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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things that work for me:

1. eating in a calorie deficit and tracking accurately (good rage is goal weight x 10-12 so GW of 150 lbs would be 1500-1800). I mention tracking accurately because when i don't lose is when i track that I ate x calories but really finished my kids grilled cheese, added extra cheese to my chilli and added in other random bites, licks and tastes.

2. tracking consistency- that is how many days a week you are staying in your calorie range. This is especially important. If you are not hitting 85+ % consistency/month they you are not really doing enough to lose weight and undoing your progress. hitting 70% consistency will feel hard, like you are doing everything, but will not give you the results you want.

3. Don't add more exercise, but rather really, really focus on diet. You see it all the time where those trying to lose weigh list all the exercise they do but don't mention diet or have a vague diet. vague meaning "I eat healthy" but don't define what healthy means. High protein and low carb is great but calorues are still king and need to be tracked. [/quote]

This is all good advice but I disagree on not adding exercise. Lift heavy and do run/walks to burn steadier and faster. Use a tracking app for food and weigh everything (at least in the beginning) to see what portions really look like. You’ll be shocked to learn how many calories you’re really consuming. Drink a ton of water.  [/quote]

I should have phrased it better. I didn't mean don't' exercise or add some exercise, but way too often people who want to lose weight state all the exercise they do or ask if adding in spin classes or OTF or strength training will help them lose weight. While it certainly doesn't hurt and is beneficial for health and maintaining weight, the reality is people often prefer to add in exercise instead of really focusing on diet, because dietary changes and cutting calories is hard.  We also tend to overestimate how many calories we burn through exercise while underestimating how many calories we consume.[/quote]

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