Best Tip You Received?

katyjay2014 · July 2017

What was the best tip that you heard that changed your health/weight-loss journey for the better?

2 stick with me:
1) Eat to fuel your body, not for leisure
2) Don't drink your calories!

JamieAmble · July 2017

Exercise so you can eat.

halmsafit · July 2017

Take it one meal at a time! This helps me tremendously!

TeethOfTheHydra · July 2017

Don't let more than 4 hours pass without eating or your metabolism exits its best state of continuous burn.

timtam163 · July 2017

Watch your serving sizes. My mom told me this, and my roommate once told me this, and then I started noticing how much I ate vs other people, and over time I learned to be more conscious of portion sizes.

ABabilonia · July 2017

Set realistic expectations otherwise you are setting yourself up for failure.

Debmal77 · July 2017

Use a food scale!

All_Exits_Lead_Within · July 2017

It was recently actually:

Being fat is hard. Losing weight is hard. Choose one.

That put things in perspective for me and actually got me out of the house and into the gym. When you say "I don't want to work out today" or "I can eat a little more" you're choosing to stay fat. The difference between these choices is that one gets easier the more you continue to choose it, the other gets harder.

Other than this little piece of inspiration, I think the best tip I ever got was to "set small goals and don't worry about any other goals or other peoples goals until you reach yours. Then move on to the next small goal. Continue this until you're where you want to be".

LisaEatSleepRun · July 2017

Debmal77 wrote: »

Use a food scale!

^^^ This

All_Exits_Lead_Within wrote: »

Being fat is hard. Losing weight is hard. Choose one.

^^^ This

and don't let eating over calories some meals/days derail your overall adherence!

joroyle219 · July 2017

Don't log what you eat, eat what you log.
Worked a treated for me

getnickripped · July 2017

joroyle219 wrote: »

Don't log what you eat, eat what you log.
Worked a treated for me

love that

get a scale, log cals, do hiit, do IF, think of your calories on a weekly basis. Go overboard by 1000 cals. Cut 1000+ out of the rest of the week.

canadianlbs · July 2017

more like a discovery i made on my own: "if you take it to work, you will eat it." no matter how unappealing last night's leftovers look at 5:30 am

saved me from a whole ton of 'oh crap i'm starving, better just hit the food court and have done with it' meals.

Finkelstien · July 2017

do not forget to live.

I was stuck in a negative circle because i thought i could not go out because of diet. But yes, you can. Plan, make fun and dance those kilo's away

sobiakhatoon · July 2017

Portion control

KevHex · July 2017

Take a walk. Does you wonders.

cs2thecox · July 2017

Focussing on macros rather than calories.

Same end result, but doesn't trigger obsessive behavior for me.

fmps5 · July 2017

Record each meal before you eat it, it will subconsciously cause you to eat less...

Create a personal mantra, mine is "It's better to feel thin than full"

Make an entry ever day in MFP profile, "7/25 Day 101 down 26 lbs, met yesterday's calorie goal, keep up the good work" Never put negative comments, if you had a bad day yesterday simply right "I will do better today and "Insert Personal Mantra"

Chef_Barbell · July 2017

Keep it simple. Listen more.

beerfoamy · July 2017

that 1lb of weight is 3500 calories. Made it so much easier to see that going over calories by even 1000 wasn't that much and could be fixed through the week. Took so much guilt away and allowed me to get back on track that much easier!

RichJBenham · July 2017

to "keep momentum going" with both exercise and diet, always been one for losing a few lbs and thinking i'm now ok to have (for example) that KFC or Pizza again cause i've lost weight then get back to square one. Been strict for just under 6 months and lost 2 stone with no intention of putting it back on

jjtweb · July 2017

Find an activity you like instead of an exercise you don't as long as you are moving it doesn't matter what it is.

For me it was dance exercise that progressed to seven days a week in the gym doing what I thought I hated which I now enjoy. I found social interaction in the gym not a workout. The workout was just an added benefit.

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