Successful long-term weight loss people: What SMALL change did you make that made a big difference?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with everyone. Less carbs, no processed carbs, no sugar. It completely controls cravings.

Aside from that, lifting weights and going progressively higher. I see the difference in my shape and posture. I’m a convert!

I switched from eating processed carbs, but I still eat loads and loads of carbs but they are nearly all whole grain, whole foods (brown rice, kamut, steel cut oats, potatoes), some protein, a touch of mainly good fats (EVOO, avocado) and lots of vegetables with good success. I personally find eating whole foods matters more than 'cutting carbs'

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Eat less, move more. It is simple but it's not a small change.

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Anonymous wrote:I may get attacked for this, but.....

I don't eat before noon, ever.

+100 and I stop eating by 8pm.

This is a lot easier than watching what I eat, counting calories, or trying to stop snacking. These things resolve themselves once you limit the time that you actually put food into your mouth.

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Anonymous wrote:Switched to black coffee. I used to love extra cream and sugar in my coffee. Not only did that add calories, it seemed to contribute to more cravings throughout the day. Black coffee ain’t great, but it made a huge difference.

I wish I could do this, but I still need some sort of cream. I use almond milk but I wonder if it's any better than my half and half that I loved. I cut the sugar out years ago. That wasn't easy but now I couldn't imagine putting sugar in my coffee. Wish I could make the same leap with cream.

Why is cream/creamer bad if you don't add sugar? I can't imagine it makes that much of a calorie difference.

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Three meals a day, absolutely no snacks. If you are starving btw meals the feeling will pass, stay strong. But the next day, eat slightly more in your actual meal.

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Anonymous wrote:I may get attacked for this, but.....

I don't eat before noon, ever.

You won’t get attacked, but that’s hardly a small change. Intermittent fasting is a big change.

No it's not. Please. For most of your fasting window you're asleep - it's not hard at all. If you can't control yourself until noon (11am in my case), then I don't know what to say.

NP, but I'm an early riser by nature, and workout hard most mornings at 5:30/6am. I'm supposed to wait hours to eat because... why, exactly?

No one is saying you have to do anything at all. But I assume you also probably go to sleep around 9 or 10? So you pick your window based on your lifestyle. My window is 11-7 (but more often then not usually like 1/2-7). Maybe yours is 9-5, or 8-4. Or maybe IF doesn't work for you at all.

But FWIW, as an IF person (I have PCOS and the insulin regulation that comes with IF has literally changed my entire life), I get up between 7-8, have coffee, have a very hard workout sometime in the 10-12 range, and frequently don't eat until 1/2. This has become completely normal for my body and I don't even feel hungry until after noon generally.

IF leaves me with a headache by the end of the fasting window. It's a miserable existence.

It won’t work for everyone. It works for me. I don’t feel sick and I don’t get fasting related headaches. It is not remotely miserable for me. I believe that it would be for others though. Like I said, different lid for every pot.

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I eat a large bowl of brown rice and veggies for lunch everyday. I usually skip breakfast.

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Anonymous wrote:I may get attacked for this, but.....

I don't eat before noon, ever.

You won’t get attacked, but that’s hardly a small change. Intermittent fasting is a big change.

No it's not. Please. For most of your fasting window you're asleep - it's not hard at all. If you can't control yourself until noon (11am in my case), then I don't know what to say.

NP, but I'm an early riser by nature, and workout hard most mornings at 5:30/6am. I'm supposed to wait hours to eat because... why, exactly?

No one is saying you have to do anything at all. But I assume you also probably go to sleep around 9 or 10? So you pick your window based on your lifestyle. My window is 11-7 (but more often then not usually like 1/2-7). Maybe yours is 9-5, or 8-4. Or maybe IF doesn't work for you at all.

But FWIW, as an IF person (I have PCOS and the insulin regulation that comes with IF has literally changed my entire life), I get up between 7-8, have coffee, have a very hard workout sometime in the 10-12 range, and frequently don't eat until 1/2. This has become completely normal for my body and I don't even feel hungry until after noon generally.

IF leaves me with a headache by the end of the fasting window. It's a miserable existence.

It won’t work for everyone. It works for me. I don’t feel sick and I don’t get fasting related headaches. It is not remotely miserable for me. I believe that it would be for others though. Like I said, different lid for every pot.

IF gives me migraines. Outside of that I rarely get them. Plus I feel like when I finally break the fast at noon or whatever, I feel like passing into a coma afterward.

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Anonymous wrote:I may get attacked for this, but.....

I don't eat before noon, ever.

You won’t get attacked, but that’s hardly a small change. Intermittent fasting is a big change.

No it's not. Please. For most of your fasting window you're asleep - it's not hard at all. If you can't control yourself until noon (11am in my case), then I don't know what to say.

NP, but I'm an early riser by nature, and workout hard most mornings at 5:30/6am. I'm supposed to wait hours to eat because... why, exactly?

No one is saying you have to do anything at all. But I assume you also probably go to sleep around 9 or 10? So you pick your window based on your lifestyle. My window is 11-7 (but more often then not usually like 1/2-7). Maybe yours is 9-5, or 8-4. Or maybe IF doesn't work for you at all.

But FWIW, as an IF person (I have PCOS and the insulin regulation that comes with IF has literally changed my entire life), I get up between 7-8, have coffee, have a very hard workout sometime in the 10-12 range, and frequently don't eat until 1/2. This has become completely normal for my body and I don't even feel hungry until after noon generally.

IF leaves me with a headache by the end of the fasting window. It's a miserable existence.

It won’t work for everyone. It works for me. I don’t feel sick and I don’t get fasting related headaches. It is not remotely miserable for me. I believe that it would be for others though. Like I said, different lid for every pot.

IF gives me migraines. Outside of that I rarely get them. Plus I feel like when I finally break the fast at noon or whatever, I feel like passing into a coma afterward.

I have expressed no doubt that it makes some people feel good, simply asserted that it’s not universal. Not sure why you guys want to keep telling me about your headaches. I’m sorry you experience them and I agree it sounds like IF it’s not a good solution for you.

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The above post should say I have expressed no doubt that it makes some people feel unwell, not good.

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no sugar, no carbs.

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Anonymous wrote:no sugar, no carbs.

That’s a small change? What’s a big change then?