I want to be healthy and strong

jphelicia
jphelicia Posts: 1 Member
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The time has come for me to get on my fitness journey to transform my body to a more leaner and strong version of myself. I am willing to listen to any advice to keep me motivated and disciplined.

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  • capgordon76
    capgordon76 Posts: 240 Member

    Awesome go get it

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,452 Member

    Hi @jphelicia

    Welcome to MFP


    we all want that, and those of us here want that for you. Ideal world = everyone healthy and fit.

    Have you given any thought to how you plan to achieve this?

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,452 Member

    my advice? Log and weigh religiously. Make it a habit. Get a fitness tracker to help make the connection between calories in and calories out.

    Change a habit or two at a time, then change another.

    Take favorite recipes and see how you can adjust them to be lower call, higher protein, or whatever your goals are.

    Eat and exercise to meet your goals. Strength? Lifting, or a beach body/muscle madness class involving weights. The older ladies in my muscle madness class look flipping awesome, and none of them (besides me) ever hit the weight room.

    a great (not good, not acceptable, not anyone-available) trainer can rock your world if you can afford one.


    Have access To a dietician through work, gym or health insurance (mine gives free phone consultations with one)? Do at least a couple sessions but go armed with a list of goals, questions, and your accurate and complete food diary from MFP. Most dieticians are familiar with the app. When I did a follow up visit earlier this year, after years of maintenance, mine was able to look at my food diary and make immediate suggestions, because I’d recorded so diligently.

  • willlafriu
    willlafriu Posts: 25 Member

    Understand what you're eating and drinking. Soda and Alcohol can put on weight. While black coffee and tea/ water can help you lose weight. And if your not sweating while working out. You're probably fit, or not doing it right. How do we lose weight. Is usually from it exiting our body through liquid form. Don't give up. When it gets painful. Stretching the body is as important as working out. Don't forget to eat your supper foods to help burn fat faster.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,452 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48610283#Comment_48610283

    Myths:

    there are no super foods that will help you burn faster. If there were, don’t you know every farmer in America would be growing the stuff.

    Not sweating doesn’t mean you’re not working out hard. Conversely, sweating doesn’t mean you necessarily are.

    You don’t lose “weight” in liquid form. Sure, you sweat out water, which can temporarily reduce weight.

    There’s a fascinating link somewhere around here to how fat is actually ultimately aspirated or exhaled through your breath. I may not have the terminology correct, but that was the jist of “where does fat go?”

    While you’ll probably experience soreness starting a new workout (as well as a related temporary water weight gain) if you’re working til it’s painful, reevaluate what you’re doing. Back off or consider another workout.

    Agree that soda and alcohol can cause weight gain, and stretching is super important.

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