One thing that boosts your loss
luvluv1234
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Aside from counting calories, what's the one thing that you do that makes the scale move?
I've lost thirty five pounds so far. Feel free to add me as a friend. Luvluv1234
I've lost thirty five pounds so far. Feel free to add me as a friend. Luvluv1234
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Trusting the process. It take commitment and patience and time for changes to occur.17
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I guess it's still in the counting calories range, but hands down, a food scale.10
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My trusty, color-coded spreadsheets. I can't do a dang thing without a spreadsheet.7
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Accuracy with my calorie counting. Logging is one thing. Logging accurately is where the results come from.11
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Exercise! Without getting some at lunchtime, I get the sleepies and the munchies in the afternoon. I also don't sleep as well, which also leads to the munchies on sleep deprived days. I make much better food choices when I exercise, and I feel better mentally.7
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Intense daily activity used to help for me. It improves my mood and keeps my mindset in the right place.3
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Persistence5
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working out at the gym1
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Staying the course, day in and day out.3
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Food scale.3
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lots of walking4
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Exercise.3
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Thyroid meds - went from a plateau to dropping half a pound a day when I first went on them. My weight loss has leveled out to a more reasonable pace now, but getting my meds sorted definitely helped me.3
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Logging religiously. Walking, then learning to RUN!3
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I don't "boost" the loss. I shoot for my target and no more. Weight loss is only a part of the bigger picture of overall health. Faster isn't better, so for me anyway, I've never sought out anything would accelerate the loss more than the goal. At this point, in fact, I'm dialing it down and trying to get the loss rate slower to fit the situation of being closer to goal weight (roughly 15 pounds or so from here).5
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My workouts. Not only do I burn more but it also motivates me to stay on track with my eating because I want to see the results for my hard work.2
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Make the scale move? Wait, I guess. It's like weather. It'll change. If you're doing all the conventional Exercise, Eat Clean, Count Calories stuff and the scale still isn't moving for you, try something really radical like rest and sleep for a while.1
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A food scale. Logging every bite I take. Walking the dogs every night. Squats, planks, and other bodyweight exercises. Dumbbells. Yoga.
But the one thing that makes all the above work? Determination.0 -
Streaming TV shows and movies to my tablet while doing steady state cardio. Makes it much easier to stay on the machine for 15-30 minutes longer than planned in order to finish an episode or to add an extra 60 minute workout to my week because I want to watch the next episode of a series.
Seriously, these 'sneaky' and painless additions to my workout schedule have probably boosted my total exercise time by something like 35%.3 -
Trusting the system! Knowing that my calories in are less than my calories out means I WILL lose weight! It won't happen in a hurry, but it'll happen. The more consistent I am with logging the more I'll lose. That motivates me2
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Realizing that I don't have to eat "clean" to lose weight. I am allowed my fast food, and ice cream and every other delicious pleasure in the world. I don't have to be deprived, or feel left out as long as I fit it into my day. And if not the day, then as long my week is in a deficit.
Also, calorie counting and losing weight is not difficult. As long as I am honest and tracking my food I will lose weight. Weight loss isn't some magical thing that can only be fixed by whatever (insert fad diet) you put yourself through.4 -
Consistency is KEY . Be you're own motivation ! Tell yourself I'm gonna do this because this is what I need to do2
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Saving calories for dinner. I know that I like a big dinner and some evening snacks, so I choose to skip or have a light breakfast and a medium-sized lunch to keep half my day's calories for after work!2
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Pre logging. And actually following it. It helps me avoid "pitfalls", it forces me to eat what I make and not wander to the closest food truck, and it helps me meet the calorie goal I want every day.3
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Consistency in your eating and exercise.0
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For me it's sleep. My losses stall for irritating amounts of time when I don't sleep well.0
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-Exercise
- Food scale
- A never ending supply of willpower!0 -
scales!!! Logging accurately enables portion control! And exercise!0
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Knowing you can have your cake and eat it, too, but not the whole cake at one sitting!2
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A kitchen scale! Weighing everything, not just measuring, is a real eye-opener. And I weigh everything in grams which makes it easy to put exact amounts into the tracker here because there's always a 1-gram choice on the list.
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