Hello Everyone,
I hope you don't mind me joining your group. I will be 51 in a couple more months.

Although I am married and a mother to 2 teenage daughters, I don't get any support from my family at all. They just say, oh are you dieting again. For someone that doesn't have a weight problem, they just don't understand what we go thru struggling to lose weight. I watch my youngest daughter eat constantly from the time she gets up till she goes to bed and never seems to put any weight on.

My husband and I have worked opposite shifts for years so most times it is just my daughters and I. Most times we just prepare our own meals.

I can't seem to get motivated into exercising yet. I recently bought a fitbit to track how many steps I walk in a day with my job and find myself walking to the farthest washroom and taking more stairs at work on my breaks.

Thanks for starting this group.
K

Thanks for posting the link for 30Day Shred.

Not sure if I can do all those shoulder movements. Waiting for another cortisone shot so I can get my shoulder to move properly again.

Years ago when I lost 45lbs. I used the Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds videos. Even if you couldn't do some of the leg movements and arm movements, all you had to do was just keep walking. She has a 1 mile (20min), 2mile(30min) and 3mile(45min) video. I think she has some new ones but haven't checked them out yet.

If anyone is interested I found them on youtube so you can check them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df2gn6-w0dE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBgB_cqDiXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRScb2l4Z4g

Hope the links above work.

K

Hi to you all. I'm just starting MFP today. I did a search for "over 50" on the community page and this was the first thing that came up-- and I'm grateful it did! I like that you all are a newer, smaller group and that you're all single!

My name is Becky, I'm 58 years old, and I've been divorced since 1999, although I did have a long term relationship after that, which ended a few years ago. I have mixed feelings about whether I want another relationship.

Up till about 6 months ago, my daughter was still living with me while she was in college and grad school. It was nice to have her there to give me a bit of a window on the world, since I work afrom home... and to know that at the end of the day I'd have someone to just chit-chat with a little bit. Now she's got her own place with her boyfriend, they just got engaged, and she's also busy with friends and a new career. We're still close, of course, but I don't see her nearly as often.

Now that it's just me, I moved to a tiny little cottage (300 square feet!) to save some money, and the combination of living alone and working from home in a tiny place in a new city is a bit of a challenge sometimes.

I keep thinking this is the ideal time to work on my weight, especially since my daughter is getting married in only 5-1/2 months! I thought they'd wait at least a year, but they got the offer of a free wedding location that's really nice if they get married on Labor Day weekend, so they decided to move things up. Now of course I'm mad at myself that I didn't get the weight off earlier. I have a whopping 120 pounds to lose, so needless to say, I'm still going to be overweight at the wedding. I just hope to be much LESS overweight.

Over the last month I've been trying to do Atkins, since I know it works quickly for me. But the thing with Atkins is you really do have to stay within a pretty rigid framework, and I'm sorry, but if my daughter invites me out for lunch at her new favorite Italian place, I'm going to go. And if I need the occasional piece of chocolate or fruit salad (especially now that summer fruits are about to come out), I want the freedom to have those things.

After reading that it can be a real benefit for both weight loss and disease prevention to just do low carb a couple days a week, I decided that sounds like a good plan for me, and came here to My Fitness Pal so that I can monitor my overall food intake and calories. Finding new friends to share with is definitely an added bonus.

Looking forward to getting to know you all better. : ) I've read all the posts and you all seem really nice.

Brilliant idea for having your chocolate and eating it, too! :drinker:

Hi Becca and gang,

Well I'm on vacation and it has been pretty bad. I have not been able to stay on the plan with traveling and going out with friends. I have been skipping my vitamins and supplements too.

I did learn something new though that I wanted to share. My sister was inspired after watching a movie called Hungry for Change, and also Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. So I watched them too. They inspired me so much that I am going to buy a juicing machine when I get home. I know I don't eat enough fruits and veggies, and eat more meat than I should, so I am going to try it and see what happens.

The movies are so inspiring and on Netflix instant play if you want to watch them. Has anyone had any experiences with juicing?

Hi everybody. Well, my first week started out pretty well but has gone downhill. I think I told you, I was trying to do low carb before I came on MFP. Now that I'm back to just counting calories, I let myself buy a few snack foods last time I went grocery shopping. I figured, hey, as long as I count the calories, I can have a couple chips with my lunch or a couple of caramels after dinner. And that plan was fine at first, but as the week has gone on, I've discovered (again) that certain foods just make me a little crazy. I seriously become like some kind of crazy drug addict. I don't know if it's mental (boredom, lonliness) or some kind of physical response to certain foods, but I guess I just need to be a lot more careful what I bring home. I'm not going to say that I'll never eat those kinds of things, but if I do I'll just get one serving while I'm out, and not bring them home.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Becky

sjeannie, thanks for sharing about the strength training. I love hearing firsthand experiences. Strength training actually sounds more appealing to me than cardio exercise, too. I know we need some of both but I really hate getting sweaty and out of breath. Maybe I can do some strength training at home while I watch a little tv. : )

I also want to get back into yoga and isometrics. I had a lot of success with those when I was younger. Yoga for flexibility and breathing, and isometrics to tighten up. No equipment required!

Becky

These two documentaries inspired me to become a vegetarian (I’ve been one for 2 years now) and to start juicing. I have the Breville that Joe Cross uses. I don’t juice as much as I should but being a vegetarian has opened a whole new world for me. Check out Weight of the Nation (which I believe was an HBO special), Food Nation, Hungry for Change, Forks Over Knives. These are on Netflix too.

I am under a lot of stress right now, and I find that I eat more. Work has been hectic and I haven't been getting home until 9 or 9:30, I have a final exam at the end of the week, and no time to study, and my lease is up next month and I have to find a new place to move. I am glad I am already divorced or it could be worse!

Renate,

I am very new to this site and thrilled to have found this forum. Will write more later when not so tired. I wish success to all of us on many levels!

Hello. I haven't seen much activity in this group for quite a while, but I'm hoping that people are still around and reading and ready to post. I am over 50, single, and over 100 lbs to lose. I am very unhealthy and have 2 grandchildren that I want to live them finish high school. Right now they are too young for school, so im not in a rush to lose that much weight fast.
Id like to make some friends here for support, and though we have no one we live with to congratulate us on not buying chips or cheese cake on sale and drinking water, it would help to have someone on our side so to speak.
If you understand where im coming from please add me and perhaps get talk in this group going again.