hi, i'm mammaminor :)

mammaminor
mammaminor Posts: 31
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My name is Abbey and I'm 21 years old. I had a baby last February, and over the course of the past year, I've seen enough strokes, heart attacks, and diabetes in my family to snap me into reality: I need to lose weight and be healthy, not only for myself, but as an example for my son, Finn.
I've tried time and time again to lose weight and it always works at first, until I start pushing myself to eat less and less until finally I'm hungry all day long and end up bingeing on something terrible. Then, I give up.
So I'm trying to lower my expectations (I'm not going to drop 50 pounds in 6 months.) and increasing my activity. I'm focusing MORE on exercise and less on food, because I don't want to end up depriving myself instead of exercising which I always end up doing. :|
Anyways, hi! It would be greatly appreciated if someone could point me in the direction of a group for busy moms or a good place to find a beginner's workout plan. :D

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  • mammaminor
    mammaminor Posts: 31
    also, where do i get one of those nifty counters for my signature?!
  • Shuuma
    Shuuma Posts: 465 Member
    Welcome, Abbey! I've been heavy my entire adult life and I just decided no more. Just logging my food religiously has helped immensely! Exercising has given me a huge boost in confidence, strength, and energy.

    You can do this!

    At the top of this page is >Home >Recent Posts >My Topics >Settings >Search. Just go to Settings and select the checkbox to show your ticker.

    Happy New Year!
  • mammaminor
    mammaminor Posts: 31
    Awesome! Thanks for the encouragement :D I just did my first workout, and I'm trying to get the hang of tracking my food. Here we go! Nothing to lose, right? :)
  • Shuuma
    Shuuma Posts: 465 Member
    Awesome! Thanks for the encouragement :D I just did my first workout, and I'm trying to get the hang of tracking my food. Here we go! Nothing to lose, right? :)

    Only that unwanted weight!
    A couple more tips I found to help me a lot:
    Get a digital food scale and weigh everything. You wouldn't believe how portion sizes are completely crazy huge or ridiculously small (depending on what you're eating!).

    Then, get a heart rate monitor and wear it when you exercise. This will show how many calories you're actually burning.

    Log everything. Everything. Be honest and aim for your macros.

    Eat enough. MFP will tell you that you should eat 1,200 calories a day. Add in your exercise and keep eating until you NET 1,200 calories a day. The rest is fuel to replenish your workout calories so your body eats your fat and not your muscles you just worked on strengthening.

    Drink a lot of water. LOTS. All the time. Water helps nourish muscles, skin, and keeps your body from retaining water because it feels thirsty.

    Take before and during pictures. The before picture was horrendous, but I look at it every time I feel lazy and it gets me moving. Seeing my progress in pictures helps me see that my hard work is really working.

    Measure now and measure once a week. Sometimes, the scale doesn't budge, but our clothes start fitting differently. As long as I'm losing inches, I don't fret about the scale!

    Lastly-you can do this. You want it and you can get it!

    Much luck!
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    Hi! I'm 28 and currently pregnant :) I absolutely love food, so I'm with you on the exercise more to eat more. I've found that logging exactly what you eat really helps to cut out the empty calories though (or at least reduce them so instead of eating 5 cookies you'll only eat 1 or 2 and feel satisfied and not beat yourself up over it because you fit it in your goal). Feel free to add me :)

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