How did you guys get here?

myfitnessjourneyto180

Hey guys, this is my second/third day on this site and I'm wondering how you guys got here?

P.S. Am I the only who came from watching this video? XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs-Yjm3T8AI

fragl3line

I originally found out about this site 2 years ago from a website called My pro Ana (MOA) which I'm not a member of anymore.

OliveGirl128

I stumbled onto MFP after I had already transitioned into maintenance and I've been here on and off ever since, (3 or 4 years now). I don't use MFP to track, but because the forums are active and has a solid base of very knowledgeable people. It's also the only forum I've found that has a large group of maintainers. That's an incredibly valuable resource!

DianaGabriela2013

I thought you meant how did you get to the point that you needed to lose weight. Lol.
My sisters told me about the app, they used it to log their food and lose weight.
I got to the point that I needed to lose weight after 2 back to back pregnancies and a change to a sedentary job.

76Crane76

A nutritionist recommended this site to me.

hydechildcare

I got here from my Doctor. She said she used it everyday and it help her stay on track she lost 35 pounds in 5 months. I am decide to give it a try. So far so good! 12 days in 4 pounds gone !

seltzermint555

A woman I'd known for years online used it to lose over 90 lb and she wasn't the "typical" obnoxious whiny dieting freak so I decided I'd check it out too. I stuck to it and eventually did the same thing she did.

jelly_potato

My boyfriend wanted to follow my example of keeping a food diary, but didn't want to go through the trouble of hand writing and researching food data like I did. He found MFP and I got hooked up soon after. Horray for convenience.

Tencwhiskey

I was referred by a friend who has lost 80 pounds using this site

cmriverside

I needed to lose weight and I knew it was about calories so I Googled "free calorie counter."

Ten years later I'm still here reading - still learning. Most importantly I'm still at my healthy weight.

jamtay15

I hit the magic 300 lbs and outgrew all my clothes. My daughter recommended it. Started in May it's now August. Down 36 lbs.

Dr_Fishbowl

Couldn't get web md fitness tool to work so I came here....only to find i can't get the tools to work here either (i'm using obsolete technology), so now I just use google docs (Week 5) and just come here to weigh in.

jasummers76

A person I follow on Instagram

_BlahBlah_BlackSheep_

A co-worker decided to try to lose a little weight and someone recommended the site to her; she then recommended it to me. She lost 6 pounds, gained it back, and pretty much gave up. I'm still on here 5.5 years later.

cforsyth617

I needed to lose about 30 lbs. I read the research that says people who journal what they eat lose more weight. I think I googled food journaling and ended up here.

Mary90Mary

I was on reddits loseit subreddit that recommended it to people that wanted to lose weight. I have done mfp before but I forgot where I first found out about it.

scarlett_k

I typed in the web address and hit enter.

Sorry :P

I don't know to be honest. I think I started using Map My Run and it was one of the apps I could link to it. That was a few years ago and I've returned in the past few months.

michael1976_ca

I don't remember but I think I found mfp though a search engine. I had joined bodybuilding.com first but it wasn't for me

rainbow198

When I first started losing I Googled all kinds of questions.

Most of my search results landed me here in the forums. I was able to find a lot of info and try different things which helped me to find my groove and figure out what worked for me to get the weight off.

Now, I'm 4+ years into maintenance and I haven't missed one day logging in here!

JetJaguar

I used to use Daily Burn, back when it was a diet and fitness tracker similar to MFP today. When they discontinued the tracker and became the streaming workout video service they are now, I tried a few other sites and found that MFP was the most like the old DB tracker.

JustRobby1

It was at the suggestion of my doctor, though I had seen it in search results on Google previously. Many fitness related searches in Google either land you here or bodybuilding.com (which I am also a member of).

Need2Exerc1se

A friend told me about it.

kpk54

I really don't remember. I was probably surfing the web for some magical diet. I guess I found it. Lost all my excess over 3 years ago and still here reading, learning, chuckling sometimes and logging my food and exercise.

IsabeausRose

An online English friend of mine recommended it. Said he had had success with it and it was so easy to use you just "plug in your food".

GemstoneofHeart

I started way back in 2010. A friend in college introduced it to me. That was before it was owned by UA too. Been on and off since then doing other "diets" or nothing at all but I've been back since January!

Welcome!

melzi28

My husband purchased one of those lose weight things he saw on TV. It advertised a website to log your calories. That site didn't work. Customer Service suggested this site. The rest is history. I've been using MFP for about 4 years on and off.

siyana1985

i found obesetobeast on youtube- kid inspired me and i thought to give the app a try when he mentioned using it

perkymommy

I heard about this site on Weight Watchers online

Thehardmakesitworthit

I was googling "Desperate to lose weight".... that was February 2016....and presto.... 76 pounds gone! Woot!

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CharGillott

My doctor. I have been on here close to three months and have lost 15 pounds.