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How did you lose weight? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by lemmylem@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Measured everything I ate and put it into a calorie counter app. Ate whatever I wanted, but if I wanted to eat (or drink) it, I had to measure it and put it in the app.

I tried not to go over the recommended calorie amount, and if I did, I did some exercise that the app would put me under the calorie amount for the day.

I had it set to the slowest weight loss amount (something like 0.5lbs per week?), but lost weight faster than that.

It helped me improve my diet, get a better understanding of what I was eating, helped me get better in tune with my "fullness", and got me drinking more water.