looking for people with similar goal, 100 pounds

You can add me. I need to loose 100 pounds to get back to my lowest adult weight. I've been using MFP for 1 week and it's working.

I am in the same boat!
I just began using myfitness pat. So far; so good.
Let's support each other!

I fell off the wagon too! Ugh, so devastated. I too have 100lbs to lose & looking for friends to keep me motivated. Feel free to friend me.

hi

I just joined fitness pal. so hard to say out loud but I do have 100 pounds to lose. I have lost 5 pounds so far. I did not feel great about it but a friend said to me - hey, that is like 5 pounds of butter off of you. that is great.
So…One step at a time.
I am finding it hard to stay at 1200 calories. I am walking on the treadmill 6 days a week and up to 22 to 26 minutes.
so…this is the first time I have ever wanted to join a group. thank you all for starting this.

I have 75 does that count. It may be very difficult for me due to health so it may as well be more weight. Im Eccentric88 see my posting earlier today if you like.
Let me know sure are looking for some friends/support I am a newbie, but have lost 25lbs so far.
Eccentric

Hi! I'm new and I have about 80-100 lbs to lose. Add me!

Anyone, feel free to add me

I am new to mfp and blogging trying to put 100% into getting in shape losing weight also 100lbs would be amazing. I joined in January 2014 lost 11lbs so far. My age may be my biggest obstacle. Add me if you like the more support the better!

Feel free to add me, I have just under 100 pounds to lose this time but not by much. I think this is my 4th time around on MFP and I plan on sticking it out this time. I'm down 8 pounds so far in just a little over a month, so far so good. Now I just have to make myself stick to it. Easier to do with friends pushing me along LOL.

Don't take it to hard. We all fall off the wagon once in awhile. Just jump back on. I have lost 126 pounds now, and so far keeping it off. I have about another 50 plus to go.

Here.

1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
2. Make sure you eat enough.
3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
12. don't set time restrictions.
13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
14 BE PATIENT.
15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
16. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

pretty much that.

...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

the typical MFP users does this:
1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
9. Argument ensues about who is right.

Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

All you people talking about falling off the wagon? Make it easier to stay on.

Hello everyone!
Anyone can feel free to add me. I've been on and off of MFP for about 2 years. I'm getting back into it. Ready to kick my bad habits and start some new, good ones! I have about 80 pounds to lose so I have a ways to go!

Feel free to add me. I am looking to lose the same amount of weight as you