Day 1-Anyone else just starting out?

Good for you, I started mid January. I have been down the fitness road many times over the last several years and this year I told my wife it is all going to change.

Quick pointers:

Set goals for yourself, this site is one of the best I have seen for that

Reward yourself, tell yourself if I hit this goal this is what I will give myself, I am the type of person that needs something to work for

Make sure to make your goals small and obtainable, make the reward worth the goal. If you set a big goal make sure you get a big reward, small goal small reward.

Set aside a time every day for your workouts, having a routine to fall into really helps, I know its hard with children. My time is at 10:00 pm. Not the best time int he world, but the kids are in bed and my wife is upstairs watching her shows so I have the livingroom to myself.

Log everything, myfitnesspal has a great database, put it to use for you

If you slide on a day dont get too down on yourself, roll with it and continue to push. The other day i caught myself smashing a bag of corn chips. About the worst thing you can do. Berrated myself a little and had my wife hide the corn chips.

Good luck to you and remember it only takes 30 days to make something a habit.

February 1st was the start of my Revolution! I think pretty much my entire adult life has been spent worrying about how much I weighed/how can I lose the weight, etc. I turned 43 in January and it really is past time I took control of this part of my life...so here I am! I'm trying my best to log everything but finding it a little difficult to figure out calories and all for home-cooked stuff so I have been a little lacks in tracking my food, but I am working on it.
If anyone wants another "friend" on here feel free to add me...I know we can all use extra encouragement and motivation!

Yes, I too am just starting out with "myfitnesspas", I have always exercised but not only do I want to get fit, I want to shed a few extra pounds that keep hanging on. Today is my first day, so I will basically be getting acclimated with the web site and learning more about healthy eatting. I'm already shocked at the results from just this morning. I live a busy life through my kids, so I'm gonna have to learn to concentrate a little more on myself. Good luck to all of us. Keep up the good work.

well its not my 1st day here but it is my fisrt week here and I am loving the support.........taking it one day at a time and starting slow....i have no intentions to stop though, just staying motivated ain't gonna qiut this rounds.

Yes, today is my first day too. Good luck to all of you! :happy:

Hi Everyone,
I heard about this site from a doctor I know. I decided to try because I'm sick and tired of being this way... I could not believe the last time I weighed myself I found out I weigh more now than I did when I was pregnant, that fact made me completely sad. Well on a brighter note looking forward to challenging myself daily. Glad to see I'm not alone!

I started my "lifestyle" change in January. I have lost about 8lbs. A friends suggested MyFitnessPal, and I am impressed. It has the foods that I do eat. It even has a the advocare fruit & fiber bars. this will make tracking calories easy, if I don't have to enter the food info in everytime. I will be doing my measurements again in a couple of weeks. I am excited to see how many inches I have lost.

This is my first day here, I jumped back on the weight loss wagon about 4 weeks ago and I'm loving it. I have so much more energy now. I have about 50lbs to go. I want to get fit again and if at all possible, get back to the size I was in high school. Good luck to everyone!!

Hello. This is my first week on here and I am really hyped up about it. I have been a yo-yo dieter all my life and I think I have rejoined Weight Watchers over a dozen times to say the least. I think this site is great and I am anxious to become part of the community. I weigh in on Sunday morning so if you don't hear from me before, you will then . I am married, in mid-50's, and from the Mid-West. We are leaving on vacation to Cancun in 11 weeks so I am hoping to have a nice weightloss before then. I would delighted to lose 75 lbs so I have a ways to go. Have a great weekend everyone !

Today is my third day, was inspired to join by a book I read called "If I Can Lose It" by Jon Ellis - it's a good read. has humor and is truthful. I hope to lose 40 pounds but my ultimate goal would be 55! The first couple of days when I was tracking my calories I went over, but it's not a big deal, I have to start learning what foods I can eat and the calories it's costing me

Yes, about 3 weeks in,love it. I needed it.:flowerforyou:

I started out mid January and I have always considered my diet to be healthy. I eat food prepared and cooked from scratch, plenty of meat, veg and fruit but I am amazed at how much nutrition is missing. Its not just too many calories that are the problem but how little vitamins and iron that I don't eat, just having been diagnosed as anaemic. No wonder.

I love the android app to bar code the food I eat and love planning the next days menu. I have never eaten this much food and yet lost weight because now I am eating the correct foods.

I tell everyone that is having problems with losing weight to try MFP, I think it is just brilliant.

:happy: GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY!!! ............... Hope you all get to your goal weight and be happy!!!