Hello everyone, my name is Dee, going to be 55 soon! Have about 50 lbs to lose. Did weight watchers a couple years ago and lost 30 lbs, then gained it all back. Not sure if this is going to work for me, but I want to give it a try. I hate to exercise and love to eat sweets, so, it is always a challenge. Looking forward to your tips and encouragement!

I am glad to be back on mfp after a month "hiatus". Migraine and work knocked me off track, but I'm on a week's vacation and hope to get back to it. My son even drove to my house this morning at 7 am to make sure I went to the gym. He is very supportive and that helps immensely. And in the past month, I've only gained one pound, so I'm very excited about that!

Hi everyone. My name is Bonnie.I am 51years old. really enjoy using this website. Since I started about a month ago my goal was to lose about 110lbs. So far I have lost about 15-18. I have had assistance from my Dr. with appetite suppressant, but I would say it has mostly been this website. I never have been a healthy eater. Always justified what I ate. This website has made it possible to really be accountable for what I eat. It makes it easy with the phone app and being able to scan some of the items I eat. I started my husband on it and he lost 7 pounds in about a week. i am now looking for some healthy recipes for meals and tasty snacks, if anyone has any suggestions. thanks

Hello everyone. My name is Cindy. 58 years old and on this lifelong journey of losing weight and trying to keep it off. I made Lifetime at Weight Watchers years ago and slowly and steadily gained that weight back. It's not their fault ...... of course it's mine. I know that any time one decides to take charge of their life, it's going to be a struggle. Anyway, it's that way for me. I love to eat and let me tell you, I HATE exercise and everything about it.

So.....my daughter signed up here and invited me to join this site. The funny part is I had already signed up here a few years ago and did lose some weight. I love it as there is also a phone app which makes it pretty easy to succeed. I can cancel my WW membership as this is free! How great is that!!!!

My husband and I retired a little over a year ago and we were able to winter in San Antonio where our daughter lives. We joined a health club with awesome amenities. We went to the aqua fitness class five days a week and really enjoyed that. We have classes here in Iowa at our local wellness center but it's a very small pool and not nearly the workout. WIth that said, I've been working on the elliptical and treadmill to get my workout in. Today it's a sunshiny cool day here so I'm about to go out and tackle mowing our yard. That will give me the exercise I need.

Glad to be a part of this group!!!

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my name is debbie , i have three grown children . i live in southern oklahoma and i work as a jeweler . i want to be healthy to enjoy my golden years .my interests are classic cars and farm life. just started a gym and have hired a trainer .

Welcome and feel free to check in anytime... I am just getting started (again!) myself and I think the opportunity to encourage each other is priceless. Feel free to check in any time!



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Hello all 50 and older new friends. I started myfitnesspal after running into a friend at work I hadn't seen for a while. He had just hit his 50th pound lost and looked great. When he revealed MFP as his app, I immediately downloaded it and have been going strong since. I can't run much (sore feet) but have loved walking and do it daily.

I joined this forum (group) to get inspired by others in my age group and to keep working toward my goal. Happy to be here!

Hi Everyone!
My name is Betsy and I turned 50 in Feb of 2012. I started gaining weight when I went back to school 8 years ago and then worked for 2 years. I let my activity level slip during this time and found myself 40 lbs overweight. Once I stopped work I got back into working out with weights, a Nordic trak and walking the dog several miles each day. Two years ago I joined a gym and go 5-7 days a week. I cook almost everything from scratch most of the time out of Cooking Light cookbooks and magazines. Have I lost weight---NO! Very frustrating but for 2013 I am recommitting myself to getting healthy. This has led me to your group who I hope can offer me support and I hope to offer you support as well.
For Xmas my husband gave me Fitbit (very timidly cos he was worried I would be totally offended by his 'helpful hint') and I am using MFP to record my food intake. I am hoping that MFP and really monitoring the food that I eat will help me. My goal is that by focusing on portion control and watching my wine consumption (1 glass, not 2, and not every night!) then hopefully the weight can come off.
Our 3 football playing sons are out of the house in college or out on their own so I no longer need to have massive quantities of food in the house and cook gigantic meals. I can focus on me and my husband who has joined my effort (he had 20 lbs to lose at Xmas and is already down 9!). I am hoping to keep a positive attitude and not get crazy over daily weight fluctuations that seem to have no rhyme or reason.
It took a long time to put on this weight and it may take a long time to drop the weight.


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Good for you eappel61! Wish we could see more activity on this thread! it's hard to keep "fit after 50"!

New to the group, turned 50 years old in December. I've been lifting heavy weight for a year now. My workout last an hour sometimes a little more. I came across another lady who said that she has worked out for 10 months and is 20 pounds away from her goal. This got me thinking, I'm working out a lot, I have gone from 3 to 4 days a week and this week because I have split my workout routine it will be 6 days working out. The scale keeps doing this yoyo thing, up 3 pounds, down 3 pounds, up 6 pounds and down 6 pounds. I'm losing inches but the scale is still at 240 pounds. I asked that lady what she did and she said she was tracking her eating. It occured to me that I've been eating clean with small portions but not really tracking the calories or protein. Another group suggested I track macros, so reopened the MFP to track everything. I already see what the problem is, I'm not eating enough. I'm going to track for a week and see what happens. I'm flat bench pressing 70 pounds, my goal this year is to press 100 pounds and transform my body to an Amazon! Thanks for making this group! It is nice to be with other 50 year olds.