I'm reaching for a way to help me get healthy!

jessicacampbell963434

37 year old mother of 2, professional chef, 40lbs over my desired weight. I used to be in fantastic shape until about 5 years ago, the weight just piled on and hasn't come off. I have tried every diet with little to no success. I don't have a lot of time to workout, but I'm so tired of being overweight.I'll start today tracking my food as a primary step to helping myself get in shape, but I need some support & advise.

4legsRbetterthan2

Welcome,

I think these two links are extremely helpful and can help you get the most out of MFP:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

The first covers accurate logging and some of the tools in MFP to help you make things easier. The second discusses caloric needs and setting goals. These two posts completely changed my MFP experience and helped me be much more successful, so I hope they do the same for you.

~Best wishes on your journey

hroderick

accurately counting calories and keeping under mfp limits will reduce weight. what you eat will impact health, take a free trial of platejoy.com. it is really helping me with the what i eat this time, the only glitch is i have to manually set up their recipes in mfp, but it would be the same with most recipes,