Small things you do to help you loose weight?

[SherlockGnomes]

Have realised I've just crept into my danger zone, from Look a Fabulously Curvy Person to Hmm bit of a Tubber so am reigning myself in a bit, am not starting a major diet or excercise regime as feel I should be able to do it by just living a bit more sensibly (not scarfing biscuits while heating DDs bottles at 3am may help). But just wondered what helpful day-to-day little things people do to help keep their weight down?

Drink a lot of water.
Move more :)

I try to use stairs when I'm out instead of escalators.

I have a small plate it does work also all biscuits etc are in clip lock boxes impossible to open with one hand, I prepare veg sticks in the morning for myself when doing the school lunches

I allow myself only one drink per day with calories in it. I drink diet drinks (yes I know they have calories, but the amount is negligible), herbal teas and water the rest of the time.

I cycle to work now instead of getting the train. 5 miles each way, takes me the same amount of time once I factor in the walk to the station and burns off about 1,200 calories a day!

Stopped drinking a litre of fruit juice a day.

Weighed out reccomended portion sizes so I could see how much I should be eating and they are tiny

When I worked on the third floor I climbed the stairs every day. Hard work but I was very toned for our wedding!
You should think about getting Paul Mckenna's I can make you thin. It's simple but essentially you think about what you're eating - chose wisely, concentrate, eat when you're hungry and learn to recognise comfort eating. There's a thread here where are group of us are doing it together, pop over and have a look!

Porridge for breakfast, keeps me full for ages.
Hot skimmed milk drink (latte or 1 spoon hot choc powder rather than the recommended 3) as a filling snack
Bread with smaller slices for sandwiches
Give DH the 'larger half' of the carbs with dinner, and I have more veg.
No diet foods, I eat what I want, but smaller portions

But what has really made a difference for me is noting down everything I eat, using myfitnesspal app on my phone. I think I was doing lots of mindless eating and picking at the fridge/DCs' leftovers etc before.

No sugar and white carbs. Eat more fruit and veg. Eat more lean protein.

BubbleBobble - be careful with diet drinks. They may be low in calories but can seriously hinder weight loss.

Drink water instead of any/everything else.

Have a big serving of salad with every meal, dressed with balsamic vinegar instead of salad cream.

Allow myself one fun size choc bar per day.

Stop eating bread.

Freeze grapes,they're like sweets!

I also slice up a fun sized chocolate bar and freeze it and just eat one slice if I get a sweet craving.

Park as far away from the supermarket door as possible. Always take the stairs and never the lift. Walk the long way round to get anywhere. Stop as soon as I'm full, even if there is only one mouthful left on the plate. Split desert. Never eat the DCs left overs. Ask myself if I really want to eat it or am I bored, thirsty etc.

Eat 2 squares of dark chocolate every day - satisfies the chocolate craving and I could never eat a whole bar a la Dairy Milk stylee!

Have an espresso mid-morning rather than biscuits for a temporary boost.

Brushing teeth early in the evening.My laziness at not wanting to brush again overrules my greediness! So no mindless telly snacking. Filing and buffing nails is also a distraction from eating and keeps hands busy. I rarely eat cos I am hungry, mainly it is boredom or habit

Go on Wii Fit Plus even if it's for ten minutes- you'll see how long it takes to burn 10 calories and its keeps me away from the biscuit tin for days.

three buscuits = 100 calories a day.

cut even that little amount out and after a year you will have saved 3650 calories!

small things add up to big things

35600 calories! duh

only eat 3 meals a day, and that's WW pointed meals. And drink a couple of glasses of wine. Without that I would eat 5x more calories in chocolate.

The things I do are...
Put music on and dance with DD.
Run upstairs to go to the loo, rather than using the downstairs one.
Try and walk places rather than drive (haven't done this much lately because of the weather)
Generally just try and move more! Sounds silly, but I did read somewhere that you burn off twice as many calories if you stand, rather than sit.
If I'm hungry mid morning, I have a cup of tea instead of a snack.

Eat more veg. Partly because if I spend time munching them I don't get round to dessert while MrNC eats his. And keeping nice fruit in the house - again, occupies the times when I'd otherwise munch biccies.
And walking briskly. When I was at work, walking up to the fifth floor after lunch. Worked until I wad moved to the first, anyhow.

If you drink fruit tea or herbal tea, you will never want a biscuit or a piece of cake with it. it just doesn't go.

oh and run 10k a week to mop up extra calories. It's surprising how little you need to eat to cancel out 800 calls!

Drink lots more water. Remember tgat I do not need the same size portions as dh, put less on your plate means you will eat less.

walk extra up the stairs. parrk a little further away and walk. cut out one thing a day that is not good.

Why does drinking more water help you loose weight? Is it just that it makes you think you are full?

Ugh. Lose weight not loose weight. Obviously.