Just found this site and want to get started with new group?

patricia184
patricia184 Posts: 49 Member
edited September 20 in Health and Weight Loss
I just found this site and think it's great way to watch food intake and get support with groups but it seems like most of them have been going for a while. Anyone new out there that wants to start from Week One? I know it's close to the holidays but if I don't keep watch I'll have gained ten pounds by Jan. 1st.

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  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    Hello there and welcome :flowerforyou:
    I felt the same when I first joined...that most of the groups have been going for a while.
    I'd love to join you in your quest!
  • patricia184
    patricia184 Posts: 49 Member
    That would be great! I'd love some input and encouragement.
  • Pollart77
    Pollart77 Posts: 264 Member
    Hello. I joined the site back in September but I really just became faithful about a week ago. Now I live by MFP. It makes it very easy for me to make the right decisions!
  • mestisa77
    mestisa77 Posts: 30
    I would love to join too...I need a support group
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    Patricia184...here we go :drinker:
    Pollart77...I agree completely :happy:
    Mestisa77...welcome :flowerforyou:
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    Welcome, and don't feel to bad about being new. We all understand the struggle.
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    I know it's close to the holidays but if I don't keep watch I'll have gained ten pounds by Jan. 1st.


    The best time to start!!!
  • mestisa77
    mestisa77 Posts: 30
    So where are we gonna start the group at? will it be here on this post.
    By the way, I'm Andrea,Just had a baby last year, and decided finally to start exercising and eating right around Aug. I have been using MFP since then, but at times need that push and motivation, to help me along the way. I look forward to getting know you all.
  • lgfeilmeier
    lgfeilmeier Posts: 21
    I"m very new....just started last week and am looking for other focused people!
  • marilla
    marilla Posts: 221 Member
    Welcome!
  • patricia184
    patricia184 Posts: 49 Member
    I'm not sure how to create a group. Is this it, and we come to this site? I found it today by typing my name, Patricia184 because I didn't even know where to go find it.
    Sorry I'm so new and computer illiterate.

    Yesterday was a good day for me because of this plan and knowing I had to write down what I ate, and it's sooo easy.
  • patricia184
    patricia184 Posts: 49 Member
    "Focused people" is the right phrase because dedication seems to come in cycles and right now I'm ready! ready! to start my new life and this plan will work. I've been doing a Weight Challenge for the past year so that I'd have to weigh in weekly but I gained back ten of the 20 pounds I lost when I stopped going. Frustrating that it came back on sooo easily and of sooo hard!
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    I'm not sure how to create a group. Is this it, and we come to this site? I found it today by typing my name, Patricia184 because I didn't even know where to go find it.
    Sorry I'm so new and computer illiterate.

    Yesterday was a good day for me because of this plan and knowing I had to write down what I ate, and it's sooo easy.

    To find posts that you have created/commented on just go to 'COMMUNITY' at the top of your page and then click on 'MY TOPICS'. From there you'll be able to pick out which one you want :) Hope I was of some help!
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    Okay, so I'm being a temporary nerd...:blushing: ...we could call ourselves:
    The F.O.C.U.S.E.D. Group
    Finding
    Our way,
    Collectively, to
    Unbelievable
    Success that
    Each of us
    Desires (and deserves)!

    What can I say, I teach 4-year-olds :happy:

    I hope everyone is having a great (successful) day!!!
    Teresa
  • mestisa77
    mestisa77 Posts: 30
    That sounds great!!
  • casshole
    casshole Posts: 68 Member
    I'm in the same boat., I joined a couple of days ago. This site looks like it will be very beneficial! I'm also hoping to find a group to help me out as well. Anyone in?? Should be fun!
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    I'm in the same boat., I joined a couple of days ago. This site looks like it will be very beneficial! I'm also hoping to find a group to help me out as well. Anyone in?? Should be fun!

    Hello & welcome to MFP :flowerforyou:

    Feel free to join our brand new group "The F.O.C.U.S.E.D. Group" :glasses:

    What have you found that you like the most about this site?

    Good luck with your goals...we're here for ya!!!

    :happy: It is so much easier to keep going when you have people who believe in you :happy:
  • kaytbognar
    kaytbognar Posts: 249
    I'd love to be part of a group. I joined recently and always find I have an easier time sticking to a plan if there's other people to talk about it with.
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    I'd love to be part of a group. I joined recently and always find I have an easier time sticking to a plan if there's other people to talk about it with.

    We'd love for you to join us...WELCOME :flowerforyou:
  • jennlabori
    jennlabori Posts: 16
    i'll like to be part of the grorp as well. i join in today willing on doing what it takes
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    Welcome to you, jennlabori!!!
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    Just thought I'd check in to see how everyone is doing :flowerforyou:
    Personally I am doing well and feeling great...I hope this goes for the rest of you!!!
    Keep up the good (hard) work :drinker:
  • kaytbognar
    kaytbognar Posts: 249
    I've been great, feeling good, though pretty beat the last two days, maybe because of the heat? I've taken off from exercise and am just trying to take it easy.

    How was everybody's weekend?
  • wolt98
    wolt98 Posts: 62 Member
    I would love to join also I started about a month ago but am now getting serious about tracking!
  • kaytbognar
    kaytbognar Posts: 249
    AUGGGGGH!! Hot damn, my morning interval jogs (or, better put, *kitten*-drags) have gotten SO MUCH HARDER since i changed my route to avoid the numerous dogs that, apparently, have a tendency to bite that live along my old route. The new route is all freakin UPHILL until i turn around and come home. I guess it's my fault for living in the mountains, but still it's making it really hard for me to progress to a higher interval which is sooooo discouraging. Plus, I can really feel the weak spots in each of my legs and how it's affecting my knees when I jog, I gotta start doing something more focused to balance that out. I keep telling myself that regardless of the terrain, it's going to take a long time to get back to the running shape I used to be in but I'm so impatient and I hate feeling so weak, unbalanced and slow. :(

    But enough with the venting! On the upside, it's a beautiful day, I love my new coconut shampoo, and I have a phone date with my moms tomorrow night!

    How's everyone else's day going?
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    I would love to join also I started about a month ago but am now getting serious about tracking!

    Welcome to MFP & our little group :flowerforyou:
    Teresa
  • DancerT
    DancerT Posts: 3
    Just joined yesterday - would love to join your group too! New Mommy needing to lose weight...
  • OneMission
    OneMission Posts: 160 Member
    AUGGGGGH!! Hot damn, my morning interval jogs (or, better put, *kitten*-drags) have gotten SO MUCH HARDER since i changed my route to avoid the numerous dogs that, apparently, have a tendency to bite that live along my old route. The new route is all freakin UPHILL until i turn around and come home. I guess it's my fault for living in the mountains, but still it's making it really hard for me to progress to a higher interval which is sooooo discouraging. Plus, I can really feel the weak spots in each of my legs and how it's affecting my knees when I jog, I gotta start doing something more focused to balance that out. I keep telling myself that regardless of the terrain, it's going to take a long time to get back to the running shape I used to be in but I'm so impatient and I hate feeling so weak, unbalanced and slow. :(

    But enough with the venting! On the upside, it's a beautiful day, I love my new coconut shampoo, and I have a phone date with my moms tomorrow night!

    How's everyone else's day going?

    Well, now that you have successfully avoided one issue (dogs that bite), beware of another...wrecked knees! It is amazing that you get to walk/jog/run in the mountains, but just be careful running DOWN. This is what can put a huge strain on your knees. We want you to be able to continue your morning intervals, so be sure to keep this in mind :happy: But anyways, SO awesome that you sticking to it :drinker:

    Wish I was there...I could deal with the warmth :love: And coconut shampoo?! :love: :love: :love:

    My day is going well (diet/exercise wise). Pretty bummed that the school I teach at doesn't have today off, but the surrounding cities do. Ugh! That's okay though, I'll get through it :laugh:

    Well, have a great phone date tomorrow night and keep up the good work!
    Teresa
  • kaytbognar
    kaytbognar Posts: 249
    Teresa -- man, that is bags of *kitten* that oyu didn't get the day off yesterday! You got one off today though, right? I hope you did!

    I don't know what to do about my knees. I started swimming this morning, and remembered how much I love it. I'm thinking I might scale back the jogging (not completely, it's still fun, but take it down to only a few days a week) and focus more on my freestyle stamina and technique until I take a little more weight off, and there's less of me to hammer down on my sorry joints. One day at a time, though!

    Also, that coconut shampoo? Got it at wal-mart, Organix Coconut Milk shampoo (there's a conditioner and serum treatment thing too!) check it out :D
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