women 40+ would like to share progress

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  • tabbydog
    tabbydog Posts: 4,925 Member
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    Okay......so what the heck is Zumba???? You have my attention!!!

    Zumba is a Latin dace inspired group fitness type of thing. They have it everywhere, all over the place. If you google Zumba and your city/state you should be able to get some information about classes in your area. It is a TON of fun!

    Ran for 25 minutes this morning. The couch to 5K really works!
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    Afternoon Gals,
    DRAT!!:explode: No loss for me, but no gain either..I stayed the same 222. I guess I will just have to give it more time, I did an hour core workout and then 40 minutes on the Elliptical, I have ran three times(9 miles total) this week (since last Friday) and I have done 60 minutes total on the Elliptical, then 2 days weight training, 1 day stretch and 1 day yoga....and I stayed the same:grumble: , that is what I have been dealing with for months now....in my head I tell myself..."Go Deb, your really building up those muscles....muscle weighs more...that's why there is no loss", but I have to get the combo right or it's gonna kill me:sad: .....I"m sorry for the pity party, I'm just hungry...slow and steady, I know that's how it works, my time will come!

    Snowflakes...Great job 1.4 pounds is awesome! I always thought we were crazy getting married right before Christmas..and here you did it 2 days after....:drinker: No I usually get up at 5:30, I just knew I had a LOT TO DO TODAY AND MY GRANDKIDS are coming for a visit this afternoon, sorry about the caps there....didn't mean to shout!:embarassed:
    Eva, :bigsmile: Good Luck on Sunday!!

    Tabbydog, great job on your run...
    I just heard my grandkids pull up...bye for now, I'll check in tomorrow, everyone have a great weekend.
    Debra
    Just to repeat, anyone have suggestions on good heart rate monitor?
  • LittleEva44
    LittleEva44 Posts: 263

    Eva, :bigsmile: Good Luck on Sunday!!

    Thanks, Make! You can do it, too! I'm living proof! I have converted two (2) women into weighing in once a month, too! Okay, Okay, one of them is going to weigh-in every two weeks...I'll take that! :flowerforyou:

    Blessings!

    Eva
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    Debra, do you take your measurements on a regular basis? I take them once a month and I lost 14 inches in 7 months. In the same time I only lost 7 pounds. I changed bra size, I also changed pants size.

    The scale is a good tool when you are changing your life style, but you also must look at how you fit in your clothes, how your body's shape is improving and how much better you feel.

    I had to wait 2 months before the scale decided to start moving. What kept me going was the improvement in my energy level and the fact that the inches were going down.

    Don't despair, the best things come to those who wait.
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    I did my training this morning and I am up to 5/18!!!

    Let's go ladies, don't give up, we can do it!!!
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    Good morning y'all!! Today, I did not loss another pound :grumble: :grumble: Worse, I gained 0.4 pounds :noway: :noway: :noway:


    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I'll work a little harder today :wink: :happy:

    Have a nice day and a nice week end!!!
  • anderkaj
    anderkaj Posts: 3
    Hi, I'm new here this week. I love being able to track all the nutritional information. Realistically I want to lose 25 lbs. Most importantly for me is to get healthy. My cholesterol is over 300...starting meds this week too. Also dealing with anxiety..which I am hopeful healthy eating and exercise will help. I'm married w/ 2 kids...a 16 year old son and an 11 y/o daughter. You guys seem great and I hope I have some progress to share in the next few weeks.
    Karen
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    Hello ladies and welcome Anderkaj!!

    I am in serious need of encouragement, I didn't do my training yet and I am a morning person :noway: Also, I realised that I made a mistake in my fraction. When I started my workout last Monday, there was only 17 days left of workout. I don't think I will want to go on the Gazelle at 3am on the 26th So for now I am at 5/17.

    Speak to you later, I now will try to kick my b...
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    Missou you can do it. Just get up and exercise. Even if its only for 30 min. Make it 6/17... Your math error just means you are one day closer to going.

    Welcome Karen :flowerforyou:

    I am having a much better weekend staying on track with calories and exercise this weekend than last weekend. YEAH. I spent an hour in the hot tub reading a book and relaxing. I cant believe the weather - it got to 60 today :love: I did my C25K training outside in a tank top...

    I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    I did it!! I am at 6/17!!! Thanks Pinbotchick :flowerforyou:
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    Last Monday I was leaving in 18 days, but since I am leaving home at 3 am, it will be too early to do any exercises :laugh: :laugh:
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    Wow, I was so tired when I wrote my last message that I repeated myself :laugh: :laugh:

    This is a good morning and I feel good!!! I'll go and do my workout really soon!!
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    I am at 7/17!!! :happy: :happy:

    Come on everyone, We can do it!!!
  • tabbydog
    tabbydog Posts: 4,925 Member
    Missou, don't get discouraged with the lack of falling numbers. When you don't have a lot of weight to lose, I think it comes off veeeerrrrryyy slowly, at least that's what I keep telling myself! The first 7 or so came off fast, and now it is a pound every other week or so. Even though I am exercising more. I feel better though, so we have to focus on that!:wink:
  • Missouwechanged
    Missouwechanged Posts: 963 Member
    The fact that I don't really follow a diet and that I indulge into sweet foods a little too often doesn't help either :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    I'm glad you got the exercise in Missou.

    I took today off exercising - my body needed the rest. I did manage to stay within my calorie allotment even with splurging this morning on waffles - YUMMY :love:

    My family is celebrating Thanksgiving next weekend at my house. I am excited but need to do lots of prep work this week. I want to spend my time visiting not cleaning vegetables, cooking or ironing table cloths. My plan is too send as many left overs as possible home with people - or to work with my husband on Monday. I plan to do extra exercise in the morning before we eat.

    I have my bookclub meeting Wed night but most people there are trying to lose weight and have been bringing low cal snacks.
  • ladyhutch
    ladyhutch Posts: 3
    hello women over 40!!!!! I will be 42 in a few days, and i have lost 33lbs!!!! I am having a big problem right now. I need to lose my belly fat. I've had a c-section years ago, and here recently i had to have another abdominal operation i am having so much trouble trying to firm up my stomach, and i cannot do sit-ups is there anything else i can do short of having an operation that i can not afford thanks ladies274693.png
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  • LittleEva44
    LittleEva44 Posts: 263
    hello women over 40!!!!! I will be 42 in a few days, and i have lost 33lbs!!!! I am having a big problem right now. I need to lose my belly fat. I've had a c-section years ago, and here recently i had to have another abdominal operation i am having so much trouble trying to firm up my stomach, and i cannot do sit-ups is there anything else i can do short of having an operation that i can not afford thanks ladies274693.png
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    Hi, Lady. I was power walking during my lunch time (3 days a week then doing weights once a week) and now I'm training myself to run. I weigh myself once a month and this month it hit when I'm menstruating so I have gained two pounds. I'm not discouraged :tongue: I know I'm retaining water and will lose the weight after my Aunt Emily leaves. Check out my profile, ticker, and weigh-in. Blessings! :flowerforyou:

    Eva
  • anderkaj
    anderkaj Posts: 3
    I've been tracking my food for about a week and my numbers have been amazingly good (well it's only been a week...give me time : ) BUT, my protein is always over. This really surprised me because I don't eat a lot of meat. Anyone else find this? or any other surprises in logging your food?
    Karen
  • lady40
    lady40 Posts: 6
    Hello women 40+. I am new to MFP. But not to weight loss struggles. I have decided now that I am 40 it is time to put me first. Although I sometimes have a hard time with that goal. It hasn't even been a week yet on MFP, I have really only been concentrating on logging my food. Would really like to start a fitness program, just not sure what to do. I guess the best thing is to do something. Not sure if joining a gym or just trying on my own for awhile is best. What worked best for you?
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member


    Thanks, Make! You can do it, too! I'm living proof! I have converted two (2) women into weighing in once a month,

    Blessings!

    Eva

    Thanks for the advise, would probably be a smarter thing for me to do as well...I need to hide the scale, because it calls me everytime I walk by....then I get easily frustrated!:angry: I do believe it hates me:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    Hi, I'm new here this week.
    Karen

    Welcome Karen and good luck!
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    hello women over 40!!!!! I will be 42 in a few days, and i have lost 33lbs!!!! I am having a big problem right now. I need to lose my belly fat.



    Welcome Ladyhutch....I have the same problem, but mine is still a fat layer and I'm hoping the defined abs are hiding underneath:laugh: , I have decied to really pick up on the cardio (last 2 plus weeks) I have been doing more resistance type training with only 180 minutes per week of cardio, I'm jumping the cardio to 300 minutes per week and see if that helps, and I have also started eating a portion of my exercise calories. I am going to continue like this for the rest of the year and see where that gets me , the scale has been stuck, but I'm not giving up!:wink:
    Good luck to you! Debra
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    I've been tracking my food for about a week and my numbers have been amazingly good (well it's only been a week...give me time : ) BUT, my protein is always over. This really surprised me because I don't eat a lot of meat. Anyone else find this? or any other surprises in logging your food?
    Karen


    I have found this too, but I am eating a lot of yogurt and protien shakes, my big surprise is that my carbs are always lower....I love carbs, always thought that could of been my problem:ohwell:
    Good Luck!
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    Hello Ladies, hope you are all well, I've been busy, but staying on task!:wink:

    Dominique, I took your advise and measured myself and I have to thank you for that, I wasn't going to measure until I was finished with this 12 week program that I am doing. I just finished week 9.:happy:
    I'm glad to report that even with only 6 pounds of weight loss in the 9 week period I have lost inches
    I have lost
    1" chest (and 1 cup size smaller)
    3 1/2 " belly
    1 1/2 " hips
    so I am getting smaller and then I dug out a pair of skinny jeans that I put away because I was always uncomfortable:explode: , well even those fit much better in my thighs and I wore them to my sons BB game and I wasn't constantly pulling up on them beacause I was spilling out of them :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (if you know what I mean!):wink: so I am on the right track, just a little impatient:embarassed:
    Hope everyone is doing well!!
    Off to exercise and then it's grocery day for me!
    Good luck everyone!
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    I've been tracking my food for about a week and my numbers have been amazingly good (well it's only been a week...give me time : ) BUT, my protein is always over. This really surprised me because I don't eat a lot of meat. Anyone else find this? or any other surprises in logging your food?
    Karen

    I too was surprised about how much over I was on protein. From reading other posts, I have decided that this is okay for me. I have been working out a lot and bodies need extra protein to heal and grow muscle.

    I added salt and cholesterol to my daily tracking numbers. The number that really surprised me was salt. I lead a busy life a always ate processed foods or frozed pre-prepared foods or fast food :blushing: I was taking in 3500 plus in salt. The only way I have been able to bring that number down is to cook. So I am getting more creative and preparing slow cooker meals the night before (late evening when I have more time). Or using my oven timer to have baked potatoes ready when I get home. I bought a rice cooker with a warmer function - I can cook 4 cups early in the week. Then just put 1 cup in to warm up with some extra water in about 30 min. I have been adding garlic, parsley, and other spice to make more flavorful rice with out the salt of boxed rice.
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    so I am getting smaller and then I dug out a pair of skinny jeans that I put away because I was always uncomfortable:explode: , well even those fit much better in my thighs and I wore them to my sons BB game and I wasn't constantly pulling up on them beacause I was spilling out of them :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (if you know what I mean!):wink: so I am on the right track, just a little impatient:embarassed:

    Congrats on getting smaller :flowerforyou:

    We all get impatient. It is hard to remember how long it took us to put the weight on. I figured out I gained 5 pounds a year for the last 12 years and in the last 22 years I have gained 99. In 7 weeks, 16 have come off :bigsmile: It is going to be a long journey to get this weight off.
  • anderkaj
    anderkaj Posts: 3
    Sue and Chick,
    Thanks for the welcomes.:smile: I'm not too worries about the protein...just surprised . Like you said, Sue, I thought my carbs would be the tough number. WOW you are doing great on your exercise. I'm just doing cardio 20 minutes 4 times a week and strength 3 times.
    Karen
  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Good Morning All!

    This look s like a great thread! I am 47 ( on the "mature" end of this group - it appears.:tongue: ) We have 5 kids ages 25- 15. I had lots of motivation to lose since May for the weddings of our oldest daughters. Now having passed that hurdle, I am going to need the everyday kind of motivation to keep on keeping on! Looks like this might be the right place for that!

    My major struggle now is to return to the exercise that got me started. My diet seems to be pretty steady but I need a kick in the hiney to organize the schedule to include regular excercise! Daughter #2's wedding was on the 6th of Nov. so i have allowed myself a week of relaxation, recovery and reorganization but now to get back to the gym 2 x's a week, the eliptical 2 x's and one day with a friend)

    Sounds like all of you are doing well. It will be fun to get to know you! I am usually a once to twice a week logger so hopefully I will be keeping up with everyone!

    Have a great day all!:flowerforyou:

    HoosierM
  • LittleEva44
    LittleEva44 Posts: 263


    Thanks, Make! You can do it, too! I'm living proof! I have converted two (2) women into weighing in once a month,

    Blessings!

    Eva

    Thanks for the advise, would probably be a smarter thing for me to do as well...I need to hide the scale, because it calls me everytime I walk by....then I get easily frustrated!:angry: I do believe it hates me:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    You don't have to hide the scale :wink: Mine is right there in the bathroom not really STARRING at me, but collecting DUST :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I tell ya girl, to let the clothes do the taking to you! Another example is your ring(s). My wedding band feels loose on my finger. My riding boots are not tight around my calves and don't mark my calves, anymore!! BEAT the scale by not calling to it when it calls your name....it's called TEMPTATION

    Blessings! :flowerforyou:

    Eva
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