Any help

superbear2016

Any tips would be fantastic I am new to this

angelxsss

I think there are great tips in the stickied threads in the "Starting Out" forum: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/getting-started

Welcome to the community!

Timshel_

Don't drop your elbow and get the proper knurling on the shaft for better throwing.

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LiftingRiot

Im confused, you didn't clarify what you need tips for. Tips on baking cakes? Tips on hitting on women? Tips on how to navigate MFP? As @GnothiSeauton23 may say, "just the tip?"

estherdragonbat

A treat is not a cheat. If you know you're headed into a situation where you usually have a hard time controlling what you put on your plate (party, holidays, vacation, etc), you may find it helpful to pre-track. It may sound a little weird, but I sort of have a mental conversation with myself along the lines of, "It is Hannukah. You are going to a party and you know that the traditional foods are potato latkes and jelly donuts. There will likely be fruit and veggies & dip, too, but let's be real. There will be latkes and donuts and you love them and you are going to want to have them. So. Be honest, now. How much are you going to need to eat of the high-calorie options in order that you don't make like Cathy in this comic strip:

?"

And then, I think to myself, "Realistically? I think if I had two latkes and half a donut, I could stick to fruit and veggies for the rest of the evening and not feel like I was missing out." Then I look up the calories (you can look up the calories ahead of time; that's how I found out that a jelly donut was 270 and decided that as good as it was going to be, I didn't want to use up that much of my daily allotment on one donut, but 135 was doable) and put it in the tracker.

And here's the payoff: when I go to that party and I put the higher-calorie options on my plate, there's something missing that used to be there. And that? Is the negative self-talk that used to come with 'cheating on my diet'. Because now, I'm not getting "Well there goes all your progress. May as well go back for another donut, because today is shot. Oh and your weigh-in is two days from now? Maybe you should skip that, too. You already know it's going to be bad news. Grab a couple more latkes while you're at it, too." And on and on... But now, I'm not 'cheating'. I know that I've made a calculation, decided that I wanted a treat and fit it into my plan. I know the caloric cost, I've decided it's worth it, and it's already written down. And goldarnit, I'm going to enjoy my two latkes and half-donut and not. feel. guilty!

And it feels great!

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TavistockToad

Don't eat yellow snow