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femme
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Posted: 8 May 2008 06:48 pm |
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....and what kind of results did it help you to achieve?
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Nir
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Posted: 8 May 2008 07:11 pm |
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count your calories without exception: not only is it a useful educational tool that lets you find out which foods provide 'more bang for the buk' but in my case I make a commit to eat an exact amount of calories and stick to it no-matter-what and this has now kept me consistent for almost 15 months.
Not for everyone, but important to me
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kakki
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Posted: 8 May 2008 07:36 pm |
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| I agree w/ Nir!!! As soon as I wonder off the beaten path and stop tracking is when I get into trouble.
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johnnyboy
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Posted: 8 May 2008 09:52 pm |
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Do not starve yourself, always eat. Diet is 80% of the battle.
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kalypso
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Posted: 8 May 2008 11:35 pm |
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This is a great question! I'd love to see everyones answers!
Mine is: Always keep busy! Bordom opens the door for greater tempation to eat! It's even better when your busy-ness burns calories in the process! 
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zenobia
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Posted: 9 May 2008 05:14 am |
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lol- makes me think of the idle hands thing....ha
ummm... i guess there's a lot... sometimes this one gets me when i am faced with intense temptation-
"nothing tastes as good as being slim feels". it's been working for particular situations right now....
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DaniMae1
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Posted: 9 May 2008 10:56 am |
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My tip is to pick that one really bad thing you consume and vow to never touch it again. Mine was sugary drinks. Eliminating it help me to achieve my initial 5 pound loss. That boosted my confidence and gave me the encouragement I needed! 
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femme
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Posted: 9 May 2008 04:21 pm |
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"My tip is to pick that one really bad thing you consume and vow to never touch it again. "
For me, that would mean I would have to stop eating dessert at every meal (a very bad habit of mine, but what can I say, I was born with "a few sweet teeth" instead of the normal "one"). I will have to try this.
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darkangel
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Posted: 10 May 2008 08:59 am |
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Keep positive! You are more likely to succeed if you stay focused on your goals by choosing the right foods and getting off your butt to exercise if you are happy and motivated to make the change. Any sort of depression certainly doesn't help anything.
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suenos
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Posted: 11 May 2008 05:41 am |
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| My tip is pretty much like a commandment I live by: eat only when actually physcally hungry and stop eating the exact second I am full. Sounds simple, unfortunately it's really not, I actually had to first learn what true hunger and fullness actually felt like, I was such an emotional eater that I literally associated every random feeling with food "rough day at work, I need ice cream; I'm bored, break out the chips & dip)...... during the learning process I was amazed at how often I would find myself about to reach for something random to eat and realizing that I wasn't even slightly hungry, or being really reluctant to just stop eating if there was food still on my plate despite already feeling physically full. Results: I lost close to 80 pounds and am still maintaining the loss roughly two years later. Last edited on 11 May 2008 05:51 am by suenos
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Lucy
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Posted: 12 May 2008 09:25 pm |
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This may sound silly, but I find if my mouth is occupied then I dont think about eating, until I am actually hungry. The first thing in my mouth after brekkie and coffee is gum, and the last thing removed before bed is my gum!..... I chew up to a pack a day of sugar free trident.
Lucy :O)
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 15 May 2008 03:57 am |
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I think this is an important tip:
Analyze why you decided to lose weight, and make sure it's for the right reasons.
Whether it's to be more healthy, or to be a better parent, etc., make sure you know where you motivation for losing weight is coming from. People falter from time to time during weight loss, so make sure you have a clear, worthwhile goal that is separate from your weight loss. For example...
"I'm taking steps toward becoming healthier. Oh, and I'm losing weight, too."
It's so easy to focus on the weight loss itself to the extent where you lose sight of why you're even doing it. Don't let your weight loss become a habit - make sure you reiterate to yourself regularly why you're doing it, and be proud of your achievement.
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cportwine
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Posted: 15 May 2008 11:46 am |
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kalypso wrote: This is a great question! I'd love to see everyones answers!
Mine is: Always keep busy! Bordom opens the door for greater tempation to eat! It's even better when your busy-ness burns calories in the process!
That is so true, at least for me.
Mine, is more mind over matter. I don't think there was a special tool for me. It was lots of little tricks. I am always telling myself things to achive my goals. So, I am more or less brain washing myself, lol.
Last edited on 15 May 2008 11:49 am by cportwine
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4ReaLthisTIME
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Posted: 16 May 2008 02:05 pm |
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weigh yourself every morning! a lot of people would disagree, BUT this article:
http://www.ahc.umn.edu/news/releases/weighing111605/home.html
along with a lot more you can find just by googling the subject will tell you that people who weigh themselves daily have more success losing weight/keeping it off than those that weigh themselves less frequently. i know it works for me! i have been weighing myself every single morning for a little over 6 weeks and almost every day over those 6 weeks i have weighed less than the previous morning. occassionally, i would weigh a little more and i would be like whoa!...reflect back on what i had eaten the day before....changed it...and the next day i would weigh less again. if you don't do it already, i would definitely reccomend weighing yourself daily!
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 16 May 2008 04:54 pm |
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Weighing yourself daily can be a good tactic if your weight doesn't have large-scale fluctuations. Mine does, though, by as much as 7 pounds in less than 24 hours.
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cportwine
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Posted: 16 May 2008 05:13 pm |
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CrimsonAnimus wrote: Weighing yourself daily can be a good tactic if your weight doesn't have large-scale fluctuations. Mine does, though, by as much as 7 pounds in less than 24 hours.
Mine does that also, I can usually tell about where I am at. I am trying to be more consistent in my eating habits, and that should help with the scale thing.
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4ReaLthisTIME
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Posted: 17 May 2008 03:50 am |
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| mine has huge fluctuations daily, too. but if you weigh yourself at the same time every day (morning would be best) then it should be about the same. i've been doing this for about 7 weeks now...first thing in the morning....and i always weigh less than i did the previous morning. now, at night i can weight five pounds more than i did that same morning. but after you've peed all day and slept...you should weigh less in the morning if you are consistently losing weight.
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 17 May 2008 05:44 am |
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Yeah, but for me, even weighing myself at the same time every day produced the same results for a good while. I've just now come to the point where I'm actually losing weight regularly. Before, I would go about 7 days, weigh myself each day at the same time (when I wake up before breakfast), and I would weigh the same every day. Then the next day, I would drop several pounds.
Now, though, I've noticed that I'm dropping weight consistently throughout the week, rather than all at once. Perhaps my body is finally adjusting a bit.
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Javan
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Posted: 19 May 2008 06:04 pm |
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What Nir Said!
I am a fanatic when it comes to documenting the daily intake!
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Scribbler
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Posted: 21 May 2008 01:58 pm |
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Hmm...realize your weaknesses and strategize ways to compensate.
For me, I crave ice cream and chips when they're in the house and resisting takes up too much of my energy, so we only have those on special occasions. I get bored with a routines I find uncomfortable, so I find ways to mix it up -- with working out, that means a variety of DVDs to choose from. I can be quite lazy about some details, such as with counting calories, but I know it would be beneficial for me to track what I eat, so I'm figuring out a workable compromise.
The key is to realize that anything you find yourself forcing will eventually break and make you miserable in the meantime. Finding a solution -- an alternate way of doing whatever it is, or looking at it differently, whatever it takes to make that aspect easier for you -- means sustainability and better health.
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christyandmuddy
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Posted: 21 May 2008 05:17 pm |
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| My weights go up and down too. So I started tracking my daily weight with a website that I saw someone in a message board recommend. It's a free website called physicsdiet.com and if you enter your weights daily it tracks an overall trend line of your weight so you can see where you are really at. It smooths out the ups and downs of daily fluctuations. I have found it really helps keep me on track.
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Heavenseventeen
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Posted: 25 May 2008 11:48 am |
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Only do what you are prepared to do for life e.g. no, you won't be able to eat 600 calories forever. No, you won't exercise for 3hrs a day forever. Maintainance is forever. Not just a couple of months. If you go back to your old ways, you'll also go back to your old look and then eventually start feeling your old feelings again.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 25 May 2008 06:06 pm |
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Good one, Heavenseventeen.
Mine is measure everything. All the "it's about the size of a stack of cards" advice in the world doesn't help until you see live and in person what a serving really is.
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1seekspie
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Posted: 26 May 2008 03:27 am |
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I love Lucy's! I always need my mouth busy with gum. Some people have a cigarette fix; I have a gum fix. It's my only alternative to peanut butter. I can chew up to a pack of Stride a day, though I try not to overdo it .
I guess my "number 1 weight loss tip" is find the things that make you truly happy outside of snacks and treats, and go with them. After all, food can only make you feel good for a few minutes, then it's shipped off to be distributed as waste, nutrients, and often dreaded fat! 
Last edited on 26 May 2008 03:28 am by 1seekspie
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chickabom2
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Posted: 2 June 2008 02:32 am |
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| Keep thinking positive!! If you have a bad day and splurge, it's ok because tomorrow is a new day to get back on track.
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Katie
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Posted: 8 June 2008 09:10 pm |
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| Mine is to pause for five seconds before you eat something (that you want, but know you shouldn't have). Just take a minute to think about what you're doing and if you really want it- after the time passes you probably won't want it that badly anymore. Just a small pause can keep you from taking in potentially a lot of calories, maybe even leading to eating more.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 8 June 2008 11:37 pm |
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My tip would be eating lots of fruits and vegetables with a serving of protein. This balances blood sugar, as well as hunger. Don't forget a small amount of fat - natural fat, not man made, like hydrogenated oils and such. Try to stay away from processed, packaged foods. Think of the fruits and vegetables as the fountain of health.
And movement is life.
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Protein
- Small amount of natural fat
- Keep Moving
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Sassykat
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Posted: 8 June 2008 11:41 pm |
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zenobia wrote:
ummm... i guess there's a lot... sometimes this one gets me when i am faced with intense temptation-
"nothing tastes as good as being slim feels". it's been working for particular situations right now....
I have thought this very same thing, and when I remember it, it can be a very effective deterrent for eating bad foods. How will that piece of cake or pie look on the back of my thighs? Probably not as pretty as it looks on the plate unfortunately.
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Cady36
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Posted: 10 June 2008 05:37 pm |
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For me it's "Eat often and eat *lots* of fiber".
I realize that this won't work for everyone, but since I've started changing the way that I eat, I went from 1 - 2 high (high high) fat, high calorie meals per day, to five or six small meals (more like snacks, really). Seems like all I do any more is eat. :P
I tend to shoot for about 150% of the USDA Fiber requirement. I eat a LOT of Triscuits and V8, whole wheat tortillas with lettuce/spinach/tomatos/cukes/whatever and FF Hidden Valley Ranch dressing...I go for quick and easy. I decided early on that if I was going to do this, I needed to be eating in a way that I'd be comfortable eating for the rest of my life. I don't like skim milk, but I don't mind 2%; I don't like lowfat cheese, so I just plan for cheese when I'm using it; I'm learning to like whole grain, etc. I must admit that some of the things I'm eating make me feel guilty - lol - I love both Triscuits and V8, but it strikes me as junk food, even though a 12 ounce glass of V8 (I drink the A-C-E fortified kind) and 7 reduced fat Triscuits have only 195 calories and 25% of the USDA of fiber. Besides, I often have 4 cups of steamed broccoli and cauliflower for lunch to make up for my "junk food".
I'm doing about 1400 calories per day; I eat about 5 high-fiber "meals" per day averaging about 180 calories each. This leaves me with 500 calories left for dinner! (And I'm generally at about 125% USDA Fiber not including dinner.) I spend so much of the day eating, and yet sometimes I find it difficult to fit all my calories in...it's pretty funny.
The biggest problem is that I really have to work to get adequate protein, but I'm getting a lot better at that...sticking a bit of turkey in my whole wheat sandwich wraps, eating 2% cottage cheese with tomato, etc.
It's been working for me. I've lost 43 pounds since October 27th, and I could eat this way forever - lol.
Cady
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Sassykat
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Posted: 11 June 2008 11:46 pm |
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I would like to add... A strong caution...
Rushing around and being too busy is not conducive to both eating healthy, weight loss or being healthy.
Slow down.
Edited to acknowledge my insane advice. One post I'm saying "keep moving", the next, I'm saying "slow down".
Last edited on 11 June 2008 11:50 pm by Sassykat
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 12 June 2008 03:16 am |
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| Exercise.
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deliaann
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Posted: 12 June 2008 03:18 am |
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| Think positively. If you think you can do it, you will be SOO much more likely to succeed - with anything, not just weight loss.
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Jon
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Posted: 14 June 2008 09:40 am |
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My #1 was to break the obsesion with Soda/fastfood/sweets. Once you can learn that these items are just there to hold you back and make you gain weight, and then learn you can eat semi-healthy without them then you'll eat better. I haven't touched any of them for about 2 years now, and in that time I've dropped 124 pounds like it was nothing. I haven't really went to a gym or exersized that vigorously. I just cut out all the #%@&! my body didn't need to survive and now look at me. I've went from 312 to 188 without breaking a sweat.
I picked out exersizes that I actually enjoyed doing (i.e. disc golf, swimming, just playing around in the park) and the weight just melted off. I used to work at a gas station that was geographically located near 11 fast food places ( 2 of which delivered, and one with an all you can eat buffet) and I basically lived off the #%@&!. I do call it #%@&! because once you realize that fast food and junk food are basically #%@&! in a wrapper for your body, then you don't really crave it anymore. I no longer have high blood pressure, and I no longer run the risk of Diabetis.
You feel like a whole other person once you quit consuming the affore mentioned "food groups". You feel better waking up in the morning, and you also sleep ALOT better. I live by the old saying, "Eat to live, not live to eat.".
I no longer pay a industry hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to try and kill me month to month. And if you say you can't afford the nutritional foods, then I'm gonna have to call bull-#%@&!. You can go into a Wal-Mart and buy Wal-Mart brand items and still eat healhty. To me, dieting was easy once I did realize I was paying companys to attempt to kill me. I didn't start eating healthy, I just ate normal.
My two cents...-Jon
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hugeknot
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Posted: 16 June 2008 12:55 pm |
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hello
my #1 weight-loss tip is also my most challenging -
Don't eat anything after your evening meal, you go to bed with slight hunger pangs at first, but these soon go away and your breakfast actually become a break in your fast.
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joyfulme
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Posted: 17 June 2008 09:51 pm |
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Try to figure out why you are wanting to eat.
My story
Everyday I would start wanting food about 3 pm, I would not be hungry, I would just want to eat.
Then I realized why.
When my children were young and at home, they would go to school and each day when they came home I would have pepsi and cake, or milk and cookies sometimes I would fix sandwiches and treats and we would have a backyard picnic.
It was not the food I wanted it was me missing my children and wanting the closeness with them.
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austrianguy
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Posted: 18 June 2008 06:49 pm |
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My #1 tip would be...
Read the label on the food
You can get the same good stuff, same price with less calories/cholesterol/sodium....
Just look at yoghurts, bread, hot dogs, frozen vegetables (!!!!!), chips, almost anything. So, no sacrifice - less calories...it makes it easier to reach the (calorie) goals. Every calorie (not eaten) counts. So far I went from 307 (February) to 236 (now)
Of course, 1300cal/day and excercise and eating the "good stuff" not the "junk stuff" (and we all know exactly which is which, no cheating ) helps too.....
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sw638
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Posted: 23 June 2008 08:23 pm |
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| Exercising and drinking lots of water!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 23 June 2008 08:35 pm |
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| Eat lots of fruits and veggies! I can snack on them without the guilt. Sometimes I am really hungry but I just need a light snack not a full meal, I would get those mixed up, now I just reach for some strawberries or somthing with a lot of fiber and it feels me up and keeps me going.
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girl anachronism
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Posted: 24 June 2008 12:23 am |
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Eliminate all calories from liquids. They are totally wasteless, empty calories, and there is nothing healthier for you than water!
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Runner_Geek
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Posted: 24 June 2008 02:11 pm |
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girl anachronism wrote: Eliminate all calories from liquids. They are totally wasteless, empty calories, and there is nothing healthier for you than water!
I agree with this completely. I got rid of alcohol and lost 10 lbs fairly quickly.
xx
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meanne2007
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Posted: 24 June 2008 02:40 pm |
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Successful Weight Loss: Top 10 Tips On What Works and Why
By Kathleen Goodwin, RD
http://www.thedietchannel.com/weightloss.htm
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manvantwaalf
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Posted: 8 July 2008 05:02 pm |
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i totally agree: know your calories:
I did a youtube presentation of the calorie tables backwards.
It works stunningy well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlXILLzve54
Photos of food totaling exactly 100 kcal.
Perhaps the music really hammers the message in, but people around me can remember each food for over month, after watching once. perhaps they'll remember it forever.
best,
Man van twaalf
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Hellrazor
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Posted: 8 July 2008 05:31 pm |
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Count calories and switch up your work out routine once a week. Never give your body time to get used to a workout. One week walk in the morning next go bike riding and always switch cardio machine everytime you are at the gym. That helped me break through a plateau
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essej88
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Posted: 10 July 2008 11:17 pm |
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i had great results wtih the vegetable diet solely i ate a lot of veggies high in zinc and drnak lots of water
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Beckster
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Posted: 11 July 2008 04:21 am |
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Write down everything you eat.
Count calories
Exercise
Want it, and know why you want it.
Have a sustainable plan.
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morbidlemon
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Posted: 11 July 2008 09:29 am |
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I think I have to make another vote for water too. Upping my water intake pretty much guarrantees my weight will shift even if I've not been eating amazingly well. Now to take my own advice and make sure my increased water drinking continues. :)
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Another Day
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Posted: 12 July 2008 07:56 pm |
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Throw out the snacks.
I have a serious sweet tooth I like to indulge, and if there are brownies, chips, cheese rolls in the house, I am going to eat them out of habit, rather than by necessity. I've removed every last snack and soda from the house, replaced them with fruits and water. Its hard to be tempted when there is nothing tempting you in sight.
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 12 July 2008 09:48 pm |
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Yes, throwing out the snacks is a great idea.
If you don't live alone, though, it's not as feasible, when the people you live with are not trying to eat as healthy. They had Taco Bell last night, and Little Caesar's Pizza today...
Ah, well. It's a good willpower building exercise, I guess. 
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Another Day
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Posted: 12 July 2008 11:39 pm |
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CrimsonAnimus wrote: Yes, throwing out the snacks is a great idea.
If you don't live alone, though, it's not as feasible, when the people you live with are not trying to eat as healthy. They had Taco Bell last night, and Little Caesar's Pizza today...
Ah, well. It's a good willpower building exercise, I guess.
Yeah, my roommates are #%@&!s. They both have really high natural metabolisms, so they decided to order an extra large pizza with cheese sticks and dressing. Then kept offering me a piece, made sure to feature it prominently on the table that I have to walk past. I was really tempted, but I kept reminding myself I didn't want to write it on my diet log.
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ups1984
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Posted: 21 July 2008 02:22 pm |
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The most important tip in my professional opinion is 'never get uesd to the your diet'. Counting calories is important, but if you get used to your diet, regardless of what your calorie intake is, you will hit a plateau. Look into technqiues like zig zag and carbohydrate cycling and you will be able to see how the human body works.
BONUS TIP: The same rule applies on exercises. Mix them up and your results will be a lot faster.
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