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Gracye
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So this is my third time starting MFP...before I was just trying it for a few days to see if I could keep up with it and then I'd fail and just stop. I'm going to give it an honest try this time around.
I need to lose over 100lbs. I'm 282.50 right now and I'd like to be back down to my 140 weight that I was 9 years ago. I know it's going to be an uphill battle with my Fibromyalgia but I really want to do it.
What really motivated me was going through my closet 2 weeks ago and realizing I had filled up 4 1/2 garbage bags with clothes that no longer fit me because I've gained weight
In the last 2 years I've gone from a 1x to a 3x in sizing and that's not acceptable to me at all.
I plan on walking every day either on the trail by my house or on the treadmill in the basement. I just need encouragement to do it!
I need to lose over 100lbs. I'm 282.50 right now and I'd like to be back down to my 140 weight that I was 9 years ago. I know it's going to be an uphill battle with my Fibromyalgia but I really want to do it.
What really motivated me was going through my closet 2 weeks ago and realizing I had filled up 4 1/2 garbage bags with clothes that no longer fit me because I've gained weight
In the last 2 years I've gone from a 1x to a 3x in sizing and that's not acceptable to me at all.I plan on walking every day either on the trail by my house or on the treadmill in the basement. I just need encouragement to do it!
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Good luck i also have Fibrmylagia and it is hard sometimes which makes the weight loss slow, you can do this.
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welcome back and good luck.
I have been a member since 2011, but this time it is working.
I am sure you can do it!0 -
Walking is such a great exercise. When I started out I used walking DVDs and they worked out well. I know it may seem like it will take forever to get to your goal weight but you're going to start to feel so much better even after the first 5-10 lbs. Just take it one day at a time and before you know it you'll be looking and feeling great!0
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Third time, huh. You are using up all the good names. Next time, just pick a number please.0
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Thanks guys! I can't do anything more than walking right now because everything else just aggravates my FM, I'm going to get some audio books and listen to those while I walk I think. At least going to try them out.
The hardest part I can see is cutting out pop & starbucks/tim hortons. I drink a lot of Coke and I can't stand the diet options. I do drink my daily water intake though so I guess that's a good thing.0 -
Welcome back!! I'm trying to lose 100+ as well, so if you need a support buddy I can definitely be of service.
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I'm on about my 5th round of MFP - It works for a while (my best was like 100 days in a row maybe?) and then something happens (attending a wedding out-of-state, new job situations, whatever) and I fall off. I am doing really well 53 days in right now! If you notice, they added a "X day streak" in the home page, so you can see that you've logged in for X number of days. I find that great - and a reminder to log, even if I overate or didn't excercise.
GO GO GO ! you can add me if you want. I'm not really online a lot every day, but I will try to say hi occasionally!0 -
I've kept this name the entire time...I log in through facebook...I don't understand why you bothered even posting this0
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You can do it. Just cut out one bad food and replace it per week. Soda today, water tomorrow! And same with exercise. Just replace one day a week with an exercise day until you now have a habit! I think the key is tricking your brain into thinking you've done this your whole life. OF COURSE i work out everyday! Duh, when didn't I? lol. I swear, it's just a matter of adding in good food and exercise slowly. 0
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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. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
18. 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/
and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
...and here's another approach.
Block off 6 weeks. log EXACTLY what you eat for those six weeks, weigh at the beginning, weight at the end. If you've lost, you're eating under your TDEE. If you haven't lost, congrats.. you found your TDEE, if you've gained... then you're above TDEE.
From there, look at how much you lost or gained and you have a rough estimate of how to shift your intake to balance it out.
Online calculators are great, but they're just estimates. They give you decent ideas for starting points. From there, it's on you to fine tune it.
TL;DR: If you're back again, you're not making sustainable changes... and are "falling off of the wagon." Make the wagon easier to stay on and you'll be less likely to fall off of it again.0 -
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The hardest part I can see is cutting out pop & starbucks/tim hortons. I drink a lot of Coke and I can't stand the diet options. I do drink my daily water intake though so I guess that's a good thing.
I find that when you cut back on sweet things, you stop craving them. For example, I'm a cookie fiend. I don't have any cookies in the house right now, so when I have a craving, I CAN NOT have one. It's sometimes frustrating, but the cravings only last a few minutes these days!! you can do it.0 -
also you do NOT HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE!
choose ONE thing to cut back on this week. Have 2 sodas a day instead of 5.
Then next week cut back on eating out, by cooking 1 meal at home.
the next week, cut back to 1 soda.
the week after have one more home-cooked meal.
if you try to "just be good " all at once, you'll fail, because it's too exhausting to cut EVERYTHING cold turkey....
The hardest part I can see is cutting out pop & starbucks/tim hortons. I drink a lot of Coke and I can't stand the diet options. I do drink my daily water intake though so I guess that's a good thing.
I find that when you cut back on sweet things, you stop craving them. For example, I'm a cookie fiend. I don't have any cookies in the house right now, so when I have a craving, I CAN NOT have one. It's sometimes frustrating, but the cravings only last a few minutes these days!! you can do it.0 -
Third time, huh. You are using up all the good names. Next time, just pick a number please.
WOW wtf? She has that name; it's now taken. Get off your useless high horse about how other people should use the internet.0 -
Third time, huh. You are using up all the good names. Next time, just pick a number please.
WOW wtf? She has that name; it's now taken. Get off your useless high horse about how other people should use the internet.
High horses allow one to reach things on high shelves, so that have a use.0 -
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. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
18. 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/
and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
...and here's another approach.
Block off 6 weeks. log EXACTLY what you eat for those six weeks, weigh at the beginning, weight at the end. If you've lost, you're eating under your TDEE. If you haven't lost, congrats.. you found your TDEE, if you've gained... then you're above TDEE.
From there, look at how much you lost or gained and you have a rough estimate of how to shift your intake to balance it out.
Online calculators are great, but they're just estimates. They give you decent ideas for starting points. From there, it's on you to fine tune it.
TL;DR: If you're back again, you're not making sustainable changes... and are "falling off of the wagon." Make the wagon easier to stay on and you'll be less likely to fall off of it again.
Thank you! I don't plan on being one of those people who eats WAY under their calorie count, I work in the medical field and see what it really does to people and it's just gross.0 -
also you do NOT HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE!
choose ONE thing to cut back on this week. Have 2 sodas a day instead of 5.
Then next week cut back on eating out, by cooking 1 meal at home.
the next week, cut back to 1 soda.
the week after have one more home-cooked meal.
if you try to "just be good " all at once, you'll fail, because it's too exhausting to cut EVERYTHING cold turkey....
The hardest part I can see is cutting out pop & starbucks/tim hortons. I drink a lot of Coke and I can't stand the diet options. I do drink my daily water intake though so I guess that's a good thing.
I find that when you cut back on sweet things, you stop craving them. For example, I'm a cookie fiend. I don't have any cookies in the house right now, so when I have a craving, I CAN NOT have one. It's sometimes frustrating, but the cravings only last a few minutes these days!! you can do it.
Yup that's what I started I cut back on Coke to having only 1-2 glasses a day and then down to every other day. When it's not in the house I don't drink it, I drink water. At work it's another story completely with a store next to my office that sells every bad food you can get your hands on.0 -
Hello and welcome back!
I am here for support as well. This is my first time on MFP but I am losing for the third time. The only time you fail is when you give up and you are here so you are a step ahead of where you were yesterday. Maybe you can try seltzer water with a little bit of your favorite fruit juice as an alternative to soda or just try drinking half the serving that you normally drink until you get it down to where you are comfortable. Make your own version of Starbucks coffees and I don't know what Tim Horton's is (will google). Anyway if you are interested in a supportive friend send me a request. May your journey be blessed!0 -
welcome back and feel free to add me0
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Hello and welcome back!
I am here for support as well. This is my first time on MFP but I am losing for the third time. The only time you fail is when you give up and you are here so you are a step ahead of where you were yesterday. Maybe you can try seltzer water with a little bit of your favorite fruit juice as an alternative to soda or just try drinking half the serving that you normally drink until you get it down to where you are comfortable. Make your own version of Starbucks coffees and I don't know what Tim Horton's is (will google). Anyway if you are interested in a supportive friend send me a request. May your journey be blessed!
Thanks! I only drink 1 thing from Starbucks so it should be relatively easy to cut it down to once per week instead of once per day eventually.
Tim Hortons is a Canadian coffee/donut company. I love it! That one will be harder to cut out0 -
welcome back and feel free to add me... i have 100+ to lose as well.. good luck on your journey0
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