Your secret to success?

carakline
carakline Posts: 12
in Success Stories
If you had to name one thing that was your "secret weapon" when it comes to weight loss, what would it be?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    Consistency.


    A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • theberg
    theberg Posts: 80
    Consistency.

    This...
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    Consistency.


    A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    This. And patience.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    For the last 12 years or so it's been: not eating white flour, white rice, white potatoes, white pasta, added sugar, processed foods (and beer). I had been slowly gaining weight from birth on until I cut out the whites. I lost 20 LBS and kept it off ....


    until menopause (and now I'm focusing on that again, and upping the exercise).

    So for me it was cutting out the whites and the crap. It's so easy to choose right with those things in mind.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Always investing in my next workout.

    For example: Only rewarding myself with things that will motivate me to keep going, instead of backsliding.

    So instead of getting an ice cream cause I went to the gym, I'll add two new songs to my workout playlist. Investing in my next workout makes consistency smething I never have to worry about trying at. Cause I wake up wanting to run to those two songs... not seeing that dessert on my tummy.
  • carakline
    carakline Posts: 12
    These are all great suggestions! Keep 'em comin'!
  • lc971
    lc971 Posts: 104 Member
    Determination
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    A little bit of therapy and a whole lot of hard work.
  • nbreteil
    nbreteil Posts: 40
    No starchy things for diner except for a tiny dinner roll.

    No food after 9pm (after dinner basically, I try to have dinner late so I don't get hungry again)

    Patience.
  • toysbigkid
    toysbigkid Posts: 545 Member
    support, whether it comes from someone you know or our MFP family members, it's important!
  • MrsDougy1
    MrsDougy1 Posts: 5
    ~Consistency.
    ~One blow out meal doesnt mean the rest of the day has to be a write off
    ~Committment
    ~Change my thinking. This is a lifestyle change, not a 4 week sprint to lose 10 Lbs.
    :smile:

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