share your weight loss tips/secrets

whateverr120
whateverr120 Posts: 37
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Mine are:
Drink only tea and water. And LOTS of it.
For breakfast I swapped poptarts, toaster streudals, bagels+cream cheese for cereal with skim milk. I love cheerios and special K vanilla almond.
Wear ankle weights where ever I can (home, work, grocery store...)
If I do eat pizza, I have either just cheese or I have it with veggies instead of peperoni or bacon (my usual pizza was pepperoni, bacon and olives, now its more like mushroom, green pepper and tomato)
Blot the pizza with a napkin to get excess grease off.
Have soup (not cream based) before dinner
No eating late at night
Swap pita chips or at least baked chips vs regular chips
Tomato sauce vs creamy or meat sauce
fudgecicles instead of ice cream
I don't drink alcohol, and if I do it's 1-2 drinks. (I really don't like to drink...I do it sometimes to be social)

things i don't do but want to start doing:
Brown instead of white: rice, pasta, bread....
swap 1 cup of pasta for one cup of veggies

Do you have any you want to share? are any of the things I'm doing wrong?

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  • AceDuddyMegaa
    AceDuddyMegaa Posts: 73
    dont drive yourself crazy lol. calories in/calories out
  • MelissaGraham7
    MelissaGraham7 Posts: 406 Member
    Great tips - in addition, I am working on increasing my dairy to 3 servings of nonfat milk daily.

    Don't forget ACTIVITY! 60 minutes a day at least 5 days a week makes a huge difference in weight loss success.

    I've been doing the change-over from white to brown for rice, flour, etc. and that makes a big difference in how I feel.

    Let's go for it!!
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    My biggest tips would be:

    1) Decide what you want out of this journey. Do you want to be healthy, or healthier? Remember that you dont have to just eat veg, cut out all the nice stuff. Just have it all, but more sensible and in moderation.

    2) Think of your daily calories as a currency. If you want to spend 1000 of them on a takeaway, go for it! Just remember that you wont have much more to spend for the rest of the day.

    3) Educate yourself. Don't buy into the myths such as 8 cups of water a day, dont eat late at night, etc. Read up and get the full picture, then choose for yourself! :)
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    For the last five years, I've stuck to about 80% of my daily intake being from fresh, unprocessed foods that come straight from the ground. Types of foods that could grow if I planted them. Living foods for a lively body.
    The other 20% I get from more processed plant-based foods (ie. unsweetened almond milk, cooked beans, tofu, red wine, etc).

    It takes the guess work out of it. If it's in it's natural state, it's good for my body. Done.

    Also, just in terms of general tips --
    I make sure to get at least an hour of exercise 6 days a week. I switch it up and do different combinations of Zumba, running, yoga and Curves circuit training.

    Staying busy and out of the house always helps me eliminate boredom eating.

    If I'm craving something, I have a glass or two of water first to make sure it's not just thirst I'm feeling.

    I drink many cups of tea throughout the day, and always start my day off with some.

    When I eat sitting down, it always helps be listen to my body more efficiently and stop when I'm full.
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    Things I find helpful:

    Don't ONLY focus on the number on the scale, pay attention to the way you feel and how your clothes fit too. And give yourself credit for NSVs :D

    Don't completely give up the foods you love because you might end up giving in and eating them and then feeling guilty or quitting. Instead make healthier versions of the foods you love or eat them in moderation.

    Set clear goals to look forward to (and reward yourself for them).

    Make sure you have a good support system to keep you accountable and encourage you, even if its just one person it will help!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    don't make your diet harder then it has to be ie. you don't have to eat every 2-3 hrs, breakfast etc if you don't want to or it's an inconvenience

    eat foods you like (even if it's so called junk) just fit it into your daily cals

    if you go over cals one day don't stress get on track tomrrow
  • cowlover22
    cowlover22 Posts: 309 Member
    Theses all sound pretty good but I also would have celery and carrots cut up so if I felt like I wanted something I could just grab that. Something sweet..sugar free popciles, sugar free jello, and if sodium isnt a issue than I like powdered chicken broth. But only do these kinds of things if you are eating a healthy amount of calories the rest of the day. Always eat breakfast..and also I stopped drinking diet pop and when I first started losing I was drinking milk(noticed all my skinny friends drank milk so) Dont get obseesed with it exercise to. Oh diet bread is nice and no fat spray butter..sorry more keeps coming to mind...
    Totally agree with xxxsleepy kitten
  • GreatSetOfBrains
    GreatSetOfBrains Posts: 675 Member
    Don't give in and stop all junk food, leads to a day you can't get enough of that food. I eat girl scout thin mints almost daily!
  • sinclare
    sinclare Posts: 369 Member
    avoid fast food. avoid fried food. no cream sauces.

    plan your meals ahead. eat every 4 hours.

    have salad every day. add a veggie or two.

    it's about balance. If you have cream cheese on your bagel, then no cheese for the rest of that day.

    and cut the chips. they will sabotage all your hard work.

    not pretty, not fun, but it works :)
  • docHelen
    docHelen Posts: 198
    enjoy what you do eat rather than worry about what you don't. lucky for me I like a plate full of veggies with a little bit of meat under there somewhere, or a pizza piled in veggies with just a slither of cheese.
    and i do have a takeaway from time to time and reeaallly, reeaally enjoy it when i do.
  • elizamc
    elizamc Posts: 285 Member
    Bump - some great tips here! Thankyou!
  • lipglossjunky73
    lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
    don't make your diet harder then it has to be ie. you don't have to eat every 2-3 hrs, breakfast etc if you don't want to or it's an inconvenience

    eat foods you like (even if it's so called junk) just fit it into your daily cals

    if you go over cals one day don't stress get on track tomrrow

    This is how I live!
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Cut down on wheat products. Before coming to N. America I hadn't seen sandwiches using two slices of bread.. in most of Europe people eat open faced sandwiches.

    Drink water with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Helps with the taste so long as you don't hate sour. And vitamin C is beneficial for burning fat.

    Eat a big salad with balsamic vinegar or other basic low cal dressing (but not non-fat garbage that's full of sugar) with dinner, but eat it first. I like basic greens. I also add some olive oil.

    Have some protein with EVERY meal. It will help attenuate the intensity of insulin spikes.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    avoid fast food. avoid fried food. no cream sauces.

    cut the chips. they will sabotage all your hard work.

    Just account for the calories, and they are fine to have :)
    not pretty, not fun, but it works :)

    Works for you :) If someone doesn't enjoy it, they're less likely to stick with it :)
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