2nd week here.

pookiepie1

Hi all,
I have made the decision to be healthier and fitter and lose weight in the process. Four years ago my life changed dramatically and I lost two stone very easily due to stress, which was good but then for the last two years I plateaued nothing seemed to shift it.I found this frustrating as I was trying so hard, to the point I actually caused injury to myself exercising, it became an obsession of weighing myself and cutting back food then binging , a viscious cycle was born. Exercising had to stop due to my injury and stayed at the same weight until this year. Beginning of Jan I made my decision and paid attention to my portion sizes, following the hairy bikers cookbooks (their diet ones) and for the first time in a long time I lost six pounds. My boss told me about this site and I have been here two weeks and have learnt so much already. The first week was a struggle as I found I was eating under what I was supposed to and I made myself eat the extra calories and hey presto another two pound lost. I feel I am finding my stride now with regards to my diet and feel that it is now a healthier and more balanced diet. I am enjoying logging and keeping track and have managed to include a small amount of exercise in as well with out causing myself too much pain. I am going to start back at my local gym next week and see how I get on. I am determined to keep this change of lifestyle going and feel better about myself. I feel emotionally ready to deal with this now and not beat myself up about any setbacks that I may have. I am enjoying reading the forums and I wish everyone the best of success for their goals.

sandracreynolds

Friend request

DrGM42

Good luck on your journey. If you need someone in your corner, feel free to add me.

Mygsds

Good for you. Sounds like you are ready. My friend urged me to diet with her but I was not ready . Now that I have found this site, I feel I can do anything AND SO CAN YOU....

LishaAG

Good luck!!!! We all will reach or goals together!!

xJillyFromPhillyx

All welcomed to friend me I am SUPER interactive and I love people who want to chat.

Ftw37

Hi all,
I have made the decision to be healthier and fitter and lose weight in the process. Four years ago my life changed dramatically and I lost two stone very easily due to stress, which was good but then for the last two years I plateaued nothing seemed to shift it.I found this frustrating as I was trying so hard, to the point I actually caused injury to myself exercising, it became an obsession of weighing myself and cutting back food then binging , a viscious cycle was born. Exercising had to stop due to my injury and stayed at the same weight until this year. Beginning of Jan I made my decision and paid attention to my portion sizes, following the hairy bikers cookbooks (their diet ones) and for the first time in a long time I lost six pounds. My boss told me about this site and I have been here two weeks and have learnt so much already. The first week was a struggle as I found I was eating under what I was supposed to and I made myself eat the extra calories and hey presto another two pound lost. I feel I am finding my stride now with regards to my diet and feel that it is now a healthier and more balanced diet. I am enjoying logging and keeping track and have managed to include a small amount of exercise in as well with out causing myself too much pain. I am going to start back at my local gym next week and see how I get on. I am determined to keep this change of lifestyle going and feel better about myself. I feel emotionally ready to deal with this now and not beat myself up about any setbacks that I may have. I am enjoying reading the forums and I wish everyone the best of success for their goals.

Hi: I agree that MFP offers a lot of amazing tools to help with the journey towards healthiness.

What has worked for me so far:

a) honestly and completely logging everything I put in my mouth. This was hard at first.

b) Weighing only weekly (this prevents the problems of weighing daily. If I weigh daily and I'm down, I give myself permission to eat more. If I'm up, I can use it as an excuse to give up and start eating. Weighing weekly gets rid of the daily fluctuations and allows a true trend to show up.)

c) fellowship and interaction with other fellow-travellers. I am constantly inspired by and buoyed up by my friends here on MFP and in my real-world weight loss group. I can't do it alone.

I sent you a friend request as well, if you want to listen to the ramblings of another person on the same road as you.

FTW

hastingsmassage

MFP is an amazing tool, wish you good luck, strenght and passion in your new life style ! x