Weight loss.. i need help getting started!

janejellyroll wrote: »

oXGetFitBabeXo wrote: »

Makes sense.. i think i'm just getting over whelmed with starting.

You don't have to start everything all at once. You can pick one or two key things, implement them this week, get comfortable with them, and then pick one or two other things.

One thing that worked for me: I just started logging. I ate what I normally ate, I just began learning how many calories were in what I was eating. Once I felt comfortable with logging, I began consistently hitting a calorie goal that put me at a reasonable deficit. Once I was doing that, I began noticing what meal choices left me feeling full and satisfied and which ones didn't. From there, I made some adjustments to my diet and meal timing (most of them pretty small) -- adding some types of foods at a higher frequency and eating some types of foods/meals less often.

This isn't the only way to do it, of course, but it worked well for me. I don't do well when I feel like I have to change a bunch of stuff at once. Because I did all this over the course of a few weeks, I never felt overwhelmed.