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GraceyFreckles

Hi Everyone! I'm a newbie and looking for some friends. Add me and I'll try my best to help encourage you and be a good pal for ya here and would ask you to do the same for me. I need all the uplift and encouragement I can get! I have a long road ahead and I really want to stay motivated this time and stay on point.

Beav73

Welcome aboard..Good luck with your journey...

angeleyes4643

Welcome ! Feel free to add me.

indiacaitlin

Welcome! best of luck with your weight loss, I'm sure you'll smash it! Feel free to add me, I'm happy to help with anything I can.

mabearof6

Welcome.....you CAN do this! Feel free to add me

fitflashy

GraceyFreckles wrote: »

Hi Everyone! I'm a newbie and looking for some friends. Add me and I'll try my best to help encourage you and be a good pal for ya here and would ask you to do the same for me. I need all the uplift and encouragement I can get! I have a long road ahead and I really want to stay motivated this time and stay on point.

Hi Gracey, I am new here too. I am in the same boat so I will definitely try to send motivation your way

juliet3455

@GraceyFreckles I am maxed out on Friends I can realistically support but as a MFP Newbie I offer up my Generic advice that I have Spammed to other Newbies.

This is a science experiment and you are the subject of the study.
Where you are right now is your Starting/Reference point. Establish your existing baseline of dietary consumption/caloric expenditure and move forward from that point to where you want to be.
So be brutally honest on your Food Diary entries.

Welcome to MFP and the Forums.

I recommend some good reads for you to start this journey as my "incredibly generic advice" when someone is new to MFP. Yes I have "spammed" this same write up to other MFP Newbies.

The-forum-survival-guide
http://fit101.org/the-step-by-step-guide-to-losing-weight-with-myfitnesspal/
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/the-beginners-guide-to-myfitnesspal/

At the Top of most Forums you will see a Discussion with the Words Announcement underneath them. As an example go into the General Diet and Weight Loss Forum.
general-diet-and-weight-loss-help

You will see Announcement Posts ( Closed ) and a list of additional posts by members. If you open the Announcement Post you will see a list of Links to posts that are a great source of information.
most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads

Of all the "Stickied" Posts these are some of the ones that I keep referring back to all the time.
important-posts-to-read
youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
A-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale

A 4 part Blog about the power of habits.
The-power-of-habit-part-1-why-habits-matter-688130

I recommend the link below to Logging Accurately as it has been one I constantly refer back to.
logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide . MFP has changed the way they display Food items since this was posted but the concepts are still valid.

Picking an item from the Food Database can be a challenge due to the huge number of Multiple entries with similar names.
Some of the Key things I look for is USDA in the name/description as this indicates that the person who entered it used the USDA Food search web site as a source. I will compare the MFP Nutrition Data to the USDA Data. If you look at the nutrition data and see multiple users have confirmed it then it's probably a good choice.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101

These are just a few of the many great posts that have been so helpful.

Seems like a lot of information - Take it in small steps and you will find that one or two of the posts will become your Go To references

Wizeman22

Add me! We all could use the motivation.