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MrsT1610
MrsT1610 Posts: 24 Member
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone care to share the best piece of advice you have ever been given regarding diet or fitness?

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  • CasperNaegle
    CasperNaegle Posts: 936 Member
    Weigh everything you eat!
  • Miz_T
    Miz_T Posts: 150 Member
    Be realistic. With age, what you were at 20, you probably won't be at 45 or 50, but that shouldn't stop you from being the best you can be.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Be disciplined...discipline leads to consistency...consistency leads to habit...habit results in excellence.

    "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation...Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ~ Aristotle"
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
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    K. Now I have to play this song.

    Your fault, BTW.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Consistency.

    And run slower
  • thinbyragbrai
    thinbyragbrai Posts: 24 Member
    ( when you are exercing) Suck it up now so you don't have to suck it in later.
  • R_is_for_Rachel
    R_is_for_Rachel Posts: 381 Member
    Eat slowly and notice what you are eating . Take a bite then put down your cutlery or sandwich and concentrate on tasting your food. You'll enjoy it more and are more likely to feel full afterwards
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Be honest with yourself.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,629 Member
    Don't make any changes you can't live with permanently (other than a modestly lower calorie level until you reach goal weight) - i.e., choose a way of eating you enjoy, and if you increase your activity ("exercise"), find something you find fun enough to continue forever, and can fit into your daily life.

    If you go over your goal one meal or snack, don't beat yourself up: It achieves nothing. Just go back to your healthy routine right away. (Do give a bit of thought to why it happened - undereating leading to overeating, sub-ideal meal/snack timing, insufficient fat/protein, stress, insufficient sleep, trigger foods, social pressure, boredom, whatever - and plan what you will do in future to avoid a repeat. Rehearse that new script in your head a few times to reinforce it, then go on your healthy way.)

    Trust the weight loss math. If you didn't eat 3500 calories above and beyond your maintenance calories, you didn't gain a pound overnight. It's water weight. It'll drop off.
  • FitnessGirl11mfp
    FitnessGirl11mfp Posts: 232 Member
    Don't restrict yourself from the foods you love.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    You are going to have to feel hungry.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    Food scale
  • jamcdonel
    jamcdonel Posts: 533 Member
    Eat less.
    Run More.
    Do it forever.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MrsT1610 wrote: »
    Anyone care to share the best piece of advice you have ever been given regarding diet or fitness?

    Ignore 95% of what you read about weight loss.

    This. This is good. To expand on it a little: if you see it as a headline on a magazine in the supermarket checkout lane? It's probably 100% wrong.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Weigh yourself at least weekly.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Keep it simple: it works based on a calorie deficit, so figure out for yourself, based on your own personality, likes and dislikes, what you find inspiring, etc., how to have a calorie deficit, and ignore all the "you must do this" dieting nonsense out there.
  • mcouey84
    mcouey84 Posts: 31 Member
    You'll feel better before you look better.
  • DarrelBirkett
    DarrelBirkett Posts: 221 Member
    Theres no magic pill, no magic diet. Small changes over time. It took ages to put on so will take a while to come off.
  • ds41980
    ds41980 Posts: 133 Member
    Lets measure your TDEE
  • missteena88
    missteena88 Posts: 153 Member
    Little by little, a little becomes a lot.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Don't be afraid to lift heavy
  • quartknee11
    quartknee11 Posts: 141 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Keep it simple: it works based on a calorie deficit, so figure out for yourself, based on your own personality, likes and dislikes, what you find inspiring, etc., how to have a calorie deficit, and ignore all the "you must do this" dieting nonsense out there.

    KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid - learned that from my high school math teacher, can be applied to many things in life lol
  • cgvet37
    cgvet37 Posts: 1,189 Member
    Consistency is the key to success.
  • codename_steve
    codename_steve Posts: 255 Member
    edited January 2017
    Diet is for weight lose, exercise is for health.

    ETA; Weight loss isn't linear.
  • itspronouncedbouquet
    itspronouncedbouquet Posts: 6 Member
    Don't let yourself feel deprived. Find ways to incorporate pizza, donuts, whatever it is you love into the diet without going over your calories. If you're always eating foods you don't like, you'll eventually cave and figure it's too hard so why bother.
  • alyssa0061
    alyssa0061 Posts: 652 Member
    Be kind to yourself
  • _Justinian_
    _Justinian_ Posts: 232 Member
    There are no good or bad foods. Anything is fine in moderation.
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