msviada wrote: »

Hi....im currently 300lbs and looking to lose 80 long term 6 months and 30lbs by January....i want to fet focused on real weight loss abd permanently keep it off. .....i am getting my mind right spiritual and i just need the other components to line up to....i need help

Welcome to the group! You will find a ton of information stickied at the top of the community page. Have a look through our information there as your starting point.

Kelly
Team EM2WL

Want to lose more than 30#

Hello to All in this group. I am new to Fitness Pal. I joined this one group because this is what I need to do. Eat more to Weigh less. I eat not often enough and so I store all my food instead of burning it. I have low energy and I am about 30 lbs overweight. I carry most of it in my middle. I am 61 yrs old. I have terrible arthritis problems. I am on lots of medications. I need some serious help to find room for more food in my day. I am so busy that I work at my desk without eating for hours. Somedays I only eat one meal. And then it's a kid size portion at best. I need help to get a little more activity in my day as well as regular snacks and meals. I have an iphone which I am sure I can use to remind me to eat. Making time and getting this organized is gonna be the hard part. But I will hope to get help, motivation and ideas from my new group of friends. Thanks and nice to meet you all. Wendy

Hi everyone!

I am so glad to have found this group. I have been struggling without support for a long time and hoping that a online group would be a safe place to share my struggles and maybe get some real help. I have so many bad eating habits! I did not understand one of them was eating TOO LITTLE until I started really tracking my calories. No wonder I was so hungry at night! No wonder I was cranky and cold. I still don't quite understand why I get to have all the layers of fat for eating at a calorie deficit for all these years but other people in my life that have even worse eating habits can be so skinny! I feel really self conscious about it because my struggles are out in the open for everyone to see. Then they tell me to eat more food? It's so uncomfortable to eat in front of other people and this is also contributing to me skipping meals. I have also had a lot of stress in my life for a few years so I am recovering from that still. I was unable to eat from the stress and the acid reflux.

Well now I found this group and I have been reading through the posts for the last couple days and I think you are all super cute and I really want to be a part of this supportive group. I want to make changes for life. I'm so tired of starting something up and then doing it all wrong and ending up frustrated and hurt and binging on the weekends.

This group has a lot of experience and I would really appreciate the help. I get stuck in my own head a lot of the time and asking for help is really difficult for me.

One thing I am struggling with right now is just figuring out how many calories I should be eating. I'm lightly active on MFP and have a goal of 1,700 calories. Is this right or should I be eating more?

Looking forward to being a part of this group!

Hi I'm Jackie and new to this group, sounds interesting I'm trying to lose about 60 pounds and I can use all the help I can get. I am currently trying to follow Macros I got from an online trainer. I am currently 256 pounds and she has me @ 1652 Cals 144 carbs 55 fat and 145 protein. besides the stress of trying to count macros I'm not sure this is working can anyone help? I work out 6 days a week, weights and cardio.

Hi there everyone....I am back. Done playing games with myself. I have been feeling so bad about myself....so I decided to come back. I have an appt with an Nutritionist this week...I have to do something....I finally hit the weight mark that I was so afraid of hitting...So back to the grind stone....

Hi everyone. I was a member of this group when it was much smaller. I have been off MFP and just rejoined. Looking forward to losing again and maintaining.

Hello everyone! I'm Ebony. I joined a few days ago. I'm LOVING this concept. Eating to my macros and feeling full. I'm glad to be a part of the crew!

Hello there. My name is Tera. I have not been having any luck losing weight even though I have changed my diet and included exercise on a daily basis. I have been on my fitness pal for 35 days now and barely lost 4 pounds. I am trying to lose 40 lbs. Right now I am 200 pounds even. Goal is 160. I need to try everything to get to my goal and keep it off. So, I am here to see what I am doing wrong and get support, and information to assist me in achieving this goal. I am 43 now and want this weight OFF...Please Help!

Hello all,

So glad I found this group. I simply can't go on dieting any further starving my body. This restrict/binge cycle I can't get out of is doing more physical/mental harm than I care to have in my life. I'm a mom to 3. Youngest is 14 months and still nurses. So happy to have found this resource.

For now I have decided to eat at maintenance and see where that takes me. If I lose or gain or stay the same. I started working out more for the mental aspects quite recently so I have taken that into account. Thank you for all the hard work put into this group. Cheers to the new year and NEVER dieting again.