Thats exactly what happened to me i hit a certain number on the scale and thought well im done thats it let me treat myself to the same things i worked hard to sweat off š¤¦ smh ! Now im 70lbs over weight but i will.loose it beileve me this time i have to do it diffrent
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All you have to do is cut certain things out of your diet and portion control. Itās reaaaaally not that difficult to lose weight. More of the focus is actually on what you eat over how much or what you do for exerciseā¦ As long as youāre not sitting all day everyday! These crazy diet plans keto, no carbā¦it doesnāt work because no one can sustain that type of lifestyle for a long period of time. Itās for quick weight loss. Counting calories but being smart about what you eat with your calories is your best bet. I like to tell people to do the 40-30-30 rule. Itās 40% carbs, 30% fat & 30% protein. If you follow that simple rule for your daily intake of calories, youāre golden. Thereās always room to tweak those percentages too!
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How many meals a day would you suggest ? For the 40 30 30 rule or is that 30% each 2 meals and 40% meal or combined on one plate ? Im going to follow this and let you know how it goes thank you so much
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So itās for your total intake of calories in a day not per meal. I fast in the morning so I only eat lunch and dinner but thatās my personal preference. I find fasting curbs my hunger and keeps me energized.
https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html
Use this calculator to determine how many calories you should be eating per day. If you download the MyFitnessPal you can set up your pie chart so itāll keep track of the 30-30-40 for you.
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Your so right Emilie
āDiets arent sustainable-eating healthy is a lifestyle choice.ā Or letās put it this way I agree with you. I finally learned that on Noom. There are no bad foods. I mean you probably shouldnāt sit down with a tub of Cheetos and M&Mās. 
I found logging my food and being accountable for the caloric intake of everything and learning how many calories were in the foods I ate gave me a good awareness.
Stress is also a factor for people struggling with weight loss. There were times in my life where there was just too much stress in my life to even consider losing weight to the stress I already had.
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I see you girl, super proud of you for staying on track & checking in 
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Atta girl!! You always bring a smile to my face. Thank you for that.
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Youāre SO right. Honestly, itās one of the reasons I became a health coach. We help people with all aspects of their lives. āPrimary foodsā are not actually food-theyāre what make up your life. So your relationship, religion, in our case sobriety, our jobā¦when we can breathe and say those areas are under control, we are more likely to be able to grab our nutrition goals by the balls & become healthy individuals the right way.
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Yes, the hardest thing isnt to lose weight, thats somewhat easy. The very hard thing is to keep it off, forever. A crash diet will work just for a while. It needs to be a change in life style that you can sustain forever. And at the end of the day, what counts is how you see yourself in the mirror not a number. Its not about vanity also, its about the fact that a lean body with lean muscle is healthy for you, your heart, metabolism, etc.
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Thank you so much for your empathetic response. Iām sorry you struggle similarly, itās exactly like that for me with the not having stuff at home but always seeking to return from shopping with extra binge foods. I try every single day, and hopefully just like with drugs, weāll get there eventually
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I do the same thing. Lost 30 pounds for my daughterās wedding 3 years ago. Since then, itās been a battle of keeping off 5 creeping pounds. This morning I awoke to a shock. No wine, a weekend of hiking and I gained!! Surely, it canāt be the lasagne, homemade cinnamon rolls and nightly ice cream, right? 
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Thank you it showed me how many calories im able to consume and im amazed i was almost starving myself the whole day to get to my goal weight 70 lbs are not coming off like that thank you
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Ahh yeah, donāt starve yourself! Keep me posted :]
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SO.
Accountability. How does it works?
Well Iāve been to the gym today, one hour. Didnāt weight myself in yet. Tomorrow morning?
Main goal mostly fat lost than overall weight as I donāt want to burn out all muscles by doing so, because Iāve done it before while during long distances triathlon training and I didnāt really liked the shape that came with. And I had injuries all the time because of the high-rep schemes of these workouts.
Now planing on working out 3 times a week with 2 swim and 1 long-run until winter.
Iāll catch up on the post here later to cheer you up!
Good night all,
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I will thank you so much !
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Pretty muchā¦ Iāve been training since 15 years now , regular gym, crossfit and triathlon. Now focusing on school, not injuring myself and getting slowly in shape instead of going all out the firsts couple of week and then burn myself upā¦
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Iām in the US. I live in Colorado. Today is the first day itās cooled off some. I just finished making dinner. Not hungry so Iām taking it for lunch tomorrow but hubs has to eat. Iām thinking of going out for a short walk now (almost to my step goal- says my iWatch 
) but Iām getting another migraine. Not sure whatās up with that- two in 3 days. The doggies would like it.
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Woohoo! Iāve got a headache too. I had one pretty much all weekend. I hope you feel better!
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Ok, i will tell my taleā¦nothing supernatural hereā¦just focus on the objective, determination and patience.
Started on january 1st, (stoped alcohol december 26) 100kg at the timeā¦
(All wasmade with no nutricionist or gym ā¦just home training and some research for foods, what and what notā¦
Food ( what i dont eat or drink)
Bread
Pastas
Rice
Red meat
Cakes or any type of sugarā¦my only sugar intake is in fruits.
Saltā¦almost none ( salt makes liquid retention)
Drinks, what i dont drink
No juice or any type of sugared drink
No gas or sparklin waters ( makes the stomach bloat)
I just drink water,coffe or tea.
What i eatā¦this plan was ajusted during some months by research and listening to my body needs.
Breakfast
Yougurt with jelo and oats all mixex up
Middle morning
Fruit
Lunch
If meat chiken or turkey steaks , only eat white meat.
Lots of fishā¦both, the fish or meat are grilled, no sauces no nothing.
With salads or vegies
Afternoon
Fruit with yougurt
Dinner
Just soup, nothing more , and i dont eat after 20h.
And no shit days.
Training
EVERYDAYS even if i dont have timeā¦i get time, just need 40m every day.
500abs
200pushups
20/40kg weight lifting, reps reps repsā¦
And 20m in those step machines ( the secret to realy loose weight) just 20m day of this every day combined with the food regime and you WILL loose weight.
Sooā¦i started this in january 1st with 100kgā¦in june i was with 70kgā¦i aimed to 76kg, but my metabolism was so speed up, i went to 70kgā¦sorry for the long post, just wanted to leave here my words, that with determination and focus anyobe can manage time to do itā¦some times i train at 0.00 because is when i get the time for itā¦other times at 6amā¦it dependsā¦but u do it every dayā¦its just 40m out of 24 hours
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Hereās a great easy recipe I got at weight watchers about 20 years ago that wifey and I still like to eat. And since itās chili season over here; So easy to make. Itās very low calorie. And takes no work.
Dump and Stir Turkey Chili
I like mine with chopped onions on top and some hot sauce.
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