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[Shayna]

Hi ~ I'm new to site (just today) and I'm ready to get started losing weight. Can some of you share with me what plan you're following and your top 3 successes in the changes you've made in eating/exercising?

I'm looking forward to the motivatoin ~ can't wait to hear about your success ~ THANKS!

 

[maleficent]

read around the stickied threads in the site, and you'll get lots of good helpful information that you can apply to yourself...

what are your current goals? What are you looking to achieve?

I can sum up my changes in two words - Consistancy and Awareness... just take it day to day and do the best you can every day - and if you have a mistake -screw it and keep going - don't use it as an excuse to blow the rest o the day.. and always being aware of what I'm eating.. I record everything in a food diary... If you don't know what you're eating -you can't make changes to correct problems

 

[Judyb]

Hi ~ I'm new to site (just today) and I'm ready to get started losing weight. Can some of you share with me what plan you're following and your top 3 successes in the changes you've made in eating/exercising?

I'm looking forward to the motivatoin ~ can't wait to hear about your success ~ THANKS!

Everyone is different....for me going to the gym just ain't gonna happen, but I can work out at home so I found a used Nordic track by hitting yard sales. (actually my BF found it...but he knew I was wanting some exercise equipment)

When it comes to eating, I really am a quantity over quality kinda gal so if I can eat a bag of reduced calore popcorn or a sliver of brownie...I'll go for the popcorn. It lasts longer. lol

In cooking I'm learning to use cooking sprays instead of oil whenever possible. It's really amazing how many calories that can save you.

Welcome to the forum and good luck on your journey.

 

[Geam]

So far for me the biggest change is portion control. Using smaller plates (as silly as it seems) helps. I personally will finish anything put in front of me and likely feel stuffed later. Using salad plates instead of dinner plates for meals (especially since I live alone and dish up at the stove and eat in the next room) made me realize that a reasonable amount of food will also keep me full until the next meal.

One small victory at a time.

--Jason

 

[maleficent]

So far for me the biggest change is portion control. Using smaller plates (as silly as it seems) helps. I personally will finish anything put in front of me and likely feel stuffed later. Using salad plates instead of dinner plates for meals (especially since I live alone and dish up at the stove and eat in the next room) made me realize that a reasonable amount of food will also keep me full until the next meal.

One small victory at a time.

--Jason

I started doing that when I first started out -and have continued it as well- there have been a bunch of articles recently that point to a book that I've mentioned here - called mindless eating -and it basically said the same thing -that people eat what's in front of them and portions look larger on a smaller plate so they will get satisfied wiht a smaller portion

 

[yarmiah]

HI, and welcome to the boards!
I'm still fairly new here, but not new to weight loss, tho this time is different.
I started in August at 182, and hope to break into the 160's by this weekend. It seems to come off slow for me, but that's ok, as long as it's PERMANENT!

Can some of you share with me what plan you're following and your top 3 successes in the changes you've made in eating/exercising?

I have been using an online journal thru SELF magazine (free with a subscription) that works alot like FITDAY by calculating target calorie intake based on weight, height, age and activity level.

My top 3 changes:
-getting up to exercise in the morning, no matter what
(I'm happy to say that now this is a habit and not so difficult and I do it 5-6 days a week now!)
-journaling EVERYDAY and making myself accountable for every morsel I put in my mouth. Then I can look back and make any adjustments as necessary
-sticking with it. Even when the scale shows no loss, or worse a gain- I continue to stay on track and not use disappointing number on the scale to sabotage all progress.

Take it one day at a time. Start off with small thing and build on. MOST importantly, STICK WITH IT! Don't give up and keep chuggin!
Good Luck!

 

[CrunkChipmunk]

I just count calories and log the days food and drink intake in wordpad.

I log it by date so an example would be like this...

November 4- breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, exercise I did for the day etc.

I get the calories directly from the food labels and make a total for that days intake.

Lots of people recommend the fitday site for this but my method works better for me.

 

[Trevor10]

Hi and welcome to the community! you came to the right place.

My tops 3 changes
-Counting everything going into me
-Making it a habit to exercise 3-5 times a week
-Planning my meals out for the week

If you have any questions, dont be afraid to ask, everyone is great here!