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Odd tips and tricks??

099859
099859 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can anyone give me any odd tips or tricks that is usually not said or heard of? Just wanna know
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  • jolyn_sullivan
    jolyn_sullivan Posts: 1 Member
    Change your plate size! I grew up in a house where you were expected to finish your plate. I find it a hard habit to break now. So I switched to a smaller plate and it really helps with portion control!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,458 Member
    I've said it a bunch of times here, but I think it's unusual in the wider weight-loss universe: Pick a relatively easy plan - the easiest possible to follow plan - that will get to the goal and keep you there, not a "lose weight fast" plan. The calendar is not a weight loss tool.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,150 Member
    I agree with AnnPT77 here: Keep it simple. There's no need to punish yourself.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,090 Member

    I pre-log, usually several days out.

    It helps me create a shopping plan. I go with a list and don’t buy anything not on that list. It also prevents the indecision of “I’m hungry and don’t know what’s for dinner so I’ll just get fast food or stuff my face with chips while I decide”.

    Knowing what’s on the plan also gives me more flexibility. For example, my whole day was logged, but then my daughter asked if I wanted to meet her for cake and coffee.

    I eliminated a planned snack, and moved another to after dinner. Net result? Stayed under goal, had a nice time with her, and enjoyed a nice treat. 👍🏻


    Prelogging is the ultimate control.

  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 359 Member

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/1008025469/springlering62 I wholeheartedly agree. It’s a game changer to see what I have left to play with after the requirements are fulfilled. This is especially important for me to maintain muscle mass with high protein.

  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 807 Member

    I don't think there are any odd tips or tricks in existence. People have been trying to lose weight as long as weight as existed. Find activities you think are fun. Do meal prep. That way you cook multiple meals and divide them into servings before you eat. I found this had the added bonus of lowering my food bill and I'm eating healthier better quality foods.

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,008 Member

    I don't think it's an odd trick, but I haven't seen it mentioned a lot: don't eat food from the original container unless that is the portion you intend to consume.

    For example potato chips: don't eat from a large bag, but take a bowl, weigh out the intended portion, close the bag and put it back in the cupboard.

    Much less likely to overeat that way, in my experience anyway.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,458 Member

    I hope the trigger for this post wasn't anticipation that someone here knew the "hacks" or "one weird trick" from all that skeezy marketing stuff on the web! 😆🤣

    JK, OP - you wouldn't fall for that nonsense, I'm sure. 🙂

  • Hobartlemagne
    Hobartlemagne Posts: 613 Member

    More of a technique trick-
    If you are weighing food that sticks to the spoon (for me its yogurt out of a big tub)
    leave your spoon in a bowl when setting the tare weight on the scale.

    That way you dont have to clean off the spoon for accurate weighing.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,458 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48515082#Comment_48515082

    Or put the whole tub of yogurt on the scale with the lid off, zero/tare the scale, and scoop out however much yogurt is desired into the bowl. The negative number on the scale is the amount taken out, whether stuck to the spoon or in the bowl.

    That's what I do with my three pound tubs of yogurt.

    Either method works, and either method saves steps vs. measuring out in cups.

  • mgalsf12
    mgalsf12 Posts: 361 Member

    I floss and brush my teeth after dinner. My signal to myself that I am done eating for the day. I won't snack if I do this.

  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 710 Member

    Its not all or nothing, and food has no morality.

    I'm not a bad person if I have a chocolate biscuit on my tea break this afternoon, and it doesn't mean that everything is so ruined that I might as well fall face first into the whole packet.

    Just move on to the next decision and keep moving in the right direction.

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