What Habits have you changed to help you lose weight.

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  • Circa1964
    Circa1964 Posts: 225 Member
    edited February 2019
    Listening to the Podcast Losing 100 Pounds with Phit N Phat (even though I don't have much to lose) has really motivated me. Drinking lots of water (probably always walked around dehydrated), now I don't have the need for Pepsi like I used to think. Creating weekly meal plan,and at minimum a 24-hour plan and sticking to it. A little meal prep helps too.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    edited February 2019
    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    Tbh, all of that sounds like a whole lot more work that just counting calories? Why make it that hard and complicated if it's not necessary?

    Its a whole lot of work, to you. Counting calories isn’t for everyone believe it or not. :)
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    sorting out my portion distortion ... by getting into the habit of weighing out all my food at home I can now identify when I am out if the portion size is excessive. I could easily eat too much tasty food before, now I can easily leave some
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    love this post! setting boundaries with myself. saying No when I have had enough and go do something healthy.
  • mammacoty
    mammacoty Posts: 45 Member
    Here are the habits I'm focusing on:

    ~weighing and logging all food. Advance prepping and planning is key, so I am devoting more time to this. I am also cutting out bread and starchy carbs. I am paying attention to my macros, and also working to increase my fiber and protein intake.
    ~ actively drinking water all day long. Besides a little almond milk, it's the only thing I drink now. I need to do it more!
    ~Strength training. If I want to watch one of my shows, I'm doing various movements with my set of kettlebells, or use my resistance band machine. This is especially important since i have re-injured my ankle, after fracturing my foot and badly spraining my ankle just 4 months ago, and can't do much for cardio.
    ~ Using my fitbit app to reach a few daily goals, like making sure I'm logging 10,000 steps, I do at least 10 flights of stairs and have at least 30 minutes that qualify as "active"
    ~ I too am working on decluttering my house. So far it's been a little scattered, but today I realized that my kitchen is "fat" It's full of stuff, and very cluttered looking. So I am focusing there, and then will work my way through the house, in a more productive way. I have a hard time getting rid of things that could be useful, so this will be a little bit of a challenge.
    ~Getting off Facebook. I waste too much time looking at things that invoke negativity. I just uninstalled the app from my phone to greatly reduce my time scrolling. If I am taking a little break and looking at my phone, it will be health related.
  • Dgil1975
    Dgil1975 Posts: 110 Member
    Packed and prepped cooler for food during the day for work
    Buy fresh produce every 4-5 days a week
    Started exercising again
  • no1elseislikeme
    no1elseislikeme Posts: 69 Member
    My big two were counting calories and paying attention to portion sizes. I used to have a fairly big bowl of ice cream everyday and I would never bother measuring it out. Now I still have my bowl, but I have cut way back on how much I have and I carefully measure out my portion and track it. I was never fat and looking back, I consider it something of a miracle that I didn’t get fat eating ice cream like I was. I diligently log every food that goes down my throat and I know that’s a big part of why I’ve been successful in keeping the weight off.
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