New to Fitness Pal

MelissaKay82

Hello everybody!!! It has been a while since I have worked out. FINALLY, getting back into it. A friend had told me about this. So, I thought I would check it out. It seems VERY helpful. Just hope I remember to log everything everyday.

doitforabby

Welcome! I'm new here too, I joined last week. This has been such an eye opener to me in regards to eating especially. Logging my food actually makes me think about what I'm eating. I sit at a computer for work, so I log everything the moment it crosses my lips!

mamacindy81

Hi Melissa;

Glad you have found this site. I know it has helped me to log what I am eating. It's a proven fact that people who write down what they eat lose more than those who don't. It has helped me a lot

It also is a place that you can keep an exercise log and show the progress you are making there. We got an elliptical for Christmas and when I first started using it it was really hard but now I can stay on it for 30 to 40 min instead of the 10 I started out with. If a 54 yr old woman can do it so can you!

Take advantage of this opportunity.

Cindy

BrenNew

Hello everybody!!! It has been a while since I have worked out. FINALLY, getting back into it. A friend had told me about this. So, I thought I would check it out. It seems VERY helpful. Just hope I remember to log everything everyday.

Hi Melissa, 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!