New Girl

shanikwaames91

Hi there! My name's Shanikwa and I've joined MFP in hopes that this app will aide in my fitness goals. I've been overweight my entire life and have a terrible family health history. From diabetes to heart disease to stroke, you name it and because of my poor health and worry about my future a couple of years ago I lost more than 40 lbs. Then earlier this year I became really sick and bedridden and gained it all back. It is completely my fault that I allowed one setback to destroy all my hard work. But now I'm determined to get back to living healthy and taking care of myself the way I deserve. I hope to meet new friends here, hope to encourage and be encouraged because a healthy lifestyle journey is a difficult one to do on your own.

TheBeachgod

Hi, friend request sent. There's links to a lot of good info for new people here: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest

Buy a digital food scale!

And remember this about regular scales

shanikwaames91

Thank you TBG! Such an inspiring and sweet thing to see. The scale doesn't measure a person's worth