Your *BEST* TIPS
Steph_135
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What are the things that you have done in the past that have helped you reach your weight and fitness goals, or see progress on the scale or in inches lost?
Let's make this a collective area where we share our best tips and tricks for:
And anything else that might be helpful!
Let's make this a collective area where we share our best tips and tricks for:
- Eating habits
- Healthy recipes
- Workout habits
- Workout routines
- Motivation / Mindset tricks
- Lifestyle tips
- Habit creation in general
- Book recommendations
And anything else that might be helpful!
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One thing that has often helped me is:
Not eating anything after dinner.
My dinner time is usually around 5:30-6:30pm, and when I don't eat anything after, between then and breakfast the next day, I will often see a small drop on the scale without trying to change what I'm eating too much. (Though I do, generally, eat healthy stuff...)
This stops me from snacking on things after dinner (I'm an air-popped popcorn addict), which is the biggest benefit.
There have been lots talk of the benefits around fasting lately. Fasting isn't necessarily great for women because of their hormone fluctuations throughout the day. So this is MY form of fasting (approximately 12 hours between dinner and breakfast), which can have a positive impact on digestion, too, since I'm giving it a break to allow for repair.1 -
Three things that help me the most and they are how I lost weight before.
1. Eat only whole foods (Nothing highly processed.)
2. No alcohol
3. Sufficient sleep
1. The whole foods/nothing highly processed approach helps me by providing nutrient rich calories and my cravings all but vanish.
2. Choosing to forgo that glass or two of wine saves me quite a few empty calories and I also avoid it stimulating my appetite.
3. When I don't get a good night's sleep, I know I will have a day full of cravings and lack of focus.
These are three basic habits that I'm working to get back to. This week I've created a "Habit Checklist" to remind me throughout the day how I want to live and what I want to be doing.
The workouts are also on that checklist. 1 -
That's awesome, @Zella132 ! And so, so true!
My nutrition training is 100% in favour of whole foods. I recently bought $60 worth of fruits and veggies to try and "drown out" the bad food choices. My fridge is overflowing with veggies! I'm going to have to make some big smoothies to use it all now. I need to find tasty recipes, too. I have more of an interest in cooking lately.
For me, the liquid calories I get are from honey and various forms of oat/soy/goat milk in my herbal teas. I go through moods where I will get some for a couple weeks, and then go back to stevia. But I the really issue is that I don't just have one tea and stop. I'll drink 3 of those a day, and then I'm at 180 cals from honey, and 51 g sugar! Not including the milk!
Sleep is so crucial as well! Thanks for sharing those great tips!0 -
Read or watch something inspiring, empowering, or motivational.
One thing that I used to do a lot more of is read self-improvement-type books. Even just a few pages a day was enough to keep me in a positive frame of mind. I think that it helped me a lot in reaching my healthy eating goals.
Even if it's just a funny animal video on YouTube, or reading a happy article, email, or blog post. If we start to feel bad about ourselves or our lives, or about our weight release journey, it can be easy to get stuck in a negative loop.
I fell out of this habit, but I've been listening to an audio more recently of a book I've read before. It's on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/hSSyWyo7GMM
It's more-or-less about living in the moment and becoming less attached to your thoughts. Between everything else I've got going on, I want to schedule more time to finish listening to this.
Hope you're having a wonderful, healthy, and HAPPY weekend! 😁🤗0 -
I'm currently reading "Regenerate" by Sayer Ji. It talks about living a lifestyle that helps the body to heal itself.
I'm also reading "Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants" by Hsiao-Hung Pai. It's about the brutal conditions impoverished Chinese migrants endure in China, from illness and broken families to documented labor militancy. it's a sobering read. But it certainly puts into perspective any issues I may ever face.1 -
Thanks for those book suggestions, @Zella132! (I was just able to purchase the Kindle version of Sayer Ji's book for $2!!) Sounds like a great read - I love him, and I've heard of that book before.
Another one that was recommended to me from a user here once, is called "Full-Filled: The 6-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Changing Your Relationship with Food-and Your Life-from the Inside Out" by Renee Stephens and Samantha Rose. I really liked this one.
The Institute for the Psychology of Eating also has a really cool program called "Transform Your Relationship with Food Program" for individuals who want to improve self-image, emotional eating, etc. It sometimes goes on sale, and was really helpful to me as well.0 -
Can't beat $2! That's awesome!1
