HI!

Hi everyone. I added the myfitnesspal app on my android phone about two weeks ago, and started really counting my calories so that I can lose weight. This is my first time on the website, and I'm amazed at all of the community blogs. I think that will help me along the way to stick with it. I'm only 21 years old, and have gained about forty pounds in the past two years. I don't know how it happened so fast and I didn't even notice. I'm trying to lose 2 pounds a week, going from 160 to 120. I'm carefully monitoring my calories, as my app suggests only 1200 calories per day (which is very hard sometimes!) I'm also trying to go to the gym as much as I can to burn off some calories so that I can eat some more calories. My goal is to run a 5k in the next year. I have been doing a Couch to 5K training program, and I'm about halfway through. As for the losing weight, so far so good. I've lost 4 pounds in the last 2 weeks. Let's just hope it keeps coming off. I really should take some before and after pictures, and do my measurements as well. Maybe I can do that sometime this week.

It's been really hard for me to go from playing school sports in High School and practicing for 2.5 hours everyday, to not being involved in team sports, and being very busy with school and work. I'm trying to make it a priority to get healthy again. I never should have let myself slip as much as I did. My main thing that I want is to be able to fit in my clothes again! The worst feeling is only being able to wear one pair of my jeans, and even then, I never want to put them in the dryer because then they're harder to get on. I'm excited to see some results, and I'm just hoping to have the discipline to really stick with it. If anyone has any suggestions, they'd be greatly appreciated!

Good luck everyone!