Motivated (I hope)

pvorwick

Saw the Today Show today and heard about this website. I've been looking for a tool that will help me. I'm going to give it a try! Always looking for guidance and real food choices. I'm not a big cook, but would like to start cooking more. Would love to have a buddy to help me!

I'm 37 and am on my way of getting divorced. I am a single mom to a wonderful 3 year old. I was laid off in March and still haven't found work. Most days I sit around feeling sorry for myself and I hate it. There are days I don't leave the couch. I want to be the best mom I can be and I know right now I'm not. Thanks for everyone's advice and inspiring words!!! :happy:

katm427

Welcome to the site! You'll find everything you need here, trust me. This is a wonderful community. If you ever want to talk or compare notes, let me know. I'm always up to make new friends.

BrenNew

Hi, and welcome to THE best site on the web! :flowerforyou:
Between the easy to use food counter (which by the way is SUCH an eye opener!) and all the wonderfully supportive members, you WILL be able to lose the weight that you want to, AND, it'll "almost" be easy doing it!
I recommend logging ALL your foods BEFORE you have them, rather than later, as it tends to lead to better food choices. (not to mention you'll know if you've got enough numbers left to have a night time snack, like I ALWAYS try to do!) Some people also like to weigh and measure some things, such as meats, rather than just estimating and possibly being WAY off! :noway:
Don't go making the mistake that if you have LOTS of numbers left at the end of the day that you'll lose even faster, because that DOESN'T happen. Feel free to read any info about the site in the "help" section at the top of the home page. And also under "Community", then "Weight Loss and Healthy Living", then "general diet and weight loss help", and then check out the first few threads. They'll REALLY help you understand how MFP works.
Before coming here, I had tried just about EVERYTHING out there, including hypnosis, TWICE, and nothing really worked until MFP!
Just the word "diet" would make me cringe and set me up for failure. :grumble: It meant depriving myself of all the "good stuff" out there, and as a result, I'd only last just so long, (maybe a few weeks if I was lucky!) and then I'd "cave" and go right back to eating all those "goodies" again! :embarrassed: But, MFP ISN'T a "diet". :noway: It's a "lifestyle change". (When I first read that, I said "Ya, SURE it is!", thinking that it WAS just another diet. :grumble: But, it wasn't! :noway:)
The main reason that I've managed to lose most of the weight that I wanted to is because I HAVE been able to eat "real/good" foods. :bigsmile: (Not Slim Fast or any other easy, quick, fad "wacko" diets!:noway: ) Through MFP I learned that I just needed to "work for it", through exercise, and watching my numbers (MOST of the time! ) As long as I do that, I CAN occasionally have stuff like Chinese food, a double cheeseburger, pizza, and even homemade ice-cream!
As far as exercise goes, it doesn't always have to be awful. :noway: For my exercise, I walk almost every day, (weather permitting! ) I also dance to a fast oldies CD that my husband made up of all my favorite old songs. (Like "Love Shack", Wild, Wild West", "Mony, Mony", "Footloose", and "Gloria") :happy:
It's free, (unlike a gym!:grumble: ) fun, and I can even watch tv at the same time, so I never get bored! :happy:
I also have Wii Fit, and jog to that, which is a lot of fun, and easy too!
So, to make a LONG story short, make good food choices, eat in moderation, get some exercise, and you WILL lose the weight that you want to!
MFP REALLY, REALLY, DOES work! :happy: Give it a chance, and it WILL work for you too!

A site that will help you figure out the numbers in homemade recipes.
http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php

A few sites that calculates how many calories burned for tons of different activities.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

Andreamofme

I saw the Today Show today and thought the same thing. I've tried some other sites in the past and never stuck with it but I feel truly motivated. I went to a conference last week and every time I sat down it was so uncomfortable, a tight fit to say the least. I've got to do something and I hope this site will help. I love to cook and will help out any way I can.

missouri_rain

Hello and welcome to a great site....loads of motivation here

dls06

I saw the same program and signed up myself.
You look like a young girl, your motivation should be "you have a long and happy life to live". Live it and if you can loose a few pounds along the way, good for you. Make your motivation getting healthy for yourself first and then your family. If you have or hope to have Children you'll be able to be healthy influence. It starts with the first bite, make it a healthy one!
I am 54 and have gained a few pounds with menopause. I am not as active as I use to be with the Kid's all gone. I want to be here a long time, for my children and grandchildren that is my motivation. I hope it helps.