Just Starting and Could Use Support

Hello!
Well done for making a start. I have just joined myself as a friend recommended it to me and if I don't do something soon I will become seriously big. I have a lot to lose too.

I live in Leeds, UK with my family. I work in a school and need to be thinner and fitter to run after the kiddies all day!

Good luck and I hope we are both successful with our weight loss.

:-)

Just a "beginner" myself (OK, so a dozen times over beginner...).

I live in the Orlando, FL area and could use all the support around!! Look forward to getting to know you guys.

Lisa

congrats on this fresh start, we all have to begin somewhere...welcome and feel free to add me...i can relate to stress...haha.
good luck!!!

Everyone and anyone can feel free to add me!

Hi Tally,

This is my first online group also. I have also attempted to lose weight before and it worked! I lost 70 pounds but then I became unmotivated and grew back 20 pounds again. I am 214 pounds right now and hope to become at least 180 pounds. I've gone back to my routine exercises when I lost all my weight before and I made some videos of it too on YouTube if you would like to follow some of them. They are only 25 minute exercises As my username suggests, this is my Fat 2 Fit project, using many online tools to help motivate me. If you would like to visit my YouTube channel and follow my exercises you can do that too (my YouTube channel is www.youtube.com/fat2fitproject. Anyone can add me as friend if they would like. Let's stick together and not give up!

-Anthony

I could use support and motivation as well! I will gladly give the motivation back!!

Welcome to anyone just starting, I've been on MFP for about 10 or so days! Also, a dozen times or so beginner. But hey, it's a fresh start right?! Anyone can feel free to add me!!

Feel free to add me. Starting out stinks. I'm losing weight and I help other people lose weight everyday. Lets all help motivate each other and show off our skinny selves!

Hi, my name is Lynette, and am happy to be here. I have had a lot of trouble jounaling, so hopely this will help. need friends to encourage me along the way.

Thanks,
Lynette:laugh:

Tally, why would you consider surgery in lieu of diet and exercise? How can you not be motivated enough to follow a diet and exercise regimen, but have the strength and discipline required to go through the surgery process? First, all surgeries carry risk. It's major surgery to have your stomach banded or stapled. Second, after surgery isn't exactly a walk in the park either. It will take great discipline on your part to keep up with the numerous supplements you'll be needing and total torture to barely be able to eat more than two bites before filling your stomach. Furthermore, there's no guarantee of long term success. We've seen numerous celebrities (google Carnie Wilson) go the surgery route only to gain their weight back after the initial dramatic weight loss.

What you need is discipline in logging your intake. If you're paying attention to your numbers, you're chances of success are greatly increased. The smart phone app for this site is an invaluable tool for me. I can log on the go, and even look up items before ordering in a restaurant. If you're not big into exercise, simply walk. You said you enjoy shopping. Get up and go to the mall and walk around. You'd be surprised how many calories you'll burn without even realizing you're doing exercise.

Good luck to you. Hopefully this attempt at weight loss is the one that forever changes your life. Stay positive.

There is a lot of support here and a lot of people who need it, myself included so i think i'll share with everyone including TallyF how i'm approaching this.

Firstly, i've recognized that i need to lose weight and i did this by writing down everything that my overweight-ness stops me from doing or enjoying and what i've had to adapt through my weight problems. I did this before i started looking at calories or foods or exercise. I feel this gave me the boost that everyone needs when starting something like this.

Simply ditching one food for another without proper reasoning has never worked for me and would always end as a failure.

So my list consisted of things like, having to pick a t-shirt that covers my stomach, sitting way back and in the middle of the couch as i may damage the arms, bad skins, out of breath, having sore legs, catching myself in the mirror, letter frm the doctor etc etc..

Secondly i'd make a list of the things that i'd be able to do once the weight start falling off. I have a bunch of t-shirts i bought whislt on holiday that are way to small for me so i'm looking forward to wearing them. I play guitar so i'm looking forward to having the guitar closer to me so i can play it better. I ride a motorbike and look huge on it when i see my reflection in car windows.

Then, i used myfitnesspal to simply record what i was eating on a usual day to day basis for 3 or 4 days (before changing diets) just to show myself what needs changed. I was eating around 4000 calories a day and have been for a few years. So, there was the proof right there that i needed to "alter" these eating habits.

So now i'm sticking to under 2000 calories without dieting, i'm simply eating smaller portions and varying my food choice.

I've also found that if i replace my lunch hour, (which is normally eating bad stuff while watching telly) with a 30 minute cycle round town (averaging 10mph - not fast at all) i can get the fresh air, exercise and (if i wanted to) bonus 600 calories approx.

So now that i know i can do this I've set myself targets and goals which are basically using myfitness pal to keep under 2000 calories regardless of what i eat (you'll soon realize that bad foods can be substituted for good foods that actaully fill you up more whilst drastically lowering calorie intake) and keep with my lunch break cycle but eventually add another mile here and there or beat my previous time. I never go over 30 minutes and i think that's achievable by everyone.

I'll no doubt have days where i can't be bothered. Thats human nature. The key is to not fret about it and get back as soon as you can.

Anyways, i have probably gone on long enough! I'd say good luck but it's not luck, it's a "I WILL DO THIS" attitude.

Feel free to add me, i've made my food diary and exercise visible to friends.

Been there done that... oh wait still doing that back today for a fresh start.... again. I maintained over the summer but not much more than that. I love this site.... oh heres one tips I was given if you don't have time to log your meal or whatever the excuse/reason take a picture of what your eating and log it in later. Loved this as somtimes I was not connected to "find" the right food for logging and this helped me remember for later. Sending you a request.

It's okay, I'm new here too! You can add me at anytime! I support you 100%

In the same boat, I'm fairly new here and starting this new "lifestyle" and could also use all the support I can get. Feel free to add me and we can all lose this weight together.