Its a great site Lots if it is quiet 'American' but there is enough that isn't that is still REALLY helpful.

I like ready the success stories and looking at the photos for motivation

I had a free 2 week WW trial and did both MFP and WW at the same time (had a WW app on my phone) but they were so simliar I just stuck with the free one

I like how you can look at your weekly values too, so if you had a rough day you can see it prob doesn't matter when you look at the whole week

Hi! I am Mylittlecuties on EBB, dh and I joined MFP on Monday, but started properly yesterday. I did Calorie King for a while last year and lost 3kg and I have another 2 to go (its not much I know but it seems really hard to shift) and thought MFP would give me the motivation. Weight lose aside, I also have a terribly sweet tooth so thought this would help change my eating habits.

For snacks, not sure if you can get it in NZ (I am in Aust) but I eat the Cool Pak popcorn. It comes in packs of 10 and is ready popped, with only 94cals per big bag, its super filling and tastes good too. Otherwise I have 10 almonds, or a piece of fruit.....I also allow myself 5 pieces (one row) of Old Gold Chocolate a day for my after dinner cuppa.

Excercise wise, I need to restart doing my Jillian Michaels 30 day shred dvd, and will take over from dh and start walking the dog a couple of times a week.

Looking forward to keeping motivated with you!

I'm excited by how easy it is... just used the scanner and it took no time at all to do the diary.
I've done WW online before and lost motivation as I am SO slow to lose weight but have just ordered a copy of 'accidentally overweight' to read as I think it really applies to me/my body type and hopefully that helps me focus on the best way to eat & exercise effectively. I also use imapmyrun and realised I've walked well over 80 kms in the last 2 months to loose under 2kg :sad:

I lost a lot of weight about 2 years ago .. but with a lot of things going on in my life (stress-levels through the roof) ..and going back on anti-depressants .. the scales have headed back up ..

Do AD's effect your weight?

hi everyone, I'm dejay on eBB. I'm such a geek, I love tracking everything. Only on day 1 and not too much weight to lose. More of a tone up the lose bits so will need to look at different exercise i think. yay to NY resolutions.

I cannot wait to get my new phone so I can use the app!

I am different. I have HEAPS of weight to lose. I am not sure I am doing the right thing, but I have set a goal which is hard but reasonable. Back to what I was when I got married 12 years ago. That is 20kg off. But really, I would love 40-50kg off... but that just seems to impossible, so I set a realistic goal first. Is that right, or should I aim for the whole lot?

oooh this is neat, pity i dont have a phone that can do the scanning - what sort of phone do you need to do that? , just got a huge shock when i did the 'calculate your BMI' omg freak I have more to lose than i thought.

haha that is great. Peer pressure eh, a great thing (sometimes). I do the same. I just had crackers with tomato, but I did not really have to add cheese, so I didn't. Certainly makes you think 2ce about what you put in your gob, which is why is think it is probably healthier and more long term than low carbing, although low carbing gives instant results and an all you can eat menu (so long as it is cheese, eggs and meat! plus salad).

Yeah, the down side of being on holiday and being at home is that I always feel like eating! Took my youngest to the movies yesterday and it was great as I didn't think about food for a few hours:)

I'm finding I'm not eating heaps because I am determined to up my water intake (just to click on that little arrow to make the number bigger) so felt quite bloated after lunch! I'm always almost on the verge of dehydration so my body must be thinking 'what the hick!' (as wee DS would say lol)

Hi all - happy new year - I am Back2teo on Ebb - love this site. Was going to join WW until I found out they don't have an android app, and this is the next best thing - and FREE, yay we like free.

I would like to lose 10 kgs. I have put on 3.5 kgs in the last 3 months, waaahhhhh, mainly due to drinking wine everynight, and of course over indulging at Christmas

hello everyone - i'm debsilou on EBB too. I've just joined this and am playing with it - should be good. I used something similar last year and lost quite a bit but put quite a bit back on when I got lazy in the last half of last year..... Had better get my a into g this year though!!

Good going twins+1 - its hard to be motivated when you are feeling blah...
Well I'm still here after a week - YAY, and I have 7 days of food diary. I was a bit slack over the weekend and lost a bit of motivation to diary- even think I started to sabotage myself a bit I think with snacking- but, I am back on track, have remembered most of what I ate over weekend and its not too bad really.
My 6 mth old has not been sleeping well over the last 2 weeks, so I have been up 4-6x a night, and sleeping in chairs or co-sleeping with her - So have been waking up feeling shagged so motivation to exercise has been lacking unless its Wii-based with the kids. I finally squeezed in 45 min of circuit training tonight and feel good for it.
Back to work tomorrow (work 4 short days a week...) got to work out some easy snacks to take to work cos I don't have time to stop and eat (terrible!) and sort out a routine for fitting in daily exercise now.

Oh Kermit (sorry, bad at remembering real names)... when you wake during the night you need fuel during the day. My wise mother always said you either sleep or eat. Hope she sleeps thru soon.

Welcome "newbies" (haha, I have only been here a week!).

Wish DH would do it wiht me jubjub... I think he thinks it is another fad thing I will do for a couple of weeks then stop, but I am hoping to stick with it for 6-12 months.