Just starting

lorriedot69
lorriedot69 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi
I'm knew to fitness pal
Recommended by co worker.
I'm told u are never too old to lose weight
Stressful time but I need to lose about 30 lbs
Whst I need most is what to eat and some recipes
Thanks will need all the help I can get i am determined

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,900 Member
    It's true, never too old :smile:

    Personally, I would suggest just starting to log your food (use a food scale) and eat smaller portions to have a (sensible, not excessive) caloric deficit.

    Once you have that going, you can gradually start to change your diet if you want to, with new foods and meals,...

    Don't change too many things at once, and don't overly restrict what you eat. One step at a time!
  • Burgerandshakes
    Burgerandshakes Posts: 16 Member
    I just started too, feel free to add me.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Welcome to the community! <3

    If you haven't already, read the stickies at the top of the getting started forum. Very informative and helpful.

    Buy a food scale. Weigh everything you eat and log into the food diary.

    Good luck with your journey!
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,731 Member
    I am 57 and have been on MFP nearly a year, and have lost 79 pounds. It’s kind of surreal looking back a year and knowing I was you, and not knowing what the next year would bring.

    My suggestions are:
    1.) spend an hour every night reading the forums. You’ll learn good information, and people dispensing bad advice called out really quickly. It’s an education right here, and it’s free.

    2.) log, log, log. Weigh every bite that goes in your mouth, Be fair and honest, you cheat no one but yourself when you don’t log that snack item or candy bar. You can choose to keep your food diary private if you’re afraid of being judged, but no one here does that anyway.

    3.) on that note, buy a food scale, and for goodness are, make sure it’s one with a lip that sticks out from under the plate so you can see the blooming measurement. If I wasn’t so darned cheap, I’d spring another $20 bucks for one that did. Make sure it has a “tare” button, since I understand some scales do not. Find the thread about how easiest to weight your food, it has some great tips.

    4.) plan all your meals out a week in advance

    5.)eat before you go to the grocery store. Avoid the inside aisles at the grocery store, I seldom go down them these days.

    6.) try your darn desk, but don’t beat yourself up if you eat the whole bowl of chips at the Mexican restaraunt, or have a slab of cake. Life happens.

    7.) re: the above... screwed up? as Scarlett said, “Tomorrow is another day.” Well would ya look at that, she coulda been talking about diet and nutrition

    8.) it’s not a diet. It’s a new lifestyle. Take it to heart.

    9.) enjoy the compliments, tolerate the haters, and be wary of those who would sabotage

    10.) find some form of excercise you enjoy. It will make this whole process go much faster, and you reap other benefits as well.

    11.) an Apple Watch, Fitbit, etc is very informative and very motivating

    12.) don’t harp about food all the time to your significant other, it gets tiresome and accusatory for them very quickly.

    13.) think of simple alternatives. A tablespoon of my favorite vinegar is 20 calories -a fraction of bottled salad dressing- and is more than enough to dress my salad or marinate a serving of meat or roasted vegetables. Like popcorn? Bluebonnet is nearly half the calories of an equivalent amount of butter, and hard to taste the difference. A spoonful of ricotta on that baked potato is a wonderful alternative to cheese & sour cream, and has surprisingly low calories. That great rotisserie chicken you had for dinner? Throw the carcass in an instant pot with some carrots, celery broth, barley and seasonings, and you have an easy, super low calorie lunch for the next few days,
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