Name one good tip you learn since dieting?

Never use the word Diet or Dieting

Don't let that scale get you down. There are so many factors that can influence the number you see. I knew this already, but I only started believing it recently.

I am not "dieting," but since I started getting healthy (and losing weight), the single most helpful thing that I've learned is to listen to my body and not to my brain when it comes to eating.

My brain is GREAT at giving me reasons why I "should" or "need to" eat. Fortunately, my body is getting better at saying, "wait, no, I'm not hungry! Don't make ME suffer just because you're upset/anxious/bored/whatever!"

Don't let that scale get you down. There are so many factors that can influence the number you see. I knew this already, but I only started believing it recently.

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I have learned..... "about myself" I have been judgmental in the past. For that I am very sorry!! That there are some awesome people doing the same thing. Starting a lifestyle change.
Also don't believe everything on here!! Fact check people...read, research, etc.!!!

On thing I have learned is do not deny yourself the foods you love. If you love cupcakes, for example, eat in moderation (one every once in a while) and make adjustment to accommodate the extra calories from the cupcake.

Measure instead of weighing and you need a lot of protein to build muscle.

I've learned that I DON"T have to starve myself to lose weight. I can still have all of the things that I love, and the weight will still come off!

80:20 works perfectly.

80% good, whole foods (based on calorie allowance rather than volumes)
20% whatever you want.

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Chocolate Milk is fantastic post-workout.

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Drink plenty of water if only for your skin, hair and nails.

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If you don't want to eat something someone offers you, just say no. It's that simple.

ive learnt that dieting doesnt mean living off of salad.... cooking healthy food is far more satisfying than eating junk !

Never use the word Diet or Dieting

DIET= Death by Food Its called nutrition and lifestyle.

It's been pretty much said, but absolutely not depriving yourself of the things you love. I would go two months with no sweets, and eventually when I had my first sweet snack, a whole other person took over, and no sweets were safe. Now I work out a little longer so I can have an occasional indulgence. Doing this stopped my cravings.

Sorry but I'm going to add more than one. lol


First of all, don't call it dieting. If you do, you will feel like it's something temporary to deprive yourself. Also, if people notice, you dont have to say IM ON A DIET, you can just say that you started eating right.

Don't go and start an exercise program so hard that you won't stay interested in it because you're too sore and it was too hard. If you enjoy it, you'll do it more often, get stronger THEN increase the intensity and still enjoy it!

Don't fall for fads. Grapefruit diets, soup diets, all veggie and fruit diets, etc. etc.! Cleansings are a joke. You don't have to rush poop out of your system because you binged at McDonalds the past 2 weeks and you want to be 'empty' and have a fresh start.Nor do you have to fast and 'cleanse' to get rid of toxins. YOUR liver, intestines and colon do that for you! Just start TODAY by eating well and nourishing your body and keep it that way.

Each time you deny yourself something that will make your body less healthy, YOU are stronger! I use that especially when I sense people are trying to sabotage me.

Plan before you go out for dinner. Look up menus online, decide what you're going to have before you even get there.

Eat if you're hungry.

You can lose weight just by walking. I'm down 33lbs and 31 inches just by walking and tracking food!

Good luck!

Any type of exercise is better than nothing at all!