Don't Know Where to Start? How to Get Started with MyFitnessPal

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You've decided it's time to lose weight. Now what? How do you turn your current eating pattern and that decision into a positive direction? To lose weight, you need to reduce calories. To do that, you need to be aware of the calories in your foods and which ones are the best candidates for change.

Introducing: MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal (website and app) is a great tool for calorie counting. Let MyFitnessPal figure out your goals. Tell it you are sedentary and give it your height/weight/age stats and it will guide your calorie goals through the whole process.
First things first: learn how to log your food

To start, use your regular normal food. Commit to logging for a solid week -- every meal and snack, every condiment and drink -- a week's log complete in the foods and accurate in the measurements. This is not easy, it will take 15-20 minutes per meal and you'll still be vague on whether you're using it exactly right. Just do your best. It has a learning curve. The second week gets easier and more accurate. By the second month, it takes 5 minutes a day.

Now: Stay with your strengths, Improve a few weaknesses

Print out your log from the website every week and review your meals. See which choices are most affecting your reaching the goal. Do not try to change everything: visualize only THREE THINGS you will do differently in the upcoming week: less food in that portion, maybe cooked/prepared differently, or possibly using a different food choice in that meal.

Keep improving over time

Keep using MFP and reviewing your logs weekly for ideas and inspiration. You'll soon be regularly hitting your goals and the weight will be coming off at a decent rate (1-2 pounds or ½ to 1 kg a week on average).

Perseverance is most key

Life is full of detours. Plans change. It's okay! Keep logging. If you're logging, you haven't quit. If you're logging through a crisis, you better handle your food decisions in the crisis. If you are logging through the crisis, you're back on track as soon as your next meal. Don't quit. It is your log, it is not your judge. The goal isn't to have the perfect log, it is to have the information that will help you gain awareness and then control over your eating and your weight.

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I can do 3 things differently next week good way to break it down. Thanks!