Hello myfitnesspal!!

Helly86
Helly86 Posts: 41 Member
edited September 20 in Introduce Yourself
Hi!
I have only just discovered the website (have been using iphone app-amazing!)
Looking for support and great reads!
Have already read some really interesting topics, like why im not loosing weight etc..

The only area im really strugglin is in actualyweight loss (not lost a considerable amount since starting!) and finding the confidence to exercise alone!! Im very self concious and am stuggling to find the courage to go to a gym class alone! :'(
any help great

Looking forwrd to being part of this community and finally loosing some weight!!


Helen xXx

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  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    Hi Helen, 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:
  • Helly86
    Helly86 Posts: 41 Member
    awww thank you.
    Its the first diet and fitness website to really appeal to me and seems packed with great advice and help!!
    Just gotta get used to finding my way round!
    Thanks again
    xxxxx
  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    awww thank you.
    Its the first diet and fitness website to really appeal to me and seems packed with great advice and help!!
    Just gotta get used to finding my way round!
    Thanks again
    xxxxx


    There's lots of info in the help sections, not to mention, people are very friendly and will answer any questions you might have.
    You are just going to love how great MFP is! Stick with it, and it WILL work for you! :bigsmile:
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