karolj1965 's dagbok, 10 apr 14

Would suggest you check out the CHALLENGE board and COMMUNITY board above. You can usually find groups with like personal interests or goals. Also, sometimes helps to add a line or two in your profile so folks can go, "Hey, we're the same age!" OR "Wow! I have 10 kids too!" or whatever :D Finding Buddies on site is really instrumental in staying committed to your plan and learning more about this weight-loss process, in general. 

Thank you, I will definitely check those out and will also work on my profile, will do that now, actually...oh, and I don't have 10 kids, by the way LOL ;)  

Karol, don't forget to check the 'right' side of your computer screen for the Buddies panel! Folks will be sending you requests and you can also click a person's blue or green-colored ID (i.e., karolj1965) and request them as a Buddy. Good luck! 

Oh, ok...is that under "My community" coming up as "My Buddies" ? does this site have like tutorial or something? :) that can show you how to move around in here? Thank you so much for helping me, I really appreciate it :) 

Come and join us !! :) More the merrier !! You can do this !!! 

Hey, Karol :) If there are tutorials, I've never found them. I think we all just lump around until we get pretty good at using the system. Every now and then a buddy will find an 'aha!' and we'll all figure out another power tool. Your BUDDY List is probably in the lower right hand corner of your screen. It should have a bolded title (you'll probably see my name blinking to befriend you). From the COMMUNITY screen, you'll see a link (maybe middle of screen) that says "Find a Group" and there you can find a place to belong like The 40+ (that's me) and Morbid Obesity (I'm there too...I've got a long way to go and wanted a few other friends with a long way to go too)! It also helps to post a Journal Entry from your MY FAT SECRET tab. Usually, if you put a question out here it will circulate some of the Boards and help get answers for you (which is how I found you today)! :D 

You're awesome! Thank you, Luc!! 

Thank you EW83 :-) 

Hi Karolj, Welcome to finding better health with kind and supportive friends. I have only been here for a couple of months, but there are people who have been here for several years and who are celebrating their successes. It took me some time to learn to navigate the site, but I just started with recording my food intake regardless of my RDI (recommended dietary intake). For me getting in the habit of recording and also connecting through journal entries was important. Then I started looking forward to seeing the comments made by other FS members and especially my buddies. So come on new friend this is a good place to begin. J 

Thank you J:-) Journaling will definitely be interesting for me, never have been very good at it, but as of tomorrow I will begin entering my food intake... wish me luck on that lol thanks again J! Nice to meet you 

Hi Karolj, I'm new here just signed up yesterday. I need to lose about 35lbs to be happy. I find it very hard to be motivated! I look forward to sharing the journey :D Belle 

Hi Belle and welcome! I just recently started using this site and I'm loving it. Ppl are so helpful and friendly, that is just so awesome to see...Let me know what groups and communities sound interesting to you, we can join together and since we are both looking to lose almost the same amount, we can keep each other motivated :-) 

Good for you for reaching out. Interacting on this site will make you feel like you are not doing this alone. No real shortcuts to learning the site. I've done trial and error! There is a phone app so you can log food that way as well and it automatically syncs to the website. I found that today and it makes things so much easier! I've been registered since September but it took me until January to actually get motivated and even longer to start using this site. Now I am really enjoying all it has to offer and you will too! 

Cool! Let me know which ones you join. I have absolutely no idea where to find groups and communities yet!! LOL 

Thank you RugratX2, I am looking forward to this. Just interacting like this gets you motivated! I'll download that app you mentioned, that's pretty cool, will make it so much easier to log! Thank you for telling me about it, you're awesome!  

Downloading the app is a must! (Keeps you logging every time a bite goes in or 15 min walk in the parking lot). FS is like Facebook but better --This is not just a 'highlight' reel of your friends (or frenemies) lives. This is the real deal because we're all here with a common goal. We share the highlight reel, but you also have a place to share the lowlight reel when you binged for a day and gained 2 lbs! :D Welcome!