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Welcome! You're in the right place, this site is awesome and full of lovely supportive people, plus you don't need to be any sort of fitness or health freak to change your lifestyle. All you have to do is exactly what it tells you. Good luck! xxx

Just set goals with exercise, eat 3 meals a day and 3 healthy snacks, lots of water..Losing weight isn't easy but when you decide to commit to it, you can and will do it..For me the weight has come off quit slow but since Jan 6th I started the change that has become my lifestyle. Here to cheer ya on if you like..Denise

Hi. I had over 100 pounds to lose. Ihad done all the fad diets and gained more than I lost. I realized I needed to do this right. When I did I lost 95lbs in 10 months. When I got lazy I gained 50 back. Now I am back on track. First, I cut out candy. I was addicted bad to it. I googled how many calories I should eat and came up with this site. http://nutrition.about.com/od/changeyourdiet/a/calguide.htm It is very helpful. Then I exercised. I also read the book Made to Crave by Lisa TerKeurst. Very eye opening. I restarted my weight loss journey on Dec 31st. I have had ups and downs. When I eat right and exercise I lose weight. When I add the junk food back in and dont exercise I gain weight. Its that simple. I calorie count too. It works for me, holds me accountable. Good Luck. Be blessed

Welcome. I am not new to trying to lose weight but new to myfitnesspal. I joined about a week a goa and have lost 1 piund. MIght not seem alot to you but to me it was a wild stone. I tried all the fad diets and any other thing out there. This is encuiraging ot me. I know if I post something that I willg et help. Which I did nto find with other sites. Hang in there. It take a while to lose. I know this morning I was very tired and said "oh I will do my work out later?" knowing full well later wasn't hapening. I did my work out this morning. I feel great and do not have to worry about later. I would not have done that 2 weeks ago. I knew I would have to no excercise today if I didn't do it. I did nto want to do that.

WELCOME, IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT!!!!! I've discovered (again!) that when I write down every morsel that I put into my mouth, two things happen: 1) I make better choices and 2) I eat less! 1200 calories is my daily goal and I've made it almost every day for the last 7 weeks. The result is that I've lost weight and FEEL SO MUCH BETTER! More energy, better self esteem, etc. The first week was VERY HARD, since I discovered that I had been eating almost DOUBLE the calories. Since then, it's been pretty easy to manage my meals/snacks. You can do it, be gentle with yourself, but stay focused!!! Welcome again!