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I'm so impressed that you're here! You've taken the first step in a great direction, now you just have to keep moving! You can start out simple and make a pretty good amount of progress. The food tracker tool on here is awesome. I started out just using that and making sure I'm always moving while I watch tv - folding…

I'm a huge fan of using quotes as inspiration. I try to keep one in my head or on a post-it note somewhere any time I need a little extra "help." Here are a few that might help you: "Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert Schuller "It ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep…

Just playing around with some of my favorites, but if you go to Wendy's, you can get the Ultimate Chicken Grill (which comes with a light honey mustard sauce that you can leave off if you want, but I calculated the nutritional info. leaving it on) with a side salad (fat free dressing) for 430 calories, 8 grams of fat an…

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a post-holiday grand realization! I've never been over 200 (don't get me wrong...I did hit 198 6 or 8 years ago), but hopped on my Wii for the first time in forever, found out I now qualify as "obese" and topped out at 210. I'm already 6 pounds down since I started on this site two…

Hi Carey! I'm fairly new too. Same boat as you...always knew what I should and shouldn't be eating, but had a hard time tracking calories. I've only been on here for two weeks and I'm already down 6 pounds. Good luck!