Ouch no way. Cant believe my weight!

i would be honest about weight on the app, it will make your success feel that much better and give you better information.

If you start with it lower it will take that much longer to be able to input any success-updates which can make your start that much harder (feeling like you had "no success so far" only because you input an inccorrect starting weight)

Someday you will be...not proud exactly of that starting weight, but have the satisfaction of seeing how far you've come. Provided you're also honest about what you eat and stick to a deficit consistently. The time will pass anyway. Might as well make it count.

Yay, at least you have a past history of being in shape and knowing what it takes.

Less Snickers, more activity.

Stick with us, log your food and you're on your way.

captbobwoods wrote: »

Thank you all for motivation...updated my weight profile. Here we go. Retired Firefighter and this has to be toughest thing ive dealt with. Thanks

I am sure as a retired firefighter you've dealt with much worse and got through it. Just keep in mind that weight loss is simple (though not always easy), the diet industry would have you believe that it's not possible without X,Y & Z but it's just a case of eating a little less than you need/moving a little more than you need or a combination of the two to get yourself into a calorie deficit.

You've put your weight in already so you're on the way, set yourself a sustainable rate of loss and eat to your calorie goal.

If you're not sure how to trim the calories out, try just logging your normal food intake for a couple of days using a food scale for everything you eat and you'll be able to see where you might be able to make a few small changes that have a big impact.

Just one day. We all started from this point and moved on.

All a matter of time and sacrifice. You've sacrificed your future in favor of the present. Imagine who you want to be and sacrifice your present for your future self.

the nice thing about mfp is we are all strangers, so you dont know these people so it doesnt make any difference. Be honest with yourself. I love the emotional help also, so easy to get help from people who don't know you. Yes my scales were off 10 lbs last year, so depressing but I finally got myself together this summer and lost the weight, you can do it!

My son is also a firefighter. Last spring he weighed in at 326 - most he'd ever weighed. He just turned the double nickle at the end of October weighing in at 236! He did it by cutting out sugar, white carb foods and a bunch of exercise! He goes to the Y whenever he's not working and gets on the treadmill for about an hour and a half. Start slowly and be good to yourself! Just know as a man you'll do it a lot faster than we women do! I speak from experience! Good luck and have patience!