today is my first day of joining up

kimberly_diane2008

hi everyone
i had been on weightwatchers since june and got real bored , now im going to start this for new motavation .
i was 248 and got down to 209 but now iv gained up to 213 , so i know if i dont get on something and stop the eating

out of hand , im going to gain it all back , i cant wait to get to know people in the same vote as me , thanks kimberly

drvvork

Hello! :flowerforyou: Welcome to a great site for support and information. I'm sure you will find this place on the web a great place to be. BTW congratulations on your weightloss:drinker: and what you put back on will melt away soon enough coming here. Good luck on your journey to meet your goals. :bigsmile:

Sarah219

Hello , just thought i would say i am quite new to this too , i have been a typical yo-yo dieter for years now !!!! Always go back to weightwatchers ...i know it like the back of my hand !!!!
A friend of mine recommended this site and i am totally hooked , i add my foods religiously and its great to know there are people here to ask advice etc ..... i think it is working for me too because it is something different !!!

Good Luck Hun xxxxx:bigsmile:

BrenNew

hi everyone
i had been on weightwatchers since june and got real bored , now im going to start this for new motavation .
i was 248 and got down to 209 but now iv gained up to 213 , so i know if i dont get on something and stop the eating

out of hand , im going to gain it all back , i cant wait to get to know people in the same vote as me , thanks kimberly

Hi Kimberly, 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!

crasponi

I've only been using this site for a little over a week. And, so far I am very impressed. I remember the many days I spent with weight watchers. It's a great program but you do get a little bored and tired of sitting in chairs listening to a motivational speaker. I got tired of counting points and trying to figure out how many points were in such and such. It works but this I like so much more since I can see it all in black and white spelled out in front of me and it is so easy. I like how you can also see what exercise does. I also tried Nutrisystem many years ago. Yes I lost the weight but I didn't feel very inspired and it cost a lot of money. But the weight does come off. Unfortunately after you stop it comes right back on. Guess they really mean it when they say it must be a life change. One thing that really worked for me was I swore off sweets and chips and such. My son went overseas with the military about two years ago and that's when I stopped eating sweets. Kinda like it was the least I could do while he was gone. Well I dropped 20 lbs. Yes, it took about a year since I didn't change anything else in my life such as counting calories or increasing my exercise. Presently he is back in the good old USA but I am afraid to eat any sweets. You see I don't want two cookies or a cup of ice cream. I want the whole package. I really do. So I figured, like an alcoholic, I cannot just have one. I think you woulf find me hiding in some dark alley with a half gallon of ice cream clutched in my fingers. Good luck to you and to me!

Sarah52in52

Wow, in reading the responses, BrenNew mentioned a food counter. Since I'm new to this site, I didn't know what that was and just realized there is something here that automatically tallies up what we've eaten for the day. Will wonders ever cease. Thanks for mentioning this.