Help! I'm new

You're making this more complicated that it is. Take a deep breath.

Yeah, working out is going to be difficult at first, but take pride in knowing that you're doing something. It won't always be that hard. And why clean eating? Don't eat any way that you don't want to for the rest of your life. That only sets yourself up for failure. I suggest eating like you normally do, logging everything no matter what, and then decide which areas you need to cut back on or adjust.

Meeting the calorie goal is enough of a challenge right out of the gate. Focus on meeting that number first.

I couldn't say it better myself

You wanting to do better for yourself is a huge first step. Build on that little by little. You'll notice pretty quickly how much those 'little' things matter and they're not as small as you think. Feel free to add me

You'll feel a big difference in a month.
You'll feel a huge difference in 6 months.
You'll feel like a whole new person in a year.

One day at a time. You're on the right track. Feel good about that.

I WANT to eat clean. Cutting out all the "crap" food wasn't hard. I guess I just needed some reassurance. My problem I think is I follow a lot of the fitness pages on Instagram and see these girls who have made AMAZING transformations and in my mind it happened in like a month lol when really I know it takes time.

I want to eat clean too - but it is too much work for me. I always like to think of the 80/20 rule. If you're eating clean (or whatever your definition of "healthy" is) 80% of the time - don't sweat the other 20%.

I get tired just watching the infomercial for Insanity! Just keep at it and you'll get better and better.

Don't be so hard on yourself - you're right - those girls on instagram or whatever didn't get there overnight. And probably a lot are photoshoppped and don't have 2 kids and a life outside of fitness....

You are doing an amazing job - just by getting off the couch and moving you have made a huge difference in your life. Insanity is incredibly difficult - so don't beat yourself up. Most people can only do 10 minutes for the first week or so - so even if you are taking breaks and finishing the workout you are doing way more than many. As for nutrition - I feel like this is different for everyone. I know so many who are successful with "moderation" eating (weightwatchers). I, personally, cannot moderate. Its all or nothing, so I had to find what worked for me. I try and focus on eating 80% vegetables, some healthy fats like avocado and using olive oils. My protein consists of fish and chicken. I don't eat much fruit because its just too sweet for me. This is working well for me - and I feel fantastic. It really does take time to sort it all out - but try not to let it overwhelm you. You CAN do this!

Welcome! Good luck with your weight loss. I don't know much about the Insanity workout. I am assuming it's all out and hard. When I started my weight loss in July I started out slow by just walking and working my way up to working harder. For me I wanted to start out slow and have a little fun. In between walking I golfed some. carrying my clubs burned a good number of calories and made it fun too. As far as my diet, just started out making different choices. When I started we were actually on vacation and I started to drop pounds by when going out getting fish and veggies a few times. On vacation we did a number of ball games and I still had my hotdogs and nachos but other meals I ate healthier. Amazingly I dropped 15 lbs in 3 weeks of vacation by just making a few different choices. After vacation I started tracking on MFP and really paying more attention to what I was spending my daily calories on. I think it's enough to limit calories and limit "junk food." Anyways if you want some friends on here feel free to ADD me if you like. :bigsmile: