What's the biggest small change you've made?

I bought a food scale.

Upgraded butter and oils as well as salt to options with a lot more beneficial nutrients. (Ghee butter and MCT Oil and Pink Himalayan Salt) If I am going to have them...let them have some benefits.

Logging my calories daily as well as eliminating white flour and added sugars as much as possible.

drinking 3 litres of water a day! sounds like a given, but really try and do it!

I started tracking what I was eating properly. Really made me think about what I was eating and the value I was getting from my food.

Stopped feeling guilty and trying to be perfect .. after letting go and going with the flow it all became easier to stick to

Swapping regular Coke for Coke Zero. That's hundreds of calories a day right there.

I have dealt with binge eating/emotional eating for years, so about 4 years ago I started meal prepping on Sundays for the whole week. I am single so I don't need to worry about anyone else in the house eating my pre-made meals.

I also am a home owner on a single income so meal prepping/meal planning was a double bonus: I save a whole lot of money and I stop eating out. Lunch will easily cost me $10/day and when I only spend $50 - $60/week on groceries for 3 meals per day + 2 snacks that's a huge additional cost to me.

Eating home made meals has really helped me. Sometimes the emotional eating wins, like when I'm on my way home from a really hard day . . . even though I work from home most of the time, I am in the office like once or twice a week and when I have those hard days it's rough to want to eat a nutritionally sound meal when chicken nuggets, fries or burritos are calling my name. I have found home-made alternatives - like making my own burrito sauce and making burrito bowls at home - to give me those trigger foods with less calories and more nutrition. The biggest small change I've ever made was to prep my meals for the whole week on Sundays. 3 hours, approximately, once a week has made such a huge difference.

Cut out the majority of white carbs (with an indulgence here and there), upped my veggie intake. Down 16 pounds since August.

Started reading labels and made a conscious decision to raise fiber count.

I cut off on Breads, cookies, chips, bars, cakes, donuts, candies, heavy pastas, white flour and all fast foods and fried foods. Iam down 35 pounds since Sept 11,2017.

I stopped buying family sized packs of desserts (cupcakes, a whole cake) for a two person family. I still buy desserts but just one cupcake or a slice of cake instead.

I stopped buying soda and havent had any since last march because of this.

I stopped making excuses!

DebLaBounty wrote: »

I stopped making excuses!

My favorite inspirational quote is "You can have results or excuses - you choose."

I drive with my pocketbook in my trunk, so when I have a feeling about going to Dunkin donuts or fast food..it is too much work. I can't go through the drive through