All u successful people: What are your top 3 tips for weight

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1. Log everything that goes in your mouth. Only lying to yourself if you don't.
2. Exercise at least 30 minutes at least 5 days a week. It will become habit after a while.
3. Eat your exercise calories. You earned that extra food:)
4. Don't let one bad day/meal/week derail you.
5. Do this for you, and only you. You are worth it.

1. Eat (Seriously....I won't do 1200 calories)
2. Move (Exercise at least 5 times a week and keep pushing your limits)
3. Log (It'a amazing how much a bite here and there adds up)

1. Log everything - that means EVERYTHING - and be honest about it.
2. Eat your exercise calories - at least half of them.
3. Strength train - you can increase your resting metabolism and look better!
4. Get more protein - the MFP guidelines for protein are too low I think. I try to get close to 100g a day, especially with exercise your body will thank you.
5. Drink more water - I feel better and look better and perform better when I'm hydrated.

1. STOP paying so much attention to the scale and set yourself some non-scale (non-pant size) goals. Ideally, these should be fitness goals.
2. Make a list of why you want to drop this weight and what you hope to accomplish once you do and tape it to your vanity mirror.
3. NEVER ever EVER EVER believe you can't do this. NOT ONCE.

1. Eat enough
2. Lots of protein and fiber
3. Lift heavy

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1. Water
2. Strength training
3. Log all your food (even the stuff you don't want to admit to)
4. Watch sodium and potassium and at least try to even them out. If you get too much sodium, get just as much potassium.
5. Vitamins... I use B-complex (heavy on B6 and B12) and a calcium/magnesium blend with a 2 to 1 ratio

2. Make the right choice - Every day you are faced with choices where one will lead you to your goal or farther from it. I always tell myself, "for once in your life, man the F up and make the right choice!"

3. Knowledge is key - Informing yourself on how to properly lose weight is the best thing you can do for yourself. Don't base your weight loss attempts on "what other people say" or "I saw this on tv or read it in an article" Really educate yourself properly on the aspects of losing weight or whatever your goals are.

Good luck on your 2012 goals!

BEST ADVICE!!!

Eat a diet you can sustain forever.
Make fitness a priority in your life.
Most people on MFP are wrong or misguided. Always fact check.

1. Drink a lot of water. This is huge! Dehydration is one of the biggest inhibitors of weight loss. Drink water when you think you are hungry. 38% of people confuse thirst with hunger (which is why they eat too much). Drink a cup of water and see if you are still hungry 20 minutes later. A lot of times you are just thirsty. This is one of the most important things I have learned.

2. Even if you have a bad day (ie., eat lots of bad food, etc). Commit to get back to your diet the next day. It WILL be okay. Don't give up because of one bad day.

3. Track sugars, carbs, proteins, fibers. Aim to keep sugars below 50g per day, carbs around 150g. The more sugars you eat, the more you will want. Your body retains 3g of water for 1g of carbs you eat (this is why low carb diets cause weight loss quickly). You don't have to do a low carb diet, but just control carbs. Eat a lot more protein and fiber than you probably are doing right now. It will help clean your body out (esp the fiber). You need 30g of fiber per day, most people only eat about 8 grams!!

4. Learn about nutrition. If you are truly committed to being healthier you just have to do this. If you want to lose weight and keep it off you have to know what causes you to gain weight, and what causes you to lose it. Its not just going to happen easily. I now enjoy learning about nutrition. It doesn't seem as difficult as it use to seem. You can learn it.

1. Log everything!! If it goes in your mouth, it goes in your diary!!
2. Drink water -- I drink 10-15 cups a day (equal to 5-6 water bottles, plus a few glasses at dinner).
3. Move -- it doesn't matter what you do, just DO IT! At least 30 minutes, 5 times a week; and eat back at least some of your exercise calories -- your body needs fuel!!
4. Plan, plan, plan!!! Whether it's going out to a restaurant or for "special" days like birthdays or nights on the town with your friends, PLAN AHEAD so you don't get surprised!
5. Finally, I don't treat this as a diet -- it's LIFE!! That means there's no such thing as "falling off the wagon" or "cheat days'.... it's my LIFE and I plan on enjoying it!!!

I don't eat anything at all 2 days out of 7 each week.

Sorry....couldn't do without any of these so I'm giving you my top 4:

1) Use MFP fiber and protein recommendations as minimums instead of maximums.... things your body can use to help you lose and less calories remaining for the "junk" that we
don't need. Drink LOTS and LOTS of water. Fiber without water is nothing more than a tummy ache.

2) Find activity you like and get moving. I started moving just to get to eat more. I started very slow and just built up from where I
was. Now I run 10 miles on any given weekend.

3) Make your journal public. You will be amazed at how much more will power you will find if your pride is on the line!

4) Eat to your maximum daily recommended and don't try to lose more in a week than recommended. Slow and steady really does win this race. Also, when you plateau take a break. I don't mean gain. Just take your calories to a maintenace level for a week or so. I don't know how it all works. Some people will argue to the death that fewer calories always means weight loss but for me (and a lot of others) metabolism plays a HUGE part in that equation. The small break allows your body to "reset" and gives your metabolism a boost.