Write just 1 tip which triggered your weight loss.
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Logging calories - it was a game changer!
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When my ex boyfriend of 6 years cheated on and left me for my best friend of 10 years.
It had nothing to do with my weight, though. She was heavier than I was.
I came out a winner, though. I'm happier now than I've ever been. They did me a huge favor.39 -
I stopped eating breakfast, we don't get up till late so first meal of the day is lunch. That started the process . I only loss 4 lb so far but I have more energy and most important I feel good about myself.15
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Switching from drinking lager to other alcoholic drinks (e.g. gin and diet tonic). That happened by accident on a cruise when I was tempted by the cocktails and drank no lager for the whole two weeks. I put on way less weight than I expected and deserved and I have not drunk a drop (of lager) since. The other big trigger was finding an exercise activity I enjoyed and thus finding a love of exercise. This made me want to lose weight so I could do more in the gym rather than just wanting to lose weight because I thought I ought to.10
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What actually triggered my weight loss? Being bombarded by Noom ads on Facebook. Not sure why I decided to actually start a trial there, since I was convinced weight loss wasn't possible - perhaps the approach that sounded different?
I ended the trial prematurely since I didn't enjoy the personal coaching side of it and looked for an alternative food logging app. I had zero confidence in the approach (yet again, not sure why I did it if I didn't believe it could work). But here we are 18 months later and I've lost 55lbs so far and now aiming to lose only some 'vanity lbs' after successfully going from obese (BMI 34) to borderline overweight. at the moment.
Tips for succesful weight loss: I intentionally chose a slow weight loss rate: I wasn't in a particular hurry and I was worried about loose skin. But choosing a slow rate of loss gave me a calorie goal that was very easy to follow (and I always ate back my calorie adjustments my step counter/fitness tracker gave me, so even more calories to consume).
Being very level-headed about weight fluctuations also helped a lot: I simply log them daily and look at the long term trend.
And also: I allow myself to eat anything I want, no foods are forbidden. Within my calorie goal, but also above my calorie goal sometimes: if I've banked calories, or for special occasions or simply because. I realise it might set me back a few days, but that's a consideration I make before deciding to eat more (pros and cons).28 -
Seeing by fasting blood glucose slide over into pre-diabetic territory while watching my dad die of Alzheimer's disease, and then adding up all the people in my family who are diabetic (over half) and realizing how many end up with dementia (almost all of the diabetics...)19
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Stop skipping meals.
I never eat breakfast and somewhere along the way I stopped eating Lunch too and gaining weight. By adding lunch back in, I started loosing the weight because I felt more full for longer.10 -
Pants being tight & finally having the time and past an injury to exercise again - and realized I couldn't do much at that weight without tearing the body up pretty quick (running & biking).
So started out the exercise slow and careful while losing the weight, getting back to point that allowed it to be more enjoyable as weight was lost.
The exercise did allow me to eat more so it didn't feel nearly as restrictive as the non-workout days did, with that knowledge the weekend workout would allow some treats, so always something to look forward to.7 -
I stopped drinking soda years ago and although I have one every once in a while that was the best decision.9
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Moving frequently - I believe that getting up and taking short walks increases my metabolism and it seems to work. I can do that even in very busy days. But tracking to keep my focus is very important for me too.4
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Waking up on January 1st 2020 in excruciating pain from sciatica and knowing the pound of cake from New Year's Eve party had caused it. Started to track calories same day. At 5'.1" and 145.8 Lbs it took 3 weeks for the pain to subside. Added workouts in slowly. September 2020 hit my goal weight at 105 Lbs. I will always remember that day and how I felt for the rest of my life.16
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A food scale and a Fitbit. I was in complete denial about how much I was eating and how little I moved outside of intentional exercise.15
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Not allowing special events to get in the way
I was constantly falling off of the wagon after the weekend, birthdays, traveling, or any special occasion. I had to learn how to continue to make healthy choices through these events and how to balance my social life with my goals17 -
LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »Logging calories - it was a game changer!
My trigger was signing up for a cruise next year. Thought about how I could lose just 1 lb per week and be 50 lbs lighter by then!
Signed up here and started logging calories. Yep, game changer.10 -
Lots hard to limit it to just one but these transformed my eating habits.....log and weigh every day to keep myself accountable and aware, reflect on macros/micros and accommodate for any weak areas in nutrition, treating myself as I treat others with kindness, IF 18/6 usually, telling myself that I can eat anything I want, just now I only want what is healthy and when I am hungry. Enjoying and lovingly prepare beautiful whole foods that are tasty and serve me spiritually, mentally, emotionally, as well as physically.4
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Seeign my tripple chin in web meetings and knowing that wasn't how I used to be11
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Finding that the clothes I bought after losing weight a few years ago were becoming too tight - and then watching the post-Easter-egg scale rise to show a weight that I have never been before. (Now I have lost it again the challenge is to keep it off.)2
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I was in pretty bad shape after my mom died. I was so depressed and out of shape. I had to start taking care of myself. I'd let myself go until my legs shook when I stood up I was so out of shape. That's what triggered the walking.
I started walking, esp outside, which is a absolutely necessary for me to do to have normal weight loss as it turned out. If I don't exercise, weight loss is very slow for me compared to others since I'm hypothyroid. I can diet all I want, but it won't really change without the exercise boost in my metabolism to make it more normal instead of slower. I logged everything for a month and a half not 1 lb showed on the scale, but within 2 to 3 days of walking I lost 5 lbs. As long as I walk I don't gain it back/keep it off/lose the weight.20 -
Setting myself free from an abusive situation. Now I am free, I look good, and I'm strong af.32
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Learning the calories in all the food I was eating. I wasn't eating a large volume of food, but the food I was eating was very high calorie. I just didn't know. I had moved to a tiny village in another province and the local grocery store didn't sell most of what I was used to eating so my diet changed.
Once I downloaded MFP and started tracking stuff I was amazed to see the calories I was consuming. I was able to reverse things from there, and now I'm back home and eating my original diet for the most part and back to normal.11
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