OBESE AND NEED HELP!

I looked through a few days of your diary. I think the first change you should make is to limit yourself to eating out once a day. Eating out was my problem too, but since I'm a short woman, all it took was one meal out a day to put me far above my calorie limit. Since you're a taller guy, you have more room to fit a fast food meal in every day.

Do that for a few days, eat breakfast and a dinner full of veggies at home. See if you can keep it under your calorie limit.

Then start to move. Doesn't have to be some fancy form of exercise. Go for a walk, adding a few more minutes each day. There's a mantra that goes around MFP - eat less, move more. Usually, it really is that simple.

I don't kno how much protein you are getting as I can't see that in your diary - but I would concentrate on eating %35-40% of your calories from protein and add in rich fiber sources. Your fiber is REALLY low- fiber is not only good for you, but it also helps you feel full longer (as does protein). Since that seems to be an issue for you- that would be where I would start. If you replaced one meal a day with a good sized amount of chicken breast or a grilled steak, some brown rice, and some veggies at home, it would make a big impact. Good Luck!! Yuo can totally do this

Start off easy:
no sugar
no fried foods
No white carbs-flour products
Then as you start to lose weight you wil learn more and more about eating whole non-processed foods.

That's a pretty scary and hard thing to tell someone who eats only processed meals from restaurants. How is that easy? Heck, why is it necessary? I eat all of those things and lose weight.

Try changing one thing in your diet to a healthier option.

Example: I love candy. I switched from candy bars to protein bars among other things.

BekaBooluvsu is right. Obviously, a drastic change does need to be made but steps at a time. Like she said, switch more unhealthful foods in your everyday diet to more healthful options.

I would also recommend never eating after a certain time of night (eg, I stop eating at 8pm everyday) because any food in your stomach while youre sleeping will never be used for energy, so it's a waste.

And drink SO much water. Go for 3L OF WATER a day. Nothing with caffeine or alcohol counts, but you should also stay away from excess cordials, milk, soft drinks, etc.

Then work towards a big breakfast, and then progressively smaller meals throughout the day. This helps with the wasted calories you sleep on, as well as helping reduce night time bingeing.

But you've joined here, and you've expressed a will to change, so as long as you stay strong it will work for you!! No doubt!

Meal timing has no effect on weight loss. Please OP only restrict yourself in this manner if you find that it somehow works for you. Your body does not know what time it is. Excess calories eaten will get stored. The body will dip into its on stores if you're in a deficit. End of.

Take it one day at a time and keep making good choices. Whatever you do remember never to give up. Those who succeed at anything never give up!

It's awesome you're here! You've started quite a journey.

I found it really hard to adjust to my diet, and to be honest I don't always follow it to the letter. But, most people don't follow a strict diet. Splurging once in a while is normal. The problem is, in my case, splurging became an everyday occurrence. Tracking my food intake on this site was an incredible boost to me, because it is far, far easier to forget what you've eaten when you can't keep a record of it. Think about what you ate yesterday. Can you remember every single food item in every detail or can you remember a few key items and the rest is kind of a blur? How about everything you've eaten in the last week?

It is SO easy to forget what you eat. That's why tracking it is SO important! Once I got a realistic view of my food intake, I got a very sobering view of my diet. For example, the first day I started this, my lunch was McDonalds. Two McDoubles, a small fry, and a small coke. Well, that lunch was 1,300 calories. Almost all the food I could eat the entire day! And did that lunch fill me up? Did it satisfy me until dinner time? Heck no! I was hungry by 3. What a waste!

So, I started gravitating towards foods that kept me full longer. Soups helped (but watch the sodium!), because that warm liquid in my stomach for some reason quenches my hunger like nothing else does. But by far the biggest boon to my success so far (31 pounds in four months), is eating a very protein-rich breakfast. At first, I was just eating a bowl of oatmeal every morning, thinking this was a good idea for me. But my stomach would be torturing me by 10 am. It wasn't enough. Too many carbs. They burn off quickly and leave you wanting more. Now, I have turkey/canadian bacon and eggs almost every morning. What a difference! When I do eat fast food, I go to Wendys and get a Caesar Side Salad and Chili. So much more food, so much more satisfying, yet fewer calories than a burger. When I eat a proper high-protein, low carb breakfast and lunch, I have much better control over myself at dinner time, which is the crucial time for weight loss IMO.

Also, keep in mind the rewards. Today, I pulled down off the shelf and wore a button-down shirt that I have not been able to wear for 2 years. And I looked GREAT in it! I feel great almost every day! I don't have to choose between shirts I'm either swimming in (and thus look fatter) or bursting at the seams (and thus look fatter). Four months ago, I couldn't imagine feeling this way. And that's really the thing. Sometimes, in fact most of the time, it is actually easier to stay miserable. Why? Because even though being miserable feels awful, it requires no effort and no work. It's comfortable and easy to be miserable. Happiness takes work and effort. There is simply no way around this. Happiness is never easy, but it is worth it. Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.

Best of luck!

Yeah, there's no need to drastically change over night. Just stay within the calories MFP recommends for you to lose weight.. You could probs eat 3000 cals a day and lose, so eat deep fried or sugary foods if that's what you want.. Do whatever is easiest for you to stick to. Good luck

Hi

I can only be honest with you because you have asked for help and there's no easy way to put it to you

You need to stop eating out No
You need to eat less, a lot less
You need to eat real fresh food No
You need to start with eating a decent breakfast No
You need to examine and deal with the reasons why you eat what you eat and how much you eat
You do need to do something drastic No
You need to seek medical advice about how you might achieve all this in a healthy way

Nothing more to offer in terms of advice, but I think it's really awesome that your logging in and accounting for everything you're eating. Sometimes the first step is just facing how many calories you're consuming. One thing I didn't notice in your diary was any exercise deductions: so it's time to get moving now. Even just a bit of walking. Log it in. Sometimes when I see how hard I have to work to earn those calories from junk food, it makes me make a different choice when I'm eating. Good luck to you!