Falling in Love with Fitness!

bdm223
bdm223 Posts: 1
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi everyone! My name is Bethaney and I am so excited to join myfitnesspal! It's one of the easiest calorie counters I've used so far :happy:
I am 21 years old, 5'11 and currently weigh 217lbs. My goal weight is 150.

Here's a little time line of my weight over the past months. 265lbs was my heaviest in my life.
March 2008: 265lbs
July 2008: 235lbs
January 209: 242lbs
May 2009: 225lbs
July 2009: 217lbs

I am trying to make this as easy as possible on myself. I have been portioning out all of my food into little baggies and actually measuring my servings. I got a great cookbook called "Deceptively Delicious" that adds veggie puree to every day items. I have cut out alcohol, coffee, and soda in my diet. I am sort of addicted to Crystal Light :tongue: I am working out 5 days a week with my roommates, alternating strength training and cardio circuits during my workouts.

Thanks for joining me on my journey. Best wishes to everyone!

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  • Hannah_Banana
    Hannah_Banana Posts: 1,242 Member
    From one Crystal Light addict to another - welcome! And congratulations on your weight loss so far, that's fantastic. I've been wanting to get that book for a while now because I'm as bad as a 3 year old about vegetables. :ohwell: If you find any great recipes, please do post them up in the recipe section for those of us cheapskates. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:
  • free2roam66
    free2roam66 Posts: 22
    Hi, remember to have a cheat day about once a week or so. This will boost your metabolism and your morale. My teenage daughter has been using this site for a couple months and she has had to give up soda and junk food (potato chips and cookies mainly). Now she mainly drinks water, tea with stevia, and light grape juice. However, about once a week (usually Saturday) she gets to have one 12 oz. Pepsi and a small amount of junk (about an extra 400 calories for that one day). We call Saturday the cheat day. Anyway this has really helped to keep her motivated during the week. Just remember the cheat day doesn't mean stuff-your-face-with-junk day, it's just an extra 400 calories or so you don't feel so deprived all the time. It has really worked wonders since we started this. Good luck.
  • shannahrenee
    shannahrenee Posts: 380
    Welcome! :flowerforyou:
  • zebras
    zebras Posts: 600
    Hey Bethany:

    I started losing weight about the same you did and I was 275, and weigh 219 now, so we are very similar, accept I'm 44, and only 5"2". It will be interesting to see how we both progress!
  • MOMOFTWO29
    MOMOFTWO29 Posts: 8,276 Member
    Hello and welcome to MFP. This site is awesome. You will love it here if you don't already. I love it here. It is so motivational, supportive, helpful, easy to use and everyone is so nice and friendly here. I just wanted to tell you good luck on your weight loss journey. You can do this!!!!!!!! :smile: :flowerforyou: :smile: :flowerforyou:
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