ladies who have lost weight during the pandemic — drop your tips please!

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I dropped 20 lbs. over 3 months walking outdoors everyday - didn’t really change diet that much

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Consistency is what I’m finding hard atm

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I’ve learned motivation is overrated. We are human. We get tired. I’ve found discipline is where it is at - and not giving up and beating yourself up when you take a step back. Just getting back on and pushing forward.

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Calorie counting and exercising 3-4 days a week. I’m basically at my weight so it’s maintenance now but it seems if I eat anything above my weight loss calories 1400, I gain weight.

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I walk for ~20 minutes every morning before sitting down to work. Drinking a lot of water helps because we often think we are hungry when we may just be thirsty.

I also switched to a primarily plant based diet - just doing this cuts out a lot of high calorie, processed foods which helped me drop about 10 pounds when combined with exercise.

Even if plant based is too much, focus on eating fruits & veggies because the volume will help fill you up and you’ll also get the added nutrients.

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Intuitive eating and targeting outdoorsy activities for the weekends (skiing, hiking). I found at the beginning, I tried to count calories and I ended up just consistently binge eating cause it wasn’t enough. I started eating to accommodate my weekends and how hungry I was and the weight came off naturally!

Please keep in mind, I also got into long distance trail running so this helped me exponentially.

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Cooking more and snacking less - swapped out the old snack foods for greek yogurt/granola or clementines. Also walking/running/biking outside every day when the weather is nice enough. I've been going at lunchtime to get away from the computer for a bit, it's nice

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I saw noticeable results with intermittent fasting (i averaged about a 17 hr fast schedule) and actually found it easier to do during WFH than before the pandemic. Before, it was hard to control given travel/commute schedules, work hours in office, and dinner dates with friends and colleagues. Now that i have flexibility being at home and am socially distanced, it was a lot easier to commit to intermittent fasting hence probably why i got some results

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Exercise more....eat less. If you don’t put it in your body, you won’t gain

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I’ve been struggling too, but I’ve bought myself a smaller sized beautiful dress and keep staring at it hoping that it will motivate me 😹

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Lol — I bought a few things in the largest size I’ve ever been bc nothing fits currently 🥲

Get covid and lose your sense of smell and taste for a year. 😭😭😭

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Keep hoping, there are some treatments to try, but in month 11 now. Some things may be permanently altered

Don’t work in the kitchen

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I lost 15 pounds in 3 months from working out with a YouTube trainer - Sydney Cummings! Check her out! Free workouts 6x/wk, at home, definitely kicks my butt everyday! And tracking my food in MyFitnessPal app, before tracking my food I was like I don’t eat that much but it’s amazing when you start looking at the nutrition facts!! Best of luck OP! 💪🏼💪🏼

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This is amazing! Checking out tonight :)

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Y’all I lost 10lbs in the first few months, gained it all back, now trying to lose it again 😐

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Get divorced. That'll help you drop an easy 10

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Cooking more and not having a chance to have lunch in most days 😱

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Lost 15 pounds. I started to keep a lot of fruit around like small tangerines and bananas. I only snack on fruit now vs candy / chocolate

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Affordable, best workout programs/ meal plans- no gym needed, awesome app, and amazing personal training community.

I have 10 years of experience working out and these are the best and most fun programs I’ve ever done.

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Cut carbs, started calorie counting, and found a workout that I personally enjoy

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Coffee every morning - amazing appetite suppressant and I do need it to function

Just black coffee! It makes my metabolism start working so my stomach feels emptier.

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