Terrapin88 Member

Congrats! I'm about a month in too and I find that it's getting easier every week to eat right. :)

Since I've been on MFP logging in my foods daily, I've come to realize just how many calories I would consume in a typical day before. At times there were days were I ate 4000+ calories and didn't realize it. Never being much of a cook, I either ate out or ate easy. Mac & cheese from a box, Dominos Pan Pizza (my…

Congrats on your 21 pounds! I just ordered this one $11.99 shipped (with my prime membership): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PV0CWDW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It has the features I need. Tare, oz, Kg, pounds and ounces. Most scales have an automatic shut off feature that can't me modified or turned…

Definite difference. Good for you! I've just started and posts like yours keep my motivation high. :)

I went to my GF's mother's birthday dinner party last night. Lots of people, h'orderves, alcohol, huge spread for dinner and of course, 2 fat juicy cakes calling my name. I love me some cake, man. If you take a look at my food diary from last night you'll see that I didn't really restrict myself from having a bit of this…

I was too fat for ballet too. Those bastages. :) I can feel your fire to win from here ChelsMarLou. You're right. You CAN do this!

Thanks jgnatca. :)

From the replies it looks like most favor a dietitian over a nutritionist. Noted. Thanks for the responses. I am going to put a dietitian visit on the back burner to give myself enough time to research and absorb the info on the links folks have posted for me. I am going to go forward with starting free weights and using a…

Thanks for the reply JPW1990. Thanks rabbitjb! Oh, sweet cheeseburgers! Life is good.

Thanks for that link Lounmoun. I didn't know about it and the info looks useful. I haven't had any bread or milk in 2 weeks. Part of the reason is that I am trying to veer away from eating so much of both as bread and milk have been daily staples for me for years. Some of the reading I've done demonizes bread as the great…

Thank you jgnatca. You don't know how badly I want a cheese burger. :) I will give that a read.

Wow. Thanks for all the replies, links and advice everyone! Can I cook? Meh, my skills are pretty limited, but I'm not afraid to learn. I've relied too much on fast food chains and easy to make processed foods to do my cooking for me over the years. Now I am paying the piper. It seems obvious that learning to cook is going…