3 days in!

nelsoji

So I am 3 days in and love it so far! I am a 33 yr old male from the Chicago area. My wife turned me on to this site as a great way to try something new. I did WW for a while, but feel I can get the same benefit from counting calories in/out as I could using that site so I wanted to try this.

My wife and I are going to try and start a family this year and through spending time with my sister and other family members that have kids, I know how much more energy I am going to need to play and spend time with them, so want to start now so I can give my kids as much of me as I can. So that is my motivation - to be able to play with my kids in the future!!

I am still trying to get the hang of the "friends" thing on here, but can definitely see how interaction with others on here can continue to motivate you and will definitely try and log in at least daily and post my food, even if I can't always get on the forums. So if anyone out there wants to be my friend - that would be awesome - haha. Always great to see people you "know" have success as well!!!

ryno0618

Welcome to the site! I've been on here since May 2011 (new username since October). MFP is great and it really an help. I lost 45lbs since beginning this site and am really getting back into it again in the new year! Lots of encouragement and support can be found through friends and from following the community pages. The key is to stay diligent and log everything! You can do it! and good luck! Add me as a friend if you would like...