I need guidance and support from discouragement

lindafreak

I have been trying to loose weight since three years now. I even once join this website and stop to update it just because i was initially exciting about and later fall back into the same track of living a sedantary life again. I love to eat but dislike exercising. Due to an increase in weight from 59kgs to 77 kgs in period of three years had made myself to feel like a trash. My personality is totally messed up and i am really worried whether or not i could ever find a boyfriend for myself. I am an Asian and when it comes to physically appearance is sometime bias for in the job interview. This is my last year now for Bachelor degree and soon i need to start a new life but the problem is my fat! I need a true support, encouragement please help..............:sad:

BrenNew

I have been trying to loose weight since three years now. I even once join this website and stop to update it just because i was initially exciting about and later fall back into the same track of living a sedantary life again. I love to eat but dislike exercising. Due to an increase in weight from 59kgs to 77 kgs in period of three years had made myself to feel like a trash. My personality is totally messed up and i am really worried whether or not i could ever find a boyfriend for myself. I am an Asian and when it comes to physically appearance is sometime bias for in the job interview. This is my last year now for Bachelor degree and soon i need to start a new life but the problem is my fat! I need a true support, encouragement please help..............:sad:

Hi Linda, 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 "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!
Just the word "diet" would make me cringe and set me up for failure. :grumble: It meant depriving myself of all the "good stuff" out there, and as a result, I'd only last just so long, (maybe a few weeks if I was lucky!) and then I'd "cave" and go right back to eating all those "goodies" again! :embarrassed: But, MFP ISN'T a "diet". :noway: It's a "lifestyle change". (When I first read that, I said "Ya, SURE it is!", thinking that it WAS just another diet. :grumble: But, it wasn't! :noway:)
The main reason that I've managed to lose the weight that I wanted to is because I HAVE been able to eat "real/good" foods. :bigsmile: (Not Slim Fast or any other easy, quick, fad "wacko" diets!:noway: ) Through MFP I learned that I just needed to "work for it", through exercise, and watching my numbers (MOST of the time! ) As long as I do that, I CAN occasionally have stuff like Chinese food, a double cheeseburger, pizza, and even homemade ice-cream!
As far as exercise goes, it doesn't always have to be awful. :noway: 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") :happy:
It's free, (unlike a gym!:grumble: ) 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!
MFP REALLY, REALLY, DOES work! :happy: Give it a chance, and it WILL work for you too!

catherine1979

I am the same as you, I love to eat and hate exercising. But being on this site and seeing the success that other people have had can really motivate a person to be the best that they can be! I hope you will stick with the site, it's been a real eye opener for me in terms of how much food I need in the day and making healthy choices.