What's the biggest small change you've made?
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I cut out soft drinks completely. Now I only have 1 about every 3 months or longer. I also started drinking unsweet tea and black coffee. I lost 10 lbs when I first start by simply cutting off my soft drink intake.5
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The late night "snack" that too often became an entire meal bc I just didn't stop.
Also, when eating before taking my medication I now only eat a handful of something unless I'm actually hungry. I always felt like I needed enough to in my stomach before the meds got in but now I'm realizing a handful is enough. I don't need to stuff my face when I'm not hungry just to take my meds. I can eat a bit and when I'm hungry I'll have more later
Also, since I've been snacking less late at night, I do snack after dinner but not half an hour before heading to bed anymore, I'm back into the habit of being hungry by the time I fall asleep. And there is nothing wrong with that. Accepting that feeling a little hungry isn't bad. It only makes the food taste better10 -
I'm back into the habit of being hungry by the time I fall asleep. And there is nothing wrong with that. Accepting that feeling a little hungry isn't bad. It only makes the food taste better[/quote]
I’d much rather go to bed on empty than over full as I sleep so much better.8 -
Bought an electric grill and stopped frying.3
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- I vowed to myself to stop making excuses. Cliche and sounds easy but it’s the best change in mindset I could have had to be on track to a sustainable healthy life style.
- Swapped milk for almond milk.
- Said no to every sweet treat in the office unless it was a jam doughnut. There were never jam doughnuts and when there were, it felt good.
- plan my meals for the week. Not necessarily prep. Just plan. Kept me on track.5 -
Just to add to what I wrote on this thread in August, I started to count calories properly and cut out all high calorie fizzy drinks/Energy drinks. I’ve progressed from my 5llb loss last time which I thought was a huge amount at the time, and am down by 2 stone and some change. 1 more stone to go until I get to my original goal weight but I’ll get there.7
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Switched dr pepper for 2l water, (one 500ml bottle a week now as a treat). I also stopped adding sugar to my coffee and made 3 of my 5 daily cups black, so cut out some milk cal too.2
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rajeshvvcool wrote: »Scrapping the breakfast altogether. Basically 16:9 intermittent fasting,
You have 25 hours in your day?!? Tell me how to do that trick!!!
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No soda, alcohol, or juice. Too many calories and there are far more satisfying places to get my calories.2
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Changed my attitude. Sounds cliche, but if I woke up grumpy everyday I remained grumpy everyday. Once I started actively CHOOSING to be happy, things started to fall into place.9
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Cut sugar from tea.
Replaced squash, to no added sugar squash, to plain water.
Reduced milk in tea to just at meal time, black/green before and after.
Got to logging cals and macros instead of counting in head throughout day.
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Cutting sugar almost completely out of my diet. And no soda. Both have been so hard, but I cannot go back to my old habits.3
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Xiaolongbao wrote: »DebLaBounty wrote: »I stopped making excuses!
My favorite inspirational quote is "You can have results or excuses - you choose."
I loveeeee this quote sooo much!!!4 -
1. Buying a food scale
2. Spending less money on fast food (I'm still a sucker for an egg white delight from time to time)1 -
I have been using stevia in coffee and am getting my 8 glasses a day.
Logging daily and working out when I have exceeded my calorie intake for the day.
I also bought a weighted vest and have just started using it.
Exercising daily no excuses.
I’m only on day 8 and down about 6 pounds! I think limiting sodium helped with water retention3 -
Love this thread!1
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I'm back into the habit of being hungry by the time I fall asleep. And there is nothing wrong with that. Accepting that feeling a little hungry isn't bad. It only makes the food taste better
I’d much rather go to bed on empty than over full as I sleep so much better. [/quote]
Exactly!2
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