Need a support network

Congrats on the new job!! There are lots of amazing people on here that would love to help keep you accountable and encourage you! I'll add ya!

I am pretty much in the same situation. Everything is going pretty well for me. I am doing well in school and will be graduating in 2 years with a degree in Early Childhood Education and English (hopefully and i hope i pass all my MTELS) and I have a great boyfriend who is skinny, eats what ever he wants, and does not have an ounce of fat and does not gain weight. And I am always telling myself I am going to start tomorrow and then I am tempted by everything that is in my house. My parents are always buying sugary food and drinks because my brother can eat all of that because he is skinny and has no fat. I think I need the motivation just like you.

Hi. Congrats on the new job! I just started on as well and am having trouble eating healthy on the job. My boyfriend is also in great shape and I often feel bad about myself for not being in great shape, and have some confidence issues that go along with that. I am going to add you as a friend and hopefully we can support each other

Hi! You (or anyone else) can add me... I've lost about 1/3 of my excess weight, so I believe I can offer support, but I still need some myself. You mentioned your bf is skinny - how's his eating habits? If he eats/exercises in moderation, I'd try to adopt some of his habits to help yourself. However, if he's one of those ppl that can eat as they please and never gain an ounce, that won't work too well! lol

I've noticed you mentioned you've tried "on and off." First of all - you can't do that (if you're serious about this). To lose weight, it's seldom beneficial to diet. You have to change your lifestyle, which demands 100% commitment! It gets easier as time goes on, but you have to be consistent in the beginning!

I always found it difficult to lose weight...I've been gaining for about 10 yrs (a total of 90-100 lbs)!! I've never lost anything but the typical 5 lbs here and there (water weight). However, something suddenly changed in me...and I've lost 35 lbs within 3 months!!

Some small 'lifestyle' changes I've implemented...nothing drastic:

Eat breakfast everyday
Drink 10-11 glasses water daily
Avoid mindlessly eating between meals
Stop eating at meals when I 'FEEL' full
Walk a few miles a week

Losing weight is an easy concept, yet can seem so difficult to accomplish! Most of the battle is overcoming your mentality!
Good luck! You can do it!!! :-)

Hey all,

I am new here and would love to have support and suggestion. I started the herabalife shake program 2 days ago and its to early for me to really say how things are going. My problem is that my profile has me at 1310 calories but Im not eating enough like I thought with my meals so at the end of the day I'm short of 500 calories because of my exercise. Does anyone have any suggestions? Please add me as as friend for recipes and suggestions.

Thanks
Tracy

Good to hear you're getting back on the bandwagon. I'm in a similar situation myself. Lost a bunch of weight, let myself go, now trying to get started.

I'm new to myfitnesspal, but I like what I see so far.

One question: I'd like my IRL friends to see my progress, but I know they don't want to sign up on the web site. Is there some way to make my progress view-able to others? I know I could do it via my blog, but I was hoping for something more structured than that.