Whats ur secret?

I've lost 95 lbs since last April following my three C's.
Consistency, Control, Commitment.
Consistently staying at my calorie deficit goal every day. Being as accurate as possible and weighing everything on a food scale. EVERYTHING.
Controlling my mind to stay positive and quit making excuses, and most important, controlling my portion size.
Committing to this LONG TERM for my overall health and not ever giving up. This isn't a diet, it's a complete lifestyle commitment.

I also exercise 7 days a week for better health and body.

i've lost 50 pounds since August. I am seeing a doctor and following a specific food plan, however, I log all my meals on MFP to track macros (and get support). I walked everyday and work out on the elliptical. I'm three weeks into isokinetic strength training ( 2x/wk) and pilates (2x/wk). On days that I am strength training I either walk or use the elliptical. I try to log 10,000 steps a day and one day a week I rest.

Portion control, logging, staying hydrated, staying positive, trying new recipes, and having a growth mindset have all helped me to stay on track. I haven't reached my goal weight yet, but I am confident that I will.

I lost 80lb in 2013 / 14 by logging consistently, eating less and moving more. I've put half of that back by failing to log consistently. So I'm recommiting to logging every day. On the way I've found out what things I can eat to make me feel full, what I have to eat on sparing amounts, and how my body behaves when I start to exercise use more.

My secrets? Patience, consistency, learning about what my body needs and more patience.

The secret of weight loss is that there is no secret, no matter how often people trying to sell you something will try to convince you otherwise.

Set up MFP for a sensibly slow weight-loss calorie goal. Monitor results for 4-6 weeks, then adjust the goal to keep the loss rate sensibly moderate, not punitively fast. (If you're a premenopausal woman, compare the same point in two or more different menstrual cycles to minimize the distortion of hormonal water-weight fluctuations).

Don't strive for crazy amounts of exercise, but do some things you find fun that involve movement, and do some strength-challenging thing if you can, to preserve muscle mass. Eat back a reasonable estimate of exercise calories, on top of your base calorie goal.

Once your personalized sensible weight loss calorie goal is dialed in based on your individual results, stick to that goal the overwhelming majority of the time for an extended time period, with maintenance-calorie breaks of a couple of weeks interspersed in there if you get weary of the deficit. Use the time when you're losing weight to figure out what habits will help you stay at a healthy weight permanently, balancing calorie needs, enjoyable exercise, nutrition, tastiness, social connections and celebrations that involve food, practicality of food prep and exercise, etc. Have a treat within your calorie goal now and then, and enjoy some over-goal days occasionally on very special occasions, just as you'll want to do for the rest of life.

It's pretty boring, in practice.

I lost about 50 pounds back in 2015, at age 59-60, after 3+ decades of obesity, while hypothyroid (if that matters); today, at age 64, I'm still at a healthy weight (BMI 22-point-something this morning).

There's a post here about that's pretty much how I handled the eating side of things; it's all about eating in ways you personally enjoy while gradually tweaking habits in manageable, pleasant ways to improve nutrition, satiation, etc., over a period of time:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

Best wishes!

Lots of great advice here!!

For me, I think having my husband be so supportive and both of us going on this journey together has really been instrumental in us succeeding. We keep each other accountable in a healthy way, like being able to say no to going out to eat when we have good things to eat at home. Motivating each other to go for walks together in the evening instead of watching a movie and snacking. Doing the shopping and also cooking together, so we spend plenty of quality time as a couple. It's the small everyday choices that make the biggest impact, and it helps us stay healthy and happy together. It's not a diet. For us, it genuinely has been a change in our lifestyle by making better choices.

lisabelle69 wrote: »

What are u doing/following to lose weight? How much have you lost?

There really isn't a secret...you need XXXX calories to maintain your weight based on your stats and activity and exercise...when you consume fewer calories than you need to maintain your weight (ie calorie deficit), you burn body fat (stored energy) to make up for that deficiency and you lose weight.

There's a million and one ways to create a calorie deficit...but by and large you will find most people on MFP are counting calories to achieve that.

I lost 40 Lbs almost 7 years ago...I didn't make whole sale changes overnight but rather worked on bits and pieces, changing little things over time. I started exercising regularly. I started incorporating more fruits and veg. I started eating leaner sources of protein like fish and chicken. I started eating more whole grains like oats and things like beans and lentils. I ditched full sugar soda. I started having planned snacks rather than just mindlessly grabbing stuff. I didn't do all of this in one go and try to do a full 180 with my life...I made these changes over time and allowed myself to develop healthier habits bit by bit.

perfect math.

I have no secrets, it's all the same things others are doing, with added restrictions for diabetes management. Eating foods with as much nutrition as I can pack into the allotted calories, logging and tracking, and exercising.