55-65 year old women's success?

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  • mk2fit
    mk2fit Posts: 730 Member
    Welcome, ladies! You will find this a safe and fun place to hang out, learn some stuff and get encouragement.
  • FHImagined
    FHImagined Posts: 145 Member
    mk2fit wrote: »
    Welcome, ladies! You will find this a safe and fun place to hang out, learn some stuff and get encouragement.

    Happy to find you all!
  • griffinca2
    griffinca2 Posts: 672 Member
    Agree w/mk2fit; welcome all!!!
  • oldgirl235
    oldgirl235 Posts: 10 Member
    Hi all I have just started mfp I am from Victoria Australia 53 years old and would love to lose 10 kilos(22lb) for a start as I am 5'1" and the weight they say I should be for my height Is 53 kilos (116lb) which I think is way to light for me,I think I was a child the last time I weighed that.I have enjoyed reading this site it gives my hope.
  • oldfatso2
    oldfatso2 Posts: 5 Member
    I'm 67. Is it ok to post here?
  • Eleted
    Eleted Posts: 121 Member
    Oldfatso2:: YES!!! Welcome to the group. We support each other and you will get great inspiration from this group of awesome women!
  • mk2fit
    mk2fit Posts: 730 Member
    @oldgirl235, @PowerliftingMom and @oldfatso2, welcome all! We love to see so many peeps here!
  • PowerliftingMom
    PowerliftingMom Posts: 430 Member
    mk2fit wrote: »
    @oldgirl235, @PowerliftingMom and @oldfatso2, welcome all! We love to see so many peeps here!

    Thank you!
  • starfruit132
    starfruit132 Posts: 291 Member
    Hi ladies, I am 54 and trying to stay positive about the changes my body has made and part of that is to get the weight off once and for all - no more yo-yo'ing- and maintain strength training to build muscle. Finding the last few pounds hard to get off after losing 25 so far, so I need all the support I can get. You all are so inspiring!
  • griffinca2
    griffinca2 Posts: 672 Member
    Welcome all!! B)
  • woodenhut
    woodenhut Posts: 12 Member
    I'm 67, got so much weight to loose, can't get started, got 2 false hips, arthritis all over, broke ankle a couple years back, left with a weak ankle now, I sit around a lot, yet 3 years ago I was active, out & about I used to bike ride, go to the gym, swimming, all that's stopped now, I sit & eat all the he naughty food, I had a gastric band fitted about 8 years ago, it worked for awhile I done very well with it, but then suddenly I couldn't eat the smallest thing, or drink a little, I was ill, now waiting for its removal. I feel I gave up on myself a long time ago, feel very down, it's getting worse not better so I now need to really sort mysel out & get my head thinking I can make changes for the better, so this is why I've come back to MFP, I never knew all this was on here until my daughter showed me, hopefully now I can be inspired by you's. Thank you for putting up your stories & achievements.
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    woodenhut - keep coming here, take small steps, love yourself, There are youtube videos for exercise when you have health problems. I'm 72 and I started exercising in the house. Good luck on your journey keep logging in here and you'll get there
  • oldgirl235
    oldgirl235 Posts: 10 Member
    Thought for today....What you eat behind close doors is what we see on the outside.
  • woodenhut
    woodenhut Posts: 12 Member
    Thank you spikeyhair it helps to get feed back I'm going to look for that on YouTube, I'm from the uk London I'm not 100% on the diet but I'm getting there, keep the response coming
  • woodenhut
    woodenhut Posts: 12 Member
    Aww birgitkwood, that was very nice of you to say that, thank you much appreciated & your so right in what you say, I say the same thing, I say I can push myself a bit further, but I've dislocated my hip twice, & what a pain that was, so I'm limited as not as strong as I once was. But I've learnt to adjust, wow you've done extremely well loosing all that weight & now running a marathon go girl, so happy for you & that your enjoying your life, I'll look into doing more walking, set myself goals to accomplish. It might spur me on, watch this space haha. Keep up the good work lady your doing great. I like the support I've had on here it's better than going to a class. Thank you all. Xx
  • birgitkwood
    birgitkwood Posts: 486 Member
    @Hogerda - that is absolutely fabulous! And yes, once I committed to the process, I too was surprised at how quickly the weight loss happens, at least for me. Congrats

    @woodenhut - let's not go crazy here! I'm planning on running a "5k" next month (3.1 miles), NOT a "marathon" (26 miles). Geez... my legs hurt just reading that. Lol
  • bigsofty56
    bigsofty56 Posts: 15 Member
    Hi, this s my first day, am 61, type 2 diabetic and have a lot of weight to lose, can I join your group please?

    Bigsofty56
  • resina
    resina Posts: 17 Member
    Brigidkwood, congratulations on your achievement of losing 114 lbs (around 50kgs) in the last 12 months. That's very impressive. Can you tell us how you did this please.
  • oldgirl235
    oldgirl235 Posts: 10 Member
    Your story brigitkwood is so inspiring,my woke up call was looking back on family photos we had done a couple of months ago i had no idea I was so big, I new I put weight on over many years but I was kidding myself that I was alright and I would look at other people when out shopping and say to myself I,m not as big as them, but in reality I was probably bigger so I have been doing mfp for 3weeks now and have lost 3kg
  • Artemis2121
    Artemis2121 Posts: 42 Member
    Bump
  • woodenhut
    woodenhut Posts: 12 Member
    Griffinca2, thank you for your advice about slowly but surely I think that's the way for me, a little goes a long way yer, I love reading these stories they give me the get up & move, & to get my head thinking about my food intake to see where I need to make changes.
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