Time to Do Somthing About it!

uschi74

A few years ago, I lost 50 pounds...it is slowly creeping back! I want to get healthy, lose the weight I need to and STAY healthy and motivated ~ And not just during the latest season of Biggest Loser! I would welcome any support and ideas about how to stay on track and keep motivated!

socioseguro

Hi

Welcome to MFP. This tool has been extremely helpful for me. I hope it does the same for you.

What has worked for me

1) Find the TDEE calculator from the web. I have been using TDEE-20% as my daily calorie goal. Search for TDEE and BMR at the MFP boards. There is a lot of information out there.

2) Log everything you eat. I bought a kitchen scale, a set of measuring cups and a set of measuring spoons. I found that my eyeballing portions was way off and I was eating more calories than I thought.

3) Log your physical activity and calories burned. I bought a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) for this. Models with chest strap worked better for me. I eat 80% of my daily burned calories (to keep with number 1 above). Gym machines calories burned readings are not accurate.

4) I follow Michael Pollan's suggestion: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Good luck in your journey

ammadove

Hi Uschi,
Nice to meet you. I'm in pretty much the same boat. I lost almost 30 lbs then slowly but surely it started creeping back. I've gained back 7 lbs and need to get serious about this myself. Posting each and every calorie and all the exercise you do does really work if you stick with it. It's the sticking with it that has been my downfall. But I'm up for trying again and hope you are too.:happy: