Welcome New Members!

Hello. I'm William Main. I was born in November of '56. I'm a retread. I've been a member of other groups on here before. I'm about to start the Mediterranean Diet and try to lose a little more weight. I just left WW, which I like, but I want to try this for awhile as I love some of the foods that are very high in points on WW. I'm a father of 3, grandfather of 5 and husband of one for the last 39 years. Hope to meet more of you here soon! God bless.

I could learn a lot from you, in that I too am trying to lose tons of weight (50 to 75 lbs to be exact). But my routines are the opposite of yours: I do loads of cardio, but hardly any strength. I can’t stay still long enough. I need to move.
So I think we could help each other.
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1HugoG
That is what is great about this community, everyone has something to offer someone else. It doesn’t matter what stage of this we are in each of our experiences has some benefit to someone else.
Digging deeper into my story-
When I started out I was doing a lot of cardio in the beginning as well. I had to do that just to build my endurance. It was so challenging that I often thought of sitting in my car in the parking lot and then driving home to tell my wife I did my workout. I NEVER though I had it in me to stick with it. Here I am 1.5 years later and going at it harder than ever!
I slowly built up my cardio time and then started to take time away by added strength training. I found what has worked for me with excessive and eating habits was that I was not committed enough to follow someone else’s plan. I have researched so many different opinions and plans and slowly adapted things from them to develop what I could commit to and what has given me the results I was looking for. I do feel that had I committed to someone else’s plan I could be further along in this process, but I also could and most likely would have thrown in the towel by now.
The biggest thing for me is that I never set a lofty goal. I just want to be consistent and make small gains and enjoy the process!

So I say all that to say that it sounds like you are on track to making positive progress. The key to weight loss is watching our calorie intake. We can do all the exercise, cardio and strength but if we are not in a caloric deficit we will not lose that fat that we have accumulated. Are you using the calorie tracker as well?

Hi, my name is Jennifer and I have used this app for many years, each to certain degrees. I am back to using it as a full on tool again. I lost 70lbs the last time I did and I am looking forward to do so again. I am an avid weightlifter and split cardio times between running 5Ks and cycling, but I broke my right wrist in several places and it took me out of commission for 6 months. I also suffer from PCOS and have put on a lot of weight in the 6 months off. Looking forward to getting back on track. Taking my weightlifting, cardio and dieting back to basics.

Thanks!

I don’t know how to add people as friends directly from these messages.
Please help!

hallene wrote: »

Good day to everyone. I am new to Keto.
Is this an active group?

Howdy @hallene You can click this link to see the currently active groups related to Keto...

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/groups/browse/search?Search=keto

1HugoG wrote: »

I don’t know how to add people as friends directly from these messages.
Please help!

Im on an android phone.. click users name, click their name again .. under their pic you will see on the right what looks like 3 heads.. click.. put your profile name in and send.

I created a MFP account all the way back in 2013, used it for a few months and then abandoned it. Then recently just around Thanksgiving (2020) while working with my nutritionist I expressed the desire to start tracking my intake again and my nutritionist answered without hesitation to utilize MFP when I asked for a "good app to track intake with". So, I've been back on here, trying to be good about entering my food each day. I'm a 60 year old female with a lifelong history of being overweight. Over the few years I have lost weight and kept it off (so far). In 2014 I went vegetarian and gained weight and then in 2017 I went vegan and then 2018 I started to dabble with a more WFPB (whole foods, plant based) way of eating and love this way of eating. But I am so much more vegan than WFPB since I still struggle with added sugar and oil intake. But my goal now is keep exploring cutting back my added sugars and see if I can do it

sapphiremair wrote: »

Happy new year everyone ! This needs to be the year I lose the weight 5 kids down my weight goes up and down all the time but this is my year joined a gym with a year contract we can do this 💪🏻

How could I helping you?

Hi I'm new to the message boards. Been a member of myfitnesspal for years, only used the app to track my food and exercise. Currently reaching out for support while picking back up from some challenges in my life. Hope everyone had a good holiday : ) .

Been away for awhile due to multplie back surgeries but been back in the gym for about 8 weeks now. Love to meet some new people snd help each other!!

Just rejoined My fitness pal because of health reasons. I have been with My Fitness Pal for many years off and on and love it...Hope you will all keep me motived because this time it's my health that is in danger and I cannot quit!.

rshea65 wrote: »

How do you reply in the same dialog box without creating a new conversation? I can't see how to do that

You just quote their post.

Its the only way to reply to that post

Hello to the millions of other folks jumping back on the bandwagon! As a mental health therapist, I prefer the term “goal” over “resolution” because it allows for more grace and flexibility. My long term goal is to lose 150 lbs and my short term goal is to reduce hip and back pain. I look forward to succeeding with you all!

nahrobson wrote: »

Happy New Year.....! Not a complete Newby but a returned after running out of enthusiasm. Clearly a goal is to be healthier and weight loss through better eating, better food tracking and sensible exercise. I fell over last time by not being able to accurately track the calorie intake, especially if you home cook. So here goes.....

Like wise , New Year New Mindset