What are your best weight loss tips?

attmag
attmag Posts: 8 Member
edited November 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Trying to lose 40 lbs and frustrated

Replies

  • LonniJay
    LonniJay Posts: 3,740 Member
    Stay consistent and don't feel discouraged if the scale doesn't move for a while. Just keep it up and the loss will appear eventually and probably very sudden!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,988 Member
    Set 1lbs loss a week. So that means 40+ weeks of consistency and accuracy with moderate calorie deficit. Anything less will usually mean that you WON'T reach that time line.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    9285851.png
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    My best tip is to make it easy, enjoyable if you can. Don't starve yourself and don't over exercise.

    Getting to goal quickly is not the goal. Losing weight and keeping it off is the goal. IMO, losing weight slowly helps you to get to goal (because you never let it get so tough that you are tempted to quit), but even more importantly helps you keep it off. When it's easy and enjoyable, you don't procrastinate getting back into a small deficit when you've gained a few pounds.

    Get your protein and fruits and veggies in, get some cardio in (even if it's just walking), do some strength training, aim for a small deficit and try to enjoy the process!
  • Valrotha
    Valrotha Posts: 294 Member
    I'd add to what has already been said, drink enough water.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Stop looking for tips, and educate yourself on the basics. They are really really simple: Eat less, move more.
    Stop trying, start doing. There is no way around that. But you can do it the fun and easy way, or the hard and painful way. The choice is yours. Believe that you always have the choice.
  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    Make lots of small changes rather than just one big change, don't beat yourself up if you have any off day and Don't restrict or demonize any food group.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Simplify and don't overcomplicate. Food has calories, controlling that controls weight. The end. Any details you decide to incorporate are just things you feel make the process easier for you, not needlessly add random rules that don't serve a purpose.
  • martinaneuwirth
    martinaneuwirth Posts: 3 Member
    Calories in VS calories out. Also for me works so good eating regularly. Every three hours, 5 times per day :)
  • laurabadams
    laurabadams Posts: 201 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Stop looking for tips, and educate yourself on the basics. They are really really simple: Eat less, move more.
    Stop trying, start doing. There is no way around that. But you can do it the fun and easy way, or the hard and painful way. The choice is yours. Believe that you always have the choice.

    This is it right here. It's imperative to weed out all of the junk science & information out there & get down to basics.

    I wasted so much time, energy & effort trying to find a way to lose weight that didn't completely settle 100% of the responsibility on me for my overeating & lack of activity. For some crazy reason, rather than empowering myself with the understanding that I am in complete control, I subscribed to the philosophy that if I just stopped eating all the "bad" things out there or atoned for my eating sins by killing myself in the gym, I was on the right track. It wasn't my fault, my body hates me, yada yada yada.

    As others have said, it's basic calories in vs calories out. Find what kinds of foods are satiating to you (both in appetite, energy & cravings), and make it work within a calorie goal you can live with. Start small with exercise & choose activities you enjoy.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories