New members
Replies
-
Hi Mike. Our weight change numbers and exercise commitment are close to identical. I went from 240 to 168, and workout a couple hours a day, walking or a run usually. Being 62 and semi-retired helps. Your work focus is very interesting. New approaches to health and disease interest me a lot. I’m in the best shape of my life after having someone else’s heart attack 4.5 years ago.1
-
Hi Farback! Well, that work focus (right now) is just that, a focus. Takes a while to establish a presence in an area that you've not worked before as a recruiter. I dominate one industry space in high-rise commercial construction but the microbiome therapeutics interests me way more. My "bread and butter" is working with companies that put facades on high-rises. I'm currently working with the guys that did the Apple facade and the new World Trade Center.
I've switched desk specialties a few times before so I know it can be done, I just have to be patient and consistent, a lot like getting healthier!
Good for you on your changes! I'll likely be working another 15 years! I switched careers midlife. Being in the best shape of your life after a heart attack is an amazing accomplishment. That's awesome.1 -
51 y/o mountain hiker and outdoor adventurer; gained weight over past ten years and now my knees are feeling it - time to lose the weight and focus on fitness. Feel free to add me, looking for serious motivation... I’m into intermittent fasting; Sworkit; mountain hiking and ConceptII rowing; Starting on a whole foods focused diet.3
-
FatCrankyGoat wrote: »51 y/o mountain hiker and outdoor adventurer; gained weight over past ten years and now my knees are feeling it - time to lose the weight and focus on fitness. Feel free to add me, looking for serious motivation... I’m into intermittent fasting; Sworkit; mountain hiking and ConceptII rowing; Starting on a whole foods focused diet.
Welcome to the group. Not sure how much motivation I would be, but you seem to be quite the active sort.0 -
FatCrankyGoat wrote: »51 y/o mountain hiker and outdoor adventurer; gained weight over past ten years and now my knees are feeling it - time to lose the weight and focus on fitness. Feel free to add me, looking for serious motivation... I’m into intermittent fasting; Sworkit; mountain hiking and ConceptII rowing; Starting on a whole foods focused diet.
I love the C2. I've been rowing now for going on five years. I'm very active over on the C2 forums and the "Pete Plan" thread over there as well. I struggled learning to row and now help other beginners and enjoy doing it. Not familiar with Sworkit though.0 -
Hey there! I have been missing the camaraderie of the groups (I left one I really liked because folks just couldnt help being political when it was part of the policy NOT to post anything political)
and happened to browse to this one, only to find I apparently already joined months ago! I know i have a poor memory, but geeez. Either i forgot I joined or it adds you automatically when you check it out! lol
I scrolled thru all 8 pages of this welcome thread to see if I also posted and forgot
but apparently I didn't.
Im at a maintenance place now, debating whether or not Ill continue to lose, and if so, how to keep up the muscle.
Real quickly, (edit: or not ha! lost cause) I was at about 220 (who used scales when you knew you were way over what you wanted to be?!) before MFP (2016) and something sort of clicked in me when I had had enough. I got on mfp at 198 and been here ever since, Im at about 138 pounds these days. (5'3", 54 yrs)
So Im just within normal bmi, but still have some flab and belly from my pregnancies (my oldest is 29!! that belly just never left!) so I could stand to drop that, but not sure if I ever will, since I got down to a reasonably healthy size, even if its not a perfect bikini body. Got to have motivation for that, and my main motivation was getting down to wear reasonable sized cute clothes and not ugly tent-clothes!
(Dont judge, its not the best motivation, but it worked!)
Learned a lot about losing weight and what's actually required vs what people THINK is required from being here, and learned the stuff I once followed (not this go-round, about 10 years ago) basically being some sort of food nazi, is all a bunch of baloney or as MFP taught me to call it "woo" lol. Now I eat what I like, responsibly of course, and lose weight.
Im not a macro person and I do tend to eat a lot of goodies (what got me there in the first place) but most of the time I "adult" fairly well and dont try to live on potato chips 
I can talk a LOT (it shows huh) when I have the time but I often just dont have it, or if I do, everything else I meant to do suffers, even though I stay at home. So its all about balance you know? Not enough hours in the day for everything one wants to do and I like to spend time with social media and playing computer games but have a hubby to cook and clean for and dog who wants to be walked like five times a day and a (large) yard that needs mowing like every 3-4 days when its rainy, and its rainy quite often here in Florida!
So Ive got to run and cook that supper now, but will try to remember(!) to get back and add to some conversations and get to know the regulars and then get under your skin just a bit
cause that's how I roll! 
Will be happy to expound on whatever Ive brought up if some inquiring minds want to know, but I know people hate tl;dr's (too late!)
4 -
Welcome all new group members
Feel free to tell us a little about yourselves. Your goals, ambitions, achievements, family etc
We are all here to support one another
I'm new to this 'group' thing, but hopefully I'll be able to figure it all out, lol
I'm 54, and did MFP about 6 years ago & lost 70 pounds. Now I'm back, to lose it all 'again' (for good this time!) ....so far I'm down about 6 lbs.
Its late and I need to get to get some sleep, but I'll check tomorrow and see if this posts comes out someplace, (LOL) & hopefully we can get this group 'busy'
Have a great weekend!2 -
Oh look, my post showed up! LOL Tomorrow I'll read all the others and try to 'catch up' on things! Goodnight!0
-
I read the other posts, and you all seem nice & with a good sense of humor, lol I'd like to stick around, ....just wish we could get this group more 'active' (I like to 'talk') lol3
-
JustMeandZ wrote: »Welcome all new group members
Feel free to tell us a little about yourselves. Your goals, ambitions, achievements, family etc
We are all here to support one another
I'm new to this 'group' thing, but hopefully I'll be able to figure it all out, lol
I'm 54, and did MFP about 6 years ago & lost 70 pounds. Now I'm back, to lose it all 'again' (for good this time!) ....so far I'm down about 6 lbs.
Its late and I need to get to get some sleep, but I'll check tomorrow and see if this posts comes out someplace, (LOL) & hopefully we can get this group 'busy'
Have a great weekend!
Welcome to our group1 -
JustMeandZ wrote: »I read the other posts, and you all seem nice & with a good sense of humor, lol I'd like to stick around, ....just wish we could get this group more 'active' (I like to 'talk') lol
@JustMeandZ, go ahead and talk!! The more the merrier!!0 -
@JustMeandZ, go ahead and talk!! The more the merrier!! [/quote]
I lost another pound, ...so I'm still at it? lol
1 -
Welcome to the dark web.1
-
Hello,
I’m new here. My goal is to lose 20lbs or so. I am in need of some motivation to keep active. 💪🏼🏃🏻♀️6 -
Hi
I am not new to MFP. I am over 60. I lost 40 pounds slowly on here during the economic downturn by exercising an hour a day and logging. Then I started working and commuting again which was the main problem before and gained it back. I had 2 jobs for a while. I now have a stable wonderful job, stopped the gain and started to lose. Then my scale became unreliable so we got a new one recently and it is measuring me back to where I was! I am glad to know what the story is and I can do this again. I had even started a great thread that became a group but it has died out and I miss the support.
I have a lot to lose. I like to lose it slow and healthily and my focus is my health and improving fitness. However I want to lose the scale/switch gain fast. I luckily didn't have any injuries or health problems until 3 years ago I threw out my knee and they said it was arthritis and said no deep knee bends or running. I was doing interval runs several days a week then. Then I broke my leg 2 years ago. So I am working to get back to where I was before. I go to aquafit 3 days a week and walk when I can. I just got an exercise machine for those days when I can't walk. I am from Seattle and we had a few weeks of smoke from forest fires this summer and we couldn't exercise outside. Except for fires our air quality is good.
I already have started to get some of those scales pounds off and I know they are real. Hope all have a great weekend.4 -
Wecome Kari. No need to thank us Canucks for the smoke.1
-
-
Wecome Kari. No need to thank us Canucks for the smoke.
I had friends visiting BC around then and was surprised they went with the fires but they said it wasn't a problem where they were. However it made me wonder where the smoke from our fires was going. Maybe to Oregon. My boss comes back to work Tuesday. She was on Vancouver Island. I want to hear how it was there. I heard they had a fire as well.0 -
54. Have been logging and losing since the end of April this year of '18. So far 34 pounds down and a lot more to regain my college physique. Married 26 years this past June. Three kids the last of whom is a senior in high school. Fighting the good fight and here for the challenge ahead. Winter is my nemesis. This year will be different!
55.7 -
Eating on vaca is challenging!1
-
Welcome all!1
-
Trying to find some friends not sure how it works.1
-
Trying to find some friends not sure how it works.
Using the desktop app:
1) Click on the user name in the left sidebar.
2) A window will open. Click on the name again.
3) The user profile will open. Click on the "Add Friend" button. There is an option to send a message with the request. Use that to introduce yourself - where you saw the user - common interests or goals - something like that.
I sent you a friend request. You will see a highlighted number next to the silhouette at the top of your home page. Click on that and go from there.0 -
Welcome new folks, and good luck on reaching your targets.0
-
Just browsed and found you all. I'm Barbi, I'm 51 years young but feeling much older. Married for 30 years in December, blessed with a beautiful 28 year old daughter. I have rottie lab mix pup that just turned 12 years old, 3 kits - Jazi, Chip and Jake. I work in the Pharm arena (pharmacy) and LOVE the water, any water, pool, ocean, lake, rain. It calls me.
I have been on MFP off and on for several years. In the beginning I was very dedicated, lost over 80 lbs then somewhere along the line I lost my footing. I relapsed, I stopped trying. I fell into depression and I gained weight. A lot of weight. Here I am, ready to commit to losing it again.2 -
Nana_Booboo wrote: »Just browsed and found you all. I'm Barbi, I'm 51 years young but feeling much older. Married for 30 years in December, blessed with a beautiful 28 year old daughter. I have rottie lab mix pup that just turned 12 years old, 3 kits - Jazi, Chip and Jake. I work in the Pharm arena (pharmacy) and LOVE the water, any water, pool, ocean, lake, rain. It calls me.
I have been on MFP off and on for several years. In the beginning I was very dedicated, lost over 80 lbs then somewhere along the line I lost my footing. I relapsed, I stopped trying. I fell into depression and I gained weight. A lot of weight. Here I am, ready to commit to losing it again.
Welcome! And prepare yourself, as the process goes on, to very gradually start feeling younger again. It can happen!
Best wishes! :flowerforyou:2 -
Great to have you onboard. Nana_Booboo xx1
-
Nana_Booboo wrote: »Just browsed and found you all. I'm Barbi, I'm 51 years young but feeling much older. Married for 30 years in December, blessed with a beautiful 28 year old daughter. I have rottie lab mix pup that just turned 12 years old, 3 kits - Jazi, Chip and Jake. I work in the Pharm arena (pharmacy) and LOVE the water, any water, pool, ocean, lake, rain. It calls me.
I have been on MFP off and on for several years. In the beginning I was very dedicated, lost over 80 lbs then somewhere along the line I lost my footing. I relapsed, I stopped trying. I fell into depression and I gained weight. A lot of weight. Here I am, ready to commit to losing it again.
I am committed to losing what I gained too. I love water too and aquafit is my main exercise. Live in Seattle so I get the rain too.2 -
Hi all. I've just committed to MFP and am really hoping it can help me achieve my goals. I have seen some amazing success in these posts so I have hope. I am 55 (as much as I don't like to admit it
) and have a lot of weight to lose 
). I've tried before with another program and the weight comes off so slowly that I give up before I have really seen any benefits. I'm going to really try not to do that this time as I want to do this. My first goal is to lose 10 pounds by January. 4 -
shamrockgreen wrote: »Hi all. I've just committed to MFP and am really hoping it can help me achieve my goals. I have seen some amazing success in these posts so I have hope. I am 55 (as much as I don't like to admit it ) and have a lot of weight to lose ). I've tried before with another program and the weight comes off so slowly that I give up before I have really seen any benefits. I'm going to really try not to do that this time as I want to do this. My first goal is to lose 10 pounds by January.
Welcome aboard
10 pounds loss by January is a super start
Keep us posted on how you get on 0
