Women in their 30's and 40's - Let's Help Each Other!!

jhroper

I am looking for women in their 30's and 40's who want to help each other stay accountable, motivate each other and give suggestions! Like share recipes, ideas, things that are working, things are not working. I am a 41yo in Washington State. I have a love/hate relationship with running. Am just recovered from an injury and restarting my running. I really need to get my food in shape. I might run but geez...my diet is atrocious!

Lshona

I understand your love/hate relationship with running. Add me if you like.

rainykatie

Hi. I am 38 almost 39 in Oregon. Would love to connect with more women. I run too, but I am fairly overweight so it is challenging for me. I have about 30 lbs to lose. Had two kids in the last 5 years and the weight from that never went anywhere.

Motivation would be good! Do you like running? How much do you run?

HikeItBikeItLikeIt

32 Washington state here too! I loathe running. I want to be good at it and do the tough mudder someday. Feel free to add me. I'm expecting right now but my midwife told me to keep going since I was already starting my journey before I got pregnant. It's been a lonely journey for me. Everyone is either in great shape or tells me to just "accept" my bigger body. I have 62 lbs to lose pre pregnancy and hope I don't gain too much to need to lose more

gingchey

I also live in Washington, please friend me or like me.

jhroper

I have a love/hate relationship with running. In my youth, I detested running. I too loathed running. Then I decided to train for my first 5K for my 39th birthday and I did it. I ran a 5K race on my 39th birthday and my husband was there to cheer me on. Since I have ran several 5Ks, 10Ks and two Half Marathons. Then last year, I fell off a ladder. Injured myself pretty badly. Finally healed but it's been like 8 months since I went out to run.

So I am re-starting. 3 days a week, interval training for 6 weeks. I want the ladies out there to know.... I didn't do my running as a slim chicken either... I did most of my running at 185 to 190 pounds. I am not fast. I have to convince myself to start every single time. Once I trick my brain into going outside to start running, I am ok. I also, fell in love with long distance running. It might be because as a teenager, I was a long distance endurance swimmer, so long distance running just falls in my wheel house.

I also know, that it would be easier on my body to lose more weight. Especially the weight I have gained back from being injured and EATING. Telling myself to go run, I can do it, and I can help others. It's the food for me. Lord, I tell people I run so I can EAT!

kelssskay

Please feel free to friend me. I am 39. I lost about 70 lbs largely with the help of mfp. I recently had a little gain but I am refocusing. I work out 6 times a week and looking for other women like me to stay encouraged. I run, Crossfit and try to watch what I eat. I am finding that as I get older, it's getting harder but I won't give up. Looking forward to meeting some of you with a similar journey.

adelasculean

Hi! I'm a 33 year old woman from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.I am also looking to get motivated to start running and maybe do yoga. Please add me on here as well

sgostis

I'm 42 from Ontario and am looking for motivation & support! I feel that I've been on this weightless roller coaster for decades without results. Any girl support would be great!

hannys

34 year old mom of 4 living in TX. I have about 50lbs im.hoping to lose. I used to live running and working out in general and I was a successful person all trainer. I was able to keep up with that through 2 pregnancies, but then once I got pregnant with baby #3 I spiraled out of control, sadly. So after 4 babies in 5.5 years (youngest is already a year old), I am more than ready to get back to where I was! Well, realistically I know I'll never get quite to where I was before children, but if I can get back to enjoying workouts and runs and being happy with myself then I will be good!

I've started c25k, but I'm doing it faster than the 8 weeks it claims it takes simply because, thankfully, it's been going very well despite the extra weight.

lilcanadianmommy22

I am a 39 year old mother of 2. 5 years ago I went thro a devastating divorce and due to all the stress lost too much weight. I am now remarried, happy and learning how to manage what I eat and exercise. Counting cals helps me alot to stay on track. I am making monthly goals rather than getting overwhelmed with yearly goals.
I also am a runner. However, haven't ran in a while. I am starting c25k now and hope to get into the groove of running once or 2ce a week. I have already signed up for Ragnar in June. :-) Feel free to add me. I need all the motivation, encouragment and tough love I can get. :-)

k2theSo

Hiya ! I'm new here and also looking to connect with women for mutual support. From Montreal, Canada I'm a 34 grad student with performance issues! I love to run, I love to work out and I love to eat well, but I definitely need to move from pushing at max capacity to just enjoying the activity and the health benefits. I've had some nasty injuries over the past 4 years. I'm just recovered from a herniated and torn open wide lumbar disc. So, in a sense I get the love-hate relationship! I'd love to connect with you gals so we can reach our goals together.

rainykatie

It is great to hear that lots of you are running despite the extra weight! I am just over 200 lbs and have been running too. I have actually ran several 5ks at this weight. I do think I eat too much when I am training for one though, I kind of give myself a free pass on running days to eat whatever.

I would like to sign up for a relay this summer too. We have a fun one here where I live. I did do it three years ago (in between kids) but never lost any weight despite running 3-4× a week. I feel like if I do that again and track my food this time, I can maybe get down a few pounds to a healthier weight. Healthy for me is about 170 (I am tall).

Let's motivate each other!

zenjen13

I'm 41 from Ontario Canada, not a runner but have been doing yoga for most of my life. Feel free to add me!

sugandhabrar

Iam 38 from India, moving to a new place/ no friends/ foot injury....i can go on with self pity ☹️ Gained 15 kg in last 3 years!!! Had been running before foot injury but now shifted to yoga from past 6 months.

Let's motivate !!! Feel free to add

jazzyspender

Hi All! I'm 38 & from Arizona. I've never liked running, but envy those who do! I live in a place that has perfect weather for over half the year, so it would be the perfect exercise for me! I do like walking, and have thought about trying to incorporate some jogging into that. Maybe walk 1 min, jog 30 sec? I don't know the exact plan, but I think I need to take baby steps! I lost 35 lbs last year, but it was mostly from diet changes. I'm at goal weight and now focusing on fitness. Any help from runners would be awesome, feel free to friend/message me. I love the goal of doing a 5k on your 39th birthday. I'm far from that goal, but maybe for my 40th! I'm inspired @jhroper! I'd really like to hit the big 4-0 in the best shape of my life...21 months to go!

kimberlybedinghaus

Hello everyone. I am 39 and live in Ohio. I have a love/hate relationship with running. I love to run, my body however does not. I have three kiddos, which are my inspirations. My oldest started a year ago and has lost over a 100 pounds. I am trying to lose 120 pounds, so far I am down 10. I could use all the motivation and insight from others as i travel on this road.

Popsies66

I would love some new friends on MFP. I really need to be held accountable and cheered on. I too used to be a runner, not so much anymore!
Please add me! I will also try to add some of the peeps on this thread.

I'm 37 with 2 kiddos and trying to get back to my pre-kids weight.

courtneyfabulous

Just turned 36, love weight lifting and hiking! Half way to my weight loss goal so far.

augustremulous

34 here and taking it super slow. I have a lot of weight to lose, but I want to lose is sustainably. At this point I'm not really motivated to work hard to lose but I'm logging and taking small steps toeat at maintenance or slightly below and focus on strength training.

I'll probably be more motivated in a month or so but for now I'm just taking it day by day and trying to to close my eyes and look the other way when it comes to how I treat my body.

tlcs68

I'm always looking for motivational friends! I'm in my late 40's and still trying to take off the baby weight.. my baby is 20, lol!!!