HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER!! HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

Hi all! I am 46 and not ready to throw in the towel. I do not want to be a frumpy old lady. My goal is to stay as active and sexy as long as time will allow. I will be losing 20 pounds and can use all the motivation I can get. Feel free to friend me. Have a fabulous day!

Hello, I am new to both FitBit and MFP. I received the FB as a gift and after trying to connect with a walking partner that lived too far away she suggested MSP to help us be accountable. I agreed but it is off to a slow start. I have three months till I turn 41 and I have gotten myself fatter than I have ever been. I loved being fit and want it back! I am hoping through the motivation of these apps, and you ladies in this group I can get my *kitten* back in gear. I have 38 pounds to lose and more importantly 9% Body fat to lose so I can make my goals. I hope to create a real give/take relationship with you here. Let's meet our goals together.

Hi everyone, I'm a 40 year old mother of three boys. I don't know how I put the weight on, just woke up and noticed it :frown: I hope to lose the 35 extra pounds I'm carrying by the summer so I can keep up with my boys and look good doing it!

Hi Everyone,

I'm Nina from Malaysia. I started my family late. I have a soon to be 4 year old son and an18month old daughter. I've lost almost 9lbs and I'm aiming to lose at least 50lbs more. I want to be able to spend quality outdoor activities with my young kids before they start having their own social life. Looking forward to be part of the group!

Hi - I just joined the group and returned to MFP a week ago, logging my food, exercise, etc. I'm 47, and I gained 20 lbs this past winter. I need to lose 50 pounds total. I love good food, cooking and I'm always experimenting, creating new recipes. I can post some healthy ones later. I'm divorced and ready to get ready to date, so I need to get back to fabulous again. I do the elliptical, and I like spinning. I have two awesome teens, who are my biggest cheer leaders. I'm glad I found this group, and I look forward to advice from those of you who broke the yoyo cycle and lost weight for good.

Hi! I am 45 and looking to lose 100+ lbs and become, not thin but HEALTHY!!! I do not handle stress well it has done a job on my health and my weight. But this past weekend someone said something that has changed my outlook.... "If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution!" So I am going to deal with the stress in a healthy, effective manner, rather than EAT and SIT!!! I am also a wife and mother of 5 mostly grown kids and grandmother of 1 sweet little boy!!!

Hi, my name is Tina, a wife of 22 years to a wonderful husband, mother of two - a son 16 and daughter 19. All three are helping to keep me motivated. I am new to the message boards and this group. I joined MFP 4 weeks ago and have already lost 10 pounds, looking to lose another 77.

Hi Everyone! I have been on MFP for 40+ days now and I LOVE it!
I am 41 years old (42 in a few months) and I'm looking to get HEALTHY and FIT. I am in no rush to reach my goals as I would like this to be a lifestyle change and not a "diet" for lack of a better word, so while I may not have much control over it--I'm going forward with the mantra of "low and slow," although my attitude is anything but!

Since I'm not sure where "Healthy and Fit" will take this body that is under construction since I've never really been there I can't quite say what my ultimate goals are, but for now I have 5 goals listed here in order of importance first.
1-To drop my BF% by 6%
2-To loose 10 inches around my waist
3-To improve my overall physical health--including mental, spiritual and emotional
4-To lose 50 lbs (to start with) and
5-Although this is somewhat vain, I would like to have REALLY GREAT before and after photos, I would really like all of my goals to be noticeable in my pictures.

I live with my boyfriend Darren, our dog Gabby and our cat Cha-Cha in S.E. Alaska and I look forward to being a part of this group!

Hello, everyone. I am nearly 45, married and have two boys--21 and 17. Like many, I've been on and off diets most of my adult life. (I joke that I've gained and lost a small person in the last twenty years.) I've gained weight over the last two years, and now want to focus on getting back down to my fighting weight. I need to lose at least 10 lbs. and would love to make it closer to 20 lbs. I'm down 4 so far after three weeks. Hoping to gain inspiration and accountability from my fellow 40-somethings.

Hi, I turn 47 in November, and wanna be healthier by then.
I'm a mom to four and a military wife, ful-time college student.
Just found this site today. Looks good.

Hi evryone!!
I am Missy a 40 year old wife and mother from the southern Oregon coast. I have 1 son who will be 21 in June and have been married to my current husband for almost 13 years (together 19). To back up a little I was a mother at 19, a widow at 20 (3 months later) and diagnosed with cancer (non-hodgkins lymphoma in the spine).
My husband is a commercial fisherman and gone quite a bit but when he is home we do a lot of camping, hunting, fishing ect. We live on 13 acres in the mountains on the coast and do a ton of gardening also.
I spent almost 8 years being sick after my cancer diagnosis but I think about 7 of that (after the chemo and radiation) was more side effects form all of the pills they had me on. When I detoxed off of the HANDFULLS of pain pills, muscle relaxer, sleeping pills ect 2 years ago I felt like I "WOKE" up and I am excited to get my life back.
As a teenager I was always heavy and was usually around 165-175...i only gained 18 pounds while pregnat! When my first hubby died I lost weight. Then got depressed and gained some up to about 180. Then I took a HUGE downward spiral and got involved in some bad things (drugs) and got down to about 150 when I left where I was livi9ng and moved here to the coast. I stayed away from the non prescription stuff and got up to 170 again.
While I was going through the radiation I was on medication that BALLOONED me up to 265!...that slowly came off over a few years but I stayed between 210-220. When I detoxed I lost again and was down to 172. While I was sick I stopped haing my cycle for 6 years. We gave up on trying to have a baby. I think detoxing did something to my system because within 2 months my cycle was back (along with my endometriosis and cycts and adhesions) and I was back in pain...BUT....ended up pregnat last April only to quickly miscarry (4th time). The docs finally said enough is enough if I was not going to try and get pregnat again I needed it al out. The day I had surgery I was 218 and 9 days later when I walked out of the hospital (2 surgeries and a full hysterectomy later) I was 201. I had a HUGE cyst and tons of adhesions but really thing it was the fresh cut fruit they would deliver 24/7...lol.
ANYWAY....SO I have been actually trying to focus on cleaner versions of eating and tryingt o figure this all out and am currently at 195. The scale does not seem to be moving but my clothes are getting bigger. The sun is shinning here in Allegany so that means LOTS of yard work for me......
I am sooooo looking forward to support from all of you and also giving support.
Thanks for starting this group....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ADD ME !!! I really need the help !

Have a fabulous Monday everyone!!!

Hello everyone,

I'm Omari from Atlanta. 43. 186. I'm just today joining up. I'm on a journey to lose 20 lbs in 20 weeks. I started zumba saturday but high impact is too hard on my joints, I'm bummed and want to still burn minimum 500 calories daily.

Anyway, I am excited to find a group just for me. I have a wonderful boyfriend, no kids and a happy life. But, am very self conscious of my body ( in particular lower belly) and want it gone once and for all. I feel vibrant and want my outside to reflect that . I DO NOT want to buy another wardrobe of clothes to accomodate current weight, and feel that now is the time for me to get off my *kitten* to do it.

Happy to be here. I don't have many friends on here, so please add me Omari2013, as I would like to meet new friends and chat and offer support. Especially if you are in Atlanta, please reach out to me.

Thanks for listening....

Hello! My name is Valerie and I'll soon be 43. I have four awesome kids (23, 17, 13, and 9) and one ADORABLE 9 month old grandson! I am also in the final stages of a divorce. I've been doing MFP consistently for about 5 weeks and I'm down 8.4 lbs so far! I've been using it in conjunction with Runtastic. I'm a full-time student and I start a full-time job tomorrow! Needless to say, I'm busy, but I love it! MFP has really been a great tool for me so far! Just wanted to connect with others who are having success with it.

Hi! I dont think I have posted here yet. I am Lisa, 43 and live in coastal Maine. I have two boys ages 11 and 7. I am pretty active, preferring to row, walk and workout with weights at home, but I am also trying to start jogging again and am on week 3 of C25k, which I love! Since hitting 40 I hit perimenopause pretty hard and weight loss has been pretty much nonexistant. I was able to maintain 170 and was recently put back on the pill for hormone reasons. I am now 180! ahhh! My ultimate goal is 140, but I love being curvy and I dont want to lose those. I would be happy at 150 being my max weight.

I eat clean and exercise at least 30 minutes at least 5 days a week. Yes I cheat here and there but on the whole I eat better than most. I have a hard time sticking with any sort of program for more than 2 weeks! I feel like if I could be good for a month I would see progress which would then motivate me more to keep at it! Im so sick of the scale and all the tracking. While recording my meals does seem to help it just becomes a huge burden sometimes. I'd like to break up my 40 pound weight loss into 10 pound mini goals. Yet the scale has the ability to destroy me, even when I have been very good, so I think I may just get rid of it, or at least only weigh myself every 2 weeks. My goals may have a number value but honestly if I feel good about myself, sexy strong and confident and I see progress in my trouble areas, and can stand to look at pictures of myself, THAT is my ultimate goal really.

I look forward to the conversations we have here and meeting some new friends! ~Lisa