sent a friend request:)

I also felt that I'd never manage meal replacements or vlc (never done more than a few days of either in the past) and didn't think I'd keep up with the cal counting - but mfp has made it pretty easy (even easier if you have a smart phone and can always input food on the spot - unlike me!). I've been here 7 months now, and have only missed logging food when I can't access the internet. I have got much fitter and healthier, learned a lot, and found some really supportive friends. Still got a long way to go, but I believe I can do it now:)

Hi there

I am 5.4 and was 17 st at the age of 20. By 25 i had lost 7 stones and I have been keeping most of it off for the last 17/18 years the last few years it has gotten harder and then I since I quit smoking on January.... well I can do with some support too :-)

Hi! I need to lose a lot of weight too! 70lbs :blushing: I'm starting off with a goal of 1 pound and a half per week and will review it as and when. I've joined weight clubs before but find I just stop going to meetings. I really want to get healthy as my family has a history of heart disease and everything that goes with it. I have two young children and my biggest fear is leaving them motherless from something I could prevent by getting fit. My sister has an underactive thyroid and she has lost 40lbs so far with MFP- she found everything else so hard!. She has an iphone so the app is really handy.
I'm also going to plan my food out a few days ahead using the tracker (if I can) so I know what foods to buy and prepare.
Good luck everyone :bigsmile:

Hiya,

i am at the end of a journey which started off much like what you describe up there with the same age and same weight - i had never run a mile in my life - anything that meant getting out of breath was considered not important and too hard, i was unfit and overwieght and as such i considered myself not able to excersize.


this is how i kept to it:-
"you are not on a diet, you have changed your diet" - if you are on a diet a diet can be broken

if you intend on excersising in a gym people will call you a "Gym freak" - "nope, you just want to be healthy"

people will ask "how much weight have you lost?" say "i dont really count, i try to be fit and any related weight loss is a bonus"

what you are aiming for is a lifestyle change, you must want this change and it must be IMPORTANT to you. - it is worth it beleive me, its almost like a re-birth.

i will give you a heads up on how much easier it is just to walk around, up stairs etc when you have reached your target... i liken it to carrying two bags of cement around all day, everyday.... HARD WORK, i woulndt do it, would you?

at the end of your transition the smiles you get when you see photographs of yourself in nice clothes - hardly believing it is you is worth every ouch of sweat, every pain, every tear.

i hope i dont sound condesending but you must REALLY want this, positivity is the key, the only person stopping you is yourself - the sky is the limit.

Hello, Newbie here

I'm 44, 5ft 6 and when I started on Sunday, weighed in a just under 17stone.....so firstly, you're not alone!!

I lost around 4.5 stone 18 months ago thru Dukan (v low carbs) and was getting my head around to going back to Dukan when a friend of mine on Facebook mentioned MFP.... I guess my perception of super low carbs is that without doubt, the weight drops off like a stone, but WOW! it comes back quickly too!

Ive gained around 3.5 stone since Christmas!! - Keep blaming my Mum who died in Feb, but there's a limit to how much comfort eating one girlie can do....

So here I am - finding LOADS of inspiration - Looking at your Ticker - looks like you've had great success.

Would love some new friends, so feel free to add me

Gerryx

Really enjoyed reading this post and will definately be referencing it when i have those down days, thank's for sharing the positivity on here and congratulations on your results