Hello... new to myfitness pal

Welcome! and good luck on your journey! Dont give up

It is all about choices, choice of wanting to lose weight and then every bite you put after that is a choice, learn to make better choices and you can eat more and lose weight.

Today I have /and wil eat(en):
Breakfast: oatmeal and a banana with a touch of brown sugar, shake of cinnamon and a quarter cup 2% milk = 303 calories
Lunch: 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced, 1/2 orange sweet pepper, 1 whole tomatoe, 1/2 cup refried beans with 1 TBLS shredded cheese and .8 ounce tortialla strips = 345 calories
For Dinner: Mediterranean chicken stew, Everyday Food Magazine 1.75 cups with 1/2 cup parmesean polenta = 469 calories
Snacks: baked chips, 1 cup grapes and 2 clementines = approximately 315 calories
This puts me at about 1433 cals, my daily goal is 1410 and I got to eat a lot, maybe not perfect but also fairly balanced.

I will do some exercise today, walking, yoga and/or roller skating so I could eat even more. Add to this some tea and 8-12 8 ounce glasses of water.

Find some friends, cruise healthy recipe websites and plan, for me that is huge having on hand loads of food choices so I can make meals and better choices throughout the day. For me my biggest factor to weight gain is portions, all the above I might have eaten 6 months ago the difference is I would eat 2-5 x (or more of everything). I measure and weigh everything that goes in my mouth, maybe not as much on veggies but it is hard to overeat strictly on veggies.

Good luck, it can be hard but as you said you are tired that is hard too.

Isn't it amazing how many calories we mindlessly consume? You could have had a bowl of cereal, a banana, milk and almond slivers and Trop 50 orange juice with calcium and vitamin D for under 400 calories! A much better(if not perfect) start to your day. I believe it is better to make small changes at first. Look at other members food diaries to see how they get the most VOLUME out of their calories for the day.Start with a quick 10 minute walk and then build on that each week as you get stronger. Read the posts, blogs and forums for information.(Ignore the useless comments and haters here). Good Luck and God Bless!

I love the open food diary thing, it's awesome you can see what is working for some and get other meal ideas. Mine is open your always welcome to check out what I'm eating!

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