Short People On MFP

I have met a group of "vertically challenged" people, like myself, on MyFitnesspal (all under 5'3") trying to eat healthy, exercise, and lose weight. I have explored the Community and am making "friends" including classmate Christy. Members seem to be looking for help and support in their efforts to lose weight, exercise, and change their lifestyles and are very supportive of each other. It's a community of people who share a common interest and a common goal.

Members find things they have in common and socialize based upon their common interests.

You can form your own group. I'm planning to find out how many different groups I might belong to based upon my interests and goals. I was surprised to find a "short people" group. I'm thinking about starting a group of my own; perhaps people who live in Washington, people from the Northwest, or maybe something even more specific "people who love cats". That doesn't seem like a common interest that people wanting to lose weight would necessarily share, but what I've learned so far is that it doesn't matter what the interest or goal is. People just want encouragement from each other.

Counting Calories:

I have been doing the calorie count (food logs) for several days and it's interesting to learn the calorie counts, carbohydrate, fat, and protein content of various foods. One day I hardly ate anything at all because I was busy with homework, but consumed several liquids containing calories, sugar, and protein (milk, lemonade, and orange juice) and was surprised that I went over my daily calorie allotment!

Based upon my height, weight, and age, I'm allowed 1,340 calores per day.

Here is my Daily Summary for today:

My Daily Summary