What's the best diet or fitness advice you've ever heard?
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Eat more fiber and drink a lot of water. I eat about 50 g and It helped me so much to stay full and not thinking about snacking all the time.1
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Everything changes. Nothing ever stays the same.
It's particularly useful when you're having a bad day and wishing you were at goal already/hating your body. It'll change, because nothing ever stays the same.3 -
There is no wagon13
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A 60% optimal plan done 90% of the time yields better results than a 90% optimal plan done 60% of the time. ~Eric Helms? (Sorry I cannot give proper attribution!)
For a novice, it's somehow reassuring to know that just doing the reps counts for something.9 -
There is no wagon
OMG !!!!!! ... I think I have just had one of those "matrix"-esq life changing moments .. this changes everything... seriously, I am not being a dick, I never thought of it like this, there is no wagon. It completely separates fitness from being a chore, to just being fitness16 -
My father always told me, "always do your push ups from the table" i.e. plate. He also told me to stay away from potatoes and bread. I also like a quote made from someone here a few pages ago from their father , goes something like "don't dig your grave with your teeth."12
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My mantra through this whole thing was "My body counts calories perfectly. There's no point in lying on my log". This made me be brutally honest about how much I was consuming. The other one was "I can never go back to what I was doing before". That helped me create new habits I could maintain.38
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"Do what you love."
If you love to workout and it's your passion, awesome.
If it's not, then no one on their deathbed will ever say "I had such good abs when I was younger". Don't miss out on life when focusing on your goals, stay healthy, stay sane.
(*coming from someone who has recovered from anorexia*)21 -
Don't try to change everything all at once, focus on one thing at a time. It's more manageable.
Just because you had a bad meal/day/skipped a workout doesn't mean the whole thing is lost and you write off a bigger time period. Just get back at it at your next opportunity.
Measure your progress against your past self, not against others.9 -
"A year from now you will wish you would have started today."
"It takes calories to burn calories. (Don't starve yourself)"10 -
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consistency0
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Stephanie_Bella wrote: »What's the best diet or fitness advice you've ever heard?
So far, mine is "Dedication trumps motivation".
... don't look for motivation, because motivation is fleeting, instead strive for dedication and you'll find stronger reasons to continue!
What advice have you heard or do you have to give?
Diet: Eat
Fitness: Lift6 -
Eat like the person you want to be.
This is helping me so much. See Future Me rocks around in gym leggings all the time, is proud of her body and the work that has got her there. Future Me smashes her workouts and pushes herself. Future Me enjoys eating in moderation, counting her calories, fueling her workouts because that's what got her to her goals. Future Me has no need to smother her emotions by binge eating. She knows she can eat treats or special meals and it doesnt derail her.
I really dig Future Me, she's holding my hand through all this.48 -
@AnvilHead
Dang! That was the cold slap in the face, collar grab advice I needed to hear. Saved me from posting a “what isn’t the process working” post. I know why.
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Oops! “Why” isn’t the process working.0
this. 
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