42 Year old Mother looking for other moms

nerissag

Hello. I'm committing myself to make some major changes in my life and would love to interact with other mothers seeking to do the same.

I need to....

Quit drinking wine at night during the week.

Exercise daily, whether it be a walk or something more serious.

Stop snacking.

I'd like to....

Quit drinking diet coke.

Start drinking more green tea.

How about you?

mary34reilly

I would love to be your friend...we have a lot of the same goals...kids, snacking, exercise and diet coke I've heard that the diet stuff is actually worse for you than the regular stuff - even that it makes you gain...

But if you'd like a friend....send me a request...:)

5stoff

I need to - get back running - stop eating bad stuff and allowing the kids to join in - stop changing from plan to plan and get in with it will add you

Vermilla

I'm a single mother myself. I've accomplished a lot of my goals, but not quite all of them. For example....

I have...

stopped eating fast food nearly every day, multliple times a day

stopped sitting on my butt all day doing nothing

stopped snacking on chips, icecream, chocolate, or anything I could get my hands on

started exercising several times a week

I need to...

Completely stop the fast food (I still go once or twice a week)

Stop the random binges that happen every few weeks

Stop drinking soda (I switched from normal to diet but I just can't seem to drop it!)

The one thing I've found about dieting goals, whether they be to eat healthier (or just not eat as horribly), or stopping smoking/drinking or starting/increasing exercising, whatever it may be is that there are three stages. The first stage is deciding to do it. That's not too hard. The second stage is the starting it and keeping to it rather than going a few days and throwing it out the widow. This is the most difficult part where most people who are going to fail, end up doing so. The third stage is accomplishment. You've come that far and it's just natural now. You don't crave the junk food (or wine perhaps in your case). You LIKE going for walks (or gym or whatever). That's the easy stage again. So whenever you think "I should..." but don't...just remember this: it really does get easier!

debstanley4

you can add me too.

Denimgirl

Hello,
I'm 42 and the mother of 10 and I like to snack too! I'm working on stopping that habit.

alyssa92982

I'm a mom of 3 who has a horrible craving for sweets! U can add me too;-)

luppic8

I need to drink more water and eat more! I don't get hungry during the day because I am so busy most of the time so I nibble on the lunch I pack for myself and at the end of the day (after exercising hard) I end up with a ton of calories left over. Please feel free to add me to your buddy list if you would like to help motivate one another! Good luck to you...you can do this!

tolenja

Hello, I want to be 40 & fabulous! I recently joined a 'biggest loser' fitness challenge at Anytime fitness gym, so I feel like I have the structure & support for exercising. I really have to get my eating healthy and drinking enough water started and under control.
Tara
:flowerforyou:

anastasiaBH

Hello. I'm committing myself to make some major changes in my life and would love to interact with other mothers seeking to do the same.

I need to....

Quit drinking wine at night during the week.

Exercise daily, whether it be a walk or something more serious.

Stop snacking.

I'd like to....

Quit drinking diet coke.

Start drinking more green tea.

How about you?

Good morning, I'm not a mom, but I am 42. I love pizza, sweets, diet soda, and chicken fried rice. But, I've also been working at this for a while, and I've lost 20 lbs or so. Still trying to learn, and break my current plateau.....
Feel free to add me if you'd like.

tolenja

Congrats on the weight loss!!!

cairns19

Hello, I am a mother of 1 girl. I want to lose weight and be a good role model for her. Some changes I need to make are:

1. Log EVERYTHING I eat.
2. Stick to plan
3. Go to gym

I have been sick the last few weeks so my routine is all out-of-whack.

Kim1118

I'm a stay-at-home mom of 2 boys. I have a mean addiction to cake & cookies and always wash it down with Coke Zero. Add me and we can do this together

renaegonz

Add me! I'm a mother of 5, 47 years old. I am trying to stop drinking diet Pepsi...that stuff is the devils brew, so addicting. Also, trying to get more exercise in as well. I love the feeling after Ive worked out, it's the feeling before and during exercise that stop me!! lol

Gratzi

I'm a 41 year old mother of a three year old. I'm losing weight and getting healthy to try to combat a poor family health history. Genetics are not on my side! I've been using MFP since early October and had lost 15 lbs...until Thanksgiving when I found 4 of those pounds I had lost. It's time to get serious again!

beaglenutty

Im a mom of two and have lots of struggles too. Feel free to add me:)

vallar05

Hello ladies! I'm new to This program. I am at my highest weight ever in my life ( even with pregnancies! ) I'm soooo tired of feeling out of shape and Just plain fat! I'm hoping this is my last And final weight loss plan! I loved reading some of Your stories , as it was encouraging to me..I'm a 46 year old mom of 3. Married for 19 years and have had so many different body sizes over the course of my marriage, It's as if my husband has been married to at least 4 different women! ! LOL! I'm hoping to get on task with the help of this program and the support of This forum!

BeyondApril

Welcome to MFP!!


You can add me if you like - my 3 kids are older (17, 21, 23), but I still have them at home. I work full time and I need to:

Make time every day to do SOMETHING

Snack on healthier choices like fruit or veggies

Pare down my portion sizes, especially my ice cream at night (!!)

Get more sleep - 7 hours a night would be heaven!

:-)

April

SharadaRose

Hello I'm a 30 year old mother of an almost 7 year old boy.
I've gained 30 pounds over the last year and can't seem to shake it. I have tried weight watchers with no results. Though I have always eaten healthy I do like to snack. However I keep my calories under control. I work out twice daily with a nice mix of cardio and strength training. I have tried 1200 calories a day i have tried 1600 and 2000 calories a day. It doesnt seem to matter what I do. Though the nutrionist swears I eat right. :0(

I do have a large muscular build but I hold weight in my stomach and hips like crazy.

Im super frustrated. But I refuse to give up.

I too like Diet pepsi and yes it is horrible. I have cut down to one or two a week but would like to stop it completley.

I started to log my food on here last week. So i'm just getting starteed on this site.

BeyondApril

Hi Vallar05 - Welcome to MFP!!

I am with you! It's so hard to make time to keep ourselves healthy.

Add me as a friend if you like - I am married 26 years, have 3 kids still at home, work full time.

:-)

empc

Hi everyone! I am 56, mom of 2. I work full time. Seems like I have been dieting forever, can't think of a time that it has not been an issue. Welcome to MFP! Add me as a friend, if you like. Good luck on your journey!

Vanessahogan03

Hi I may be the youngest but I am 22 and a proud mommy of a 2 year old! I need to loose 30 lbs and NEED to cut back on the snacks and coffee creamer and bread! Please add me.

nerissag

How do you add someone as a friend?

MzEyesOnThePrize

My answer d. for all the above. Lol!

dargytaylor

Welcome!

I am a mom to 3 boys (well.....young men ), 18, 20, 22.......only 1 left at home at the present time (till christmas break, then it will be 2)

I stopped drinking alcohol during the week, allowing myself only to drink once on the weekends. I am trying to cut that out too, not completly, just in moderation . I only had 2 margarita's over the holiday weekend!

I need to definatley start going to the gym more.....I seem to do well for a two week period, then stop for 2 weeks.......WTH!!

Please add me if you like!

Nicole

Kerry1023

Hi I'm 38 and mom to a 7yo boy.

I need to make changes for healthy eating and stick with it to guide him in making better choices too. Our kids eat what we feed them and look to us for guidance.

And make time for exercise. I started running and LOVE how I feel after it but working full time and coming home to daily househlold stuff leaves me tired and heading for bed instead of exercise.

Would love to support each other and figure this our.
You can never have too much support!

Feel free to add me.

MacInCali

I'm a 39-year-old married mom of 2 whose greatest challenge is trying to stop my family from asking for fast food 2 and 3 days a week because it's hell having to smell all of that deep fried goodness/badness, lol, while eating my salad/frozen meal, etc. LOL

P.S. In order to add someone, you just need to click on our name and you'll see a green box that says "Add as Friend". I'll add you.

Good luck to us all!!!

yankeedownsouth

I just turned 43 a couple weeks ago, and I have two kids (15 year old daughter and almost 13 year old son) plus my step son who is 8. I totally hear you with the wine every day! I love beer too so it's a double whammy!

I'd love to be friends. I'll add you.

mikajoanow

I quit drinking diet coke. I did start to drink some low carb energy drinks, but I drink far less of those than I did diet coke and I feel so much better because of it. I think I just needed something a bit fizzy to replace it on occasion. I am 36 and a mom of three (two teenagers and one 1st grader) Welcome!!

4thehardman

Hiya, I'm Mum to 4 girls aged 4 and 3. I have around 100lbs to lose and this is a great support site for that. Its great to meet other Mums on here who understand the time limits, exhaustion, frustration and happiness of being Mums and who also don't mind if all you ever talk about is diet, fitness and kids! Nice to meet you, Lally

KayakAngel

I'm 43 and have 2 boys that are old enough to mostly take care of themselves. So now I take care of me. Last year, I started kayaking and doing some hiking. I still LOVE kayaking, and I've recently started running using the Couch to 5K program (excellent for starting runners). I've been on MFP about 7 months and I'm half way to my goal - still want to lose about 30 more pounds. Friend request coming your way.