I am new!

gingermack

My name is Jen and here I am, posting my first message. I created my account a while back, but am now just spending time to look at it. I have 33 days until I go on my vacation to Mexico and want to lose some poundage. I weigh 187 and would like to be less!! I have a really hard time logging my food. I have no problem with exercise, but the food thing is my big problem. I eat enough calories to compensate for all the exercise I do, and still gain weight even! Thanks all to who read this!

TazzytheMotivator

You can do this. Just believe in yourself.
My startinge weight 350
Current weight 220
Goal weight 150
I see it everyday that this site is working. But you have to dedicated to it and honest in what you are eating. I wish you well.

yaddayaddayadda

Hi Jen!
Congratulations on joining MFP!! Exercise is so important for your health and necessary when trying to lose weight. If you work to log your food, I think you will have positive results. Until I began loging, I was totally unaware of the calories in foods I eat, and as a result, I ate too much. If you log every day for a month, you will become very aware of what you are eating, and you can make small changes that will have a great impact on your total calories. This really helped me :happy:

Good luck!!
Karem

joanpeters

Hi--

Logging the food has been a big help to me because it makes it a LOT easier to see how fast the calories get used up and what is calorie-laden versus low calorie. I lost 25 lbs on South Beach two years ago, gained 8 lbs back over the winter. When I went back on SB and felt like I was following the plan, I didn't lose. I realize now it was because I was eating larger portions and the wrong kind of things. It is SOOOOO easy to fool ourselves. Good luck.

Boo67

You CAN do it , logging food is easy even I can do it & I'm a proper technophobe. Have you got the mobile app? It's great for when you're out & about, work etc...