Please help..!

Many of us struggle like this, so first know that you are not alone. Keep logging food, even on really bad days. Sometimes seeing red is the only thing that gets me back on track.

What is your goal set at? At first I tried 1200 which simply wasn't enough for me. I was constantly hungry and craving various foods. So, I upped my calories to 1600 per day and have been making progress here. I allow myself one meal a week where I don't worry about calories. This way there is never anything I "can't" eat. I just have to postpone it until my next treat meal arrives

Are you exercising?? The endorphins I get from exercise are just as good for my mental health as for my physical fitness.

What are your overeating patterns? Any food in particular that triggers overeating? Do you graze or binge or anything like that? Are you an emotional eater? Do you eat more at a particular time of day? Are you hungry or do you just like/want to eat? Lots of questions, I know, but figuring out this stuff will help you formulate a plan of attack.

I agree. I didn't really realize until I started logging food and therefore really looking at the cal content that I was like HOLY CRAP! This site has helped me SOO so much. Sometimes you might feel hungry but then you look at how many calories you've had today and you go, hmm, do I REALLY need to eat right this second? Probably not. So many times we think we are hungry out of boredom, thirst, or just habit. I'm not saying starve yourself, I'm just saying really seeing what you're eating has a way of waking you up a bit. A lot of times I decide okay I want this to eat, but I've already had this many cals, I am going to do 10 minutes of exercise first!

You can do it. Sometimes one day at a time is still too much. I prefer to think of it as one CHOICE at a time.

Ok, take the time to plan out a whole week menu, include breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and snack. Make you stay on in your calorie boundries.
Go to the store purchase everything, make sure you eat every 2-3 hours so that you are never really hungry. Drink a glass of water with each meal including the snacks. RIGHT after I eat before I sit back down, I walk up the block and back. I don't change clothes or even shoes I just move. 1 block up and 1 block back.

Hang in there! I hope this helps...:)

Just take it one day at a time...start logging in your food intake and then you'll get an idea of your eating habit. And if you don't exercise now, start moving. Don't have to start doing anything too hard right off from the start. Start slowly...start walking around your neighborhood and go from there. I started on MFP a year ago weighing around 220 pounds and I am around 5'4 and just by taking it one day at a time, logging in my food intake and working out, I am down 66 pounds...you can totally do this. Feel free to add me as a friend.

Me l make sure l do not have any bad food in the house or l will eat it. So if l really want something that is bad l have to go and get it, and by the time l go and get it from the shops l don't really want it.

I find having all good food in the house helps me. I have carrot sticks cut up really to go and watermelon cut and ready to go. Just have things planed and ready..

First off you came to a great motivational tool. This site has a lot of people and very encourage able and motivating ppl but remember you must commit to you. I am also 5'2 and started with a similar weight 210 and so far i'm down 13 lbs. (SW 210 CW 197 GW 125??) '*SW = starting weight CW = current weight and GW = goal weight. i started full force on Dec 5, 2011 even thought i signed up in Sept.

Here are some tips i have learnt on my weight loss journey and by reading the forums.
Record everything you eat - the good the bad the ugly *I make sure i record everything before i go to bed

Up your water intake *i struggle with this one but there is a lot of hints and tricks in the forums. ie/ crystal light or spa water

Read the forums but read the whole thread - there is very knowledgeable mfp'ers but then there are some not so knowledgeable mfp'ers.

This is a journey to become who you want to be - you didn't gain the weight overnight you are not going to lose the weight overnight either. Small steps, baby steps. focus on one step at a time.

My first month i didn't see the scale move at all but i did record all my food everyday. then i started trying to exercise some more and was better with my food choices.

When you exercise, record them into your exercise. mfp they will adjust your calories up, remember to eat up to a net of 1200 calories our bodies need at least that; by eating lower it is not help you lose faster.

Exercise is great but a formula for the weightloss is 80% food in and 20% exercise.

Remember this is a journey - eating bad one day is okay do not beat yourself up over it, just accept that life happens and try again the next day/or next meal.

MFP will advocate that everything in moderation.

Hope some of this helps, feel free to add me as a friend if you like.