Hello everyone, new here

swalker22368

Just wanted to say hello to everyone and say that I am very excited about joing mfp. For christmas my husband bought me a year gym membership and I have been going everyday and found mfp online. Wow this is a really great community. I have been over weight for about 15 years and want to loose about 40 pounds with in about 5 months which seems impossible but will continue till
I do loose what I want to. My biggest issue is drinking my cokes. That has been my hardest to break. Would love to have all the support I can get and will return the same to everyone else. We all deserve to feel great.:flowerforyou:

BrenNew

Just wanted to say hello to everyone and say that I am very excited about joing mfp. For christmas my husband bought me a year gym membership and I have been going everyday and found mfp online. Wow this is a really great community. I have been over weight for about 15 years and want to loose about 40 pounds with in about 5 months which seems impossible but will continue till
I do loose what I want to. My biggest issue is drinking my cokes. That has been my hardest to break. Would love to have all the support I can get and will return the same to everyone else. We all deserve to feel great.:flowerforyou:

Hi, and welcome to THE best site on the web! :flowerforyou:
Everyone is different. It took me about 8 months to lose 45 pounds. (I've just been maintaining/juggling, the same 5 or so pounds in the past year or so. )
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 "Community", then "Weight Loss and Healthy Living", then "general diet and weight loss help", and then 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!