Brandon130

My name is Brandon Gates, I technically joined MFP a few years ago.. but I fell off the MFP bandwagon and never really put in an honest effort to get back into it. Years on and several pounds later, I think I might have found a good motivation to keep consistent with the concepts, tools, and social aspects that MFP has to…

There is a HUGE difference between a fast and a water fast. Your body needs water constantly, do not deprive yourself of it. A water fast is one of the more ridiculous weight loss ideas I've heard.

Your body needs energy to run. Breakfast is hard for me too because I don't wake up hungry either, but you need to eat something (healthy of course). What else is your body supposed to run off of if you aren't giving it the nutrients it needs to go? That's like taking your car to work knowing it has no gas, and expecting…

Herbalife is good, but I quite using it. Just be careful, the major drawback to programs like these is that you are not teaching your body how to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Mentally you might understand, but your body needs to understand too, otherwise it conflicts. Once you quit the program, you body does not crave…

I get a bag of Nature's Harvest banana chips. I eat them pretty consistently throughout the day, just a few of the bchips whenever I get the urge to eat, so I'm not obsessively downing the whole bag haha. Anyways, it's pretty cheap, lasts me a little while, and they taste delicious! At first I wasn't so sure, I'm not a…

I am an assistant manager at Gideon Math and Reading Center. We work with kids K-12

awesome job! keep up the great work and welcome to MFP!!

hey! a great healthy snack is cutting up apples and dipping them in peanut butter. Peanut butter is rich with protein, and apples are easy fruits that don't take any time at all to cut into stips. hope this helps =]

Welcome to MFP! I just started yesterday myself, you're going to do great! I've only been here for a short while, but I already feel so supported!

hey man, welcome! I just started today, feel free to add me, i'm usually full of support and encouragement haha

I've gotta lose about 100 =\ but hey, it's definitely possible haha. You can totally do this! Accountability is always a great way to go, and the support you get is definitely encouraging! and like i said, you totally got this =D

hey, I just started today as well! This all seems really neat! You can totally do this!

haha that's good to hear lol. A friend of mine just told me about it today, she didn't tell me about all this social stuff though, its really cool and makes it totally easy to support and be supported by others, not too shabby =D

hey there, I just now joined today, and this is the very first post for me to read. I just turned 20 and I need to lose over a hundred pounds as well, and just wanted to let you know that you can do this, and that I will be praying for you and I'd say that you will always have support, but just reading all these amazing…