Starting all over!!! HELP!

Lyndo

I lost 14 pounds last year, & gained it all back this summer:sad:
I want to try it again,
I need help with portions, I know what to eat, I eat healthy but too much...
Should i eat 3 meals a day or 5 small meals a day? what kind of exersices? should i start with beside cleaning my house all day long:yawn:
Help me if you can
Thanks in advance all anwnsers are greatly appreciated!:flowerforyou:

Silver_Dream

I eat 3 smalls meals and snacks in between. It works for me. I don't know how well it would work for you.

BrenNew

I lost 14 pounds last year, & gained it all back this summer:sad:
I want to try it again,
I need help with portions, I know what to eat, I eat healthy but too much...
Should i eat 3 meals a day or 5 small meals a day? what kind of exersices? should i start with beside cleaning my house all day long:yawn:
Help me if you can
Thanks in advance all anwnsers are greatly appreciated!:flowerforyou:

First off, let me say that you've got a beautiful family! Welcome to the best site on the web! :flowerforyou:
I'm sure you'll get lots of advice. Take what you want, and give it a try.
In my own case, I eat 3 meals a day, and have a few snacks during the day, such as a Special K bar, Fiber One bar (BEFORE my husband banned me from them because of the "after effects"!:laugh: ) an apple, or other kind of fruit, and even Edy's slow churned, no sugar added icecream every night as a snack, as long as I have enough numbers left, which I ALWAYS try to do! :laugh:
I generally have the one minute Quaker Oats and blueberries for breakfast, lunch is either a salad, or 2 pieces of 35 calorie bread with some left over chicken or steak, and dinner is a regular meat and potato or rice type of meal. I learned early on that my numbers would go up if I exercised, sooooo, I DID! :laugh:

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!