If it's Dangerous... don't allow it in your house...!!!

This is simple-- but it's the real reason I've not messed up on many ocassions...!!!

Especially, pizza...!!!

Diet tips: Keep healthy snack at your desk like almonds. If you have a fridge, keep fruits and veggies. Then, if you get hungry, you won't be tempted to go to the vending machine, or around the corner to the local convenience store.

Exercise tips: Try something new! I tried Bikram (Ex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Yoga ) over a year ago and I love it. I go at least once a week.

Goto a frat party

Get wasted on light beer. 0 cal

Have sex all night w/ a random girl.

Water, water, water - Number 1 rule for weight loss!

Gum and a buddy!

Original Post by mysticjbyrd:

Goto a frat party

Get wasted on light beer. 0 cal

Have sex all night w/ a random girl.

hmm. well, light beer, as with all alcohol, does have calories, between 86-112 a bottle (or can) depending on what brand it is.

i can't say i'd recommend the other two.

Well, hanging out here is a good start, that's for sure.

Also, oatmeal, fruit, low fat dairy products, drinking lots of water and the Cooking Light website, for me.  I like that they post nutritional information for all their recipes and give you portion sizing.  Plus there are reviews for the recipes.  I find it a lot easier to plan lunches and dinners with some variety. 

Today at work we hosted a seminar and lunch was italian or cheesesteak wedgies and buffalo or BBQ wings with ranch or blue cheese dressing.  Ugh!  I'm SOOO glad I didn't indulge.  When I looked up the calories - yikes!  Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly won't lead to weight loss!

My tip is don't eat at night.  I don't eat after 7pm. It's the only way I can lose weight.

• Have small, reasonable treats so you don't binge or snap.
• Learn to order small, healthy at restaurants.
• Get back on the 'wagon' when you fall off. 
• Have a variety of sports you like, for exercise.
• Learn to adapt recipes, cut sodium, sugars, fat.
• Don't go too long without eating, space meals, eat breakfast.

My tip is don't rule out any one food - that will only make you want it more and eventually you will cave.  Instead, have that food when you really want it and just have a smaller proportion.  Also, don't consider yourself on a 'diet' - if you want to stay thin after losing the weight, make a lifestyle change, don't go on a diet.

Original Post by momof2funykds:

My tip is don't eat at night.  I don't eat after 7pm. It's the only way I can lose weight.

I have to say I don't agree with this.  If I tried to restrict myself like that I'd definitely be binging by the time 10pm rolled around.  Probably what you really need to do is know yourself and your weak points and plan for them.

Excuse me while I ramble on.

Here is my list:

I make lists- one for exercise,one for things that need to done around the house,an inventory list of what is in my cupboard,fridge and freezer.

When I first started eating right I made of list of all the things I shouldn't indulge in. Then I made a list of better choices and I by doing this I found myself not craving the bad choices.

I find myself getting frustrated  because I am not losing as fast as I want But what I have lost has stayed off for three years. I just stay on track because I want to lose weight and not gain it.  I am learning how I can eat healthy the rest of my life. DIETS don't work but eating right does.

We all have different bad habits and her are some of mine that I have let go of.

I use to have bread and butter with all my meals .

I don't eat fast food. Maybe twice a year!

If I eat before bedtime I go to my fruit bowl.

If I go to the fridge and find myself  thinking I don't want this or that I close the door.

I don't have empty calorie food in the house because if it is there I will eat it. 

Original Post by boobi_trapp:

hmm. well, light beer, as with all alcohol, does have calories, between 86-112 a bottle (or can) depending on what brand it is.

i can't say i'd recommend the other two. 

 Um...Mystic has presented him/herself as somewhat of a provocateur on another thread, so I recommend taking that post with a grain of salt.

And the best basic advice I can offer anyone, particularly when starting out changing over to a healthy lifestyle is to don't panic.  Not everything goes according to plan, you'll plateau, weight will fluctuate, you'll goout with friends, you'll be at holiday buffets and birthday parties.  Getting stressed out over it will only make it worse - calm down, breathe, focus, and figure out what happens next to make it better.

These tips are great!!! Keep them coming guys =D

I have to be honest, logging my calories/exercise on this website has worked wonders for me.

Before eating snacks, I tend to think to myself 'Ugh.  Do I really want to log this????' And I also find that logging my exercise is a form of positive reinforcement that makes me get my rump to the gym.  I just LOVE adding an extra 400-500 calories to my 'burn meter.'

Kind of dorky, but y'know. Working for me.

I sit down on Sunday and plan low calorie dinners for the whole week, and go grocery shopping, after dinner, or lunch so I'm not tempted buy things at the grocery store.  I write a list and stick to it.  If it's no on the list, it doesn't go in the cart.  This way I'm not running in and out of the grocery store, and there isn't extra food lying around the house I don't need.

Also, I make dinner for 6 (there are four of us) so that I can take my low calorie dinners to work for lunch.

Baby Carrots are great. You can eat a lot of them for a small caloric price. Also, when I'm very hungry and going out of the office to have lunch I try to snack on some of them before, so I'm not starving and ordering bad foods when I get to the restaurant.

Eat enough to lose weight. Find out how much your body needs and keep up with that. More or less will sabotage you.