new to mfp and could use some friends and motivation

rcoleman792
rcoleman792 Posts: 3
edited October 24 in Introduce Yourself
Hi I'm really new to this, but I'm trying to get serious about changing my lifestyle and losing weight. I'm twenty years old, 415 pounds and ready to begin a weight loss journey. I really could use some friends and motivation though because I don't know what it really takes to stay with this long term as I've always done really strict short term diets. I hope there are some of you out there who are in or know what it's like to be in this position of having to lose so much weight... it can be alienating and very intimidating. Any tips, help, support, or motivation would mean the world to me :)

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  • jfthomas76
    jfthomas76 Posts: 34 Member
    Welcome - feel free to add me
  • wmoomoo
    wmoomoo Posts: 159 Member
    Added you. :)
  • Phoenixchichima
    Phoenixchichima Posts: 416
    anyone can add me. its one day at a atime for all of us, and sometimes 1 hr. but every good choice is a victory :) welcome aboard. remember. you dont have to do everythign TODAY! you just have to make today better than yesterday
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Welcome! Feel free to add me!
  • baja572
    baja572 Posts: 94
    feel free to add me...you can do this! one small step at a time
  • LadyBeryl
    LadyBeryl Posts: 344 Member
    Feel free to add me if you leave your diary open to your friends here. I'm not very chatting but I do share my diary so friend up with others who do.
  • m8605
    m8605 Posts: 102
    Whats up mate :) Free free to add me. This is just me but tracking everything I do helps. From a 267 down from 272 guy at 26 years old, I get to keep the diet I have and I'm a very picky eater (just had my first salad this week). While my personal best in exercise is walking 3 miles in an hour, I've recently started breaking out my exercise into short workouts doing say 15 minutes every two hours or something like that, enough times that I do at least a mile or two via treadmill and walking around the neighborhood with the dogs. I should mention I already basically eat 1600 a day with a bank of 2500 give or take. I'm also going to start taking pics once a day so I can make everyone go wow :P


    Just some thoughts from one big guy to another and welcome

    Edit: Oh another thing I do is buy snacks in package form. For example 100 calorie pringles or 100 calorie cashew mix. I know that if I don't do this I'll eat most or the entire can throughout the day.
  • KrD265
    KrD265 Posts: 22
    Feel free to add me, any of you. I log everyday and am active most days.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    forget friends and motivation, you gotta get in the right mindset first- you gotta teach yourself to be self-motivated, self disciplined and determined to finish this time.
  • shellz1009
    shellz1009 Posts: 9 Member
    Feel free to add me
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