First post, First week

This site is AWESOME and convenient. Seriously if you use all of the tools offered here you cannot go wrong. Good luck on your journey:drinker:

End of wk 1. Decided after exactly 50 lb wt gain in the 4 yrs since I quit smoking(in addition to Type 2 diabetes and high BP)-to simply start eating healthier-no crazy diets- and add some excercise. No soda, fast food and the like. I really like the convenience of the food and excercise database:)


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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!
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 so long, maybe a few weeks, and then I'd "cave" and go right back to eating all those "goodies" again! :embarassed: 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 that I HAVE been able to eat "real" food. :bigsmile: (Not Slim Fast or other easy, quick, fad "wacko" diets!) Through MFP I learned that I just needed to "work for it", through exercise, and watching my numbers (MOST of the time.)
Also, drink LOTS of water, it REALLY DOES help! :drinker:
As far as exercise goes, it doesn't always have to be awful. 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")
It's free, (unlike a gym!) 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!

I've been curious about the p90x - you'll have to let us know how it goes. looks like an *kitten*-kicker!