First fitness plan EVER!

kennarmorris
kennarmorris Posts: 1
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi all,

I am a fellow weight loss hopeful! I have believed I have had weight issues my entire life, but looking back at pictures I see I was not really over weight until after my first child. I gained almost 50lbs and never lost it. Three kids later I am still packing on the weight. I have struggled with eating every since I can remember. As time passes I seem to find using the excuse "I am too busy to eat right or exercise!" to come out of my mouth more frequently.
The other day I was sitting on the couch putting on my tennis shoes and had to hold my breath to tie them! I thought "Oh my goodness, I must start dieting!" Since then I have felt terribly guilty stuffing my mouth full of food and sitting on a computer all day. I know I will need support and plenty of encouragement, but I believe this website will help me out considerably! I am excited to see where this leads me!
I would love to hear from those of you who find time to exercise without equipment and with children!

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  • BrenNew
    BrenNew Posts: 3,420 Member
    Hi Kenna, and welcome to THE best site on the web! :flowerforyou:
    Between the easy to use food counter (which by the way is SUCH an eye opener!) and all the wonderfully supportive members, you WILL be able to lose the weight that you want to, AND, it'll "almost" be easy doing it! :wink:
    I recommend logging ALL your foods BEFORE you have them, rather than later, as it tends to lead to better food choices. (not to mention you'll know if you've got enough numbers left to have a night time snack, like I ALWAYS try to do!) Some people also like to weigh and measure some things, such as meats, rather than just estimating and possibly being WAY off! :noway:
    Don't go making the mistake that if you have LOTS of numbers left at the end of the day that you'll lose even faster, because that DOESN'T happen. Feel free to read any info about the site in the "help" section at the top of the home page. And also under "Community", then "Weight Loss and Healthy Living", then "general diet and weight loss help", and then check out the first few threads. They'll REALLY help you understand how MFP works. :smile:
    Before coming here, I had tried just about EVERYTHING out there, including hypnosis, TWICE, and nothing really worked until MFP! :love:
    Just the word "diet" would make me cringe and set me up for failure. :grumble: It meant depriving myself of all the "good stuff" out there, and as a result, I'd only last just so long, (maybe a few weeks if I was lucky!) and then I'd "cave" and go right back to eating all those "goodies" again! :embarrassed: :cry: But, MFP ISN'T a "diet". :noway: It's a "lifestyle change". :smile: (When I first read that, I said "Ya, SURE it is!", thinking that it WAS just another diet. :grumble: But, it wasn't! :noway:)
    The main reason that I've managed to lose most of the weight that I wanted to is because I HAVE been able to eat "real/good" foods. :bigsmile: (Not Slim Fast or any other easy, quick, fad "wacko" diets!:noway: ) Through MFP I learned that I just needed to "work for it", through exercise, and watching my numbers (MOST of the time! :wink: ) As long as I do that, I CAN occasionally have stuff like Chinese food, a double cheeseburger, pizza, and even homemade ice-cream! :love:
    As far as exercise goes, it doesn't always have to be awful. :noway: For my exercise, I walk almost every day, (weather permitting!:wink: ) I also dance to a fast oldies CD that my husband made up of all my favorite old songs. (Like "Love Shack", Wild, Wild West", "Mony, Mony", "Footloose", and "Gloria") :love: :happy:
    It's free, (unlike a gym!:grumble: ) fun, :smile: and I can even watch tv at the same time, so I never get bored! :happy:
    I also have Wii Fit, and jog to that, which is a lot of fun, and easy too! :smile:
    So, to make a LONG story short, make good food choices, eat in moderation, get some exercise, and you WILL lose the weight that you want to! :smile:
    MFP REALLY, REALLY, DOES work! :love: :happy: Give it a chance, and it WILL work for you too! :smile:

    A site that will help you figure out the numbers in homemade recipes.
    http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php

    A few sites that calculates how many calories burned for tons of different activities.
    http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php

    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
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