Women in their 40s!
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Hello I'm turning 45 this year, have lost 40lbs, still have 40 to go!!! Add me for dupport6
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I've never added friends... How does it affect mfp? Sorry for the naive question!6
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Will be 45 this year. Looking to lose 30-40 pounds. Feel free to add me too. I could use some support.6
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I’m 42 and really hoping to shed 20-30 pounds! Would love to join you!5
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I’m in! Add me! I’m 15 lbs from goal weight after losing 65.9
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Hi my name is Michelle. Add me if you want a supportive friend.Anyone else is welcome too add as well. ☺5
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Hi, I'm almost 44. I've been here for a while now and have managed to lose that final tricky 15lbs, and a few more to boot. I've been maintaining for nearly four years now. Feel free to add me.13
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Please add me. I'm 46 and looking for accountability and motivation. I've lost 9lbs in the new year and I'm looking to lose 30 more.8
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oh lerd....the struggle is real. I'm in the 40+ club trying to loose a few pounds. I've decided it's mostly impossible. Feel free to add me. I could use any encouragement that isn't from Carnal Sanders.8
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I'll be 41 in March. I'm in this for real this time (no kidding) as one of my son's has been seeing a nutritionist and is dangerously overweight. He's 11! Time to get real, Ladies. Find whatever motivates you, moves you, and makes you stick with it. Feel free to add me. I chart all my food/drinks daily, strive to walk at least 5K steps a day, work out twice weekly at Taekwondo, and am learning to love to cook healthy meals from scratch for my family of 7. Cheers! We can do this!15
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I’m a long time mfp user, and am extremely active, but struggle on the food side. Also a working mom. Would love to join the group to get (and give!) motivation and accountability. This is also my first time using the discussion forums, so trying to figure out how it works... how do I add people, when I do, where do you see the activity? Look forward to connecting and supporting!3
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Turning 41 on Friday! Been on MFP consistently 4 years after many previous fails and have been at my lowest weight since my 20s. Age is an excuse and shouldn't be a factor! Feel free to add!
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I'm 44 and need to lose weight to stay healthy. I let my weight creep up, and found that at a certain point, I am constantly ill! So at least I now have great motivation to get thin. I've lost 12 pounds and am physically stable, but would be even better off if I lost another 23 pounds. I'm trying to add some friends but haven't figured out how to do that yet. Feel free to add me if you're more technologically advanced than I am!5
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I love that this group has gotten so big! We're all so supportive and motivating! The more the merrier! Feel free to add me.
Here's how I request friends... don't know if it's the easiest way, but it works for me. Copy the user name of the person you want to request. Go up to "Find Members" and then copy the user name into the last "username or email" window and press search. It'll find the person for you and you can click on "add as a friend." (If you want to just find out more about the person before you decide to send a friend request, you just click on their picture here in the discussion. Another window pops up, and if you click on the picture again, their profile page comes up.)
I love that this group has gotten so big! We're all so supportive and motivating! The more the merrier! Feel free to add me.
I also just figured out the other day that you can click on the little star to the right of the discussion title/name. Then when you want to go directly to that discussion, you go to "community" and click on the star to the right of "message boards" and it will bring up the discussions that you've starred.
Welcome, and keep it up! It works!!!!
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Hey ladies,
I am turning 45 next month. I have been on this journey for 2 years and have lost 62 pounds so far. I have 23 ish pounds to go. I follow Hammer and Chisel right now and come April, after vacation, I'm starting P90X.
Go ahead and add me if you want to keep each other in check and supported ! (mention this thread)
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Hi everyone. I am 45 (46 next month). This is my first time using MFP, but have tried every diet out there and then some.
So far I’m finding it easy to stay focussed and this app is actually making me think about what I put into my mouth.
I’m a nurse on an extremely busy cardiac ward and sometimes breakfast will be at 5.30 am and lunch at 4pm. Normally I would pick at the endless biscuits, cakes and chocolate that is on the nurses station. Now I’m putting a small bag of grapes in my pocket and snacking on them or having a banana or Apple till I can get in my break.
So fed up of my weight going up and down that it’s about time that I started practicing what I preach to my patients. So it’s reduced calorie intake + increased exercise for me from now on.7 -
flowerhorsey wrote: »I've never added friends... How does it affect mfp? Sorry for the naive question!
Thank you those that pm'd me I appreciate it.1 -
Hi I’m 44 and (God willing) I’ll be 45 in July, when I hope to be down at least 25 pounds. I’ve been here before, but not seriously. I started back in 2016, but went on vacation and that was it. Even when I was on here before I’d never come into the community. I think it makes a huge difference when you have some accountability. The fact that we are all here and can check in with one another is wonderful. However, now I’m in it for the win and I’m not stopping until I get to where I want to be.
I’ve always worked out and still do. M-F I’m in the gym doing 75 min of cardio, alternate strength training. 44 isn’t 24 so it’s a lot more effort and can de discouraging, but if we stick to it, we will all be in maintenance soon enough.
My first goal is out of the 200’s. I will post my first pic at that time!!
Let’s lose weight Ladies!!!
Please add me because I have no idea how to add you, lol3 -
I tried to click on ppl on this thread to add them but I don't know how! Never had mfp friends b4....So feel free to add me and I'll accept if you leave a message too. I'm 43 and very health conscious and try to eat balanced. I've been lifting weights for about 8-9 months.1
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Hello! Feel free to add me. I've lost 29 pounds and have 21 to go. I exercise daily and am very mindful when it comes to eating. I'm 48 and working to be in excellent shape before I turn 50.6
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I'll be 43 in a couple months. I joined MFP several years ago, but never really committed to logging consistently. Last June, I decided it was time. I am 5'5 and weighed 185lbs at the time. I have lost 30lbs since then and am now at 155. Ideally, I'd like to be 140-145, but that's kind of a soft goal. I'll reevaluate when I get there. I just want to be out of the overweight zone and be able to comfortably maintain it.
My weight loss has kind of come to a stand still. I eased up a little in December and January due to holidays and birthdays. I still logged every day, exercised regularly, and was mindful of my choices, but I wasn't so strict about staying within my calorie allowance. The good news is that I've easily maintained the loss and didn't gain any weight back during those months.
I would like to get that last 10-15lbs off, though, so I'm back to staying within my calorie allowance and not being as indulgent. My general philosophy is that anything goes as long as it stays within my allowance, but I've found that too many days in a row of not so great choices, even within the allowance, isn't an awesome idea for me if I want to continue to make downward progress.
What I've learned so far on this journey is that slow and steady wins the race. I have a sense of peace and patience that I've never had before where weight is concerned. I don't know if it the magic of being in my 40s, but I've been pleasantly surprised by it. If the weight goes quickly, it will likely come back quickly. I don't want to do this journey again, so I'm happy to pace myself if it means I will get to stay where I end up. Also, at 40-something, I don't think fast weight loss will do my physical appearance any favors with sagging skin and wrinkles. Maybe it won't be as much of an issue if my body kind of gets used to the losses along the way. That's my hope, anyway. Good luck to everyone! :-)4 -
p.s. Thanks for whoever commented about the stars saving the post! It drives me crazy not being able to re-find a post I've found interesting!1
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47 here. I've been on and off MFP a few times. Last time I achieved my fitness goals of 140, but most importantly I lost fat. I was at 155 and it took me a year to lose it--I was on the slow and steady track. Now I'm back at 150 after slacking off for a few months, but I'm hoping to make progress more quickly as I'm still in good shape. Mid-Jan I got back on my plan of tracking food, lifting, and doing couch to 5K 2-3x week. There are two pairs of pants that are really tight right now that I want to fit into again. Doing this now is soooo much harder that I'm in late 40s, but I'm not getting any younger. And I did it before. Onward! Good luck, all! We can do it.2
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40 here and starting over training for SHE half I June, it's been 3 years since I was able to run my first half. I'm up 25 pounds from that run - funny how you can eat that much with stress.... mom of 5 and work full-time, add me if you understand ...1
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43 - not sure how or when that happened! I've got about 10lbs of injury weight to lose again. I'm shooting for 2lbs/month to hopefully get back to happy weight by summer.1
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so trying to figure out how it works... how do I add people, when I do, where do you see the activity? Look forward to connecting and supporting!
To add someone, you can just click on their profile name on the left of their post. From this page, click on their name again, and it will take you to a page that allows you to add friend or send message. Add them as a friend and then you'll start to see them as a friend as well as their updates on your page.
I'm going to make another post about creating a group...a group would allow us to have our own space for posts instead of just following each other. Can make posts, etc.
Welcome!
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flowerhorsey wrote: »I've never added friends... How does it affect mfp? Sorry for the naive question!
Once you add a friend, you'll see them in your stream...updates, logging, weight loss results. You can comment, etc.
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Hello ladies, I'm Alicia, I'm 43. I need to loose about 40 lbs. I am a single mom, back in school, working full-time at a new job where I sit all day I have 2 teenage daughters (18 & 16). I'm excited to get to know new ideas, suggestions, and read encouraging things.3
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Hi all! Yesterday was my first post, this is my second. Did some reflecting today and realized that I’d faithfully recorded weight and intermittently tracked food on mfp for nearly 6 years. In that time I’ve see-sawed ~10lbs, and am currently on the ugly side of that see-saw. For me, being active is easy, but maintaining good eating habits is hard. Yesterday I decided to try the communities to see if having accountability to and support of like-minded people would help. And you know what? I made better food choices today because I thought about this group! Thank you! (Now fingers crossed I say that at the end of the week - my resolve usually weakens after 3 days!). Go ahead and add me so we see each others’ status.3
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Hello! I’m 41 and have 40 lbs to loose. I need all the help and support I can get. I have maintained my current weight but am having trouble loosing.6
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