im new and scared

lls0521

Welcome Kat. You already did the hard part. You decided to make a change for you and your health. You've started taking the first step by deciding to make a change in your life. Keep track of everything you eat and total your calories. You also need to do various forms of exercise. Take it slow and increase time and activity over time. I keep a fitness chart on my fridge that is a callendar chart that allows me to fill it in each day for exercise that I do. It helps keep me on track. Also eat healthier foods. Preservatives are bad in foods. Eat things that grow from nature, fruits and vegetables and if it has a mother you can eat it. If I doesn't have a mother then it's filled with a lot of crap your body doesn't know what it is. I eat fish, chicken and turkey all week and only allow myself red meat on Sunday. I have gained a new appreciation for food and how good it can make you feel. All the preservatives in non real foods can make you tired, lazy and sluggish. I also take a break and do not exercise on Sundays. I give my body one day of rest and I treat myself to a meal that I crave also on Sunday. I said one meal either breakfaast, lunch or dinner. by doing this its helps me to get over
crvings for foods I may miss a bit and I have found that by having that one meal a week like pizza, steak or whatever that I don't gain any weight that day. It helps me. My sons are doing this to and my husband eats the way we used to every day. The difference is we
three are losing weight through eating more healthy foods and thru exercise while my husband doesn't want to. We are losing and he is not. It is a life and health choice. You've made the first step. You can do it!

ToEKnee213

You have come to the right place for any encouragement and tools that you may need. Don't be scared - everyone is here to help and we are all like-minded, we were new once too (and most likely scared!)

Feel free to add me and best of luck to you!

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You are able to do whatever you want in this life. Weight loss is easily something you have control over.

My only advice is to learn to not be afraid of this change. When we fear something, we give it control. When we lose control of our situation, we see no way out. By breaking that fear, you hold all the control and you can do whatever you want with it.

There's nothing to be afraid of The Weight should be afraid of YOU!

amymrls

Hello Cat welcome to MFP. You will love it. Feel free to add me as a friend if you would like support

Reddak98

Hi, has your husband joined MFP too. If you could do this together; what a help that would be. Wishing you the best in your journey.

nancyinfernley

welcome to MFP cat,

i didn't read all the responses, but i'm going to add my two cents anyway. i really love the food tracking, calorie counting and weight tracking, but my favorite is the exercise converter. it converts the most mundane exercises like house keeping, gardening, household chores and gardening. so when you do those dishes, vacuum, laundry you can convert it to calories used.

believe me i checked this out and then thought, i might as well delete the account. but i have been on it since jan 2nd and use it everyday. as soon as i get up in the morning i log in, before i go to bed at night (or midnight whichever comes first) i log in and hit my calories for the day. i find i'm less ready to attack a bag of chips or gorge on cupcakes before bed because i know i have to log it in and i don't want to go over. i never believed it would get this far into it. but it's working for me. i'm exercising more, i'm watching what i eat and i'm getting healthier. i also have a better outlook on life.

you can do it and we are all here for you. add me if you like!!!