Hello Everyone

hollyval

I am pretty sure I did this wrong the 1st time so I will post again. It is great so see so many people here. The support must be awesome. Welcome to all the other newbies. I am a little rusty so I may be a little slow to catch on. The one thing I wondered about was when you want to post do you have to click on New Topic even though you aren't changing the subject? Little confused there, Anyway, I start my new program tomorrow and am very excited. Someone told me about this site just in time.

Good luck to everyone

BrenNew

I am pretty sure I did this wrong the 1st time so I will post again. It is great so see so many people here. The support must be awesome. Welcome to all the other newbies. I am a little rusty so I may be a little slow to catch on. The one thing I wondered about was when you want to post do you have to click on New Topic even though you aren't changing the subject? Little confused there, Anyway, I start my new program tomorrow and am very excited. Someone told me about this site just in time.

Good luck to everyone

Hi Holly, 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!
ps. If you just want to reply to a thread/topic, just hit reply, or hit quote, and then type your reply at the bottom of the person's thread.

smwert

I just joined this morning. None of my clothes fit. I hope I can follow through.

Susan

MOMOFTWO29

Hello and welcome to MFP, the best website ever!!! You will love this site if you don't already. I love this site. It is so motivational, supportive, helpful, easy to use, and everyone is so nice and friendly. I just wanted to wish you a lot of success on your weight loss journey. You can do this!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: