What's the best advice you have?

sportsmom5321 · May 2017

What are your best tips to achieving your weight loss goal?

L1zardQueen · May 2017

Purchase a food scale. This will help you calibrate your eyeballing.

mca90guitar · May 2017

Agree food scale is a must.

Weight training as well, not just cardio.

PartyKardy · May 2017

EAT EAT EAT EAT EAT

So many people severely restrict their calories right outta the gate which messes with your metabolism and usually is the root cause of people binging out and giving up.

Eat food. It'll make you happier, your workouts better and nourish you

mohamedahmed07 · May 2017

sportsmom5321 wrote: »

What are your best tips to achieving your weight loss goal?

1-Cut 500 calories below maintenance level, also get a scale to properly measure your food weight that way you don't over exceed your calories.
2-Do HIIT cardio it increases your metabolism, helps you build muscle, and burn fat even after you finish working out (aka after burn)
3-Use intermittent fasting, science proves it reduces insulin sensitivity, insulin levels, and it raises growth hormone which is a fat burning hormone and muscle building, and it helps controlling your apetitte and not to over eat.
4-Lower your carbs, it is scientifically proved that low carb diets are more successful than low fat diets, researches are on google. People here panic when you say go low on carbs so XD
5-Last one and second most important to cutting calories is to resistance train, go to gym or workout at home. boosts your metabolism and burns calories and builds muscle.

jenilla1 · May 2017

Patience - stick with it long-term and you'll get there. Don't let the little bumps in the road derail or discourage. Just keep on...

I consider this to be a lifelong pursuit. (I've been here at maintenance for over 5 years now.) Since my pursuit of fitness and good health is never-ending, there's no rush to get to an end point. Although I technically already met my weight goal years ago, I still have fitness goals and maintenance goals, and those don't ever end. (I like always having something to work towards.)

I'm just moving forward from day to day, doing what I can to keep things going in the overall right direction. A bad day here or there is nothing to me. It's the overall trend that matters. And if something's not working, I make adjustments until I start seeing the results I want again.

Good luck!

Edited to add (in response to the post above mine): I like to keep it simple and straightforward. While there are numerous ways to go about this process, I find that the more straightforward and easy it is to incorporate these lifestyle changes into your life, the more likely you will be to stick with it long-term. This is especially true for new people. It might be fun to try a whole bunch of different fads or special programs, and some of those methods can be beneficial, but they are totally optional. None of that stuff is required. All that is required for weight loss is making sure you burn more calories than you consume. So do what works best for you. The more complicated you make something, the harder it is to keep it up forever. And that's really the goal. To make healthy, sustainable changes that we can/will be willing to live with forever.

shabanabibi1986 · May 2017

I second the patience, bc the weight will come down u just have to give it time. This is the hardest bc we wants results fast but we didn't gain the weight fast either.

amusedmonkey · May 2017

Make friends with food. It's okay to eat. Going as low on calories as possible is not the real goal here, the real goal is gradually discovering strategies that make this whole thing easier. Having a higher than desirable day is normal because food is enjoyable, and it's understandable if you lose control sometimes. You just continue where you left off as if nothing happened and move on. Being afraid of food will do more bad than good.

MityMax96 · May 2017

Patience and consistency

moonstroller · May 2017

Stick with the program that you find works for you. Don't allow anything to discourage you from your goal, especially when you don't lose any weight for a week or longer. When you eat something you've been trying to cut back on, or over eat, don't beat yourself up over the slip, accept that you enjoyed it while you were eating it and move on with your program. Adjust your eating and exercising as you progress. Ignore the self defeating voice in your head, if you have one, because that voice doesn't want you to succeed, that voice want you to remain the same. Learn how to distinguish between craving something and actual hunger to better feed your body what it needs.

ladyreva78 · May 2017

Change your eating one habit at a time.

Start by logging what you eat as accurately and honestly as you can. Then start to see where you could cut down or change. And do that. One habit at a time.

Most important of all, be patient with yourself. It took time to gain the weight, it'll take time to lose the weight.

nichell88 · May 2017

Be accountable. Be honest about what you're eating and how much your exercising and push yourself to do the work. You're only cheating yourself when you don't; don't be surprised or disappointed about not meeting your goals if you're not being honest with yourself

mellowadam · May 2017

Be in this for the long haul and realize you have your whole life to get fit and live a healthy and vibrant life.

Set new goals constantly and work towards them. The scale is only one variable. How are you sleeping? How is your sex drive? Are you able to lift more? Can you do more pushup/pull ups? Has your 5k time gotten better? Does your skin look better? Do you have more energy? Are you able to handle stress better? Do you have more confidence and self respect? All of these are good metrics for progress. The scale will eventually start to drive you nuts if you let it.

Eat at maintenance on special occasions and take a full on diet break or eat at maintenance when you go on vacation. If you give yourself breaks from time to time it will be much easier to adhere to being in a deficit and you won't feel deprived. Try and plan and have structured days where you allow bigger meals, alcohol, desert etc. If you allow yourself to have some fun days from time to time you will develop a better relationship with food. When you are ready you can start to cut calories again.

You will only be able to tolerate being in fat loss mode for so long before your body will start sending you signals to eat a ton of calories. This doesn't mean you're a failure. Its just the reality of the weight loss. If you're binge eating you need a break because that's a sign that you're out of balance. Don't beat yourself up if this happens! Be gentle with yourself and move forward if you hit a rough patch. Just be consistent and you will get results.

Good luck!

Chef_Barbell · May 2017

Keep it simple.

liftorgohome · May 2017

Nice KISS. It takes time and it's not a race! Day by day.

Laviegurl25 · May 2017

1- patience. No you won't see change this week next week. But you won't see it if you don't stay consistent and be patient.
2- take pictures. They help on days where you feel discouraged because you can't see the results even tho they are there!
3- ditch the scale. I have been working HARD the past 5 months and the scale hasnt budged as I am gaining muscle, but I am losing inches like crazy!
4- log your food intake!
5- water! Water! Water!

trixieberry17 · May 2017

jenilla1 wrote: »

Patience - stick with it long-term and you'll get there. Don't let the little bumps in the road derail or discourage. Just keep on...

I consider this to be a lifelong pursuit. (I've been here at maintenance for over 5 years now.) Since my pursuit of fitness and good health is never-ending, there's no rush to get to an end point. Although I technically already met my weight goal years ago, I still have fitness goals and maintenance goals, and those don't ever end. (I like always having something to work towards.)

I'm just moving forward from day to day, doing what I can to keep things going in the overall right direction. A bad day here or there is nothing to me. It's the overall trend that matters. And if something's not working, I make adjustments until I start seeing the results I want again.

Good luck!

Edited to add (in response to the post above mine): I like to keep it simple and straightforward. While there are numerous ways to go about this process, I find that the more straightforward and easy it is to incorporate these lifestyle changes into your life, the more likely you will be to stick with it long-term. This is especially true for new people. It might be fun to try a whole bunch of different fads or special programs, and some of those methods can be beneficial, but they are totally optional. None of that stuff is required. All that is required for weight loss is making sure you burn more calories than you consume. So do what works best for you. The more complicated you make something, the harder it is to keep it up forever. And that's really the goal. To make healthy, sustainable changes that we can/will be willing to live with forever.

I totally agree with everything you said. I think the same as you. Best advice in my book.

trixieberry17 · May 2017

These are all really good advice tips. This is really helpful. You all rock!

elizabethmcr · May 2017

If you overeat one day ... or two ... or for a week straight ... just keep logging your calories, get to the gym, and wake up each morning resigned to keep going.

Its normal to fall off the wagon for a weekend or during a vacation, etc. but if you catch yourself and move on you will still succeed.

Weigh yourself and track calories even after you've achieved your goal. I have to keep myself accountable or the pounds creep up.

cwolfman13 · May 2017

Be patient and be consistent.

EmbeeKay · May 2017

Find out what works for YOU. My husband thrives on a low-carb diet and for years I have felt so guilty that I just can't seem to do it. As soon as I decided to just count my calories and eat what I wanted, keeping my weight and my fitness on track has been fun.

Some people like intermittent fasting, low-carb, Paleo, running, strength training… Everyone is different and you don't need to worry about fitting into any mold.

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