HI EVERYONE - MOTIVTION NEEDED

highoctanesprouts

Hi, I am new to this site and have the iphone App. I desperately need to continue the weight loss success from last year. I am in the York area of the UK so please say hi!

Any advice, motivation and help is welcomed!

Thanks Everyone

ps - I will put a picture on here tonight

kazmor

Hello. I'm in the UK also,over in the Manchester area. This site is a fantastic tool and used correctly and regularly will help you achieve your goal. If your wanting some friendly words of encouragement then feel free to add me as a friend.

Good luck!!

Karen

maximouse

Hiya! I'm Max, and I'm in Bedford, UK - welcome to MFP!

yup, iphone app is great eh?! So how much did you lose last yr and how did you do it?

M

BrenNew

Hi from the "sticks" of New Hampshire, USA, 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!

ifychudy

Hi every one, am writing from Maryland USA. Ihave three beautiful children the last one is 5months. I just joined MFP and I have up to 75lbs to lose

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wendytobin

Hi

i'm also from UK - Hampshire, i have been with MFP for 3 weeks now, found it on my Itouch - really great website, keeps me motivated to add my food and to do my exercise each day as well,

I have joined a thread group where the target is to log your exercise for 22 days through the month of may, so far i am on target with each day logged - look out for a group to add your name to and this way i think it will motivate you.

I will add you as a friend

Thinwithin2010

Wow as I read this blog I coudn't help but wonder "People are up all night on this thing" Never thinking alot of you are from the UK and the time difference! Duh to me. lol My name is Kathy and I am new too. I live in the high taxing state of NJ and am the mom of 4 girls. Today is day 3 and so far i've been doing great. I wish you all luck and I think this site is really a great thing. I also like it as the people are from all over the world.