need motivation

Sure! Welcome! This is a great site and the people here are amazing, supportive people! Good luck...sending you a friend request!

Add me, too.

I find myself going to grab a glass of water just so i can click the button!! lol

ME TOO! And it's always motivating to see who completed their diary under their goal, and it makes me want to as well. Glad you are here!

Hi, I am in a desperate situation and I really need some help and direction. Sometimes I do not believe I am doing things porperly. I am so overweight and terribly unhealthy. I have been trying to really lose weight this time. Since I have originally started mfp, I have lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks. Do you all think that is enough? I do not know how to count everything . I drink more water, eat less red meat, eat more turkey, more vegetable and walk as much as I can. When I am outside, I walk everywhere but I can do so much. I need to lose at least 100 lbs in 2011. my goal is by my birthday-Oct. 11. Is this too much. Someone please send me in the right direction.

Hi there. Just wondering what the issue is with counting your calories? I don't do it "exactly"....for instance, currently I'm eating for lunch a gourmet chicken from our local grocery, with 1/4 or less tsp of garlic aoili, mustard and water for lunch and usually it's 2 thin slices of the meat on french bread. However, I haven't logged it all in properly YET, so I looked for a turkey sandwich most similar to what I'm eating which is, I think a turkey sammie, with miracle whip, on honey wheat & 2 slices of turkey. It's similar but not exactly correct. Until I finally log it all in correctly one day (for instance, I've already put in Wildwood Garlic Aoili) but I haven't added in the Boar's head turkey properly yet, etc. Once I DO log it all in, I will be able to click RECIPES on the FOOD link and log it in as a recipe and then from then on I'll be able to just leave it there as my proper sandwich.

10 lbs in 3 weeks is great btw. But if you can't keep up that rate you can still try to do 1 lb every week. You might want to join the thread for people who need to lose 100 lbs which is here:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/161904-need-to-lose-100-lbs-or-more-lets-start-a-group

There's also groups for 50 lbs, 200 lbs, people who weigh over 300, etc. I love being part of any of the groups that appeal to you. I'm in more than one group for instance. I have my own (see the sig), I am part of the 100 lbs to lose thread, and tonight I just joined the Food Addicts group.

You'll find a lot of support here, don't worry, you're in the right place.