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

When it comes to your body, feelings and emotions can take over. I've found that limiting those feelings and thinking logically about my successes and my failures has helped me tremendously. Don't get sucked in by your own emotions and most importantly by other people's emotional rhetoric. Your body is a machine that has to be cared for daily and the way to care for it is through your standard good food, physical activity and positive/realistic thinking.

I drink the juice of half a lemon with a pint of hot water before I eat anything everyday

rickyll wrote: »

When it comes to your body, feelings and emotions can take over. I've found that limiting those feelings and thinking logically about my successes and my failures has helped me tremendously. Don't get sucked in by your own emotions and most importantly by other people's emotional rhetoric. Your body is a machine that has to be cared for daily and the way to care for it is through your standard good food, physical activity and positive/realistic thinking.

Wow well said! Thanks

I decide on Sunday what days I am going to the gym and what I am going to do. It depends on my work schedule, I try to average 4 x a week, but some weeks I can only do 3 but some weeks I will do 6.

Then I treat those gym mornings like important meetings - there's not getting out of it, I *have* to be there, it's non-negotiable or there will be words had (with myself...the guilt that sets in if I dont go is like an angry boss chipping away at me!)

ajfuelling wrote: »

On my most successful days I try to eat half my breakfast at home, then pack the rest of my breakfast, lunch, and a snack for work. Eating more often has helped me.

Also, related, if I REALLY just want something to eat, I give myself TOTAL PERMISSION to eat something... in an hour. By then then urge has passed, usually, or by then I'm close to my next meal so I can hold out. Something about not telling myself NO... that has been a thing.

I struggled the first few weeks but doing this ^^^was the key for me setting times to eat and eating at a table helped my brain recognize hey "you have eaten" or "you eat in 45 mins" now it's second nature and easy.

Finding exercise that I enjoy doing so I stick with it. I've been working out at home since June and rarely take rest days anymore.

Always reminding myself on a daily basis that my success and achievements will serve as inspiration to my husband and children, to never give up in anything in life.

SkinnyPop --at 39 calories a cup, it's such a satisfying salty snack

Calbee snappea chips --another great snack when I want something crunchy.

Simply Protein chips--high in protein --lots of crunch.

Tradition organic fudgsicles from Costco. These have so much flavour and are only 90 calories. I have one after dinner most nights.

Quest brownie bars ( warmed up for approx 20 seconds in the microwave) I have half or a whole one around 2 pm at work so I'm not ravenous before dinner. High fiber and high protein but tastes so good that treats in the office no longer tempt me. I always keep some in the office and a few in my purse.

launchpadmkquak wrote: »

Mine is doing fruit punch crystal light at dinner. Helped me curb my cravings for sweets.

I also enjoy a fiber one brownie in the evening.

My husband has lost a lot of weight doing this as well with the crystal light kinds of drinks. His favorites are the tang and lemonade and he crushes ice and makes his drink and loves it. I do too but sometimes they seem a bit too sweet for me. He uses those little containers that you squirt the syrup into water.

perkymommy wrote: »

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.

I love the Walmart brand popcorn like this that's like 74 calories for 2 cups! I love the white cheddar popcorn and the sea salt. So yummy and I measure mine out in a baggie for work, snack in the evening. Great idea!!

I use soy sauce instead of oil or mayonnaise based sauce whenever possible. I also quit drinking beer, and instead go for wine. The preferred drink change created huge impact not just in calorie amount, but also in lifestyle.

I LOVE ice cream. And if I keep it out of the house I will binge on it the next time I get some. Soooooo I always have some in the house and I have a weighed out serving every evening. I make sure to put it in a small cup so it actually looks like it is over flowing. lol. It helps me throughout the day to keep from eating other sweets because I know that ice cream is headed my way. I always just go ahead and put it in my calories in the morning so that way I can work around it

We get goodies at work constantly. I know which ones are worth it (red velvet bundt cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes) and what aren't (Starbucks....ever). I allow myself the things that I KNOW are worth it (only if I want it at the time. Lot's of times I don't even want sweets).

Also, drinking sparkling water with dinner instead of a beer. I never used to drink sparkling water but I now find it's very refreshing with a meal!