{"id":661,"date":"2019-09-12T06:14:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T13:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befinallyfit.com\/weight-loss\/?p=661"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:29:26","slug":"weight-loss-tips-from-women-who-lost-45-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befinallyfit.com\/weight-loss\/weight-loss-tips-from-women-who-lost-45-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Simple, Doable Weight Loss Tips from Women Who Have Lost 45+ Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

In need of weight loss tips you can actually apply in REAL LIFE?<\/p>\n

When it comes to weight loss, many of us feel that no one understands what we’re going through.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’m just living a life of… dieting. Yep, I’m a professional dieter<\/strong><\/span>.”<\/em>
\n“I’m just so tired of failing<\/strong><\/span> yet another weight loss attempt.”<\/em>
\n“I’m a yo-yo dieter<\/span>.<\/strong> I lose weight all the time, but it keeps coming back!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Sound familiar?<\/p>\n

Trying to lose weight can be a lonely journey… but the women below? They get you.<\/p>\n

They know EXACTLY what you’re going through.<\/p>\n

So just go ahead and benefit from their experiences. Find out what helped these wonderful women lose over 45+ pounds.<\/p>\n

Weight Loss Tips from Women Just Like You<\/h2>\n

1 <\/span>I stopped drinking soda and putting sugar in my drinks.
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\"stop-drinking-soda\"<\/picture>“As weird as it sounds, NO ONE drank water in our household. It was always soda or concentrated fruit juice. I honestly don’t know why. It’s just always been this way.<\/p>\n

At one point though, at work, I just noticed that everyone’s drinking water. So I did too.<\/p>\n

It was hard. I wasn’t used to it. So at the start, I only drank water at work. At home, I still drank juice. After about a week, I got semi-used to it so started drinking water at home too. (Drinking water was the easy part, discussing this with my family was harder \ud83d\ude41 )<\/p>\n

After about two weeks, I stopped putting sugar in my coffees and teas altogether. Believe it or not, i lost around 20 pounds<\/strong> just doing this! It was shocking to me and the perfect way to start my 47 lb weight loss.”<\/p>\n

– Monique Plum, 41 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f47 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n

2 <\/span>I realized weight loss really does start in the kitchen.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“I’m not a great cook<\/strong> but I know my way around the kitchen. Along the way though i started opting more and more for ‘convenience’ which meant frozen dinners, boxed meals, take-outs, etc.<\/p>\n

One day I woke up, got the courage to step on the scale and WHOA! I didn’t even realize I was THAT heavy already. So I took back control step-by-step<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I limited myself to 1 take-out every other week, and no more packed mixes or canned sauces. After a while I weaned myself from frozen dinners too.”<\/p>\n

– Lisa Gardner, 43 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f45 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n

3 <\/span>It’s ok to start slow… but structured.
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Most people, especially women, overwhelm themselves when it comes to weight loss<\/strong>. They believe that for pounds to melt, they need to completely overhaul their way of eating AND spend hours at the gym… on Day 1.<\/p>\n

This is the perfect recipe for weight loss failure.<\/p>\n

“I have a daughter, twin boys below the age of five, and a full-time job. I just don’t have time so I knew I couldn’t go all gung-ho with my weight\u00a0 loss efforts. One day, I just sat and thought… FINE! one thing at a time.<\/p>\n

I looked for a weight loss program online because I didn’t want to think and plan and learn this and that<\/strong>. Too much time and effort. I just wanted to follow something.<\/p>\n

I joined BeFinallyFit<\/a> thinking the weight loss would be slow but boy was I wrong!”<\/p>\n

– Kelly Gills, 47 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f45 lbs<\/a><\/p>\n

4 <\/span>I didn’t banish any food group\u2026 because I realized I’m not strong enough to live without rice \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"swap-to-brown\"<\/picture>“I’m Asian, I cannot imagine life without rice \ud83d\ude42. So I learned the art of ‘food swapping’.<\/p>\n

I no longer eat white rice, but brown rice. No white bread, but whole-wheat bread. No sugar-heavy, white flour-heavy cookies but healthier ones made with coconut oil, oats, and fruit as natural sweeteners.<\/p>\n

I tell friends I’m still a foodie<\/strong>, just a healthier one.”<\/p>\n

– Neri Tan, 32 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f48 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n

5 <\/span>It’s ok to give into cravings.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Depriving yourself of your favorite foods can deter your weight loss success<\/strong> in the long run. It’s human nature to start craving things you’re not supposed to have and once you finally give in, you may find yourself binge eating instead of just having a normal serving.<\/p>\n

“I’m partial to anything chocolate. But since I’ve gone on this journey, I only eat dark chocolate and limit myself to a single piece after dinner with my black coffee. And instead of having it on weekends, I have it on weekdays<\/u>. \ud83d\ude09”<\/p>\n

Afraid your cravings are getting out of hand? Click here<\/a> for real-life tips to manage your cravings.<\/span><\/pre>\n
– Carol Peek, 37 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f46 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
6 <\/span>I started taking yoga… because it’s the only ‘physical activity’ I can do.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"yoga-for-weight-loss\"<\/picture>Don’t be pressured to do anything you’re not physically and\/or mentally ready. Focus on what you like or what truly interests you<\/strong>… the rest will follow.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never been an ‘active person’. And as the pounds piled on, I was just too heavy to do any physical activity and too embarrassed to go to the gym.<\/p>\n
The only thing that remotely interested me was yoga because I liked the ‘quietness’ and peace I’ve always associated with it. I tried one session, and I’ve been hooked ever since.<\/p>\n
Once I lost a few pounds and felt more confident, that was when I became more serious and tried a weight loss program.”<\/p>\n
– April Rainier, 45 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f49 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
7 <\/span>I plan when I indulge.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
“I work in marketing so eating out is a given. What I do is control when that happens as much as I can. So normally I would schedule dinners with clients 2x per week max. Then I would check the menu in advance so that I can plan what to order.<\/p>\n
If there are unplanned lunches or dinners out, or I give in and order something decadent, I don’t beat myself up<\/strong> about it. I just compensate the the rest of the week as best I can.”<\/p>\n
– Melody Powell, 44 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f45lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
8 <\/span>I learned how to cook.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Women who don’t cook or are not fond of cooking often feel that making meals from scratch requires HOURS of effort. That’s not true at all because studies show… we’re really not as varied or diverse as we think.<\/p>\n
“I’m a nurse and work crazy hours so take-outs were my life. However, it’s hard to talk to people about their health when you’re overweight yourself. I felt like a hypocrite. \u2639\ufe0f<\/p>\n
However, cooking and prepping my meals were out of the question. I just don’t have time. Until the day my new roommate came into my life.<\/p>\n
She was a nurse too and she had it all together! I couldn’t believe it. She would cook on her day off and pack and freeze and she wouldn’t even spend hours in the kitchen. She told me to just cook something simple, and don’t over complicate things.<\/p>\n
Well, here’s what I found out… chicken and brown rice are life. I love eating this day in and day out. I would vary it a bit of course but that’s how I started losing weight, and keeping it off. \ud83d\ude00”<\/p>\n
– Carolyn Adler, 41 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f47lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
9 <\/span>I created my own hunger suppressing tricks.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
“I’m single so I don’t like to take walks out at night. This means coming up with other ways to battle after-dinner cravings. I would normally drink first: water or flavored water. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have hot tea or some bone broth I’ve previously made.<\/p>\n
I would drink this slowly while I watch funny YouTube videos or workout videos online. Sometimes, I’ll visit health and wellness sites. This is often enough to put my mind back on the ‘healthy track’.<\/p>\n
If not, I grab an apple or banana and eat that with almond butter or any nut butter I have in-house.”<\/p>\n
– Lannie Smith-Mills, 33 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f46 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
10 <\/span>One goal at a time.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"weight-loss-goal\"<\/picture>“A lot of people don’t realize the depression that can come over you<\/strong> from so many failed diet attempts. They think that you don’t have willpower or you’re lazy or that you prioritize a donut over yourself.<\/p>\n
At one point, I was just tired. Tired of trying, starting, losing, stopping, gaining, repeat repeat repeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Luckily I met someone who actually told me that I was doing too much. Changing too many things. And that I was trying too hard. Huh? I thought I wasn’t trying enough!<\/p>\n
She helped me focus on ONE THING first — what I was eating. <\/strong>Just that.\ud83d\ude42”<\/p>\n
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– Antonia Moore, 42 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f53 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
11 <\/span>Low is high, and high is low\u2026 what?!?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The food industry is not doing overweight people any favors. They label food items as ‘low salt’, ‘low sugar’, ‘low carb’, ‘low fat’, and on and on.<\/p>\n
But here’s the problem, any product \u2018low\u2019 in one thing is normally ‘high’ in something else<\/strong>. So often, people are just replacing one unhealthy thing for another.<\/p>\n
“I don’t read labels.<\/strong> I understand that it works for many people but it doesn’t for me. When I grocery shop, I just ask myself ‘where does this come from?<\/em>‘. If it’s in any way man-made or processed, I don’t buy it. Simple.”<\/p>\n
– Sammie Law, 48 yrs old,\u00a0 \u2b07\ufe0f51 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n
12 <\/span>I stopped being a ‘secret eater’.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"secret-eater\"<\/picture><\/p>\n
“I’m a lazy person, I don’t ‘journal’.<\/strong> I also told people I have no idea why I’m so overweight when I cook my own meals and eat ‘healthy’. ha!<\/p>\n
A visit to my doctor changed all that. He told me I was prediabetes<\/em><\/strong> and that I needed to change how I was eating ASAP. But how can I change something I thought was already ok?<\/p>\n
I started taking pictures on my phone of every single thing I was eating and drinking.<\/strong> I mean, everything. And I was just shocked!<\/p>\n
I never realized how much MORE I was eating. I would remember my ‘light’ breakfast and healthy lunch or dinner but I wasn’t aware of the so many unhealthy things I was eating during the day… the ‘small’ slice of co-worker birthday cake, the little candies on my desk, the chicken nuggets (or donut holes) I would munch on as a mid-day snack, the glass (or 2) of wine at dinner, and most of all… I was shocked by the 1,0000+ calorie bomb of a coffee frap I was having almost everyday!”<\/p>\n
– Daniela Maria Keaney, 42 yrs old, \u2b07\ufe0f67 lbs<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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