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txcwgirl
txcwgirl Posts: 127 Member
edited September 20 in Introduce Yourself
Hello all I am brand new to MFP but I am excited to use it. Any weight loss will be great but my ultimate goal is to drop down to 135. I have a problem with finding foods I enjoy and workouts I enjoy. I tend to get bored or frustrated with classes and video tapes. I can not run due to the weight is affecting my legs and I can barely walk without pain. Any help from the people on this will be appreciated.

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  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    Hello all I am brand new to MFP but I am excited to use it. Any weight loss will be great but my ultimate goal is to drop down to 135. I have a problem with finding foods I enjoy and workouts I enjoy. I tend to get bored or frustrated with classes and video tapes. I can not run due to the weight is affecting my legs and I can barely walk without pain. Any help from the people on this will be appreciated.



    Hi, 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! :wink:
    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. :smile:
    Before coming here, I had tried just about EVERYTHING out there, including hypnosis, TWICE, and nothing really worked until MFP! :love:
    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: :cry: But, MFP ISN'T a "diet". :noway: It's a "lifestyle change". :smile: (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! :wink: ) As long as I do that, I CAN occasionally have stuff like Chinese food, a double cheeseburger, pizza, and even homemade ice-cream! :love:
    As far as exercise goes, it doesn't always have to be awful. :noway: For my exercise, I walk almost every day, (weather permitting!:wink: ) 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") :love: :happy:
    It's free, (unlike a gym!:grumble: ) fun, :smile: 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! :smile:
    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! :smile:
    MFP REALLY, REALLY, DOES work! :love: :happy: Give it a chance, and it WILL work for you too! :smile:
  • gennyvieve
    gennyvieve Posts: 83
    I also get stuck in food ruts, where I'll eat the same thing for a week because it's easy to log then get totally sick of it---so I've started surfing the database when I have time to see what kind of new foods I can throw in the mix! I remind myself every day that really I can have whatever I want as long as I'm honest about logging it---and make adjustments throughout the day to accommodate. Don't get me wrong, I'm not eating cookie dough every day or anything, but some days I totally crave a PB&J---so now I make it with the "very thin" bread, reduced fat PB, and sugar free jelly.....and totally love it!

    As for exercise, remember that every little bit counts! When I started last May(if only I'd know about this website then!!!) I could only walk for about 15 min at a time. After a week I bumped it up to 20 min--slowly increasing speed, and I do mean SLOWLY.....by July I would do intervals and walk for 5 min and run for ONE MINUTE. I'm not kidding---sixty seconds. It was the longest sixty seconds ever. Eventually I bumped it up to two minutes at a time...then three....now six months later I ran 3.5miles around the park in 42 minutes today!!! But I started with sixty seconds.

    You can totally do this, just start small! And remember we are here when you need us!
  • gennyvieve
    gennyvieve Posts: 83
    I also get stuck in food ruts, where I'll eat the same thing for a week because it's easy to log then get totally sick of it---so I've started surfing the database when I have time to see what kind of new foods I can throw in the mix! I remind myself every day that really I can have whatever I want as long as I'm honest about logging it---and make adjustments throughout the day to accommodate. Don't get me wrong, I'm not eating cookie dough every day or anything, but some days I totally crave a PB&J---so now I make it with the "very thin" bread, reduced fat PB, and sugar free jelly.....and totally love it!

    As for exercise, remember that every little bit counts! When I started last May(if only I'd know about this website then!!!) I could only walk for about 15 min at a time. After a week I bumped it up to 20 min--slowly increasing speed, and I do mean SLOWLY.....by July I would do intervals and walk for 5 min and run for ONE MINUTE. I'm not kidding---sixty seconds. It was the longest sixty seconds ever. Eventually I bumped it up to two minutes at a time...then three....now six months later I ran 3.5miles around the park in 42 minutes today!!! But I started with sixty seconds.

    You can totally do this, just start small! And remember we are here when you need us!
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