What is the best weight loss advice you ever heard?

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  • SalishSea
    SalishSea Posts: 373 Member
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    Best advice:

    1. Recommit every day.
    2. Plan your meals the day before.
    3. Eat a large protein breakfast, no carbs.

    This works for me. So far. I hope!
  • RuthSweetTooth
    RuthSweetTooth Posts: 461 Member
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    What do you do to look as cute as that baby?

    LOL

    Ruth
    The single best advice I've heard:

    Appearance is a consequence of fitness

    If you sit on the couch and eat Doritos all day, chances are you look like you sit on the couch and eat Doritos all day. If you run a few marathons a year, over time you will look like you run a few marathons a year. If you dedicate yourself to becoming a boxer, incidentally over time you will look like a boxer. Train like a gymnast and you will begin to look like a gymnast.

    Far too many people want to look like a professional athlete while doing virtually nothing to achieve that goal; there are rare cases where people can fake it, look like they are far more fit than they really are; chances are you aren't that person, don't bother trying to see if you are. Do it the hard way, the right way, and you won't have to wonder why you aren't making progress.
  • NJGmywholewrld
    NJGmywholewrld Posts: 123 Member
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    "You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way."
  • miracole
    miracole Posts: 492 Member
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    "you've already beaten all the spectators"

    or my favourite thing to tell myself:

    "shut up legs!"
  • BobbieLee1959
    BobbieLee1959 Posts: 605 Member
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    "Just be consistent in all things,,,that is the key!" Thanks, George...I heard you, my friend and I am learning that I agree with you completely...there is much to be said for being consistent!
  • Ruz456
    Ruz456 Posts: 99
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    From my 20 year old brother, "Eat Lean and Green"
  • LetsDoThis103
    LetsDoThis103 Posts: 85
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    I use this as a mantra when I'm struggling through a run:

    Train INSANE or remain the same.
  • rachael52
    rachael52 Posts: 86 Member
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    It took a long time to put the weight on, it's going to take some time to take it off, but you'll get there. Be patient.
  • Amys0528
    Amys0528 Posts: 1
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    Slow progress is still PROGRESS!! We didnt get fat overnight!! :wink:
  • hhindsle
    hhindsle Posts: 43 Member
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    bump for later reading
  • Silver14
    Silver14 Posts: 141
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    DEAD LAST
    is greater than
    DID NOT FINISH
    which trumps
    DID NOT START.

    As long as you try, your winning :)
  • ColtyHan
    ColtyHan Posts: 59 Member
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    It won't be easy, but it will be worth it.
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
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    wreckedredhead60, Thank you for starting this thread! It's one of the most positive and encouraging ones I've seen in awhile.

    (Maybe I've been reading the wrong threads... that bit of advice about not reading about eating back exercise calories sounds good, as well as not reading any anything about "why doesn't it work" or whether muscle weighs more than fat, or...)

    Although it made me laugh, I think the best advice was to come join this MFP site. Close to that is "It's a lifestyle change." And i might add, eat healthy to live healthy... which is just a compilation of lots of advice, as is "take it one step at a time" or "do better today than you did yesterday".

    Good luck everyone! And thanks for sharing the good advice you've heard!
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
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    Lift heavy and eat at a moderate calorie deficit.
  • PercivalHackworth
    PercivalHackworth Posts: 1,437 Member
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    Eat big - Train big
  • ctflute
    ctflute Posts: 22
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    Listen to your body!
  • Wonderob
    Wonderob Posts: 1,372 Member
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    Listen to your body!

    Mine is telling ,me to go eat some cake!
  • Gaz3376
    Gaz3376 Posts: 17 Member
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    Fat or Carbs dont make you fat, too many calories do.

    also get your calories from healthy sources, makes such a huge difference for me.
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
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    My favourate bit of advice is;

    "Eat less, do more" Simples!
  • millyvanilli321
    millyvanilli321 Posts: 236 Member
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    "A year from now you'll be wishing you had started today."

    This ^^!! I have tried diets before and I just think if I'd stuck at it I'd be at my goal weight by now!!

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