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LTester75
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Hi! My name is Londa and I just joined My Fitness Pal. I have lost 86 pounds in 2011 through diet changes and exercise. The first few months I tracked everything in a little notebook and kept myself stressed out about finding all the nutrition information and weighing everything exactly. Once I lost 60 pounds, I stopped tracking and used what I had learned from that experience to keep my weight loss going. That seemed to work pretty well the last couple of months. However, I weighed in yesterday and for the first time in 33 weeks of weigh ins, I gained weight. 1.2 pounds to be exact. I was bummed out and feeling blue. I spent some time analyzing what could have caused the gain and I believe I had become complacent to some extent and not paying as much attention as I should to portions and snacking. I decided to I would go back to tracking for the month of September and I had heard of My Fitness Pal and decided to give it a try. I have 5 weeks until my birthday and I would love to lose 14 pounds so I can be at 100 pounds lost by then. It is a big goal and even if I just come close to it I will be happy. So, here's a toast to getting back to basics and following a plan.
Any words of advice or wisdom to help with using My Fitness Pal would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Any words of advice or wisdom to help with using My Fitness Pal would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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keep up the good work. losing 14 lbs in 5 weeks. It can be done. Go for it. MFP is such a great tool to use.
YOU CAN DO IT, STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR GOAL.0 -
Well Done on you weight loss so far. Addthe app to your phone and you have no reason not to fill in your food diary.0
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Thanks guys! I really like My Fitness Pal so far. I think this tool will help me stay accountable. I have a little boy that I want to be able to run aroung and play with so I need to do this for him and for me.
Good luck to you as well.0
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