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Welcome to MFP!

As far as challenges go, new ones pop up all of the time! To join one, when you see it posted in the forums, jump on it because they fill up rather quickly a lot of times. Also, if you see one being talked about that is already in progress, you could always send a personal message to the person in charge and ask to be put on a wait list.


This is a thread with a list of links that will be very beneficial to you: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

I suggest you read them when you have time. You will probably find a lot of answers any questions you may have, along with some you didn't know to ask. Also, if you have any questions about specific things that aren't covered there, it is great to utilize the search function before asking. Chances are, the question has been asked before!

Good luck!

Okay a few things to help with motivation!
1. Add people! It helps to see what other people are doing and usually their diaries are open when you friend them so you have help food wise. Second off adding people always helps me stay motivated to work out because I see other people are working out and I get a little competitive lol.
2. Plan your meals before hand. There's all the tools you will need here to be able to accurately account for your calories.
3. Pick an exercise plan you want to do. I've seen other people have awesome results with Julian Michaels 30 day shred and get ripped in 30. They are $10 at Meijers so not a huge money commitment. I just started insanity myself but thats near the $100's. I bought it a while ago but the results there are amazing as well.
4. Cut out processed foods if you can. The best advice I've ever gotten was to live well stay away from the "aisles" in the grocery store. Just stick to stuff around the edges. Meats, fresh produce, cheese, and bread. Also go for whole grain options in pastas, breads, tortillas, bagels and rice.
5. I found that cutting out most of my sugar helped me cut out my worst addiction of Diet coke. I switched for Truvia (no calorie natural sweetener) and now after only a few weeks Diet coke tastes nasty, I had cake the other day and the only thing I could think about was how i could taste every grain of sugar. I also had a regular applesauce after running out of my healthy harvest no sugar added ones and it was WAY too sweet for me. Its small things like that.
6. Switch for lower calorie options of things, lower sodium as well. Reduced fat cheese, low sodium meats, etc. And if you're craving chocolate my favorite "indulgence" are the skinny cow treats. They have frozen ice cream sandwiches and wafer bars and rice clusters. Only around 100 calories and you get your fix but don't ruin your day.
7. I made my fridge a dedication to my weight loss. I post on there my progress, my goals, and if I did something I'm really proud of like running for a minute longer than I normally have I post that too. That way before I look in that fridge, I see what I've done and what I want to do before I check out what I want to eat lol.

I hope all this helps. Its stuff thats worked for me and other stuff might work for you. If you would like some healthy recipes I'd be happy to share the ones I've come up with. Feel free to add me! Good luck!