Yeah, I'm fiesty and fifty two too! I'll add you when I can work out how to do it. I'm still working my way around this site, ha, ha!

are we having fun yet? what if any suggestions for exercise dvd's. something easy to follow for a beginner and then we'll move on to the fancy zuma steps once we can get over the fears of tripping over our own feet.

Louisemallas you're probably smart to start slowly. I watched my daughters doing Insanity and then p90x, and I agree it would probably kill us if we started with that. :happy: I'm starting with treadmill walking until I can build up my energy level and stamina. Menopause has taken a toll on both of those. Once I 'feel' more energy I'm moving to my elliptical. My thought is as long as I'm moving more everyday, it's got to help. The pedometer challenge is a great idea by the way.

good afternoon fellow dieters. you all sound so secure in your ability to succeed. I'm not quite so confident! however I'm still plodding along refusing to give up on myself.
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angelagayla did you lose 94 pounds?

Yes.

That insanity workout really looks intense! I might think about it and get myself mentally motivated to try it. Looks awesome. Youtube has a couple workout videos to practice on.

Wow, your off HBP & diabetes meds, thats reward in itself! I am impressed. I have to lose too or I will be on HBP. Also cholesterol. I was given this last chance to do what I have to do and get as close to 188 by June 18th as I possibly can. Thats a lot of weight but it can be done. I walked like 6 miles just today. I been walking 3 every day (guessing its 3). I walk 1 mile in 20 minutes and I walked for 57-63 minutes, so thats how I measure. My heart rate stays up & I like that. I am happy your seeing many benefits. I am proud of you. I got 52 lbs to lose from where I am today.Only 38 once I hit this 188. I am busting my butt to seriously cut cals (1200 a day) and exercise each day as well. I am fasting today and tomorrow and friday til 9 p.m then I am calling it over. Fasting is good in short little increments. I will fall back on it if needed when the time gets closer. I will win my battle! I am the 'fiesty near fifty' one who will not lose this challenge my doc gave me.

Thanks. I broke my fast tonight. I was going to do it 3 days but I can't. I am too old to do that anymore. I needed food. Maybe I needed to prepare a little more. Next week I am goin gto try this other diet where I fast 2 days. I am fasting but I get 500 cals. I am gonna read more up on it. 3 days is just too long. I was very hungry. I was getting tired, and thought maybe I better eat, so I did. I had a hot dog, an apple, and my honey/cinnamon/peanutbutter on toast. I am sorry if I let anyone down. I need to better prepare I believe. I have fasted before but I was younger then. Sorry.

Thanks. I broke my fast tonight. I was going to do it 3 days but I can't. I am too old to do that anymore. I needed food. Maybe I needed to prepare a little more. Next week I am goin gto try this other diet where I fast 2 days. I am fasting but I get 500 cals. I am gonna read more up on it. 3 days is just too long. I was very hungry. I was getting tired, and thought maybe I better eat, so I did. I had a hot dog, an apple, and my honey/cinnamon/peanutbutter on toast. I am sorry if I let anyone down. I need to better prepare I believe. I have fasted before but I was younger then. Sorry.

No need to apologize because you haven't done anything to be sorry for! I'm afraid that I'm not on board with the fasting thing. I know - for me - if I tried to fast, that would send me into an overeating situation for sure as I would feel the need to "compensate". I do better with the eating small meals every 3 hours. It's worked wonders for keeping my blood sugar levels on an even keel, too. Fasting may not be the thing for you, but don't give up! Keep trying and find the plan that works for you.

I think fasting is an individual thing and works differently for different people. I fast once a month and can also do light exercise during the period. I miss 2 meals which is usually tea, and breakfast. What I tend to do is eat a low carb and high protein dinner and hydrate well before the fast. I'm also a slow oxidiser so metabolise quite slowly so I can go quite long periods without intake. If you want to work with fasting, I would suggest you work with different food types and find out what takes longer to digest and of course hydrate well. All the best.

Hi all, I am slowly but surely figuring out how to get into these msgs and trying to read them and post in them. I am 53, I am in menopause, I have 30-40 LBs to lose. I am doing a lot of dog walking and other exercise. I like using our Wii Fit Plus for yoga, free run, strenght training and a whole lot more, when ever I steal some time on the machine away from my boyfriend's 8 year old son and his friends. I just started doing jumping jacks and jumping rope, and working with my free weights too. I also have my own basket ball that I bought for myself when I bought the family one of those big driveway basket ball hoop things, so I can run around and play with that too. I am thinking of buying one of those big hula hoops that spinners are using now to lose weight. And I am also thinking about getting one or more of the "Just Dance" disks for the Wii. And also thinking about getting the "Zumba Core disk kit for the Wii too, and maybe some other fitness disk kits for the Wii. I joined several groups in here and I also belong to SparkPeople, another site like this one. And several weight loss sites on Facebook too. Several of them are doing a weight loss challenge for the month of June. I didn't lose much weight this week, but I lost several inches this week, so I am really happy with how things are going. I can't fast, it messes up my blood sugar level too much and then I end up starving and binging. So for me it's not a lose weight quick thing, I have to find some thing that I can keep up for life. So that is why I choose counting calories for the first time and just trying to cut back my intake, making better food choices and exercising a lot more.