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aleanerme

This is a great web site that helps keep you honest. If I log it - then I'm accountable. It's amazing how much food you can consume in a day when you aren't paying attention. I really need to adapt a lifestyle of healthy eating and regular exercise. In the past three weeks I've lost 5 pounds and I've worked out most days. Now I just have to keep myself going on this healthy regime. So good luck to everyone. I've been reading the community posts and they really do motivate and inspire. So thanks for that.

nobleps

Hello and Welcome :flowerforyou:
MFP is the greatest diet aid tool I have ever found. :bigsmile: If I had to write all this stuff down....well..you know- I haven't got the time, much less remember. :grumble: Keep yourself accountable. Look up calories in foods your not sure about. Processed sugars and HFCS high fructose syrup are bad! :explode: Stay away from fast foods unless you know how many calories and what kind are in them. :noway: This is really about changing your life and way you eat forever. :flowerforyou: :drinker: Grabbing food for comfort or boredom is no longer an option! :noway: You must be aware of what, when and where you are eating. :happy: So get started! Get psyched! Get pumped! Grab your water bottles for plenty of filling/flushing H2O! :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :smooched:

kaydtc

Well done on losing 5lb! I absolutely agree with you, just the fact of recording everything that goes past your lips is enough to make you think harder about it! I will be getting weighed for the first time since I joined MFP tomorrow, so fingers crossed!

BrenNew

This is a great web site that helps keep you honest. If I log it - then I'm accountable. It's amazing how much food you can consume in a day when you aren't paying attention. I really need to adapt a lifestyle of healthy eating and regular exercise. In the past three weeks I've lost 5 pounds and I've worked out most days. Now I just have to keep myself going on this healthy regime. So good luck to everyone. I've been reading the community posts and they really do motivate and inspire. So thanks for that.

Hi, and welcome to THE best site on the web! :flowerforyou: Congrats on your first 5 pounds! Keep up the great job you're doing! :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!

BrenNew

Well done on losing 5lb! I absolutely agree with you, just the fact of recording everything that goes past your lips is enough to make you think harder about it! I will be getting weighed for the first time since I joined MFP tomorrow, so fingers crossed!

A big welcome to you too Kay! :flowerforyou:

MOMOFTWO29

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

aleanerme

Hello and Welcome :flowerforyou:
MFP is the greatest diet aid tool I have ever found. :bigsmile: If I had to write all this stuff down....well..you know- I haven't got the time, much less remember. :grumble: Keep yourself accountable. Look up calories in foods your not sure about. Processed sugars and HFCS high fructose syrup are bad! :explode: Stay away from fast foods unless you know how many calories and what kind are in them. :noway: This is really about changing your life and way you eat forever. :flowerforyou: :drinker: Grabbing food for comfort or boredom is no longer an option! :noway: You must be aware of what, when and where you are eating. :happy: So get started! Get psyched! Get pumped! Grab your water bottles for plenty of filling/flushing H2O! :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :smooched:

aleanerme

Thanks for the great tips.