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chunsagirl01

My name is Stephanie and I am new to this wole website thing. I am currently trying to loose about 30 pounds. I was pretty active when I was younger, but when I met my husbnad and even more so the past 7 months I have gained to be about 200 lbs and have not been as active. I have been exercising and cutting back my eatting habbits big time the past several weeks and suprisingly I have not been craving crap! Which was my problem before. Before I decided to cut back my eatting habbits I realized I was eatting way over 3,000 calories a day:huh: and I now know why I was 200 lbs compared to a year ago. I have since then corrected my issue and it seems to be working. Hope all is well with everyone else and thanks for reading!

Steph

SUCCESSISMINEIN09

Welcome!!! This site is the best!!! Good luck with you goals and remember everyday is a new day!!!

BrenNew

My name is Stephanie and I am new to this wole website thing. I am currently trying to loose about 30 pounds. I was pretty active when I was younger, but when I met my husbnad and even more so the past 7 months I have gained to be about 200 lbs and have not been as active. I have been exercising and cutting back my eatting habbits big time the past several weeks and suprisingly I have not been craving crap! Which was my problem before. Before I decided to cut back my eatting habbits I realized I was eatting way over 3,000 calories a day:huh: and I now know why I was 200 lbs compared to a year ago. I have since then corrected my issue and it seems to be working. Hope all is well with everyone else and thanks for reading!

Steph

Hi Stephanie, and welcome to THE best site on the web! :flowerforyou:
Between the easy to use food counter (which by the way is SUCH an eye opener!) and all the wonderfully supportive members, you WILL be able to lose the weight that you want to, AND, it'll "almost" be easy doing it!
I recommend logging ALL your foods BEFORE you have them, rather than later, as it tends to lead to better food choices. (not to mention you'll know if you've got enough numbers left to have a night time snack, like I ALWAYS try to do!) Some people also like to weigh and measure some things, such as meats, rather than just estimating and possibly being WAY off! :noway:
Don't go making the mistake that if you have LOTS of numbers left at the end of the day that you'll lose even faster, because that DOESN'T happen. Feel free to read any info about the site in the "help" section at the top of the home page. And also, under "all topics", then "general", and check out the first few threads. They'll really help you understand how MFP works.
Before coming here, I had tried just about EVERYTHING out there, including hypnosis, TWICE, and nothing really worked until MFP!
Also, drink LOTS of water, it REALLY DOES help! :drinker:
As for exercise, it doesn't always have to be awful. For my exercise, I walk almost every day, (weather permitting!) I also dance to a fast oldies CD that my husband made up of all my favorite old songs. (Like "Love Shack", Wild, Wild West", "Mony, Mony", "Footloose", and "Gloria")
It's free, (unlike a gym!) fun, and I can even watch tv at the same time, so I never get bored! :happy:
I also recently aquired the Wii Fit, and jog to that, which is a lot of fun, and easy too!
So, to make a LONG story short, make good food choices, eat in moderation, get some exercise, and you WILL lose the weight that you want to!

MOMOFTWO29

Hello and welcome to MFP. This site is awesome. You will love it here if you don't already. I love it here. It is so motivational, supportive, helpful, easy to use and everyone is so nice and friendly here. I just wanted to tell you good luck on your weight loss journey. You can do this!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

chunsagirl01

Ahhh ladies thanks for the welcoming love!! I have lost weight before, but I think after I met my husband I got lazy and slowly gain it back even more so the pat 7 months. :sad: But needless to say I have done my research and am completly dedicated to get to my goal weight! Thanks again!!!