Just starting - any tips?

SoxyKitten

This will be my first day using MFP so any tips people can give me will be welcomed! Whether it's diet related or how to get the best out of MFP, please let me know. Thanks!

jjelizalde

Log everything, drink tons of water and do your BMR and TDEE to make sure you're eating enough calories. 1200 which MFP often gives you is not enough. And GOOD LUCK to you!

spypilot

Welcome,
I find how quickly I will make a better choice in food when I are logging in meals.There are so many better choices that are lower in calorie.
Good luck! I know you will do great.

SoxyKitten

Thanks! Can you just tell me what TDEE is please?

iwork4pepsi

Log everything! If you don't, the only one you are cheating is yourself. Using the MFP tools, tracking your calories is nearly effortless. I've been recording all my food and staying in between 1200-1500 calories a day since May 4th and have lost 21lbs at my last weigh-in which was May 29th, 25 days of eating healthy! A loss of nearly 1lb a day! I started at 400lbs, my weight loss goal, if I had to put a number on it is 250lbs. My main goal is to eat healthier, a by product of that is weight loss! I feel great, and it's only getting better! People will notice you losing weight and say things like, "is that on your diet?". Just remember, it shouldn't be a diet, but a lifestyle change... Diets don't work in the long run, at least for most people! Just remember that when you are asked if you can't have this or that, mentally think and say, I don't want it!