Time for a fresh start.

blackfrozting
blackfrozting Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hey guys! I'm 23 years old, living in Bradley Stoke, Bristol.
I was on MFP countless times before but never really tried hard enough. Life just got in the way and became unmotivated.

I'm trying to get down to 10 stone eventually and to live a healthier life with my boyfriend (who is also on MFP) so that we can enjoy whatever our future brings us.

Looking for support,motivation and friends.




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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Losing weight and gaining health is pretty straightforward and shouldn't interfere with life. But all the peer support and outside motivation in the world is not enough if you go all-in and half-arsed at the same time, that is not how it works. Instead, you need realistic goals and effective plans that sticking to is a reward in itself, and lots and lots of patience and trust and love and gratitude.

    Enough with the peptalk, now to the practical: Set up MFP to lose 1% of your body weight per week. MFP gives you a calorie goal to hit. Use your food diary and find correct entries of each food you eat, log everything after you've weighed it, and hit your calorie goal +/-50 every day. Don't cheat, guess or forget. Don't eat food you don't like, don't cut out anything you like - make priorities. Weigh yourself regularly and look at the trend. When your weight loss slows down, readjust your calorie goal to reflect your new, lower weight (still 1% per week). Continue until you reach your goal weight, then set to manitenance and do the same as you did while losing, just with a slightly higher calorie goal. When, or if, you feel confident that you don't have to log anymore, stop. Continue to monitor your weight.
  • blackfrozting
    blackfrozting Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you.
    I became extremely depressed and self destructive because of 2 very bad relationships and it messed with my head and how I saw myself.

    another reason why I became unmotivated was because at the time I was living with my parents who did the food shopping, even when I said i wanted to go semi-veggie or be more healthier they just cooked me the same unhealthy meals all the time. Back then I couldn't cook so I never had much of a way to be healthy and we both would have needed to use the kitchen at the same time due to working similar hours.

    those are great tips though, thank you.

  • Hjbaker
    Hjbaker Posts: 165 Member
    Welcome back. I'm returning to Mfp too...its been four years. We can do this,We deserve to feel healthy and comfortable in our own skin
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    blackfrozting wrote: »
    Thank you.
    I became extremely depressed and self destructive because of 2 very bad relationships and it messed with my head and how I saw myself.

    another reason why I became unmotivated was because at the time I was living with my parents who did the food shopping, even when I said i wanted to go semi-veggie or be more healthier they just cooked me the same unhealthy meals all the time. Back then I couldn't cook so I never had much of a way to be healthy and we both would have needed to use the kitchen at the same time due to working similar hours.

    those are great tips though, thank you.
    Being in charge of your own meals and knowing how to cook, will make a great difference. But - you would lose weight just by eating smaller portions, or balancing your meals differently. And in our society, more and more calories tend to be eaten between meals, in the form of snacks and drinks and bits here and there.

    Depression and bad relationships can really mess with our heads. Eating well when everything feels wrong and eating just a chore and/or our only pleasure, is very difficult, but also very important.
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