Hello, I'm new.

RKA625

I just joined this site. I started doing spinning classes last week and it kind of threw me forward in my weight loss attempts. I've never liked a class as much as spinning, I love pushing myself in that class, and now I look forward to going to the gym. I've never steadily gone to the gym before, even though I work at one and have a free membership. Bad me, huh? lol.

So now, I'm finding it easier to count calories with the help of this site. And watch what I eat.

I keep going over my calorie allowance on here, but the number keeps getting lower, so tomorrow I hope to be right at my calorie allowance.

I've also found that realizing exercising "earns" you more calories, makes me want to exercise more, so I can eat a little bit more without going over.

lol, anyway, my name is Kelly. I am mommy to 2 little boys, one is 3 years old, one is 8 months old. I lost all of my pregnancy weight from baby #2 within a few months, but gained it back from a ridiculous Lipton iced Tea addiction, seriously, I was drinking like 4-6 bottles a day.

I was so proud of my weight loss since I was even lower than I had been before baby #1, so when I saw the scale going back UP, I knew I had to do something. It feels like something just clicked and I can handle saying no to foods now, or at least measuring them into portions.

So....looking forward to meeting you all.

RKA625

I just joined this site. I started doing spinning classes last week and it kind of threw me forward in my weight loss attempts. I've never liked a class as much as spinning, I love pushing myself in that class, and now I look forward to going to the gym. I've never steadily gone to the gym before, even though I work at one and have a free membership. Bad me, huh? lol.

So now, I'm finding it easier to count calories with the help of this site. And watch what I eat.

I keep going over my calorie allowance on here, but the number keeps getting lower, so tomorrow I hope to be right at my calorie allowance.

I've also found that realizing exercising "earns" you more calories, makes me want to exercise more, so I can eat a little bit more without going over.

lol, anyway, my name is Kelly. I am mommy to 2 little boys, one is 3 years old, one is 8 months old. I lost all of my pregnancy weight from baby #2 within a few months, but gained it back from a ridiculous Lipton iced Tea addiction, seriously, I was drinking like 4-6 bottles a day.

I was so proud of my weight loss since I was even lower than I had been before baby #1, so when I saw the scale going back UP, I knew I had to do something. It feels like something just clicked and I can handle saying no to foods now, or at least measuring them into portions.

So....looking forward to meeting you all.

AmyNVegas

Welcome glad to have you! Let us know if we can do anything for you there is a great group of people here!:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Amy:bigsmile:

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RKA625

Thanks! I'm all excited to join in here.

motivatedmama

Welcome!
It sounds like you are well on your way to being a healthier mommy.


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RKA625

Thanks. Today I got a bit overwhelmed, but I just figured I'd take it day by day. I still have a little over 800 calories left for dinner.

renae77

Welcome to MFP! Don't get overwhelmed and just take it day by day! You will get there before you know it. Good luck to you!

janiebeth

Welcome Kelly.

Just keep logging your food. At first it seems pretty daunting, but soon you will find you are cruising. I also found at first it was hard to stay within my calories, but once I got used to the amount I was supposed to eat, I found I didn't want more than I was allowed.

In other words, it does get much easier as you go along..

Good luck.. jb

RKA625

Thanks for the reassurance.

I think I just got overwhelmed that to stay thin, I'd have to count calories for the rest of my life! I've never ever counted how many pretzels I ate (obviously part of the problem, but still...)

And logging my ketchup, mustard, etc is very overwhelming too.