I'm fat - I need to change

Hi well done on making the decision to change, it's really hard but you have made your first step. Give it your best and you will suceed. Check out fat 2 fit radio it's a great podcast with loads of really good advice.

Good luck you can do it

This is definitely a fun website. Great for planning ahead on what to eat. Good luck to you! You will find lots of encouragement here!

Hello, everyone! I've always been fat and now, at 41, I want to change. I went to the doctor this past Tuesday and I weigh 291lbs. I figured the first step to change is to write down everything I eat so I found this place.....

I hope I can get motivated to lose.....

You've come to the right place, everyone here is really positive and helpful, good luck :O)

Good luck! There are lots of great people here to help you thru the bad times, including myself. Weight loss, I have found, is easier when you have a good support system.

You will do great, just take it day by day.

Well it is over whelming to try to lose weight but take it one step at a time and you'll feel better and look at yourself differently over a period of time. :glasses:

Dude, you sound just like me about 14 months ago. I weighed 270 lbs - and I'm 5'8" tall, so that's a lot. Like you I decided to get a handle on it, so I googled "Free calorie diary" or something and here I am.

So welcome aboard, this is easy. Here's all you gotta do:

Cook smart, lotsa good filling stuff. Some fruits, lotsa veggies, some grains-cereals, some starchy stuff, some lean meat. Almost nothing fried (and certainly nothing batter dipped & deep fried), and very very little pastry/cakey stuff.

Count your calories accurately with the food guide here, and stay as close to your calorie allowance as you reasonably can. If you cook properly you shouldn't be too uncomfortable on the calorie allowance MFP will give you.

Get some exercise - work that gym, walk a little every day, something - that's a huge help. Remember to log your exercise and eat at least some (I eat most) of your exercise calories. Exercise is a self-feeding phenomenon. If you push yourself to do just a little today (it's supposed to be hard,,, it's exercise ) then you'll feel better about it and it'll be easier to do it again tomorrow. Then in a week you'll be able to do more, and it'll start to get fun. In a year you might be running 10k's,,, it's up to you.

And drink your water.

"Do - or do not. There is no 'try"
Yoda.

I'm fat, too. Welcome to Fatville - population, us.

Good Luck Chicago. This is an fantastic site. Lots of Encouragment and Motivation. Just look fowrd to your journey.

Hi Chicago!
I went to the doctor on Wednesday, and was told to keep a food journal. I was visiting the doctor to get a true weight/height measurement. I had hopes to be a canidate for Lap-Band surgery. I need to gain at least 7lbs to qualify for surgery. My doctor didn't recommend it, but instead told me to track every bite going into my mouth. I have to admit, I HATE tracking food. But I found this site yesterday, and it's already making it easier. I hope to find the support I need to do this on my own. No Bands, No Cuts, No crazy liquid diets! I hope we both find sucess here.:flowerforyou:

good luck men you can do it, just start walking, leave the car a houndred yards from you`re work that will make you walk.

Ha! I love the Yoda quote!

This one?

"Do - or do not. There is no 'try"

Yep. As soon as you say you will try, you are allowing for the possibility of failure. Nobody says "I will try to drink this beer". Why not? 'cause it'd be silly, that's why. There's no question of can you or can't you,,, you know you can, and you will. "I will drink this beer". (And I will, just watch me! :drinker: ).

Same way with controlling your food intake, your exercise level, and your weight. We aren't children, idiots or fools. Nobody wrestles us down and stuff hoho's in our mouths. We are in control of what we do. We can choose to do what we need to do to accomplish the goal, or we can choose to do something else. Do, or do not. There is no "try".