What Positive Changes Have You Made Since Joining MFP

I definitely started eating healthier. It's so much easier to do when I actually can see everything I eat. It makes me want to eat better and not be embarrassed when other people see my poor food choices.

I also started exercising. Before i would try to take a walk out something but now I'm actually going to the gym again and running!

I also want to say I feel do much meter than I ever have before, I feel confident, strong, and look forward to things through out my day. My clinical depression is completely gone!

Let's see...for me it was the "aww-ha" moment when I realized that "weight loss" is not as hard as I had made it all these years for myself. ALL the excuses and lies that I told myself and others was the down fall of my health and weight issues. I made it difficult! I realized that it was like a bad marriage. I snuck food into my mouth...ate secret meals, planned extravigant dinner partys in order to not eat alone. I was a cheater to myself! I could talk myself out of exercising and could put off until tomorrow as easy as I could put on pounds. I had horrible habits where food is concerned.
**light-bulb***
Now,it is no longer hard to loose weight. I just had to change the "gears between the ears", research, lots of books on cooking, dieting, exercise, health, and then making the commitment to get healthy and fit. I NOW hate excuses: (the blame game)using ex-husbands, work stresses, our children, finances, parents, in-laws, out-laws, "it's too hot", it's to cold", peer pressure, schedules, surgeries, illnesses, time-changes...full moons, etc..."ya-da, ya-da, ya-da"...as to why I couldn't loose weight!
**then 2 bulbs burned"
Weight loss is coming to grips with the fact that it will NOT... (repeat)...."WILL NOT"....happen over night! I don't have the urge to quit or throw in the towel anymore...because I have come to terms with what "long-haul" really means. [Vow:until death do us part....me & fat!] So everyday I will get out of bed and say, "Good Morning Self . I U...wanna go kick fat's *kitten* today?" So, the end of this love story is that I bought myself a piece of jewelry, after loosing 20 pounds, to symbolize my commitment and love to myself. Many men, whom I have loved and dedicated years to...( and delivered wonderful bundles of joy for)... have cheated on me. Probably had nothing to do with looks, size, love, or any other negative thoughts I could dream up. So, here became the true challenge: could I be faithful to myself? If I can't be true to myself and love who I am in the mirror...then, why blame someone else for not doing the same? I was not better than the next to be judging and blaming.

I am happy now and I feel good! Better than good...and that feeling tastes better than chocolate cake with soft serve on top!
In short: My main change that I have made was from WITHIN! The OUTSIDE will come with time. (29#'s lost / 21#'s to go)
Thanks MFP for getting me healthy again and to "track my day 197" for for being one of my favorite MFP friends! Amazing how helpful it is for a bunch of endorfin, estrogen filled, gravity defying gals can be to one another through sharing!
Good Night All!
~Robin

I don't eat out as much because it's easier to control my calorie intake and limit the amount of sodium I receive daily. I now cook more at home and am saving money! I used to go out to eat twice a day 6 times a week. Thanks MFP!

So many great changes:
1. Have stopped falling off the wagon because I have learned that losing weight is about calorie deficit, not "low carb" or "low fat" or "clean" etc. When I simplified my diet to include food I love, I was able to stick with it and can envision myself sticking with it forever.
2. Now I plan my meals and exercise the day or even the week before, so that I always have the right food in the house and enough exercise scheduled to meet my goals.
3. I am excited about the process of getting healthier and no longer as impatient to get to the destination.

Well of course the obvious changes in (mostly) healthier foods, and being a lot more active has made me more motivated to get healthy in general & other areas in my life! I have started taking vitamins / supplements regularly as well which I feel is very important! I am getting into more of a routine because of the fitness and food - when I am controlling that, I feel like more things in life fall into place for some reason! Also, I feel like I have less cravings, part of that is willpower & part is the habit/routine of using MFP to make these changes!!

I stopped punching babies.

I make rational food decisions now, rather than emotional ones. I also drink more ice water and I swim daily. It's encouraging to be here every day.

more exercise, strength training.. making better choices, tracking my calories and macros. I bought a food scale for better logging now I'm planning ahead and sticking to them!

Eating healthier