What does a "lifestyle change" mean to you?

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GirlonBliss
GirlonBliss Posts: 38 Member
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Hi, All! Have you ever said "I don't wanna diet. I want a lifestyle change" ? What does that even mean, to you?
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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    A BS platitude
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    goldthistime wrote: »
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    A BS platitude

    :smiley: It's not my favourite expression (I used to think, "Oh really? You're planning on eating at a deficit for the rest of your life? Good luck with that"), but once I started slowing the weight loss process way down (losing 1 or 2 lbs a month), it got a lot less silly.

    Talk to me in 5 years. If you're still on track then yes you changed your lifestyle. My point is that it's work. I'm sticking with BS platitude the vast majority of the time.
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
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    fewer Funyuns
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
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    I hate the way it sounds but unfortunately it's the truth. It means this is not a job to be done so I can get back to my normal life, I will live this way (watching and counting and keeping control) for the rest of my life...I hope.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
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    "I don't wanna diet. I want a lifestyle change"

    From what i've seen, this is commonly said by people who don't want to go to the gym 3 times, eat a salad for lunch for one week and then give up. The same people also usually then try to "overhaul" their life and try and do an "instagram" lifestyle, gym, eating clean etc, but with the mentality of it being a forever lifestyle. Then in a week, they give up.


  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
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    A whole different way of looking at food and exercise, which replaces the way that I thought/felt about it before. A complete 180, for me.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,182 Member
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    At about the same time I stopped using porn and food as sources of self-gratification. I suppose that's a lifestyle change.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
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    "Lifestyle change" is one of my pet peeve phrases when used in reference to weight loss. Eating differently is just a change of habit.

    I think lifestyle is much more comprehensive than that. Having a baby would do it. Getting married (or divorced) or moving away or winning the lottery or losing your job might do it, too. Big life alterations that happen to you.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
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    If it requires a long talk with family and friends and a complete change of wardrobe, it's a lifestyle change. If in just eating a few different things in smaller portions, it's a change of habits.
  • superpowers2016
    superpowers2016 Posts: 76 Member
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    Constant improvement
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,127 Member
    edited July 2016
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    GirlonBliss wrote: »
    Hi, All! Have you ever said "I don't wanna diet. I want a lifestyle change" ? What does that even mean, to you?

    No, I've never said that.

    To me, a "lifestyle change" means I'm planning to do something different for the rest of my life or that may significantly influence the rest of my life.


    "Dieting" and "lifestyle change" are two completely different things.

    I'm definitely NOT planning to diet for the rest of my life. I'm not even going to diet for the rest of the week. I'll diet today and tomorrow, but that will be it for the week. :grin: Dieting is just a temporary adjustment that takes place once in a while to keep things in check.

    And when I do cut back a bit (like I did last year to lose some weight), my diet (the food I consume) doesn't change. I still eat basically the same stuff ... just less of it.

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