What's the first healthy thing you did on your weight loss journey?

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  • MossiO
    MossiO Posts: 164 Member
    Stopped lying to myself.
  • christys03
    christys03 Posts: 22,786 Member
    Started logging everything that I ate.....and went from there....was shocking how much I was lying 2 myself
  • Rebirth08
    Rebirth08 Posts: 174 Member
    Less fast food and more cooking.
  • Rebirth08
    Rebirth08 Posts: 174 Member
    No no, got one better....got off my *kitten*! Before making a change, I would lay in the bed almost all day and let my husband do most of the cooking. He would bring food to the bed and we would eat so freaking much. Then lay down. It was pathetic when I think about it...
  • ahmadzehour
    ahmadzehour Posts: 1 Member
    First, start reducing the Carb by 50%. No more sugar in the coffee. Take 1 Medjool date about 60 Cal in the morning just for energy. Eat very small piece of bread with your luch or dinner about 90 Cal. Focus on protein and make it about 40% from you intake. Exercise as much as you could. Tradmill minimum 30 minutes. I eat boild eggs 5 times a week in the breakfast only one at the time medium size. One piece of date, coffee with few drops of cream 5%. Lunch, I focus on protein such as Tuna, steamed Broccoli, fish, chicken breast...etc Not more than 150g. Snack, apple medium size Not every day, I would say 3 times a week. Roasted penut 1oz. Green tea without sugar. Dinner, steamed veggies not to exceed 130g. Go to gym 3 times a week.
  • SmithsonianEmpress
    SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    shaunshaikh wrote: »
    Started logging everything without changing anything to understand baseline better and what changes I needed to make.

    Same. Believe it or not, I actually spent five months logging everything before I changed much of anything, and I was in fact gaining that whole time. I do think there was a little bit of observer effect happening - I didn't actively decide "I'm not going to get Jimmy John's for lunch because it's out of my calories", more like "huh, 614 calories for that Pepe, really? I don't think I'm that hungry." It might seem crazy, but I think that I just needed to spend time on that first step before really wading in.

    Funny. I'm addicted to the Vito. Had one last night...knew I'd go over but I guess I'm not that disciplined. Geesh!!
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    ahmadzehour wrote: »
    First, start reducing the Carb by 50%. No more sugar in the coffee. Take 1 Medjool date about 60 Cal in the morning just for energy. Eat very small piece of bread with your luch or dinner about 90 Cal. Focus on protein and make it about 40% from you intake. Exercise as much as you could. Tradmill minimum 30 minutes. I eat boild eggs 5 times a week in the breakfast only one at the time medium size. One piece of date, coffee with few drops of cream 5%. Lunch, I focus on protein such as Tuna, steamed Broccoli, fish, chicken breast...etc Not more than 150g. Snack, apple medium size Not every day, I would say 3 times a week. Roasted penut 1oz. Green tea without sugar. Dinner, steamed veggies not to exceed 130g. Go to gym 3 times a week.

    Curious, why are you putting a limit on steamed veggies?
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    Gave up fast food French Fries. Still missing ‘em. Then I committed to 30 cardio minutes a day. Walking or stationary bike. That was only 7 months ago, but wow how much I’ve changed.
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  • maryannprt
    maryannprt Posts: 152 Member
    I started tracking my food, which included weighing and/or measuring. ( I already owned a scale for my yarn, so didn't have to buy one.) At the same time, I started adding a serving of fruit or veg to practically everything I ate. I do count calories, but don't worry too much if I'm over on a given day. (If I want the cheesecake, I eat the cheesecake, but throw a 1/2 cup serving or 2 of berries on it, for example) I've lost 25# so far in just over 6 months. One of the features I really love on MFP is the ability to easily add my own recipes.
  • ajmc87
    ajmc87 Posts: 15 Member
    1) Cut out sweets and limit portions
    2) Started tracking my calories and got educated on macros/caloric deficit
    3) Started going to the gym 5x/week
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