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aejones2010
aejones2010 Posts: 1
edited September 20 in Introduce Yourself
I have just recently joined the site. After getting laid off from a highly physical job and starting back at college I have gained unwanted weight and am working towards slowly and steadily losing the pounds. Hopefully with the help of this site I can maintain motivation :) (Hopefully)

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  • blatz911
    blatz911 Posts: 3
    Welcome. I'm new here too an am hoping it's useful too.
  • Jules82
    Jules82 Posts: 1
    I'm also new to this. Have any veterans got success stories they'd like to share?
  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    Hi to the newest batch of newbies, 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:
  • blatz911
    blatz911 Posts: 3
    Thanks for the welcome and all of the great encouragement and tips! I agree about the word "diet." It triggers my "don't tell me what not to eat" reflex. :)
  • CreativeRedhead
    CreativeRedhead Posts: 2,166
    Welcome I'm new here too. This is day 6 for me. Hopefully I'll get a scale at home so I can know if I'm losing weight or not :P.
  • Lindashope
    Lindashope Posts: 6
    Congratulations!!!!! I just joined today, I love all the free tools and intend to use them everyday. I'm glad I found this site, I want to lose at least 20 pounds before my 50th birthday. Hopefully, I can do it or get close to it...It can happen!

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  • astrosnider
    astrosnider Posts: 151 Member
    Hi,
    I'm pretty new here too. I lost about 15 pounds a year ago with a program of exercise (a Body Boot Camp at the gym) and a low-carbohydrate diet. I've kept most of it off but now am starting on a new campaign to get down to my ideal weight. I'm finding it's not easy at age 64. I exercise an hour or more every day (spinning, swimming, walking and weightlifting), have given up alcohol and sweets, cut down drastically on bread and other carbohydrates and still I've only managed to lose two pounds so far this month.
    Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.
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