New to the site and Loving it!

coneyl83
coneyl83 Posts: 10
edited September 20 in Introduce Yourself
I just happened to stumble along this site on my way out to work today. I couldn't wait to get home and get started. lol I am impressed at how organized this site is and how friendly the community is. Thank you everybody! I am also hear to lend a helping hand so if anyone needs a cheerleader just drop me a line. :) I suppose I will start tracking my info tomorrow. Have a good night everyone! may you burn many calories in your sleep! lol

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  • lulu64uk
    lulu64uk Posts: 62
    well come to the site, it great here :o)
  • lulu64uk
    lulu64uk Posts: 62
    welcome, even lol
  • dani171986
    dani171986 Posts: 2 Member
    I got recommended this site by a friend who came across it. I find it a very good motivator. Makes you more ware of what you are eating rather than ignoring what you are putting in your mouth, lol.
    The fact that you can add friends to keep you going is even better! I dont calorie count; i just make better choices or have smaller portions and still come in just under my clarie count which is great! 5 days on here now.
  • badloki13
    badloki13 Posts: 15
    I am brand new as well. I have a bad habit of starting something, being all excited about it for awhile then losing interest, but I think this site will keep me interested enough to track my weight loss and check in everyday. I hope so anyway.
  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    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:
  • lauraparkerrr
    lauraparkerrr Posts: 86 Member
    Welcome to MFP, good luck :)
  • coneyl83
    coneyl83 Posts: 10
    Thank you for the great welcome! i appreciate it!
  • ailysp
    ailysp Posts: 69
    Hi and welcome to the site.....good luck
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