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Newbies please READ ME

banks1850
banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Wow, look at all the new faces! Welcome all of you guys that have joined up in the last few days and weeks. I guess it really is true what they say about new diets starting in the spring (although we don't call it dieting, we call it a lifestyle change):tongue:

Anyway, don't get me wrong, I don't mean Newbie in the derrogatory sense, we are delighted that you have decided that MFP is a good place to start your journey (or continue it!). Over the past 6 or 8 months some of us have put out some great, informative posts that have helped many on MFP. I hope you will take a few minutes and read them, they can be very informative and may head off some questions you ask before you ask em. :happy:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-questions

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/9433-expectations

regards,
-Banks
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  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Wow, look at all the new faces! Welcome all of you guys that have joined up in the last few days and weeks. I guess it really is true what they say about new diets starting in the spring (although we don't call it dieting, we call it a lifestyle change):tongue:

    Anyway, don't get me wrong, I don't mean Newbie in the derrogatory sense, we are delighted that you have decided that MFP is a good place to start your journey (or continue it!). Over the past 6 or 8 months some of us have put out some great, informative posts that have helped many on MFP. I hope you will take a few minutes and read them, they can be very informative and may head off some questions you ask before you ask em. :happy:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-questions

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/9433-expectations

    regards,
    -Banks
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Oh, and if you did get anything good out of this, please bump it so it stays near the top. :tongue:
  • dulceluva
    dulceluva Posts: 728 Member
    :drinker:
  • icandoit
    icandoit Posts: 4,163 Member
    if you drink too much.....you can fall and BUMP your head:drinker:
  • icupfunny2000
    icupfunny2000 Posts: 470 Member
    if you drink too much.....you can fall and BUMP your head:drinker:


    :laugh:
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    What's that thing called that is intended to slow you down as you drive over it??

    Ohhhh yeah a speed BUMP!!
  • JJAE53
    JJAE53 Posts: 97 Member
    I'm a newbie to the site, but not to weight loss and healthy eating. So I know a change in lifestyle is necessary, and I know that extreme calorie deficits will wreck the metabolic rate.

    I didn't kow about eating exercise calories. I'll definitely try it a few weeks to see how it goes. Slow steady loss is much better.

    Thanks for the heads up on phases that I can expect. Fairly warned can make for good preparation.
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :drinker:
  • sophialittle
    sophialittle Posts: 344 Member
    :happy: woof
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :drinker:
  • deannarachele
    deannarachele Posts: 2
    :smile: Thanks for the links.
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :wink:
  • dfrei50
    dfrei50 Posts: 10
    Thanks:flowerforyou:
  • slimsuccess
    slimsuccess Posts: 47
    Thanks.
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :tongue:
  • janellybelly
    janellybelly Posts: 112
    I loved your conditioning challenge! Thanks for the good info! I am down 2 lbs!!!
  • DETERMINED2Drop
    DETERMINED2Drop Posts: 285 Member
    I :heart: Banks!

    ...You are so helpful...
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    You guys are so awesome. :tongue:

    Thanks for the kind words guys!
  • melathon
    melathon Posts: 246 Member
    B anks
    U ses
    M y Fitness
    P al

    (a bit lame, but ok)

    I tried your wind sprints today. I love them. I hate them. I love them. I hate them...
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Don't just sit there like a BUMP on a log. :laugh:
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :drinker:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    B anks
    U ses
    M y Fitness
    P al

    (a bit lame, but ok)

    I tried your wind sprints today. I love them. I hate them. I love them. I hate them...

    Lol, you should try the one I do in the gym, in some ways it's worse. Shorter, but 3 minutes at 10 mph on the tred mill is like a tiny piece of torture, feels like 30 minutes instead of 3.
  • plantlady99
    plantlady99 Posts: 1,338 Member
    :flowerforyou:
  • proudmama0118
    proudmama0118 Posts: 433 Member
    bumpity bump :flowerforyou:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    b-u-m-p
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :drinker:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Bo bo bo bo bo bo BUMP BUMP.

    bOOOO bo bo bo bo bo bOOOOOBo BUMP BUMP!

    :huh:
  • zenmama
    zenmama Posts: 1,000
    Doin de' bump.....if you are old enough to remeber that dance LOL :bigsmile:

    dd
  • chiefiron
    chiefiron Posts: 305 Member
    Doin de' bump.....if you are old enough to remeber that dance LOL :bigsmile:

    dd

    Another 70's child gotta love it.

    Oh and at Canandaguia Lake NY (near where i live) its a "Speed Hump" never gets old sorry :laugh:

    BUMP!!!

    Tim
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    :bigsmile:
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