Hi Ladies,

I'm 44. I have two kids ages 25 and 9.

One of my short -term goals is to move out of the "obsese" category.....just a few more pounds and I;m out of there.

I hope to slowly change a lot of things in my life due to the positive changes that will and are occuring as a result of shedding the weight.

Looking forward to chatting with you ladies.

Hailing from Maryland

Dee

Hello all! My name is Debbie, I am 53 and live in Bonaire, Ga. I have had weight issues all of my life and am now wanting to lose for me. I am the mother to 5 kids, with ages ranging from 20 to 5. We always have all the wrong food in my house, although I do try to control it. My husband probably has type 2 diabetes, but refuses to go to the doctor, so that is one more thing I try to control at home. DId I mention I am a Public Health Nurse?

That said, I am excited about joining this group and having someone to encourage and share ideas with.

Debbie

Hi, I'm Anita 53 yrs old. Lives in Iowa Mother of two daughters, both are out on there own. No grandchildren yet! Married to my wonderful husband for 32 yrs. and one dog (Titian) which his name fits him. I work for a husband and wife team that are Optometrist. I am a certified tech and have worked for them for 12 yrs. In my 30's my hormones started changing and so did my weight. Same as most I would gain and then loose. I have been a lifetime member of WW for 20+ years. I know it works but need something more motivating. I started with MFP in July I havent lost alot since then but I have figured out ways to losse that are working for me now. This is a awesome site. Thanks for the invite.

Anita :flowerforyou:

Hello all! Thanks for the invite. I don't post a lot on forums but will try to participate.

I'm Sharon, 55 and live in Orlando, FL. Originally from Indiana and took a plunge and moved here in 2000. I love being here! I'm married (6 years in November) have 3 grown children and 4 grandchildren. Oldest daughter in Chicago, son in Indiana and youngest here in Fl with me.

I don't know how it was messed up by I signed up to MFP in April of this year, started tracking food just fro curiosity and was hooked. I'm down 52 lbs and hope to lose another 8 by Thanksgiving. That will put me half way to what I believe to be my goal.

I've been big my entire life. I'm sick of it. I don't like how I feel and look. I won't ever be a model but I'd like to go places and not always be the biggest person in the room.

I love to crochet, sew, cook and have become somewhat addicted to exercise.

Ask any questions you like. I love this site and what it has brought to me!

Sharon

Hi there

My name is Caz, I'm 54 and I live on the south coast of England just 2 minutes walk from the beach.

I've been calorie counting and exercising since 2007 and have dropped 5 dress sizes in that time. However, the final 10 pounds remain stubborn to go, so I'm doing everything possible to "surprise" my body into giving up those last pounds. I'm fasting once a week (I did twice a week for 9 weeks but my weekly calories were getting way too low) and just this week my lovely husband and I (he's an ultra runner) have decided to give up carbs for our evening meal so it's either fish or steak with a plate of vegetables). It's going well.

! I'm eating an average of 1100-1200 per day based across the week. This is great because each non-fast day I'm eating what I actually fancy as long as I'm within my limit. I rarely go over. I have a sweet tooth and I must admit, this is my nemesis.

I work full time and I enjoy power walking, running and attending a weekly Bootcamp where the average age is 28!

Menopause has slowed things down too. I'm also a group member to the final push before the end of the year, which gives us weekly exercise targets to reach, which are hard to fit into a full time work routine!! But I'm trying!

Hi, I am Peggi, and I was invited to join the group, and when I hit "accept" the name of the person who invited me was gone, so could you please let me know who you are again? Thank you ,and thanks for the invitation. I will be 60 on Friday, married, I have 2 sons, and 5 grandkids. I have always yoyoed with my weight and my health is not the best, so losing weight is extremely important to me and keeping it off is even more important. I look forward to meeting all off you. Red

Good afternoon, Im Sabrina. I am a single 42 year old mother to two adult sons. My oldest is 20 living in southern ca. My youngest is 18 still here but doing his own thing. I had RNY in 2005 so it has been 7 years since my surgery. I have an extra 20 pounds that I would love to lose and love to have support on this journey!

Hello ,Im a single mom who finds herself so busy workin a 40 hour week job ,careing for the house,with struggles and repairs around every corner here in beautiful Iowa I dont have a regular eating pattern ,and three boys that feel house work is not part of their agenda .Thanks to My wonderful daughter I began daily participation on this site.I am beginning to see my faults lol. I dont drink soda but I am a coffee drinker,and pleased to say I've lost nine lbs just by logging my daily intake and seeing what i have to do to burn them off love it Please help and encourage me to one day be able to maintain I have a dog named sniffers and hes fast we love hiking down and up the great mississippi river :flowerforyou:

Hey. thanks for the invite. I'm Angela, 40, married, no kids. We have a cat that lets us live with him here in San Antonio. We just moved here in June from Atlanta area. Before then we were in Baltimore (thank you US Army).

I joined MFP to help keep myself accountable in regards to fitness. Recently, a thought crossed my mind that I may want to try to lose a little weight, but if I think about it, it doesn't work, so I am just going to stick to fitness.

I love to cook and grew up cooking good, fattening, country food. I don't bake much, but can throw down a big *kitten* dinner that will make you slap your mama. I don't take caloric shortcuts when I cook as I believe folks should just eat in moderation. The last few years we have started eating cleaner, so the fried chicken never hits the table any more.

I like to motivate people as it tends to help me as well.

Hello....I am 39 but knocking on the door of 40 in January 2013....I hope I can join this group. My name is Melanie and I live in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. I'm married and have a 6 year old son from a previous relationship and a 19 year old step son. I adore my husband and love him to bits and I want to look good for him (even though he seems to think I am sexy whatever I look like!).

I need to lose about 20lbs to be in a healthy BMI range but I'm not so fussed about scale weight but more about body fat percentage. I work out A LOT ...... strength training, running, cardio training, kettlercise classes, body pump and body combat. I love fitness classes and I'm looking into becoming qualified to do it myself.

Looking forward to being involved in this group ladies!

mel x

Hello! Thanks for the invitation! My name is Lisa and I'm 47. I hit menopause about 2 years ago and wow what a body change. I was one of the lucky ones eating whatever I wanted (as long as it was balanced and low sugar) for most of my life. Then all of a sudden I put on over 10 pounds. I'm petite and have been 105ish for the last 10-20 years, so that was a big change.

A lot changed in my life these past 2 years too as I've been working out regularly now and have built some muscle too. Also after being single for practically ever my boyfriend and I have now been together a year and a half. We just combined households so we're both cooking a lot more than we did as singles. He's lost over 60 pounds this past year and is a coach with Beach Body. We do the P90X and Insanity workouts, and I also do the Brazil Butt Lift ones every now and again.

MFP has really helped me to get a handle on exactly what I was eating, and to help me to ignore those horrible 'Menopause Munchies'! Looking forward to reading through and posting when I can.

Hello All,
I am Elaine, and I just had my 58th birthday. I have been on MFP for 7 months and have lost 5 pounds. I have had a slow start because I think I was eating to many calories... I think I had determined my TDEE wrong and just couldn't get the numbers correct for my short self! :ohwell: Also, I had just lost 10 pounds prior to joining here. So I have just in the last week reflected on my logging and calorie consumption totals. I have decreased my calorie intake and will see where that leads me. I love to exercise...swimmimg, walking outside, and on the treadmill... so that is not a problem with my lack of weight loss.

I am married to my best friend and have been since 1974. We have two children, I call them children...but they are grown and gone. My son has blessed us with 4 grandkids, the loves of my life...and our daughter has given us two granddogs! We love them all!!!

I live in North Carolina between the mountains and the sea! Anything else you want to know, ask!
I'll answer as best I can. Thanks for inviting me to be a member of this group!

Elaine

Hi, my name is Alice and I live in Illinois, in a suburb of Chicago. I am 54, happily married, mother of one 14-year-old daughter who just started high school this fall. I love to cook, especially to bake, but I had a such a rotten kitchen until 2010 when I finally got enough money to remodel. What a difference! Slowly but surely I'm learning how to cook yummy healthy meals for my family and myself. I've been with MFP since May and I've lost 15 pounds. I've never been terribly overweight, but I had gestational diabetes and my dad has diabetes, so I want decrease my chances of becoming diabetic. My blood glucose had been slightly elevated the past couple of years, but this last check-up it was 83! My doctor was thrilled with my weight loss and has reduced my cholesterol medication, woo hoo!

I work in the office at my church, although I worked for 15 years for Bell Labs as a software engineer. I enjoy my job now because it's a LOT less stressful. I take care of the computers, along with general office work. I like the people I work with and the work that we do.

I have several hobbies, which keeps lots of plates spinning! I do genealogy, astronomy with kids, and singing semi-professionally. I love Star Trek, old movies, reading, and gazing at the stars. And I'm enjoying the science and experiments that are cooking!

Hello, all!

I'm a 42 year old mom to Carter (18), Jackson (18), Jeremy (17), and Riley (13 and my only girl). I'm also 13 years post-surgical-menopausal. I live in Central Illinois with my amazing husband, Max, and three of the four kids. The eldest two have graduated from high school and are now going to community college. Carter moved up near Chicago to go to school by his dad's. Jackson stayed closer to home.

I'm a big fan of making food from scratch, and I absolutely love to brew. As an example, today we had homemade pizza with homemade sauce and crust. While we were making that, I also made 5 gallons of laundry detergent, a half-gallon of cranberry vodka cordial, bottled two cases of Ginger Spiced Beer and 1.5 gallons of hard cider. Tomorrow, I'll be making homemade Greek yogurt, bottling two gallons of mead (honey wine), and brewing 5 gallons of Spiced Cranberry Mead. (I'm not an alcoholic, I promise. Most of what I'm making now won't be ready to drink for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a year or longer.)

I also do a lot of historical crafty stuff. Right now, I'm in the process of making a pair of 13th-century leather shoes. I'm also taking a pottery class, where I've made a 13th-century cooking pot and tumbler. I love to hand-sew, crochet, do bookbinding, do carpentry work, and generally putz around craft stores.

Three months ago, I started running by starting the C25k. Yesterday, I ran (and walked) my first 5k. Due to a variety of health reasons, I'm taking it very slow and enjoying it as I go. When I started on MFP, I was hitting the gym far too much. Now, I go to the gym on occasion, but mostly run, walk, or do big projects around the house for exercise. It's taken me six months to lose 24 pounds, and I'm about halfway to goal. I'm never going to be a salad kind of girl, but I'm learning portion control and ways to make my favorite foods healthy as well as tasty. I've chosen not to give anything up while I work on getting to a healthier weight, so instead, I'm working on knowing how much is enough. If I go over my net calorie goals, it's a decision, not a mistake.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you, and to learn all that I can from you!

Much love,
Meri

Hi, learned of your group from one of MFpals...thanks for having me.:happy: My name is Dawn and I live in Plymouth, NC. I am 44 and very happily married to an incredible man, Steve and have no kids...therefore no grandkids. I've been working out on a regular basis for about 3 years now and have been on MFP since late April 2012. I love it here. Lots of support and no judgement while still keeping things real. I love God, I love my husband, I love my family and I love our life. I don't however love my body...so trying to do something about that. I'm 5'...always short...and stumpy... I've lost 22 pounds since being on MFP and am praying for a few more. Each day is a new day to move forward. I look forward to all that I can learn and share here! :flowerforyou: Thanks again!