Adopt a Noob - Official MFP thread

Hello, I'd be happy to mentor If anyone will have me.

A Little background.

NYE 2010 I weighed myself and realised the scales had gone round to zero. 24stone(336 lb). I had to do something about it. Even at 336 I was fairly active, I had an outdoor engineering job and would happily go off for a cycle for a couple of hours but I was too much of a fan of all things cake!

As with most Fatties I had yoyo'd over the years and had the most success with the weight watchers points system as it allowed me the odd cake without making a big deal of it. From Jan 1st 2011 to the end of Sept I cycled, swam and did a 'Couch to 5K' program eventually moving it on to running 10k+ along with what I learnt from WW.

At the end of Sept2011 I did my first Triathlon. It was olympic distance(1500m swim, 40Km bike, 10km run). I set a target of 3 hours and smashed it with a 2.47! I was still 260lb at this point.

That was it I was Hooked!

Nov2011 I did my first Half marathon hoping to get somewhere around 2 hours. I Managed 1.57.

From then on there was no stopping me and in 2012 I did my first Ironman @245lb.

Over the next 18month I floated around the 240-250 mark due to a lack of focus.

At the end of 2013 I entered another Ironman to motivate me to shed the remaining pounds. It didn't work, quite as planned. I dropped body fat but my weight barely dropped below 240 even when I was doing 20hour training weeks. That was July 2014.

I'm now entered for Paris marathon, a Half ironman and another full Ironman for 2015 along with a couple of half marathons to motivate me to get to that magical sub100kg target(106 currently) and then maybe break into 'OneDerland' to coin a phrase used on the biggest loser.

If anyone wants a mentor who will take no pity as I have used all the excuses you can think of myself and do my best to keep you on track for your goals especially if you have aspirations of running a marathon or doing a triathlon then i'm your man.

I'm based in the UK but work shifts so around a lot of random times of day.

Greetings and Salutations! My name is Carrie I am 35 and am new in my weight loss my journey. I lost my dad just over a year ago to a heart attack, he was only 67. After grieving and dealing with the settling of his estate ( almost done just have to sell the the house) I decided it was time to take care of me. My dad always took care of everyone else and never himself. I know that if I do not take care of me I can't be there for the ones I love if I am not in good health.

I have 2 wonderful boys age 2 and 13 and I have an AMAZING man who I have been with for 4 years. He fully supports my weight loss journey. I started my fitness pal after I had already lost 9lb so I am down a total of 18 lb now. I am trying not too get flustered with the weight fluctuations. I know with hormones and my period etc there are fluctuations that I can do nothing about, but knowing I am doing the rights things and still not losing and in fact gained 3lb in 4 days when I stayed at or below my calories and am drinking my water, it can be disheartening. I am looking for a mentor who can help encourage, offer advice and lend an ear when need be to vent.

Good Luck to all of you in your journey!

Looking for someone to adopt me I would love to have someone to ask advice who knows what they're doing. I want to get strong!

psulemon wrote: »

Razmataza wrote: »

Looking for someone to adopt me I would love to have someone to ask advice who knows what they're doing. I want to get strong!

You can look at programs like strong lift 5x5 or new rules of lifting for women... it's a good place to start.

I've read new rules of lifting for women, I will check out strong lift 5x5. Thanks.

how do i go about being adopted... im a noob at not just this site but at the whole dieting an exercise thing..

Interested in mentoring.

(the below is copied from my 'introduce yourself' forum post).

I've got a long history as far as my health journey. I've been through fad diets, supplement culture, etc etc.

My goal more broadly is around learning how to balance myself day to day so I am not dependent on exercising every day or a completely restricted diet, while having a healthy body and weight. I am hoping to compete as a bodybuilder in 2015, not as a central goal but a nice detour from the journey I am on.

In the past couple of years I have armed myself with a nutrition qualification which has helped me filter through a lot of the *kitten* that is out there. I have a very moderate, balanced approached to food, with a focus on wholefoods and minimal to no use of supplements. I am focused on macro and micronutrients to support my personal body and needs.

I am fortunate as well to have a psychology degree which has helped me address my food behaviours, including things like food guilt, overeating behaviours. I believe that the psychological aspects of eating behaviours are not given the importance they should by the general populous. I believe in discerning between nutritional quality and behavioural/structural fixes.

I lift heavy, swing sledgehammers, do Latin and Jamaican dance, roller skate, and do aerial arts - not just for the exercise, but because they are fun.

I believe that change doesn't come easy but neither does anything good.

I take a no *kitten*, fad-free, behaviourally-based approach to my fitness and body and am interested in supporting people who are interested in the same.

I'm from the UK and would love a mentor to stop me from giving up, to remind me to complete my food diary every day and eat healthy and exercise.

Hello!

I'd love to be mentored!

27,
Love food and eating out
Attempting to give up chocolate as its my huge downfall
I love weight lifting
And climbing mountains!

I'm at 29% body fat and 12
Stone (5'7)
Looking to get to 10.7-11 stone and 24% body fat!
If anyone wants to help let me know

I'm a new noob. Been back and forth using MFP. But this is the first time I have fully created a profile and dived in. Would be great if someone wants a partner for motivation or to check in on.

I'll gladly volunteer to mentor a member or two in their goals.

For my credentials/background in training and nutrition feel free to add me/contact me VIA PM and we can discuss it further.

Don't feel like typing out a full page write-up at the moment

I would be happy to help. I'd be more helpful with support, encouragement, and diet than with fitness, so I guess I'm more for people who just want to start out without pressuring themselves to change their diets and begin intensive working out at the same time. I will tell you if I see something that could be changed, but I'll try not to cause offense in saying it. I don't eat gluten or animal products, so if you are a big meat eater and need a lot of specific dietary help, I probably am not for you, because I know next to nothing about macros and micros of animal products.

Giant thanks to our member's for starting the Adopt a Noob activites last year. Its been fantastic seeing this activity and in anticipation of 2015 Adopt a Noob we have created a new discussion here and encourage folks to being transitioning over there in anticipation of the New Year. I will keep this topic open until 2015.

karlsantiago wrote: »

Sup everyone.
Helping others is what I love to do! A little about myself:
I am currently working in physical therapy and am in the process of getting certified in personal training. I love to study nutrition and eventually wish to get a degree in the long-term. I love to motivate and love to see people progress. I come from a background full of hardship (to cut the story short lol) and all I know is hard work. So, if hard work and a positive attitude is what you are looking for...here I am!

Feel free to pm me or add me to know more about me or get some motivation!

PS, still kind of new to MFP I took a hiatus throughout this year because of work, etc. But despite that I promised myself I will be on every single day from now on.

PSS, I have a group for anyone that wants to join. I post inspirational images and thoughts (created by me) in the group.