Ready for a healthy change!

Cortann503
Cortann503 Posts: 1
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Ive been cruising this site for a while now but just worked up the courage to actually become part of it! My goals are to honestly get healthy! I have lost weight a number of times infact from the time I turned 16 Ive been on some sort of diet and of course as the story goes I started off at a healthy weight did a fad diet got very small ate normal and ended up heavier then i started, cut my calories more gained more and so on for years! At this point im 30lbs overweight and want to lose 40lbs. I want to do this the healthy way for once and honestly healthy lifestyle! I would love to not have to be stressed about my weight for my whole life. I do know what to do it but its just about keeping my head in the right place and not going for the lose weight as fast as can be option! Always open for advice or helpful hints!

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  • Anita4life
    Anita4life Posts: 36
    Well as we are all trying to figure out what works best for us, my advice is come here and come here often. I lost my way recently because I quit logging and quit checking in with people who were making me accountable for my actions. The community on this site is awesome. So make friends and stick with it. Remember there is no such thing as a "cheat day".
  • firstjog11
    firstjog11 Posts: 58 Member
    I would recommend going to the Scoobysworkshop accurate calorie calculator. Its a free website. It is really accurate. You can tailor your goals there. I love it because I'm short at 5 foot 3, but eat 1750 to 1800 calories a day and am still losing about 2.5 pounds a month. I would rather lose slow and have a lifestyle I can maintain when I'm where I want to be. Good luck with your goals!
  • cmcqb
    cmcqb Posts: 46 Member
    Mind if I join? I am 5 feet 164 lbs, 40 lbs overweight and NEED to lose.I was active in 2010-2011 lost weight then life and death got in the way. Gained it back and more. I am looking to be accountable and am making today the first day of the rest of my life. I am on many meds that interfere in weight loss (steroids, cancer meds, etc) but not making excuses. Just life getting in my way. Now fat is in my way and making me angry so am on a mission to lose this weight. Exercise is difficult when it is cold out (breathing) and the gym is 20 mi away. I live in the country. Hubby got a treadmill for me and it is used as a coat rack as it is upstairs and hard for me to get to. Son-n-law is coming to visit for a week so I am going to ask him to help get it downstairs for me so I see it and use it every day.
    I do not know how to friend people yet so if someone can show me I will add who would like me to.
  • llgoebel
    llgoebel Posts: 1 Member
    I am 51 years old and have battled my weight my entire life. Joined Weight Watchers the very first time in the 8th grade -- and have joined and rejoined many times over in the last 30 years. You name the diet, I have probably tried it. I have lost and gained, lost and gained. Diets made me feel restricted and if I knew I could not have it I wanted it more. I got to the point where I did not want to have to "check in" with anyone anymore! I became accountable to myself. I joined myfitnesspal in January 2013. As of today I have lost 36 lbs. I track everyday and exercise 5-6 times per week - 30 minutes on the elliptical and weights. The weight loss has been slow but steady. I have totally changed not only my lifestyle but my families as well. My 17 year old daughter has lost 22 lbs. just by watching me change my ways of eating and adding in exercise. If there is a food item I really want then I have some of it but add it into my daily calories. However, when you start to lose the weight eating healthy starts to become natural and your cravings for the "bad" stuff really do go away.

    Myfitnesspal is the best thing that has happened to me. Good luck on your weight loss journey -- you can do it!!!
  • cmcqb
    cmcqb Posts: 46 Member
    I am 51 years old and have battled my weight my entire life. Joined Weight Watchers the very first time in the 8th grade -- and have joined and rejoined many times over in the last 30 years. You name the diet, I have probably tried it. I have lost and gained, lost and gained. Diets made me feel restricted and if I knew I could not have it I wanted it more. I got to the point where I did not want to have to "check in" with anyone anymore! I became accountable to myself. I joined myfitnesspal in January 2013. As of today I have lost 36 lbs. I track everyday and exercise 5-6 times per week - 30 minutes on the elliptical and weights. The weight loss has been slow but steady. I have totally changed not only my lifestyle but my families as well. My 17 year old daughter has lost 22 lbs. just by watching me change my ways of eating and adding in exercise. If there is a food item I really want then I have some of it but add it into my daily calories. However, when you start to lose the weight eating healthy starts to become natural and your cravings for the "bad" stuff really do go away.

    Myfitnesspal is the best thing that has happened to me. Good luck on your weight loss journey -- you can do it!!!

    Congratulations!!! To you and your daughter. What an inspirational story and motivation or me and others I am sure. I hope to report the same a year from now.

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