OP, can you tell us, in excruciating detail, HOW to store these cut up vegetables so they don't get limp or lose their crunch? No detail is too small. Thank you in advance.

For me it was incorporating movement into my daily routine, for me, it was part of my commute & a short walk during lunch break. Between commute & lunch break I used to get in about 7,500 steps.

The other change was a mind change, from short term goal to long term lifestyle/ health change

Drinking tea whenever I got the munchies.

Yo i WISH someone told me how important strength training is. And should be incorporated as much, if not more, then cardio.

It took me over a year to finally start using weights. And stop being afraid of the strength part of the gym.

Seriously, lift those weights friends. Cardio is great, but you will notice a difference more quickly and noticeably with strength training

All 4 kids have gluten sensitives. Too complicated for spouse and I to eat gluten and kids not. So we all went gluten free and spouse and i lost 25ish pounds in about 4 months. No bread or pasta anymore. Felt so good we started exercising regularly as a family -- hikes, biking, ice skating, etc every weekend year-round. Now it's our favorite thing to do. Gluten free homemade pizza though every Saturday night, along with a giant salad the kids help to make. It's been a couple of years and those 25 pounds have stayed off.

Anonymous wrote:Meal prep my lunch and snacks for the week on Sunday night

Can you give examples of make-ahead lunches?

Meal prep my lunch and snacks for the week on Sunday night

More protein. Helps me stay satiated longer for the same calories as other foods. Also a food scale so you know what a portion is.

I stopped snacking after dinner. No more 9:00 pm raids for leftovers.

I really like food so I exercise a lot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:exercise 5 days a week with a combination of weights and cardio - don't stop after you lose the weight.

Also not a small change

For me it was - I found it easier to keep track of than all these food modifications. It also takes 1 hour a day and it makes a big difference in maintaining weight.

Weigh yourself every day. If it goes down, keep doing what you’re doing. If it goes up, add additional diet and exercise changes. If you do it every day you won’t be surprised by a 20+ gain that’s now hard to lose.

Invisalign - stops snacking.

I tracked my calories for a month. It was eye opening just how many calories I was eating. Based on that one month, I was able to reign in my eating and made choices based on calories. Then that just became my normal way of eating.

Anonymous wrote:Stop snacking.

This sounds big, but it's just switching the time you eat. Just switching to eating at meals (even as much as you want) and not eating between meals can have profound effects on the calories you take in.