Hello I am new and in need of some support. :)

I'm pretty new on MFP and looking to meet new friends on here. I find it motivating! I'm also a mom and trying to lose the weight from having my daughter. Add me if u like

Hi i am new to MFP to and would love to have extra support from diet friends................I also want to look good naked! Actually i want to look HOT! Feel freeto add me as a friend x

Hi I am new to the site and I have struggled motivating myself to get back into shape after many years of a sedentary lifestyle. I could use all the help I can get.

Hi - not stupid at all :-P I sent you a Friend Request and we can do this together!

Congrats on your new baby :happy:

Anyone on the feed can add me if they are looking for support!

My goal is to not look 6 month pregnant. I am about 1/2 way there.

Nature does that to us. It stores fat in the butt for nursing. Cutting calories of junk is a start but don't go too low or you'll go in starvation mode and your body will hold on to anything. Eat Lots Of Veggys and you'll always be full and usually on or under your calorie quota. Exercise regularly every day. Start lifting weights. Muscle burns fat. The more muscle you have the more you burn. You will not turn into Arnold S. unless you start taking testosterone so don't worry. You will look buff and healthy and burn fat. Do this 2-3 times a week. Stretch after any workout. You can use your child as your 'weight' depending on her/his weight. There are many books on postpartum exercise with children. You can get them at the library. There's no excuse not to exercise. You can use stretch tubes available at most department stores like Walmart or Target. I was a fitness coach for many years so I know about these things. I taught classes on fitness. You CAN do this! I wish I had. I waited till I was 50 to get back in shape, much harder. I am 59 and still struggling but not quitting! This website is really helping and making me aware of how much I unknowingly or thoughtlessly consumed. I worked out 8+times a week. But I ate more than I took in. Do the math. Ya gotta burn more than you eat or not consume it in the first place. I'm as healthy as I've ever been so once I lose some more weight I'll be even healthier and my knees will love me again.

Also think about this:

When you start to think that it's just too hard to keep going, and it's soooo easy for other people to lose weight, remember this. The grass is NOT greener on the other side of the fence, it's greener where it's watered! So don't give up on yourself, Keep 'watering your own grass' and it WILL grow (and you will shrink!). Focus on yourself, not someone else. They may be luckier than you or they may work harder than you. This is YOUR journey, not their's. Do you best and don't give up.

Find something you really like doing and doing it with someone if possible to make yourselves accountable to each other. If you have to show up to meet someone to work out you're more likely to do it. It walking on a treadmill doesn't trip your trigger, find something else like bike riding. And remember to lift weights. Muscle burns fat. The more muscle you have the more fat you burn and you'll look and feel better too. You CAN do this!

Remember this:

When you start to think that it's just too hard to keep going, and it's soooo easy for other people to lose weight, remember this. The grass is NOT greener on the other side of the fence, it's greener where it's watered! So don't give up on yourself, Keep 'watering your own grass' and it WILL grow (and you will shrink!). Focus on yourself, not someone else. They may be luckier than you or they may work harder than you. This is YOUR journey, not their's. Do you best and don't give up.

I am new at this and just looking for some support. I have struggled with being overweight all my life and i definitely want to change that. So send me a friend request.