Besides keeping track of calories, what else are you doing to maintain your overall health?

running a minimum of 1 mile a day 5 days a week
Lifting 5 days a week minimum for 30-60 minutes
Plexus triplex for gut health (it has helped me so much, I have bad GI issues, and this stuff has releaved majority of my gut issues)
Lots of water.
less TV
quit working so much, working just 1 job and covering only occasionally at 2nd job instead of working some 14 hour days, and 60 hours a week

Nothing special. Just being mindful of my eating habits and portions, always trying to eat nutritious food with lots of vegetables, fruit for desert instead of pastry or sweets, cooking mostly at home (no much choice in the matter with COVID around...), very little alcohol, if any. Moving around as much as possible in the house (increasing my NEAT), walking everyday, if possible, and doing calisthenic at home with light weights.

I don't track calories or wt. and log food in a consistent/frequent manner, but after being in maintenance for 10 years, what ever I do seems to be working.

Copper_Boom wrote: »

I have gotten better about eating vegetables, taking walks, and cutting out toxic relationships. I also save watching/reading the news for right before a workout- I find it so aggravating.

The mainstream media/press and television is propaganda and rot. I stopped watching television years ago. I removed by television from my living room. It's a waste of time and controls you more than you think. They are very good about subliminal messages. If you tell a lie to someone over and over again they will eventually believe the lie.
Then you have the computer. Delete your big tech fakebook, twitter, etc. That's garbage as well. They censor and push their propaganda too. Find free speech alternatives.

For physical activity I lift weights at home. I just use dumbbells. There are many exercises you can do with dumbbells, but you really need to emphasize form. Slow and controlled will get you there and start with light weights. I've injured myself a few times in the past trying to progress to heavier weight when my form was all off. There is also a lot of bad advice from fitness buffs online. They may tell you to focus on something that really doesn't need a ton of focus on and you end up being overly conscious about a certain movement which ends up causing problems in another part of the movement. Everything with a grain of salt when listening to advice. Also, if you're getting a nagging pain then it's likely you're doing something wrong. You'll get stronger lifting lighter weights with really good form versus bad form with heavy weights which will injure you immediately or eventually.

I rarely drink, not to say it's not okay to have a drink occasionally but getting drunk is bad. One or two drinks is okay.

Get enough sleep. Sleep is probably the most important. 7-8 hours of sleep like they say.

Don't let the bogus covid nonsense scare you. Statistics show you're more likely to die in a car accident than from covid. It's all a political scam. Statistics and Science prove it's a scam being perpetrated to put fear into the public and with fear comes more control from those evil people. No fear, except the fear of God which is the most important!

In addition to the calorie issue, I'm trying to keep myself feeling good about myself by making sure I'm wearing pretty clothes that fit as I go down in size. I do yoga every day to keep myself flexible and strong, and I am working on making sure I take my medication and supplements every day because I need them and feel rotten when I don't. I work hard on doing the organizational things that are harder to do with ADHD but are very necessary because of it, and doing what I'm supposed to do when I'm supposed to do it, because it really is easier that way.
And I'm working on being the sort of person I want to be, in my family circle and in the wider world. Let my theology be my biography, and my actions be my testimony.

I take time for ME. As a mother, wife, daughter, sister, employee: that did not always happen in the past. I'd go a year before finally getting around to getting my hair trimmed. Routine dental and doctor visits? Did not have the time. But now I'm making the time. They are little things, but if I'm going to take care of myself (in terms of being a healthy weight, getting regular exercise) then I need to take care of ME in other ways as well.

I drink plain water, 5-7 cups per day. I find that to be the key in reaching and maintaining my goals.

I don't track my calories. I base my lunch on vegetables and my snack is usually an apple or banana with nuts. Dinner is usually protein and more veggies and we add in a carb and sometimes cheese. I do cardio daily and strength train 2 or more days. My stress relief is running outside with music after work, walking my dogs, reading, and YouTube.

I watch my carbs and a new mindset, finally realize how food has caused me so much sadness and depression. So I dont need all that food!