2016 Adopt a Noob Official MFP Thread

In the past year I lost 50 pounds of body fat and gained 10 pounds of muscle, which brought me well within the healthy BMI range and I have maintained this conditioning for almost four months now. I'm a full-time student and as a result of my past struggles with Major Depressive Disorder, I have a special interest in both the temporary and cumulative effects of physical exercise on cognitive and emotional health. I've invested massive amounts of time and energy in creating efficient eating schedules that maximize nutritional value while minimizing prep time. I also eat strategically to optimize my hormonal balance, which I see as essential to the enterprise of improving fitness.

I'd love to mentor anyone who's interested.

My time is relatively limited but I'd be glad to help out one or two people.

I've been here almost 5 years, most of it on a different account so it looks like I am new based on my minimal forum post count. In that time I've lost 50 pounds, went through an illness and subsequent brain surgery, and have become focused on bodybuilding and hopefully powerlifting at some point.

Ultimately, my noob(s) should be interested in lifting as I rarely do cardio anymore though it was an integral part of my initial weight loss. I work out at home in my dungeon of a basement gym, so if there's anyone out there looking to figure out how to get fit without a gym membership (proper equipment would be necessary like a bench, barbell, plates and dumbbells), then I am your person...I can also take someone who does have a gym membership, but figured I'd mention the home gym possibility. Message me if you're interested and I'll make a decision soon!

A collage of the last 5 years...

HELP! I'm an 18 year old female looking to lose 45-50 pounds. My weight is the highest it has ever been. For YEARS, I've been telling myself that I would lose weight, and I never took it upon myself to listen to myself and actually do something about it. 2016 IS MY YEAR TO CHANGE THAT ALL. I would like a mentor preferably to be okay with me doing home/outdoor workouts (no access to a gym, unless PE at school counts, which I take Group Fitness where I do yoga, kickboxing, zumba, etc). Please also help me regulate my food intakes. I tend to always go off track and eat all the bad food that's around me. I'm looking for a lifestyles change that will allow me to feel better about myself. Thanks for your time!

I'd like a couple new friends. I'm a 29 year old female, married, and without children. I think I could be most helpful to someone in a similar life situation. I have counted calories on and off since I was 13. It works. My immediate family is all obese, but at 5'8" my weight has been between 150-200 for my adult life, but mostly between 160-180.

I'm brand new today & looking for some help with the site. I'm in my 60's but very active still. I'd like to lose
15 or 20 pounds for health reasons. I'm OK with the way I look but have been having some knee problems which
I may attribute to my extra pounds. I'd really like to try this website but may need motivation so a mentor might
help me get going.....

I'm still losing fat but have had some good success this year thanks to a lot of support and tracking down the good information that's available.
I'd be happy to adopt a couple of people that need some help figuring out where to start.
I'm 39 and based in the UK (not that location matters thanks to the internet). I've been obese, I'm now just overweight and approaching my body fat goal slowly and steadily.
I'm training to be a personal trainer at the moment around current work commitments.
I can offer advice about where to start out, where to find good information, how to help yourself and how not to go all out nuts for it from the start line, bearing in mind fat loss is a marathon not a sprint. Recovery is an important part of getting fit and healthy as well as exercising so you will need to listen to what your body is trying to say to you.
I'm not able to help anyone doing strange fad diets (eating only raw spinach and drinking only onion juice or something equally daft and dangerous) as I don't want to argue with strangers over the internet about such things but if you want to lose fat, get a healthier lifestyle rather than being sedentary and eating poorly I can totally help if you want it.
Feel free to message me, I'm on here everyday, you will be too I hope.

I'd love to be a mentor

I have lost 70 Lb on MFP and looking to lose another 30 this year. I have been using MFP fairly regularly (everyone takes the occasional week off) for 8 months now. I went from eating fast food almost everyday and never working out to eating fast food "occasionally" and becoming a lot more active. MFP has been so helpful to me and I would love to mentor anyone. Send me a message or a friend request

Hello everyone,
I am a former MFP user that lost around 30 pounds a while back and am looking to lose serious weight again.
I would very much love to have a mentor, but I am in search of someone who knows their stuff. I would be very grateful for knowledgeable advice and suggestions.

Here are my details:
37 male, married, work as a primary teacher
Current weight is 226.8 pounds
6 ft.
Non-smoker
Resting HR is around 62 bpm, BP 132/80

I lost around 30 pounds two years ago over a 6 month commitment because I put my mind to exercise and eating well. I did around 100km walking a week for months on end and went from 235 to around 200.

I tend to be very, very focused and committed to goals given I work with students whom I myself tutor and shape. I am the type who is able to focus and remain committed and look past most vices. My current vice in a week would be a latte daily and maybe some low-calorie baked chips.

I have a Fitbit Charge HR and am currently logging my food and exercise on a daily basis.

My personality is the type where I am able to push myself beyond the average to try and go the distance. Losing 30 pounds several years gave me that capability.

I can do easily 10k steps in a day at work. My best is around 32k steps. We walk for 5-6 hrs on the weekend easily.
I try to eat as healthily as possible: no chips, no pops, nothing processed. I limit my refined carbs as much as possible and eat food made from scratch. I aim to avoid as much sugar as possible (although I do have milk for coffee, etc). I am looking for someone who can help me out with TDEE given that I get very high numbers from fitbit. I also walk quite a bit a day and so I am looking to lose weight on a consistent basis yet on a weekly basis apparently I burn around 35k calories due to walking, according to my fitbit Charge HR (4k calories X 7 days). On weekends we will do around 15 km over a period of 3-4 hours which add to the overall weekly calories burned. I think I burn a fairly high number of calories with walking and so am looking for help regarding how many I should eat back.

TDEE calculator with sedentary gives me "Your BMR is: 1974" and TDEE is: 2468.

Right now my fitbit Charge HR is telling me I can eat back 1000 calories even with the -500 daily calorie deficit inputted. I have a feeling it is overestimating the number of calories I burn.

Any and all help would be appreciated. If there is a serious mentor out there looking to take someone under their wing, I will try my best to make it worth your time.

Cheers!

I am new to this site. I am 62, just retired, afraid of being a couch potato. According to my MD I am about 20 # overweight. I am a healthy eater and avoid high sugar products & eat whole grain breads. I am looking for a mentor. I joined a gym and Im trying to discover what works for me.