women 40+ would like to share progress

pinbotchick

I have worked with 2 clients recently that fell following their total knee replacements (I know yours was only an hemiarthroplasty) and both had to have surgery again. 1 had a fracture and the other knocked the patella button off. If it doesn't get better soon, you may want to see the your ortho doctor. I will keep you in my thoughts and hope all is well. :flowerforyou: Good luck with your exercises.

amcmamcm

I am so impressed with some of you ladies exercise routines and how much you look forward to them.

My exercise routine consists of back stretching/core strengthening which I have to do to prevent further deterioration of my degenerative disc disease and walking on week days for 1 hour at about 3mph.

I enjoy the walking when I am able to go outside and walk with a friend, but I am pretty bored when the weather is bad and I have to use the treadmill, even if I watch TV while walking. As for the back exercises I know that they are working so that is my motivation....

I wish I were an exercise junkie!

I hope that everyone is having a good week and achieving their goals. This has been my first week and I am looking forward to my first weight in tomorrow.

Missouwechanged

I was thinking of going to see my ortho this week. I don't want to :grumble: :grumble: I don't want another surgery :grumble: :grumble: I think 16 in a lifetime is enough :sad: :sad:

One thing I do not want is to suffer. Pain is my enemy!!! If I have to, I'll have the surgery.

Missouwechanged

I am going to get my Gazelle this afternoon. It fits perfectly in my car!!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

pinbotchick

missou - have a great workout on your gazelle :happy: I am glad it fit in your car.

amcmamcm - I agree with you that it is boring to walk by yourself. I am an avid reader and have discovered books on tape/CD or even MP3 format for my IPOD. If I have to walk alone, it goes much quicker when I listen to a good book. You may become an exercise junkie yet. It took finding MFP and seeing the first few pounds fall off before I really started to exercise more. My husband has gotten on the exercise band wagon with me and encourages me to get up early (6 am:grumble: ) to workout to exercise videos with him before work. I also have 2 walking buddies to help get me outside. Having someone else count on you to exercise with them makes you more accountable to actually do it. Good luck with your weigh in tomorrow.

snowflakes

Hi Ladies,

The gazelle sounds interesting. I would like to try one sometime.

It is said that some people crave exercise, maybe those are the exercise junkies. I'm definitely
not there yet . I love the privacy of my own home yet I can share here with MFP. This has been a good combination for me. Today I rode the stationary bike and did wall push ups. Drinking the recommended amount of water is not an issue for me. But smaller portion size of food is a daily goal for every meal.

Have a great rest of the day:flowerforyou:

amcmamcm

pinbotchick - I agree with you that having the support of your husband and friends is helpful.
I have one walking buddy and we go out as soon as the our kids board the school bus, which is 6:45am for our daily walk, unless it rains (then it is treadmill time)
As for my husband he is not on the wagon yet! I am trying to convince him that he will have more energy and feel better if he exercises, but he says that he does not have time or that he is tired. He gets up at 4:30am and leaves home around 5:00 am, so I understand him being tired when he gets home at 5pm... How did you convince your husband?

pinbotchick

My husband (he's also 41) noticed I was logging calories and for kicks asked me what his lunches were. He eats out every day for lunch. His favorite salad was 1200 and the hamburger and fries were 1500. He was shocked. When I explained the concept of MFP, he thought it made sense. I gave him some better options at his favorite restaurants in the 600 to 800 calorie range. He also ate the healthier dinners I cooked. He lost 2 lbs the first week and thats all it took. He noticed the changes in me and decided he would get up and exercise too. He doesn't have to leave until 8 am. We both cant believe how much better we feel. :bigsmile: He is down 10 lbs as well. I still cant get him to log onto MFP. I wish you luck with your husband. Would he consider a 1 mile walk before dinner - it could be bonding time and time to de-stress? We generally go out to eat on Friday nights - our local restaurant is a mile down the road. We have been walking there, having dinner and walking home (saves gas, lets us spend time talking about our week and and is some added exercise )...

snowflakes

My husband has started counting calories too. That support makes it easier for me when he is not sabotaging my efforts. We don't eat much different than we did. We are just eating smaller portions and seeing results. He has kicked up his exercise so he gets many more calories than I do in a day. I really like the support from MFP but at this time it is not for him. Maybe it is a man thing?:laugh: Wishing you each support in your goals.:flowerforyou:

pinbotchick

Well, I am actually grateful for the flu. I dont have it but one of my patients called to cancel today because she has it. That leaves me with an extra hour. I called my mom and she is coming over to take a 3 mile walk on this beautiful fall afternoon. Then its back to work for 3 more patients. Hope everyone has a great day.

pinbotchick

Good morning everyone, I hope you all have great plans for the weekend. We are planning to stay home and relax. My husband is disappointed in me - I didn't buy any Halloween Candy. I figured I would pass quarters out and save myself the calorie temptations. We normally only get 5 or 6 trick-or-treaters.

Yesterday was a bad calorie day even through I walked 6 miles... To many temptations at the local restaurant. I love small towns but when something big happens everyone in the area shows up to celebrate. We walked there for dinner and ended up staying 2 1/2 hours visiting with friends and celebrating that the restaurant's liquor license finally arrived :drinker:

I am determined to do better today. I guess I should go and exercise in order to make that happen,

Missou - how is the Gazelle and your knee?

Missouwechanged

Good morning everyone!!

I understand you Pinbotchick when it comes to temptations. I did not get any candies either!! Even those I don't like. Anyway, I'll be on vacations in 4 weeks and I need all the money I can get

Ladies, you are very lucky to have the support of your husband and that he participes in your weight loss efforts. My husband does support me, but since he does not want to start taking so much care as to what he is eating and his portion sizes and since he is the cook of the house, he tends to keep on giving me big portions still. When the food is good, what can I say...

My knee does not appreciate the Gazelle as much as I tought it would, but I am doing a lot of strenghtening exercises for my quads, my hamstings and my lower legs. I should be able to use it soon. At least, I hope so. I really miss my cardio workout!!

Take care and be good to yourselves!!

Missouwechanged

I went on the Gazelle and I was able to stay 5 minutes. I didn't stop because my knee was in pain, I stopped because I wanted to prevent any damage. Now, the knee is a little sore and I will do some rehabilitation work on it. I am really happy to have done some cardio!!! :happy: :happy: I'll see how it goes tomorrow.

motocaryschell

Hello everyone, just thought I would check in and let you know that yay, I'm back down to where I started! (haha) Missou, you must rest your knee, no matter what. Surgery will only delay your progress and besides you will have to rest after surgery anyway. Unless you actually have a tear or something that will not repair on its own with rest, surgery is more intrusive than anything. The hard part is actually resting it and not overdoing it (which can be extremely easy).

Okay, an inspiring story for us all. This will be me someday, I promise: There is a 44 year old woman who lives in our town, married with two daughters. I saw her walking at the park the other day and couldn't believe how sculpted she looked. I asked her how she did it, and while she was holding three pound weights, she said that she puts weights on her ankles and walks approximately an hour and a half each day. She didn't look like she was overdoing it and she said she had only been doing it since July. I have started using weights for my walks and can tell a HUGE difference. I'm not going too fast as I've only just begun, and I've found I can't do my 10 incline with them on, but I will with patience and tenacity! Anyway, I don't think eating was ever an issue for her as it is with me. I love to eat and I love to cook. I have a hard time saying no, and I have to supplement with healthier things in order to stay true to my diet (no always possible...hello Olive Garden) Any way, I feel that if someone I know personally can do it, then I know I can. And if I can, we ALL CAN!!!

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Missouwechanged

I understand what you are saying Motocaryschell. I really don't beleive there is a tear in my knee because I was always able to use it and even take very active walks. I just overdid it and now, it is still sore. I saw my GP after the fall in she is not worried. Hubby has done several tests on it and beleives the problem is meniscal. He says my knee is very stable. I have a few exercises that I have to do several times during the day. Using the Gazelle is easier on my knee than going up the stairs. I know what movement will increase the pain so I don't do them as much as possible.

Thanks for the advice.

booboogroom

Well ladies I gained .6 pounds back. :explode: If I didn't know it was musscle I'd be :mad: . I have finished my workouts for the week. My goal was to burn 1440 calories and I burned 2500. Yea me.

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LisaLGK

I am 46, and have lost 55 lbs in the past year and a half. (bringing me down to 108 lbs) My BMI is 20.1, which I'm very proud of. For the first time in my life I have muscles! Now I want to stop losing, and just maintain. This is difficult since I still love to work out every day. I'm having a difficult time getting out of "diet" mode. (actually, I haven't "dieted", I have just adopted a healthy lifestyle.)

Is anyone else in the maintaining stage? If so, I would love to speak to you about it.

LisaLGK

A Gazelle helped me to get much of my weight off! I no longer use it, but definitely got some great results with it. (Good luck to you!)

Missouwechanged

Thanks Lisa. I can't wait to be able to use that Gazelle properly!!!

booboogroom

Missou I was wondering if your knee hurts or swells up after walking? I went for a walk today for about 55 min. walked 2.5 miles would have liked to have went for 3 but my knee swelled up, so I didn't. I thought walking was good for your knees. I dont know it dosen't swell as bad when I workout on the cycle or ellipitcal. I guess I need to go see the doc. again :explode: .

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Missouwechanged

Unfortunatly my knee does hurt and swells up when I walk :mad: It does not hurt as badly when I go on the elliptical, but still, I need to rest it a lot these days. So no exercises for me. I don't want to try anythine because there is always a demand on the knee, even when you do sit-ups :grumble:

Missouwechanged

Good morning everyone, it is the day after one of the fatal day in the year... Halloween!!!
I did not give out candies and my girls are too old to run around for trick or treat so I had no temptations. I was alone with hubby last night and we had a fondue :happy:

Even thought I am not doing any exercise, my weight is staying the same. I am carefull when I eat and I am able to stay within my calory count. I can't wait to do my exercises again!!!

pinbotchick

Hello everyone. Hope you had a nice Halloween. We stayed home and a had a record 9 trick or treaters. I passed out quarters and received only a few funny looks. I probably spent less than a bag of candy costs and had no temptations around the house :happy:

It looks like today will be one of the last nice days for the year. I have a 3 mile walk planned for 11:30 this morning. Otherwise, I will be having a day of rest, relaxation and cleaning at home. I hope to start listening to Diana Gabaldon's newest book - An Echo in the Bone. I cant believe that Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. I've started looking up low calorie options for my stuffing. Anyone have any ideas?

Extra exercise kept me within my calorie limits for the weekend. I have had a hard time staying motivated this week. I keep telling myself - this should be a habit by now and not so hard to keep going. I took time this morning to review my log of eating for the month of October - I made my water goals each day, noticed a steady decline for calories in over the month, I seem to eat more on weekends, and when I cook (vs box food) my salt levels are lower. Overall, I am happy with my progress. I just need to remember and keep repeating - that slowly off means it is more likely to stay off and that this is a lifestyle change not a diet.

I appreciate everyone's support. Thanks. Have a great, healthy week.

Missou - I feel for you not being able to exercise the way you want to... Take care of that knee :flowerforyou:

harvey6

Hi ladies. I will 45 next month. I am the mother of three girls (28,26,24) and a boy (21) and the grandmother of two boys (9 & 7), and two girls (6 & 20 Mos). I have not had luck with other plans but one week with myfitnesspal and I have lost 5 lbs. My oldest daughter is getting remarried to a wonderful man next August and I don't want to look like an Oompah Loompah for her wedding, my youngest daughter is getting married the following year, which provides the motivation to keep it going.

I have trouble losng weight because of some medical issues but I think I may have finally found what is going to work for me with this tool and all of you.

I went to my sister-in-laws for Halloween. She gets so many Trick-or-treeters that I didn't have to worry about the candy, it didn't last long enough.




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PJilly

I turned 49 last week. I have a hubby and two teens (17-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy). I've lost 13 pounds since August 17 by doing Slim in 6 and tracking my food here on MFP. My goal is to lose 11 more. I hope it stays as easy as it has been, but I'm also prepared for the last few to be a little more difficult. That's OK. I will do it, even if it takes a little longer. I WILL reach my goal, and more importantly, I will maintain it.

Happy November, everybody!

Jill

DeeDeeLHF

Is it too late to join?

Married 24 yrs.
5 kids ages 10-22

Started my weight-loss several years ago by first just giving up sugar. I am a very slow loser but I have learned to live with that.

I never liked exercising before but after a very stressful time I started and now I love it.

I am currently in bed with the flu! :sick: The hardest part is not being able to excercise!:grumble:

I am staying under 1200 calories though. I stepped on the scale after a week in bed and found I have gained a pound.

You all seem awesome! I saw another thread with several people in the 40+ group but they are lightyears ahead of me, running marathons and P90X insanity etc.:blushing:

Happy November 1st!

DD

Mommabee

Hi everyone!
I just found this site today and I love it already! I am 46 a mother of 2 boys (24 and 22). The 24 year old, Mat is in Iraq right now, on his second deployment. He got engaged just before he left Oct. 9th, so I have a wedding to help plan and a mother-of-the-groom dress to buy, so here I am! I started my diet, no, scratch that, my NEW LIFESTYLE, two weeks ago and have lost 8 pounds so far, but I used my new weight to start on here so "officially" I haven't lost anything yet...
Plus, I just had my yearly physical and was told that it looks like I may have had a small heart attack sometime in the last year since my last EKG. Talk about a wake up call! I have to go for a stress test (won't take long to get me stressed right now LOL) to find out if I really did have one or not, so that's just motivating me even more to get this weight off once and for all! I bet I have lost three or four complete people in my years of dieting, but they just won't stay lost! They keep coming back and bringing friends with them so this time I am not dieting, I am changing my life!!!!
Thanks for listening! I am here to do the same for all of you! Here's to the first day of the rest of our HEALTHY lives!!!!
Mommabee of the groom

booboogroom

Missou I talked to my husband last night, remember he's a truck driver he's in Memphis, he said he thinks the reason our knee's are swelling and hurts after walking is because we are putting more impact on it. Sounds likely cause we don't impact the floor with the machines.(except the tread mill) But I think I will be seeing my knee doc. sometime :grumble: , and see what he has to say and offer. Anyway it sounds like we may both have the same problem. Maybe together we can figure out what it might be. :huh: .

Oh yea welcome to all newcomers :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: .

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Phonzie

Hi everyone! I just found this forum and would like to join with other over 40's - I am 49 - mother of 2 beautiful girls (14 & 21). I am currently at my top weight and joined MFP about 1 week ago. It has been great to keep track of my meals. Having trouble fitting exercise in. I KNOW IT IS ESSENTIAL. I have been using the stairs at work and trying to walk as much as possible in the course of my day (parking further away, etc.) I already get up early (5:30 on class days, 4:30 on clinical days) so that is not the answer. My youngest daughter is very active, so my afternoons/evenings are mostly spent as a taxi driver. I have lost 6 lbs so far - but the dr. started me on a diuretic at the same time, so I know that is water wt. It helps to know that others are on the same road. My goal is to start my 50's much healthier than I am ending my 40's. I need all the support I can get!

booboogroom

DeeDeeLHF sweetie it's never to late. :flowerforyou: Good luck on your progress.

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