What brought you to MFP?

What brought me to MFP is that I want to lose some wt I already have my family and hubby is in Afghanistan right now so I want to feel great when he comes home and be a new healthier woman. I love myself but at time I look in the mirror and now my body can look a little better and be healthier. Before I moved here I went to the gym all the time and did lose about 20lbs but with the move and stuff I lost my motivation. I found this place and am lovin it, the countin of the calories and stuff like that and the friendly people with encouragin words!!

On a trip to LV in the early 90's, I had no problem fitting into the airline seat. On a flight to Hawaii 2 years ago, that wasn't the case.
I have tried Nutrisystem & found their food horrible. Yes, I lost weight but only because I couldn't choke down their food.
I used to watch the Biggest Loser while sitting in my recliner, scooping ice cream into my mouth from the half gallon that was sitting in my lap. Now I watch it for motivation & pretend the Jillian is yelling at me to get off my butt.
I'm here for you when you need to vent, need a pat on the back or have some good news to report on your weight loss journey. We didn't put this weight on overnight & it will not come off overnight either.
So one day at a time, one pound at a time.
There is a member on here who goes by the name The Phat Man. He weighs himself once a month so he isn't disappointed at the slow movement of the scale. He also has a wonderful blog going on titled THE PHAT MAN'S PHILOSOPHY OF DIETING & what he says really makes sense. Check out his blog & friend him, he'd be a great supporter on this journey to a new you.

i was looking for an app for my phone similiar to the lose it app i have on my ipod. i found the site and use it on my phone as well as my pc. last year i lost about 20lbs counting calories, then i fell off track so now i'm back to calorie counting and using p90x to "get ripped"

My wife found the Iphone app and started using it, I thought it looked interesting so I played with it some, then I signed up here on the website and the rest is history

I had already started the process of getting healthier a few weeks before I came to MFP, had re-joined the gym and had gone for fitness assessments, etc. A friend of mine who is also on here has her MFP updates to come up on her Facebook, so I commented on one of them there. She told me about the site, I checked it out and now recommend it all the time!

Hello! I lost my Dad last December... so I feel your pain and am truly sorry! I gained 29 lbs of "emotional eating" pounds this last year. My husband and I also had trouble getting pregnant. After 7 years, I finally lost about 15 lbs to get under 200 lbs and we were able to concieve. I wish you much luck in your journey! I joined MFP because I liked how much it was like facebook...I just came acrossed it looking for calorie content of some kinda fast food...I cant remember what exactly. But I love it here!!

My brother lost a good amount of weight last winter and spring using MFP. I joined in July but didn't get going until mid-August.

I was using another program's food diary but it kept crashing so I was having trouple sticking to it. It was off line for months. Someone suggested MFP so I put in the goals that the other program's registered dietition used as well as my personal registered dietition, and adapted it to my own use. The one thing that really worries me is the number of people who post here that are on dangerously low calorie goals or dangerous medications. We have a friend that died in his 20s from being on such a diet. Another kid that I used to teach ended up in the hospital after dieting on too low calories. People ridicule me for trying to warn them on these blogs. I miss being able to consult the registered dietitions on the other site and wish we had one here to give out sound scientific advice instead of the fads and fiction that float around here.

I was tracking my food on the slim fast site, then they drastically changed everything and many of us came here. I am so happy because here it is fitness and calories. And of course I am here to lose weight and get fit, and I am getting there.:happy:

Hey everyone, I'm new here! But the reason I decided to join was that last week I truly became fed up with my weight and decided to once and for all get it under control. So many great things have happened in my life in the past year and a 1/2 and I have become determined to take charge in other areas as well, and have the most abundant, happy and healthy life that I can! I am 22 years old and when I imagine my future, it looks bright EXCEPT that I do not imagine the body I have now doing all those wonderful things I want to do and even being healthy enough to accomplish my goals. So last week, especially after seeing a picture of myself at a friend's party, I felt like "OH HELL NO!". I don't feel the way I look and I don't like it and I want to take it under control NOW versus later....as truly, I feel like the weight sneaks up and you don't realize...I don't want to get to 30 and have to be bulldozed out of my house or have health problems or some such so I want to stop it in its tracks.


I stepped on a scale after having a scale phobia for YEARS (even at the doctor, I ask them not to tell me, can we say denial?) and decided I needed to know where I stood to make a change. I am proud of myself for that; facing the truth so I can move forward. I then began to look up dieting and healthy living information and found some other sites, but last night my sister told me she uses this site and it has some cool tools that logs not only your calories but exercise, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I hope to have a great time here and to support as well as be supported in my new lifestyle journey

I stumbled across the forums a while ago and had poked around the site a few times. I began losing weight last year by lifting weights, walking a lot, and eating healthier. I didn't count calories or own a scale so I can't tell you exactly how successful I was, but I manged to go down about 3 pant sizes. This year, however, has been a big stall, despite the fact that I kept up my better habits for the most part (fell of the lifting wagon for a month and a half, and also went through a flaky lifting period).

I've recently added running to the mix - I'm about to start C25k week 9 - and I decided that I also need to track calories for a while so I can really see where I'm at. MFP seems like a great place to do that. I also broke down an bought a scale earlier this year. So, now that I am armed with more information, I hope to get past this stall and transform into a newer, fitter, and smaller me!

Oh yeah, the iPod app finally pushed me over the edge and got me to actually sign up here.

I was fat and tired....and sick and tired of being fat and tired?

Just did a Google search; Losing weight--count calories--fat--help--

I was actually on Facebook visiting Shay's wall (shay from Biggest Loser) And I kept noticing a girl posting how many calories she had burned doing whatever excercise so I sent her a message and asked her How the heck do you know you burned EXACTLY 542 calories? And she told me about MFP. I have been here everyday since! (Although my tracker lies and said this morning was 60 days lol) Although that girl no longer logs in here I keep her as my friend in hopes she'll come back and see how she helped change my life. I was always struggling before without any support sysytem!! Even though I have not yet found someone to workout with on a regular day to day basis it ok now because I log in my workouts and my friends here give me the support and atta girls I need! I continue to learn from others and am able to teach others what I have learned over the years. It is a win-win!
I MFP!!