New member looking for friends

ernest15h

Hello I’m new and I am into powerlifting. I’m looking for friends for tips and motivation. I am currently new to a low calorie diet and need any help I can get.
Thank you all

AnnPT77

Hello, and welcome!

It's not the most active area, but you'll be most likely to find serious lifters in this part of the Community:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/goal-gaining-weight

Despite the title, it includes people who are trying to lose some weight (either as part of bulk/cut or regular weight reduction) and maintaining, not just people trying to gain weight.

Another area where people talk about lifting some is the Fitness section:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/fitness-and-exercise

Take a look around, dive into some threads - it's a help.

As far as how to lose weight, there's a wealth of experience-based information here in the Community: Quite a few people hang around after weight loss to maintain the loss, and also help others who're starting out. I think this thread is the single most helpful on-ramp to using MFP:

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

Don't let that joke-y clickbait title put you off, it's full of solid, useful information.

After that, make read a bit in the "Most Helpful Posts" part of both the Getting Started and Health and Weight Loss areas of the Community. Direct links here:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-health-and-weight-loss-must-reads#latest

Those contain posts by regular MFP users that other MFP users found so helpful that they nominated them to stick around permanently for reference, rather than rolling off into high-number pages and mists of history. (Sometimes people call them "the stickies".)

I'm kind of a sub-par MFP friend, not very motivating, don't even really seriously lift let alone powerlift. However, if you hang around in the Community, read threads, post yourself, you can learn a lot and find the right connections to help you, I'm sure.

Best wishes!