Need to lose to say "I do"!

ShannonJohnson

Hi everyone I am new to fitness pal and am loving it so far. It's cool to have something track your food, exercise and weightloss! I am getting married next September and I have recently bought my dress that is a one of a kind design from the boutique owner and is a size or two too small! I fell in love with it so I have decided I will work at losing some weight to fit in it I have been wanting to lose some weight anyways so the dress is a perfect goal, the only hard part is that I'm in Minnesota and its either negative or single digit weather so no doing anything outside. I have some biggest loser dvds and am hoping to do it all at home by myself! I also am doing weight watchers on my own to help keep my eating down. I'm excited to see how this goes and to get great tips from others on this site! As I said I'm in Minnesota and live with my fiance, 3 dogs and 2 cats! He's a truck driver so not home too often so gives me many nights to workout, and once Minnesota THAWS OUT I will be taking a walk everyday with the dogs and even try rollerblading with one of my dogs Dura. Hope to talk with some of you over this process and I'll try to bring some great ideas too!

ltlhmom

Welcome your in the right place. I did weight watches a few years back and lost focus when I got down to 200. I really like it here and I'm finding it very easy to keep track of my calories. The folks on here are great support too. Good Luck!

BrenNew

Hi everyone I am new to fitness pal and am loving it so far. It's cool to have something track your food, exercise and weightloss! I am getting married next September and I have recently bought my dress that is a one of a kind design from the boutique owner and is a size or two too small! I fell in love with it so I have decided I will work at losing some weight to fit in it I have been wanting to lose some weight anyways so the dress is a perfect goal, the only hard part is that I'm in Minnesota and its either negative or single digit weather so no doing anything outside. I have some biggest loser dvds and am hoping to do it all at home by myself! I also am doing weight watchers on my own to help keep my eating down. I'm excited to see how this goes and to get great tips from others on this site! As I said I'm in Minnesota and live with my fiance, 3 dogs and 2 cats! He's a truck driver so not home too often so gives me many nights to workout, and once Minnesota THAWS OUT I will be taking a walk everyday with the dogs and even try rollerblading with one of my dogs Dura. Hope to talk with some of you over this process and I'll try to bring some great ideas too!

Hi Shannon, 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 "recent forum topics", and "view all", then "general diet", 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 far as exercise goes, 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 have 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!

Lisa0711

Hey! I'm getting married in September too! The 25th to be exact, which will be the 5 year anniversary since we got together:smooched: . I want to lose about 35-45 pounds by then so I'll look good in my dress and be able to wear a bikini on our honeymoon! Anyway, welcome to the site and good luck reaching your goals! You can do it!