What’s the one habit that changed your health journey the most?

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  • MaggieGirl135
    MaggieGirl135 Posts: 1,068 Member

    to lose weight… counting calories

    to maintain weight with minimal calorie counting… Exercising daily

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,561 Member

    Exercising regularly.

    I decided to exercise at least 15 minutes a day for at least 300 days this year.

    It has made a difference!

  • JudyM6323
    JudyM6323 Posts: 2 Member

    The single biggest impact to my health and wellness was eliminating refined sugar. After about 6 weeks, I stopped craving it. I'm perfectly happy eating fruit for a sugar fix now and actually crave it. It can happen!

  • PixieKazza
    PixieKazza Posts: 51 Member

    I stopped drinking alcohol.

    No more empty calories - there's around 700cals in a bottle of wine. No little snacks with drinks which inevitably turn into a cheese and biscuits binge. No more comfort eating carbs / fatty foods due to a hangover. More energy and motivation to exercise as I'm not tired for days post boozing. Not looking bloated, and my digestion has improved.

    I do miss a nice drink though.

  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,386 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48788013#Comment_48788013

    This eaxactly! Alcohol is nemesis. When I drink I make horrible food choices. Alcohol is poison and should be illegal! :)

  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 641 Member

    Logging food but weighing and measuring first is very important and read serving sizes on packages. It's so easy to snack or eat a bigger serving than you realize.

  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 1,087 Member

    OMAD

  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 641 Member

    Weigh and measure food and read labels and log every bite. It's very eye opening to how many calories we eat. Then drink enough water and move your body.

  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,854 Member

    Continuing to log my food, even after I lost 50 pounds. It helped me avoid calorie creep, since I log everything I eat. (I don't weigh or measure though. It hasn't been necessary.) Second is I made exercise a priority. I am retired, so I walk 3+ miles every day, and do an additional hour of exercise for about an hour 5+ days a week. It gives me a lot of flexibility in how much I can eat.

  • rutzsa
    rutzsa Posts: 54 Member

    Keeping focus and realizing that if I overeat one day, all is not lost. I more than likely ate at maintenance and only derailed one day not a week or a month or even enough to gain weight as long as I stayed on track afterwards.

  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,435 Member

    getting efficient with a digital food scale

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