What's the best diet or fitness advice you've ever heard?
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mistypoison wrote: »I'll probably get some hate on this one and it's definitely not for everyone but:
Going to bed feeling a little hungry won't kill you, if anything it makes you feel more human.
I now love going to bed feeling a little hungry and it stops me from snacking in the evening before bed and I know when I wake up I won't even feel hungry.
I agree that hunger is not the end of the world, but it's unpleasant and humans don't like unpleasant things. If it can be avoided by eating a balanced diet and enough calories, why not? If mornings are hunger free and someone feels more hungry in the evening, it would be smart to move the eating schedule forward and have later meals and make hunger less likely. I don't think "grin and bear it" is good advice for dieting when there are many things to try in order to make dieting less stressful.5 -
@CarvedTones i think it is you i will paraphrase. Motivation is fleeting, it takes discipline0
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Cut back on the carbs to control your appetite!8
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"Focus on health, not weight loss." My quote to myself. It's helped me!2
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"you don't need to give a reason why you want to lose weight".1
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"Feet to the floor, just gotta do it." Every morning when I wake up and don't want to get out of bed. That's the phrase that goes through my head and gets me moving. No option - just gotta do it. The other one that gets me to the gym or my class no matter how I am feeling that day is, "Just get yourself there. Because once you're there, you're there." And then that is usually followed up by, "Well you're here, you might as well do something to get better today."0
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Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.
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So many inspiring things on this thread.
Mine is:
Change doesn't start tomorrow. Change can only start today.0 -
loveisapineapple wrote: »Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.
I might. There is nothing wrong with enjoying treats if you can fit them in.8 -
CarvedTones wrote: »loveisapineapple wrote: »Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.
I might. There is nothing wrong with enjoying treats if you can fit them in.
If I had been removing foods from my diet this exactly would be my dying thought - I wish I enjoyed my life while I could. That's one reason I make sure my goals and my enjoyment don't clash.5 -
CarvedTones wrote: »loveisapineapple wrote: »Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.
I might. There is nothing wrong with enjoying treats if you can fit them in.
So that to me is more about there being more to life than food. Nothing to do with the calories, or the treats or how you approach CICO or there being anything wrong with eating whatever you want.
It's just something which makes me put food in it's place - it's not the most important thing in my life (figuratively that is - before someone tries to explain how I need food to live).
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Best advice ever : "To lose weight, you need to eat less calories than you burn. Cardio is a tool, not a necessity"....Because I hate cardio, I ditched it as soon as CICO clicked for me and it makes my cutting so much enjoyable. Since I have a high metabolism, being at a caloric deficit isn't a pain either.3
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What's the best diet or fitness advice you've ever heard?
You hear this over and over, I'm sure, but for good reason,
food scale (100% times yes, this is the cheat sheet)
keeping a food diary (I keep mine on mfp, so I credit them)
This is mine, and I have had success
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Only weigh yourself once per week or less and always weigh yourself on Sunday so you don't binge on Saturday.
Also, track everything you eat the best that you can, don't give up your favorite foods (except for sugary drinks because you don't want to drink your calories away), and don't punish yourself for an occasional bad day (or even week or month).8 -
CarvedTones wrote: »loveisapineapple wrote: »Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.
I might. There is nothing wrong with enjoying treats if you can fit them in.
Actually my great grandfather-in-law asked for lemon meringue pie one last time as he was dying. So it does happen.
I'm pretty sure he had no regrets about that decision. 4 -
CarvedTones wrote: »loveisapineapple wrote: »Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.
I might. There is nothing wrong with enjoying treats if you can fit them in.
Actually my great grandfather-in-law asked for lemon meringue pie one last time as he was dying. So it does happen. I'm pretty sure he had no regrets about that decision.
The father of brother in law's wife had lemon pie often when he was dying from cancer. It had been made for him on special occasions for many years and I think there were a lot of good memories associated with it. I had one uncle who was sitting on his front porch watching the sun set on a hot day and asked someone to bring him a Popsicle. He ate it, set the stick on the rail, sat back in his rocker, closed his eyes and never opened them again.3 -
My biggest motivator is something that occurred to me when I was looking at past mile times- “todays worst is still better than last months best.”3
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You're only going to get the results you work for. Crap effort, crap results. Great effort, great results.0
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I couldn’t loose weight doing low carb then low fat then keto then paleo then intermittent fasting Then I finally listened to my wife who always said count your calories. So I went on MFP and since lost 30 lbs and reached my goal weight of 175 lbs. so I guess that’s the best diet advice I’ve ever gotten.9
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To avoid the (inaccurate) victim feelings of food deprivation, I no longer say “I can’t” eat something - I’m in control, so it’s “I won’t!”1
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To avoid the (inaccurate) victim feelings of food deprivation, I no longer say “I can’t” eat something - I’m in control, so it’s “I won’t!”
I take that a step further: "I won't right now" if it isn't a good fit for that moment. Knowing that "I can later" when it's a good choice for that day is freeing.7 -
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As I've aged, I've been telling all my clients to "stay within your limits". Not that we won't try to be progressive in whatever program I have for them, but for sake of risking injury just to satisfy a little ego. Had a client who was an athlete and wanted to dead lift 500lbs again................30 years later than when he last did it. Not saying it's impossible, but would the risk for injury be worth it in his 60's?
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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I miss Anvil.3
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I may have lost a lb or two in my day...😏
https://anchor.fm/jesse-o1/episodes/8-tips-to-help-you-overcome-cravings-and-temptations-eov7jd
Here's my latest episode on how exactly I did it 🤷🏽♂️...
It's also available on YouTube and everywhere else you podcast Btw0 -
Glad this was bumped Fun read.
There’s no such thing as good and bad food.
and...
Hara Hachi Bu: Stop Eating When You’re 80% Full.2
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