Hello, I’m new here.

TanisParsons
TanisParsons Posts: 2 Member
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Hello everyone,

This is my first post. My nutritionist/dietitian recommended that I join this app so we can go through the journey together. I’m excited to have the support of a community as well.

I am currently managing several health challenges, including fatty liver disease, high blood pressure, cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), and plantar fasciitis, which makes exercise more difficult. I follow a primarily plant-based diet with intervals of Mediterranean eating once a week each month.

My current weight is 220 lbs, and my goal weight is 140 lbs.

I’m looking forward to learning, sharing, and supporting one another on this journey.

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 10,478 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10946341/hello-i-m-new-here

    hi Tania @TanisParsons


    Welcome to MFP! You sound very similar to me. I started slightly higher, had a wealth of health issues hovering and waiting to sting, and my dietician also recommended MFP. It was a game changer for me.

    The dieticians at my hospital-owned gym are so familiar with MFP, I simply hand them my phone with the app open, and they page through my food diary and make suggestions.

    The app really works- if you invest the time to learn to use it, and to weigh and log.

    I also strongly recommend syncing a fitness tracker with it. That helped me make the connection of how hard it is to burn off the equivalent of those Oreos or whatever. It totally made me re-think my food choices.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 2,272 Member

    Hi welcome

    Our RD referred us here earlier this year for similar reasons.

    The tools are helpful. The conversations in the discussion categories encouraging - lots of people here working on these things.

    Look forward to hearing how you're doing :)

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