NEED HELP

Stickied threads are a great place to start:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest

It will take some time to read through, but it is well worth it. Best to figure out what works for you, and will fit with your lifestyle. Smaller changes that you can live with. Have patience with yourself, and remain persistence and consistent.

I know it's a scary place to be, but you can do it.

Don't freak out. You know what to do, and you can figure out the details of how to best do it. Just eat less junk and exercise more. Do you currently work out or is that something you have to figure out? If you don't even know where to begin with that, just start walking/jogging, if that's something you can do. It's free and doesn't require buying anything, lol.

So many of us feel out of control with our eating when we first start here.

I found it really helpful for the first week to eat normally but to weigh and measure EVERYTHING enter it all in the diary. This can be a bit time consuming at first but it does get much easier. It is very important to be brutally honest with this, so every bite every bit of dressing every drink should be accounted for.

Once you can see exactly how much you are eating you can see the foods that are the worst for calories and find ways of reducing them. Either substitute for lower calorie foods, reduce the amount you eat or stop eating those foods. You will soon see how to fit good tasty food into your calorie allowance.

Also start to exercise this will help with fitness and burning some calories, weight lifting is a great way to keep your lean muscle mass while losing weight but any exercise will help.

Most of all don't give up. You will slip from time to time but if you get right back into it the next day the slip ups wont be too damaging.

This site is a great place to find out information, make friends and get tips on how to lose the weight safely and healthily.

I lost 32 pounds here and now going for another 30

Welcome and remember this is about your health, you need to do this for your future and you most definitely can do it.

Good luck

manderson27 wrote: »

I found it really helpful for the first week to eat normally but to weigh and measure EVERYTHING enter it all in the diary. This can be a bit time consuming at first but it does get much easier. It is very important to be brutally honest with this, so every bite every bit of dressing every drink should be accounted for.

Once you can see exactly how much you are eating you can see the foods that are the worst for calories and find ways of reducing them. Either substitute for lower calorie foods, reduce the amount you eat or stop eating those foods. You will soon see how to fit good tasty food into your calorie allowance.

Also start to exercise this will help with fitness and burning some calories, weight lifting is a great way to keep your lean muscle mass while losing weight but any exercise will help.

What she said. My appetite was WAY out of control when I first started, and it still gets me sometimes, but it really does help to see what you're putting into your body. And, honestly, I wouldn't work out at all if it weren't for the fact that, some nights (like tonight), I work out just so I can have some chocolate chip cookies. Yes, I know I'd lose faster if I didn't, but, well, I'm weak.

Intermittent fasting

Fatty liver shouldn’t lose ur weight very quickly read about it , be sure (my advice)

I lost about 40 pounds so far from a lifestyle change. Had to because I was having health issues myself. I feel you for you but I know it’s possible! Find yourself some people who are already doing what you want to do and imitate or learn from them

I don't know much about it but here is something I found when I googled the best diet for fatty liver.

-lots of fruits and vegetables
-high-fiber plants like legumes and whole grains
-very little added sugar, salt, trans fat, refined carbohydrates, and saturated fat
-no alcohol