What did you buy that helped you lose weight?
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Way better shoes for walking and running and clothes that fit as I lost to reward/motivate me.1
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Weights for weightlifting, seltzer water (flavored and plain) in place of soda, no ice cream but plenty of fruits and veggies for breakfast, lunch and dinner but also for snacking. A really good pair of shoes (or two). Good luck on your journey!0
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Good shoes, good tea and coffee, pure sucralose that you can make into a dropper for your sweetener needs (Amazon- it ends up being dramatically cheaper than real sugar), an instapot and other decent kitchen equipment (because frankly you're not going to eat out as much unless its a treat), a gym membership, and the biggest one is buying yourself enough free time to actually work at this. You gotta put the time in, it's not effortless.
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a food scale, and a weight scale the uploads directly to my phone with bluetooth so i don't have to plug it in1
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Food scale and a measuring cup. It is the only way for me to accurately get my proportions right.0
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Totally corny, but the best weight loss investment I personally made (other than gym membership) was a Wii Fit. I LOVE it. It's so much fun, a great workout that doesn't feel like a workout, you can involve the kids/family, and it tracks your weight and can be a great tool for accountability.1
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Bodyfat percentage scale, digital food scale, fitness tracking equipment, fitness equipment and activities that you really enjoy.0
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Food scale, bathroom scale, and a roll of dollar store measuring tape. Because for the weeks when you don’t lose, seeing the difference in inches gone can be a great relief and source of motivation. I’m week 3 in my journey- and even though I didn’t lose any weight (I gained) this past week, I lost about 2” total off of hips and waist combined 💪😁👍1
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A pushbike!0
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I got a Fitbit last year. I lost a stone, the constant notifications motivate me to get up and walk. I put my headphones on listen to some music and walk.
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Best “Me” Investments:
Food scale
Bluetooth Bathroom scale
Nutribullet, with extra Cup and Blade
Nut Milk bag
Monthly subscription to Wild Soil Almonds (half the price of While Foods’ almonds)
Extra Tablespoons (half dozen) can just leave in frequently used containers & so there’s always clean ones in the drawer
Dehydrator for homemade beef jerky
Gym membership with staff RD dietician I’ve visited several times
Barbell Gym Membership and sessions with the most inspiring trainer, possibly ever in the history of excercise, 2x a week
Yoga/Pilates studio membership (can you tell I’m unmotivated if left to my own devices?)
Good walking shoes
Two great quality yoga mats (so one can air out while the other is in use, love the Gaiam Dry Sol Extra long mats!)
“Rat Pad” for knees and head during yin classes
Apple Watch
Wood flooring extended up one wall in the spare room, so I can put hands and feet all over it while stretching or doing yoga
Foot massages every couple of weeks ($30 an hour? I used to spend more than that on chocolate)
And lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of bananas. Enough that cashiers ask perky questions.
What I don’t spend money on:
Workout clothes: Cheapest possible and wear them til even the dog won’t come near. Talking $10 leggings here.
Protein Bars and Powders : Tastier and cheaper to just eat more chicken. But we live in chicken country, where it’s dirt cheap.
Parking: $5 a pop. So I walk the mile to my classes and gyms
Mats : my Gaiam Dry Sols last forever, and discovered I can throw them in the washing machine when they get stinky and air dry them since I rotate mats
Expensive mats: never again. Tried one of the trendy mats last year. Gifted it to my daughter after two uses. The Dry Sol are 1/3-1/2 the cost and way more grippy and comfortable.1 -
Gym membership, decent wireless headphones , excercise bra and leggings, good kitchen scale, blender cups, and kitchen gadgets. It's a lot easier and more fun to work out or cook with good tools, lol.0
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Food Scale and my FitBit (so I can track my daily burn better) I have had the food scale for a while - love it! But lately knowing what my exercise is doing to be more accurately logged has really helped too!1
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I haven't lost a ton of weight. I have lost inches though. The best things I bought other than a scale was a good pair of running shoes and a yoga mat. I got professionally fitted at a running store. It made me more comfortable to walk and eventually to run. Running has helped me build my cardio endurance. Yoga helped me restore my balance and flexibility. Oh, and my gym membership but that came last after I had started to make progress.0
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1. Good shoes (I like Nike Free) - I call this my gym membership (I just walk)
2. Fitbit with HR capability (Charge 3 right now) - again for the walking, have a desk job and need to move more
3. Food scale
4. Nice lunch containers/lunch box (used to always go out for lunch)
Bonus: Renpho smart scale -syncs my weight to Fitbit which in turn ends up in myfitnesspal automatically. No typing in weight daily!
Also bonus: a couple cookbooks! One of my favorites right now is "Just Add Sauce" by America's Test Kitchen, because I can use sauces to make low-cal but filling food like chicken/veggies/beans more interesting and varied when I meal prep.0 -
A food scale, measuring cups, a fun container for my water, and a good pair of walking shoes. Also, nothing fancy but comfortable t-shirts and leggings, thick socks for walking. Decent ear buds too! Good Luck!1
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I think my Fitbit has been a huge help. I thought I was doing ok moving around each day, turns out not so much.2
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Absolutely necessary is my digital food scale. Dragged out my Vitamix, dusted it off and put it to work. I LOVE soup but am avoiding the the canned stuff (sodium) so now I can make homemade quickly and easily!0
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Food and weight scales.0
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To me there were three very important things:
A kitchen weight scale: to help calculate the grams of food i am eating and hence keep an accurate calorie diary for what i ate.
A body weight scale along with a measuring tape: to tract my weight and waist circumference along the way
A gear fit: or a fitbit , any device that help accurately count the calories you've lost during a workout2
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