I NEED SOME HELP HERE

I'm new too and quite lazy but I am in love with MFP. First - I log....it is addicting. I love it. It has opened my eyes to what I have been eating. I also read diarys all the time - to get ideas on meals, snacks, etc. because I did not know HOW to eat healthy. I still slip up or give in (chocolate) or make a bad choice such as at the ballpark...can you say chili fries but I immediately get back on track. I am also walking and bought a gazelle to try and exercise. My faults right now are still not enough exercise or water but I will get there and that is the key. I just had to get started. Feel free to add me if you want to work at this together.

This reminds of something I've heard: Change comes when the pain of staying the same becomes worse than the pain of changing. No one can motivate you, really. We can cheer you on as you do it, but motivation, or determination can only come from within.

I'm 54 and have health issues. I need to lose over 100 pounds. If I didn't have some great friends motivating me by exercizing all the time I would probably not exercize as much as I do but they inspire me! I started at .5 mph for 30 minutes. I'm up to 2mph for 30 minutes now. I may have to start at .5 mph but then I move up to 2mph when I'm ready for that 30 minutes. You can do it! I was up to 228.8 but left the weight from when I first logged in in July so it doesn't show that I've lost 9.6 pounds but I have! We can all do this together! Feel free to add me.

I was exactly there a couple of months ago - for me it took learninig someone close in my family had terminal cancer at 49...lung cancer I didnt even think that was possible that young. At that point I knew I had to do something because it saddened me she whould not be here to watch her daughter get married or have kids....and then it hit I was making choices that were risking me not being able to be here form my son, and share in those moments with him. Signed up for the gym the next day. I joined the Y - which offers free child care and I pick him up after I get off of work, and take him with me. He enjoys what he refers to as play class and mommy gets a kick *kitten* workout in (literally taking kickboxing classes). Started counting calories, and quit smoking....and could not hve been more please with how I feel today. While the # doesn't always move like I want, the inchs seem to be melting off Just got into my preppregnancey pants today - only took me 5 years, to make this changes, and some hard life lessons but ....I DID IT....you can too!

I am determined and commited to make these life style changes, and seeing the woman I once was looking back at me in the mirror. I will send you a friend request - we can support each other in this journey if you would like!

Hey Amber,
My name is Christina, im 22 and i need to lose another 92lbs to be at my goal (healthy weight). I know how you feel.. i am a nurse, so im usually always the biggest girl in scrubs, I feel disgusting about myself, and i have no idea how i let myself get this way.
I am always looking for more friends to help motivate and vice versa, so if your so inclined to add me then please do.
The best suggestion I can give is find out your daily calorie goal through MFP, and stick to it. start with cardio at least 30min a day or as much as you can do. Try to eat as healthy as possible (and yes, i know this is hard when your not the only one living in your house and you have cravings like a mofo.. but try).. and biggest tip of all.. dont deprive yourself. If your craving something then have a small taste. If you are too strict your more likely to give up and start binging.
Just know that your not the only one that feels the way that you do, and there are tons of us here who are willing to help.

Hi Amber, my name is Jesse and I am 26. It sounds like you have the right attitude to accomplish all that you want to, just need a little push. I'm not exactly new to MFP, but haven't acquired too many friends so far. Feel free to add me and together with a lot of mutual support and motivation we can both be losers!!! Good luck, you can do it girl!!

I too just joined and have more thoughts about motivation than actual action! Please feel free to add me as a friend as we can all support each other!
Laura

So, people come to you, maybe feeling not so good, and you do their hair and they go out feeling top-of-the-world , like a film star. So now it is time to have someone do the same for you.

On the positives, you are very honest - been there, done that: got the t-shirt that says "When I've just do this "essential" bit of (whatever) I'll go to the gym - if there is still enough time to do a 'proper' work-out. Oh dear!" (It is a big t-shirt, obviously)

If anyone tells you they never do this then either they are a scoundrel, in denial, a paragon of virtue or, maybe, one of those who post photos of their navel in here (but never their faces, which I find just a bit odd).

It is hard. but it does actually get easier. I thought people would laugh when a tub-of-lard like me turned up at the gym - but they didn't, and I found that what I lacked in speed I made up in stamina AND I COULD DO IT!

AND people noticed when l started make less of "a presence"

I have a long way to go yet but those endorphins beat any amount of pills. Go give 'em hell but don't expect too much of yourself at the start - you'll build up the routines (or get bored out of your skull with the same old thing over and over)

Good luck and best wishes

Hey, I have struggled with my weight for 18 years now. My doctor put me on a diet at 13 because I had high blood pressure and I have been up and down on the scale ever since. I have gained and lost 70 pounds twice. I put on 50 in the last two years and was back above 200 pounds for the first time in almost ten years. I don't have children so I can just imagine how hard it can be to find the time but I do have 3 jobs and am taking courses through correspondance. I finally realised that health and fitness have to be a priority just like anything else that is important in my life. Like some have said here you don't have to go crazzy you just have to make small changes that add up in the end. Find an activity you love to do and schedule it into your day. One of the things that helps me here is that I put my workouts into MFP when I wake up and then I feel I have to stick to it because it is already on here. I do the same thing for the food diary. If I already know what I'm going to eat I punch it all in in the morning and then I feel obligated to stick to that menu. It really works for me. I would love for you to add me as a friend so I can help you on this journey. Just know you r worth it and nothing feels better than attaining your goals. When you can fit in regular store sizes, when you have the energy to take on anything, when you smile at your reflection, when youy can keep up to the kids. These are all worth it. It is never easy and it always takes time but it does happen if you stick to it.