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Weight loss tips and tricks--- From the Obvious to the surprising
AQB24712:
"Looks like arson!"
**gasp** "Arson??"
"Someone's been arsin' around!"
seaotter:
Fixing my coffee this morning. I like cream. So anyway I noticed that the creamer lasts me about a month. Add it up that's 2000 calories a month extra. An extra day of calories each month for creamer!
Swagomatic:
Here are mine, that is, ones that I haven't seen so far:
1) Weigh yourself "officially" once a week. Keep a log of your progress.
2) Keep an exercise log as well.
3) give yourself a cheat window. Mine is Friday after softball. We go for Mexican take out at out favorite taqueria.
4) If you don't have a bike, get one. It's a fun, low impact exercise that's easy to do regularly. If you're sore from the previous day, just go a little slower. Also, you can ride your bike on off days between your tough workouts.
5) have a handful of nuts or an apple for a snack. Keep apples in your fridge at all times. :laugh:
AQB24712:
--- Quote from: AQB24712 on May 16, 2012, 04:27:14 PM ---Related to eating brownies in the middle of the afternoon: Know your triggers/weaknesses, and deal with them accordingly. Lots of people say that they are prone to munching on snacks all evening while watching TV or reading. I generally don't want anything to eat after dinner (and I don't like to eat after 8:00), but man, I could sit in my office and stuff my face with pretzels and York Peppermint Patties all damn day long. My office is tiny and windowless, and sometimes I just...chafe. I seem to struggle especially with wanting to snack in the morning, for some reason. I managed to not do that all through Lent (non-religious Lent) by reminding myself that I don't eat between breakfast and lunch. Some people might, but I don't. I need to regain my adherence to that rule. **sigh**
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I've been doing pretty well lately at this "know your weaknesses/triggers" thing in the past few weeks. I came to the unhappy conclusion that I can no longer be trusted to have York Peppermint Patties at my office or at home; they sorely test my commitment to sensible portion control. I've halved the amount of nuts I have for lunch (hush, you) without really noticing, and I haven't been snacking at my desk in the mornings. An hour or two after lunch, I have a Nature Valley Granola Thin, which gives me a li'l chocolate, and sometimes later in the afternoon I have some red grapes.
I feel good and have lost a couple of pounds without really increasing my activity level. But I really notice that when I'm tired, as I am today because I unaccountably woke up about 3:00 and lay awake until almost 6:30, I WANT TO EAT ALL THE TIME. I'm trying to fill up on water, and get up and move around, but man, at times like this, it's a good thing that there are no Peppermint Patties within reach.
Not that you asked. :)
Johnny Slick:
--- Quote from: RyanSchwieger on May 02, 2012, 06:47:40 AM ---Ok. I know this sounds really weird, but eat from smaller plates/smaller bowls/smaller glasses(especially if drinking juice or soda and not just water. Doing this helped me to confront how much I was eating, and I ended up being more aware of what a serving is.
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I try not to drink much of anything that has calories in it, but yeah... just bringing in an Eating Right style TV dinner for work every day (those run from 250-350 calories) helps me not balloon up all by itself.
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