Over 50 with 30lbs to lose need encouragement

AprilFoolGirl
AprilFoolGirl Posts: 13 Member
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Looking for other women that are over 50 with 30+ pounds to lose. Need encouragement and accountability. 2nd time around with MFP hoping adding friends will help with process. April Fool Girl
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  • ppayne811
    ppayne811 Posts: 2
    April Fool Girl,

    I just posted. I am 57 with 30 to lose. We're in the same boat, same time of life.

    I'll be your mfp!

    Peggy
  • AprilFoolGirl
    AprilFoolGirl Posts: 13 Member
    Peggy- Thank you! AFG
  • godschild102065
    godschild102065 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm new here. 46 with 30 to 40lbs to lose. On week 3 of insanity. Whew! Looking for soneone to stay motivated with.
  • DLKeeble
    DLKeeble Posts: 200 Member
    I sent you a friend request. I am 52 and need to loose 40lbs.
  • Gail194950
    Gail194950 Posts: 2
    I'm from NC and 63 years of age.......I would love having you or join you as support. I need to lose at least 25 lbs or more.
    Thanks
    Gail
  • jjelizalde
    jjelizalde Posts: 377 Member
    56 and 30 pounds to lose....
  • Gail194950
    Gail194950 Posts: 2
    Im new today and dont know how to send a friend request........If you are interested in joining me on our journey plesdse send me a request.
    Thanks
    Gail
  • godschild102065
    godschild102065 Posts: 3 Member
    Not sure how to send or accept friend.
  • dbkjw1964
    dbkjw1964 Posts: 8
    Hi, Im 48 with 20 lbs to lose and could use all the support I can get. Would love to be a support for you.
  • hillbillyannie
    hillbillyannie Posts: 139 Member
    I'm over 65 (just barely) and I've lost 100 pounds since May 2011. If there's anything I can do let me know. The only advise I can give you is stick with it, measure your food and don't listen to those around you who are pessimistic and tell you you don't need to lose any, they love you just like you are and you won't be able to do it anyway. If you should slip up, get up the next day and start over. Just don't compound the problem by eating more and thinking it doesn't matter. I gained 10 pounds over the last 6 weeks from traveling, eating out and straying off the path. In the last week or so I have lost 7 of those pounds. You can do anything if you don't give up. Do like I did and show them you can.
  • fitatfiftyfive
    fitatfiftyfive Posts: 46
    I like your attitude! All good advice! :flowerforyou:
  • BiggyFuzz
    BiggyFuzz Posts: 511 Member
    Welcome back!!

    Time to get healthier and remember, this is a life style change...we can do it together

    :)
  • lindalou0703
    lindalou0703 Posts: 226 Member
    I am 52 and working on maintaining 45 pounds lost. Add me if you like
  • bjdavid53
    bjdavid53 Posts: 47 Member
    I'm over 50 and originally had 25-30 lbs. to lose. I have lost 13 lbs. so far. Add me if you want.
  • smbakk
    smbakk Posts: 15
    Hi, I'm 55 and want to lose 30 lbs.
  • NeverGoinBack2012
    NeverGoinBack2012 Posts: 49
    I'm 52 and have lost 12 and looking to lose about 40 more.
  • Aesop101
    Aesop101 Posts: 758 Member
    If it absolutely positively doesn't have to be a female, invite me.
  • jjusticenow
    jjusticenow Posts: 21
    Hi my name is Jill, I am 46 also. I have about 40 to 50 pounds to loose. I also have spent a good portion of my adult life trying to loose weight. I hoping we could be friends and support each other on the journey.
  • mckayser
    mckayser Posts: 1 Member
    Hi! I just joined MFP, am over 55 and need to lose 40 pounds. Nice to know there are others...

    My difficulty is in tracking food in - usually exercise 3-4 times per week. I routinely walk on the treadmill, swim, water aerobics and kayaking.

    Let's keep each other motivated!

    Glad I found this group.
  • DORISGUDINO
    DORISGUDINO Posts: 18 Member
    53 with 40 more lbs to lose...........
  • songbird4ever1964
    songbird4ever1964 Posts: 1
    Well I wish I were in the same boat as you ladies but I am only 48 and I need to lose between 142 and 178 pounds. I have waited all these years to really get serious about this and now my health is gone and I do need encouragement and friends who are going through this too. I am really ashamed of myself for going all this time without thinking of what this weight would do to my health. Please keep me in your prayers as I start this journey and I hope to make many new friends here as well. You all are in my prayers! P.S. I will post a photo soon.
  • maeld51
    maeld51 Posts: 3,415 Member
    51, already taking hormones, get practically no exercise! I spent the last year eating everything I wanted apparently. I was using weight ignorance as an excuse, never got on the scale. I went to the doctor for a checkup, got on the scale and was crying by the time the doc walked in. I decided that day that I was going to lose the weight now because it only gets harder the older we get. I input EVERYTHING, count every single calorie. Sticking to it will work! Only 38-40 lbs to go. I don't weigh every day, I think that can be a little discouraging. Twice a week on the scale is good.
  • Belindacandoit
    Belindacandoit Posts: 7
    hi, I am 51 and weigh 180, hoping to get back down to 135. Like you, I started here months ago, but never kept up with it! Giving it another try today!
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  • VeeGeeMom
    VeeGeeMom Posts: 21 Member
    Over 50 and much more than 30 to lose but I am on the way!
  • peprwpr
    peprwpr Posts: 56 Member
    Im 49, and already lost 39lbs, but I still have at least another 30lbs to go. Feel free to add.
  • Sadiemae2008
    Sadiemae2008 Posts: 11
    I have about 110 pounds to lose [I'm 32]. I try to keep myself motivated by remembering that although 110 pounds feels so far away, time will still continue to tick away. I can spend those moments making healthy choices that culminate in me losing those pounds [hopefully most of it by next summer], or I can pysche myself out by focusing on the entire amount and end up in the same place next year that I am now. Cheesy by true: we need to take it one day at a time! :-) Glad you're on MFP!
  • justKarenAnderson
    justKarenAnderson Posts: 3
    Good for you! Trying once is admirable, but to pick yourself back up and try again is wonderful!

    I'm at least 65 pounds overweight, but that's if you go by my new ideal and not what I was in my twenties. I had lost 50 pounds over several years, but I've gained half that back thanks to a new husband who is a VERY good cook. He's finally realized that we are both getting unhealthy by the extra weight and that we will age a whole lot faster if we do nothing about it, so when our church started a weight maintanance program, we were ready. We went to the first meeting last night and started today. So far, so good!

    Anyway, I'd love to offer you encouragement, and I'd ask for yours too. Even the smallest change is a step forward, and even if you only take one extra step each day, it is progress!

    Take care, dear one. I look forward to getting to know you...

    Karen
  • 1234terri
    1234terri Posts: 217 Member
    add me if you want, I'm in same boat and it can be challenging and we have to watch each other's backs and support each other! Plus I use a wheelchair. You can DO this!
  • katiejarr
    katiejarr Posts: 251 Member
    Hi ALl...Im 51, in menopause and I have lost 40 pounds over the last 7 months and still have 25 more to go...feel free to friend me! The more friends and support the better :bigsmile:

    im on 1200 calories a day, I do yoga 2 x's a week and try and get to the gym a few times a week. At this age its a struggle...so easy to put the weight on and very slooooooowwwww to take it off!

    Taking it one pound at a time.
  • skelley331
    skelley331 Posts: 38 Member
    Hi everyone! I'm 56 and need to lose 24 lbs, I'm currently on the Metabolic Research Center weight loss program and I've lost 10 lbs so far using their program but have lost 8 lbs when i started MFP so 18 all together! I would love for anyone to send a friend request, it's nice to see how everyone else is losing lbs!!

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